Lush Life Songtext
von Morgana King

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
The friends I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
With distinct 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 thought for a while that your poignant smile
Was tinged with the sadness
Of a great love for me
Oh yes, I was wrong
Oh 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 lead 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