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 Fay Lovsky
 
Esprit de l'escalier
  
There's a little voice inside my head 
              It tells me what I ought have done 
              It tells me what I ought have said, it drives me mad 
              And sometimes red with laughter, but, I cannot shut it out 
              It hits me after each time that I've  
              Been together with a close friend or somebody 
              I have done my very best for to impress 
              I'm so obsessed, trying to be nice and funny 
              But, I cannot guess just what the voice will tell me 
               
              Wish I knew what to say, not afterwards but straightaway 
              Yes, that would be great  Hey, esprit de l'escalier 
              don't you be so late because I can't w... 
               
              Every time I end a phonecall  in my head
              I hear a little buzzer, hear a little bell 
              I know it well, I know the voice is gonna tell  me just how swell 
              I might have been if only I had thought of... everything 
              I seem to do just seems to take this silly turn 
              just seems to end this silly way 
              I can't explain, perhaps the voice will tell me 
              Hey, why don't you stay, so you will see why I 
               
              Wish I knew what to say, not afterwards but straightaway 
              Yes, that would be great  Hey, esprit de l'escalier 
              don't you be so late, because I can't wait!
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