Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)

Peter Sarstedt

- words and music by Peter Sarstedt

- as recorded by Peter Sarstedt on his 1969 single (released April 5, 1969)

- peaked at #70 the week of May 10, 1969



You talk like Marlene Dietrich

And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire

Your clothes are all made by Balmain

And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes there are



You live in a fancy apartment

Off the Boulevard Saint-Michel

Where you keep your Rolling Stones records

And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes you do



But where do you go to my lovely

When you're alone in your bed

Tell me the thoughts that surround you

I want to look inside your head, yes I do



I've seen all your qualifications

You got from the Sorbonne

And the painting you stole from Picasso

Your loveliness goes on and on, yes it does



When you go on your summer vacation

You go to Juan-les-Pins

With your carefully designed topless swimsuit

You get an even suntan on your back and on your legs



And when the snow falls you're found in Saint Moritz

With the others of the jet-set

And you sip your Napoleon brandy

But you never get your lips wet, no you don't



But where do you go to my lovely

When you're alone in your bed

Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you

I want to look inside your head, yes I do



Your name, it is heard in high places

You know the Aga Khan

He sent you a racehorse for Christmas

And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh a-ha-ha-ha



They say that when you get married

It'll be to a millionaire

But they don't realize where you came from

And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn



Where do you go to my lovely

When you're alone in your bed

Tell me the thoughts that surround you

I want to look inside your head, yes I do



I remember the back streets of Naples

Two children begging in rags

Both touched with a burning ambition

To shake off their lowly-born tags, so they try



So look into my face Marie-Claire

And remember just who you are

Then go and forget me forever

But I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do



I know where you go to my lovely

When you're alone in your bed

I know the thoughts that surround you

'Cause I can look inside your head



(na na-na-na na na-na-na na-na na na na na)

(na na-na-na na na-na-na na-na na na na na)



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Glossary:



Marlene Dietrich

- U.S. actress born in Berlin, Germany on December 27, 1901. She came

to the United States in 1930 and became a U.S. citizen in 1939.

Died May 6, 1992.



Zizi (Renee) Jeanmaire

- French dancer and actress. She played "Doro" in the 1952 made-for-TV

musical "Hans Christian Andersen" starring Danny Kaye, which was

choreographed by her husband, French dancer and choreographer,

Roland Petit.



Balmain

- French couturier Pierre Balmain (1914-1982).



Boulevard Saint-Michel

- a street in the Latin Quartier of Paris's Left Bank (south side of

the River Seine).



Sacha Distel

- jazz singer/guitarist born in Paris, France January 29, 1933.



Sorbonne

- college for theological studies at the University of Paris,

bequeathed by Robert de Sorbon around 1257. The name Sorbonne became

synonymous with the theological faculty of the university and later

with the university itself.



Juan-les-Pins

- Seaside resort on the coast of France between Cannes and Nice.



Saint Moritz

- popular winter tourist town on Lake Saint Moritz in eastern

Switzerland. Site of the Winter Olympics in 1928 and 1948.



Aga Khan

- spiritual leader, or imam, of the Ismaili sect of Shiite Muslims.

The present Aga Khan, (Aga Khan IV; real name Karim al-Hussain Shah;

born December 13, 1936), is known primarily for his business

interests, which include a thoroughbred-horse-breeding enterprise

begun by his grandfather.