Le Mime de Paris

Verse 1

Striped shirt

Tight pants

He is stuck inside a box

Invisible glass

Trying to find the door

There is no door

Look at his face

Funny little face

He is pulling on a heavy rope

Sweat on his brow

But the rope is made of air

Air and white paint

Jemaine

Watch me now

I am leaning on a table

It is not there

But my elbow is firm

Now I am climbing up a ladder

High up

So high

Look at my tiny steps

Chorus

He is a silent man

In a loud world

Moving his hands

Like a bird

Mime

French mime

He is a funny man

So funny

He says nothing at all

Nothing at all

Post-Chorus

Hon hon hon

Ooh la la

Hon hon hon

Le mime

Verse 2

My turn

Bret

I am walking against the wind

Big wind

Strong wind

Pushing me back

I am fighting for my life

With a beret

I am eating a baguette

It is crunchy

It is long

I am chewing very hard

Now I am a statue

Still

Do not blink

I am a stone

Wait

I have an itch

I cannot scratch it

Because I am a statue

It is comedy

Pure comedy

Chorus

He is a silent man

In a loud world

Moving his hands

Like a bird

Mime

French mime

He is a funny man

So funny

He says nothing at all

Nothing at all

Bridge

Do you hear that

No

Exactly

That is the sound of his craft

The sound of a soul

Trapped in a cube

No windows

No keys

Just a man

And his makeup

And his sadness

Which is hilarious

Verse 3

Now we are both miming

Two mimes

One box

It is getting crowded

Watch out

You hit me

With your fake wall

I am trapped

We are trapped

Help

Help

But we cannot yell

Because we are professional

French

Funny

Mimes

Chorus

He is a silent man

In a loud world

Moving his hands

Like a bird

Mime

French mime

He is a funny man

So funny

He says nothing at all

Nothing at all

Outro

I think I found the exit

It was a zipper

In the sky

Zip

Quiet now

Shh

We are done

Still

So still

Le mime

Le mime

Le mime