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Maman called me mad
All my lipstick and jazz
So I snuck out to swing
Behind the boulangerie
Then the men flooded in
Through the woods of Lorraine
And that thunder became
Our summer refrain

Now we’re pros, we’re old pros
On our feet for the show
Where we’ll dream our old dreams
Old pros at eighteen

Now I’ve worked for three years
By the boulangerie
Kindling flames of a kind
For the sworn enemy
In the back, the grunts crow
For a pre-war Bordeaux
For a rind of old cheese
They will whistle and sneeze

But we’re pros, we’re old pros
On our knees for the show
By the steel of our lies
Us pros will get by

As the Germans retreat
From their Maginot meat
Our village is stormed
By the liberators
The civilians gust
‘Round the Marianne bust
But for us girls it’s the same
Cruel husbands to tame

Ah, but we’re pros, we’re old pros
On our heads for the show
We’ve fought years here today
For our damn Marseillaise
So be quiet, like a pro
Not a peep, hold that pose
One more night to be maimed
Like old pros

Je me réjouis chaque jour
D’être venue si loin
Et ma fille, je te dois
La chance que je n’avais pas

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from Hagiographies and Hit Pieces, released July 31, 2023

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Johnny Coull Montréal, Québec

Johnny Coull is an independent singer-songwriter based in Montreal, Canada. His debut album, “City on the Hill”, was released in November 2013.

Firmly entrenched in the vintage rock tradition, Coull tackles intensely personal themes, at once melancholy and incisive, set over punchy melodies, bright choruses, and virtuosic piano licks. ... more

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