Name: La Belle Indifférence
Duration: P00H03M40S
Description: One of the few studio recordings from TLA's middle period, also known as the Chanson Noir years. Part of the band's "drinking songs set". Often performed as a strip-tease.

La Belle Indifférence

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One of the few studio recordings from TLA's middle period, also known as the Chanson Noir years. Part of the band's "drinking songs set". Often performed as a strip-tease.

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La Belle Indifference

Down the Seine to Fountainebleu
With a gift for Santa Claus
The last word of Napoleon’s code
“Free us all”, no that won’t do
The sky is blue and far away
The ocean’s unspoken lust
A blade of grass split a stone
Fate is indifferent to us all
As I play a jig
On my violin
All the flowers are kissing
Memory is dancing
Dancing, dancing with me
I got my last cigarette
From Mata Hari’s firing squad
The Belle Epoch is long past
But we haven’t forgotten Salome
Bombs fall and are rebuilt
Venice sinks another inch
The plague comes every hundred years
Fate is indifferent to us all
As I play a jig
On my violin
All the flowers are kissing
Memory is dancing
Dancing, dancing with me
Roses, myrtles, turtle doves
Isadora’s flowing scarf
Looks so nice around your neck
Ring a Buddhist bell ring for peace
Let’s stop the shows on Broadway
Living’s such a comedy
But nothing like buffoonery
Regardless of the tragedy
Fate is indifferent to us all
As I play a jig
On my violin
All the flowers are kissing
Memory is dancing
Dancing, dancing with me

Roses, Myrtles, turtle doves
The three graces came with love
Love came upon a wave
And left us with a scornful bow
Time is like a broken glass
Dancing barefoot upon a grave
And peering from a carousel (posing on a carousel)
Fate is indifferent to us all
As I play a jig
On my violin
All the flowers are kissing
Memory is dancing
Dancing, dancing with me

Words and music ©2005 by Christian Beier

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released December 17, 2022
Vocals-Anton Sebastian
Saxophone-Rob Armus
Tout-Camilo Fernandez as Frank Fleischer
Piano & accordion-John Janusz
Backing vocals-Camilo Fernandez & John Janusz
Recorded by Bart Van Velzen
Photograph by Michal Burg

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