lush life

i used to visit 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

now life is lonely again

and only last year everything

seemed so sure

now life is awful again

a troughful of hearts would only

be a bore

a week in paris will ease the bite

of it

but all i really care

is to smile in spite of it

i'll forget you

i will and 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