Biography:
The Divine Comedy is a baroque pop band now based in Dublin, Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon.
Neil Hannon, Originally from Derry, has been the only ever-present member of the band, being its founder in 1989 when he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, the heavily R.E.M.-influenced and now-deleted Fanfare for the Comic Muse, enjoyed little success though. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs - Timewatch (1991); Europop (1992) - were to follow
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Other songs:
- Catherine The Great
- Funny Peculiar
- Have You Ever Been In Love
- How Can You Leave Me On My Own
- I Joined The Foreign Legion (to Forget)
- Neapolitan Girl
- A Desperate Man
- A Lady Of A Certain Age
- Absent Friends
- At The Indie Disco
- Bad Ambassador
- Becoming More Like Alfie
- Come Home Billy Bird
- Down In The Streets Below
- Everyone Knows Except You
- Eye Of The Needle
- I Joined The Foreign Legion To Forget
- I Like
- If
- Love What You Do
- Mastermind
- Mother Dear
- National Express
- Our Mutual Friend
- Perfect Lovesong
- Songs Of Love
- Summerhouse
- Sunrise
- The Light Of Day
- The Pact
- To Die A Virgin
- To The Rescue
- Tonight We Fly
- Woman Of The World
- Your Daddys Car
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Intro: G, Em (2x)
Am D
I joined the Foreign Legion
C D G
One Thursday cold and wet
Em A
I think it was December
Am D
But you must remember
G Em G Em
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget
Am D
I joined the Foreign Legion
G C D G
La Légion Étrangère
Em A
One sultry day in July
Am D
Back when I still knew why
G Em G Em
I joined the Foreign Legion anyway
Am D
I joined the Foreign Legion
G D G
Became a legionnaire
Em F#m
We marched to far off regions
Am D
To forts we'd be besieged in
G Em C
Then one day I forgot why I was there
Am D
I joined the Foreign Legion
C D G
Somebody to forget
Em A
She said I'd find it easier
Am D
If I had amnesia
G Em
Who she was I do not recollect
Am D G
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget
Em G
To forget to forget
The Doo Wop
The Doobie Broth (...)
The Doors
The Doubleckicks
The Dovells
The Dø
The Eagles
The Eames Era
The Earls
The Eden Project