I found the lyrics at one of "those" Websites: https://www.letras.mus.br/ralph-mctell/764171/
I found a recording, and I have verified and corrected the lyrics.


THE GRANDE AFFAIRE
(Ralph McTell)
As recorded by Ralph McTell on "Affairs of the Heart" (2010).

Take a bus; who needs a car?
We'll eat here; take this seat near the door.
I'm not hungry much now; are you?
Is it OK if I share yours with you?
I got no money and I think I believe that you knew.
Remember the moon on the wall; didn't she shine?
The taste of the sheets and the feel of the wine.
Wasn't I glad that you was mine
In the Grande Affaire?

Take a boat, maybe a plane,
Anywhere now, 'cept Greece or Spain.
For sure, I know where I am,
I see canals; this is Amsterdam.
I got friends here and they know; they can say who I am.
Remember the room without any view?
Frightened of meeting someone that we knew,
No farewells or how-do-you-dos
In the Grande Affaire.

I stay in the best hotels,
And there's white-coated waiters attend me,
And I look at the beautiful girls.
Do they really believe they can bend me?

I drive now; seldom, I walk.
I can speak French, but I'd rather not talk.
Which suit will I wear tonight?
Take out the brown, but in the end, wear the white.
After shade stepping out, stepping into the light.
Remember the moon on the wall; didn't she shine?
The year was all wrong so we sent back the wine.
Wasn't you glad that you was mine
In the Grande Affaire?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NT08VzrXMQ