The Divine Comedy - I Joined the Foreign Legion (To Forget) Lyrics

(Piano intro)
Shhhh.
*Coughing*
Be quiet !
Sorry.
Excuse me.
Rah, impossible !
Shhh.

I joined the Foreign Legion,
One Thursday cold and wet.
I think it was December,
But you must remember.
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget !
Chorus « I joined the Foreign Legion » x3

I joined the Foreign Legion,
La légion étrangère,
One sultry day in july,
Back when I still knew why.
I joined the foreign legion, anyway !
Chorus « I joined the Foreign Legion » x3

Harmonica instrumental

I joined the Foreign Legion
Became a legionnaire,
We'd marched a far of regions,
To forts we'd been besieged in.
Then one day I forgot why I was there.
I joined Foreign Legion,
Somebody to forget.
She said I'd find it easier,
If I had à mes yeux
Who she was, I do not recollect.
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget,
Chorus « I joined the Foreign Legion » x6
To forget.

LD