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I can see you are a genuine man leisure
With chess and Go, Goethe and Rousseau
Alone and reverent of the time that makes a man

You can learn a lot from one man's pleasure
Liqueurs and Proust brandy and the truth
About the causes of the twilight of the class

You are not the things you know
You are behavior that you show
And fortunes aren't built on regret
Rather on the blood and sweat
Which doesn't even have to be your own

Your aristocratic instincts are your measure
Your season fall your syndrome Stendahl
In awe of all this beauty that you'll never own

I can see you are a genuine man of leisure
For all we know we'll forgive Rousseau
Alone and reverent in the time that makes a man

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from Forty Days and Forty Nights with the Bon Mots, released November 5, 2007

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The Bon Mots Chicago, Illinois

SPIN: Bon Mots are one of the most promising new bands out there. A-

JIM DEROGATIS: Jangly psychedelic/power-pop draws on Byrds and Zombies but rises to the top of this always-overcrowded genre by virtue of strong songwriting, swirling production.

AMPLIFIER: Understated irony frequently underscores bittersweet melodies.

ALL MUSIC GUIDE: Bon Mots just may be Chicago's best-kept secret. ... more

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