Lush Life

[Verse 1]

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

[Bridge]

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

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]

Now 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

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

[Chorus]

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

[Outro]

Why must I be alone?

I don't wanna be alone

Say baby

Oh baby, please, please stay, stay, stay, stay

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Say you will, say you will, say you will, say you will

Oh, need you

Say baby, what you doin' now?

Ooh, ooh, ooh, say it, say it louder

Ooh, say it louder, oh, oh, oh baby

Stay, yes, I need ya

Ooh, need you, baby