Charm School

[Verse 1]

Men made out of monkeys

Men made into mice

Happy days are here again

All the drinks half price

A girl with a trick and a man with a calling

[Chorus]

Trying to make a living out of your downfalling

Trying to make a living out of anything at all

Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel

In that charm school

[Verse 2]

You and I as lovers were nothing but a farce

Trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s arse

Saying "Why don't you watch me"

Hardly speaking sotto voce

[Chorus]

Trying to make a living out of your downfalling

Trying to make a living out of anything at all

Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel

In that charm school

[Bridge]

I've got a notion

I've got an angle

Take your dreams and promises

And put them through the mangle

They say it's hell to finance too

And I just want to romance you

[Verse 3]

In this perpetual nightclub

I'll be yours eternal

Though the hours are long

And the noise infernal

Just one shameful act or sometimes two

We make believe we are making do

[Chorus]

Trying to make a living out of your downfalling

Trying to make a living out of anything at all

Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel

In that charm school

[Outro]

Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel

In that charm school

In that charm school