Lush Life

[00:00.42] I used to visit all the very gay places
[00:07.33] Those come-what-may places
[00:12.14] Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
[00:19.04] To get the feel of life from jazz and cocktails
[00:29.81] The men I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
[00:38.16] With distingué traces that used to be
[00:44.08] That you could see where they'd been washed away
[00:49.96] By too many through the day, twelve o'clock tales
[01:01.19] Then you came along with your siren song
[01:07.28] To tempt me to madness
[01:12.36] I thought for a while that your poignant smile
[01:19.18] Was tinged with a sadness of a great love for me
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[01:36.74] But oh, I was wrong
[01:44.32] Again, I was wrong
[01:56.12] Life is lonely again
[02:02.88] And only last year everything seemed so sure
[02:14.17] Now life is awful again
[02:21.54] A troughful of hearts could only be a bore
[02:32.67] A week in Paris could ease the bite of it
[02:42.15] But all I care is to smile in spite of it
[02:52.04] I'll forget you, I will
[02:56.70] Well, yet you are still
[03:00.46] Burning inside my brain
[03:07.41] Romance is mush
[03:12.37] Stifling those who strive
[03:18.33] I'll live a lush life in some small dive
[03:28.28] And there I will be while I rot with the rest
[03:40.21] Of those whose lives are lonely too
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