We were livin' in a nice hotel
On the Avenue Louise
Workin' on a project there
It was just my man and me
I was unattached back then
Like a puppet off his feet
A crazy pile of broken strings
Ony one I had to keep
We walked around the corner
Saw the lights of a little bar
The mood there made me curious
A chance to forget awhile
Inside a couple of tables
Couple rock 'n' roll cassettes
I was drinkin' rum that night
With the barmaid speakin' French
I wonder just how things have changed
I wonder where you are
And I wonder if a young French girl
Still works in a Belgian bar
Brussels in October
The yellow gray's all I recall
The rain ran on forever
Like the wires on a trolley car
Walkin' down the new wet streets
Ancient wind blowin' through my heart
The only face I couldn't see
Was the face of my true love
I dreamed about the lights of Nice
The rust rocks of the coast
I dreamed about a frozen path
To the one I missed the most
Then I guess it wasn't long before
I was on my feet again
It must have happened someplace quiet
'Cause I don't remember when
I wonder just how things have changed
I wonder where you are
And I wonder if a young French girl
Still works in a Belgian bar
When I look over my shoulder
From the window of my train
I think about my man again
Who I heard has moved to Spain
We worked hard and we traveled some
Through France and Italy
When it rained down hard in Brussels
It poured on you and me
And when my eyes got tangled
In the honey-colored hair
Of the girl that poured the drinks that night
When we were talkin' there
She had eyes that seemed to drink us up
And a crooked little smile
When we sailed off for the starry night
And forever took a little while
I wonder just how things have changed
I wonder where you are
And I wonder if a young French girl
Still works in a Belgian bar
I wonder if a young French girl
Still works in a Belgian bar