belle of the blues

i'm the belle of the blues

and it's easy to see

if i win or i lose

it's all one to me

i was born on a shelf in the rare books library

i reside by myself with my books and my t.v. i'm an old age pension for the fossilized routine

anybody for nostalgia

put a record on and see

here's a memory of olden days

and a heartbreak grown cold

all that glitters isn't gold

you get no love for free

you live and you die

and i'll probably throw it away

but in the end it's mine

and nobody has a right to say

go down lightly - go down silently"