Lush Life

I used to visit all the very gay places, those come what may places

Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life,

To get the feel of life, from jazz and cocktails

All the men I knew had sad and sullen gray faces, with distingue traces

That used to be there, you could see where they'd been washed away

By too many through the day, twelve o'clock tales

Then you came along with your siren song to tempt me to madness

I knew all the while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness

Of a great love for me, oh yes,

I was wrong, again, I was wrong.

Life is lonely again, and only last year, everything seemed so sure

Now life is awful again, a troughful of hearts could only be a bore

A week in Paris will ease the bite of it

All I care is to smile in spite of it

I'll forget you, I will,

While yet you are still burning inside my brain

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive

I'll live a lush life in some small dive

And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest

Of those whose lives are lonely too ...

Why must I be alone

Don't wanna be alone

Say it baby

Please stay stay stay

Say you will say you will say you will

I need ya say it baby lie to me

Ooh say say ya lie