Grand Ennui

Bye Michael Nesmith

I was overland tourin' in my new Ferrari 
At just about a hundred and ten.
I was on my way home from a sophisticated party 
Where I got a little drunk on gin.

And as the headlights cast a glow on the road
I heard a voice inside of me.
It said, "You've lost the light 
And now you're movin' through the night,
Runnin' from the grand ennui."
Runnin' from the grand ennui.

Well, I reached in my pocket 
And I pulled out the Omega 
That was never one second behind.
I knew the horse that I was runnin' 
At the Southern Taladega
Had won for the twenty-second time.
Then the countess I was with bent over with a kiss,
And put a jeweled hand on my knee.
I knew I'd lost the light 
And I was movin' through the night,
Runnin' from the grand ennui.
Runnin' from the grand ennui.

[Instrumental]

Well, that night passed in a blaze of glory
With the countess and the car both mine.
And each day passes with the same old story
But the countess has a brand new line.
Yet still at night I am haunted by the fright
And distant memory.
Of the day I lost the light
And I was movin' through the night,
Runnin' from the grand ennui.
Runnin' from the grand ennui.