By The Dandy Highwaymen
Welcome to the party!
It is such an honor to be performing
for you fine madames et messieurs.
You know, we do so enjoy…
Entertaining fancy parties in the city – C’est Bon
But letting pockets go unpicked would be a pity – C’est Bon
To extract a benefaction
There is no better distraction
Than to keep the mark’s attention with a song
C’est Bon
C’est Bon
C’est Bon
So we keep the mark’s attention with a song
It’s a laugh to think they’ll never see it coming – C’est Bon
They are all just so enchanted by our strumming – C’est Bon
Sovay will light their purses
As we sing a few more verses
And we’ll end this night far richer than we’d begun
C’est Bon
C’est Bon
C’est Bon
We’ll end this night far richer than we’d begun
Bridge:
(…What’s best of all is we’ve convinced some ladies of the court
To keep inviting us to these parties,
Because they get a kick out of helping us rob
their oblivious and intolerable family and peers…)
Bon apetite! The food and drink here are delicious – C’est Bon
And, in our finest dress, they’ll hardly be suspicious – C’est Bon
After all the highway’s trouble,
It’s quite nice inside this bubble,
So let’s keep them making merry until dawn
C’est Bon
C’est Bon
C’est Bon
So let’s keep them making merry until dawn
C’est Bon
C’est Bon
C’est Bon
What company, sweet mon ami, let’s play ‘til dawn!