King Henry the Fourth, to reveal the beauty of Le Seine
Gave to Paris the greatest thing we’d seen till then
The Pont Neuf bridge where history lost its place in line
It was on the new bridge I saw you for the first time
How could you know how much I loved you?
How could you know how much I care?
What little we knew, what little we knew of me and you
Could you ever have guessed how much I loved you?

Fire eaters and thieves, musicians, quacks, and acrobats
Walk the new bridge for eternity and bric-a-brac
To look, laugh and chat, make love as only Parisians do
It was on the Pont Neuf, that’s where I fell in love with you
How could you know how much I loved you?
How could you know how much I care?
What little we knew, what little we knew of me and you
Could you ever have guessed how much I loved you?

The Pont Neuf still stands, but no longer Paris’ objet d’art
The tourists have moved to the Love Locks on the Pont des Arts
Three centuries and more since the gentry moved to the grands boulevards
Yet on the Pont Neuf, the place where I still look for you
How could you know how much I loved you?
How could you know how much I care?
What little we knew, what little we knew of me and you
Could you ever have guessed how much I loved you?

Not far away, near the Boulevard Richard Lenoir
Charlie Hebdo laughs in the face of Holy War
Not far away L’Autrichienne said her last goodbye
Never far away, the guillotine and the battle cry
How could you know how much I loved you?
How could you know how much I care?
What little we knew, what little we knew of me and you
Could you ever have guessed how much I loved you?

Absence is to love what wind and billows are to fire
It puts out the small but kindles what cannot expire
Le Seine runs away to isles of Monet, to isles of Renoir
Not far away I walk my lonely bridge to you
How could you know how much I loved you?
How could you know how much I care?
What little we knew, what little we knew of me and you
Could you ever have guessed how much I loved you?
Could you ever have guessed how much I loved you?
Could you ever have guessed how much I loved you?

Words, music, recording, and production by Richard Faylor
© Deep Happy Music
richardfaylor@yahoo.com
208-713-4002