Our Retired Explorer Dines With Michael Foucault In Paris 1961

E
Just one more drink and then I
N.C.
should be on my way home.
N.C.
I'm not entirely sure
                      E
what you're talking about.
                        B
I've had a really nice time,
    A                   E
but my dogs need to be fed.
                              B
I must say that in the right light,
     A
you look like Shackelton.

[Chorus]

E              B
Comment allez-vous ce soir?
    A                  E
Je suis comme ci comme ca.
                 B
Yes, a penguin taught me French
     A          E
back in Antarctica.

[Verse]

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Oh, I could show you the way
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shadows colonize snow.
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Ice breaking up on the bay
                  E
off the Lassiter coast.
                        B
Light falling over the pole
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as every longitude leads
                        B
up to your frostbitten feet.
A
Oh, you're very sweet,

[Chorus]

E                  B
thank you for the flowers
         A           E
and the book by Derrida,
               B               A           E
but I must be getting back to dear Antarctica.

[Bridge]

C#m                            A
......Say, do you have a ship,
                     B
and a dozen able men
                               E
that maybe you could lend me?
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Oh, Antarctica
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Oh, Antarctica
              E  A
Oh, Antarctica ...... Oh, Antarctica