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
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.
