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Massif Centrale


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Guitar Tab: http://www.frankblack.net/tabs/song.asp?song=smyt-massifcentrale

Lyrics:
I’ve no number if you want to call
Massif Centrale
There’s an ivy crawling on my gate
I stay up late

Sleep in gardens where I play my lute
Where I laid my roots
Now the clock is stopping faithfully
She’s taking me

Monsieurs at nine
That is my promise
Have some wine
Please don’t run away
Madams at nine
Baby, honest
Have some wine
Please don’t run away

I thought I’d take a chance
And forget about the States
I thought I’d gravitate
To the hills of central France

And so I left the world below
And into the rocks I climbed
Now I’m living in the cold
But I’m looking for the sign

That’s the sign
Of her love behavior
That’s the sign
That I’m looking for

And I’ve seen you in the movies
And I’ve seen you at the store
And if I stare a little more
Well, that’s because you move me

I can see it in your eyes
I can hear it when you talk
Darling when I see you walk
You seem so very nice

That’s the sign
Of her love behavior
That’s the sign
That I’m looking for

It sure is cold here in the summer
I haven’t got a number
But the sky is very bright
And the sun is very clear

I can smell it in the wind
‘Cause I guess that it’s the time
And I saw the way you grinned
You were giving me the sign

That’s the sign
Of her love behavior
That’s the sign
That I’m looking for [x2]

Monsieurs at nine
That is my promise
Have some wine
Please don’t run away
Madams at nine
Baby, honest
Have some wine
Please don’t run away
No, please don’t run away, no no
No, please don’t run away


Notes:
Recording Notes on the Christmass version:

Guitar - Martin -> Countryman DI -> Universal Audio 2-610 tube preamp.

Vocals - Neumann U87ai (with a Stedman metal pop filter) -> Groove Tubes Vipre Tube Preamp -> DBX 160SL compressor -> Digidesign 192 A/D converter (96k/24-bit)

Recorded live by Myles Mangino on September 10, 2006 in Bellingham, WA at the Night Light Lounge.

On the Christmass album, the region refered to in the song is spelled correctly, Massif Central, not as it was originally spelled on Show Me Your Tears, Massif Centrale.

Quotes:
"A big rocker like 'Massif Centrale' was easy to write and record"
- Frank Black, Dutch Metro Interview November 2003

"I mean, maybe MASSIF CENTRALE has a ray of hope, but even then, I don't know, central France can be really cold and lonely."
- Frank Black Show Me Your Tears press release on Cooking Vinyl

"I spelled it wrong on the record, it's spelled wrong. I spelled it "Centrale" I don't know why"
- Frank Black in a video interview 11/11/2003


Definitions and References:
"Massif Centrale" is a misspelling of Massif Central a region in central France.


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