Lush Life
Embracing the Bittersweet Symphony of Lush Life's Jazz and Temptations
Lyrics
I, I used to visit all these very gay places
I used to frequent lively and vibrant places
Those come what may places
Those places regardless of consequences
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
Where one finds relaxation at the center of life's wheel
To get a feel of life
To experience and understand life
From jazz and cocktails
Through the combination of jazz and cocktails
The girls I knew had sad and sullen grey faces
The women I knew seemed unhappy with faint traces of past happiness
With distant gay traces
With distant remnants of joy
That used to be there
That used to be visible
You could see where they've been washed away
Signs of their experiences eroded by time
By too many through the day
Due to numerous encounters throughout the day
Twelve o'clock tales
Tales told at midnight
Then suddenly you came along
Unexpectedly, you entered my life
With a siren song
With an irresistible and alluring influence
It tempts me to madness
It drives me to a state of insanity
I thought for a while that your poignant smile
I initially believed your smile carried a hint of sadness
Was tinged with the sadness...
Associated with a deep love for me
Of a great love for me
But I was mistaken
But, I was wrong
I misunderstood
I was wrong
I was incorrect
Life is lonely again,
Life has become lonely once more
And only last week, everything seemed so sure.
Just last week, everything seemed certain
Now life is awful again,
Now life is dreadful again
A trough full of hearts will probably be a bore, a bore
A surplus of hearts will likely be tedious
A week I might go to Paris
Perhaps I'll go to Paris for a short period
At least a bite of it
At least to experience a part of it
All, all I want to do is laugh in spite of it
All I want to do is laugh despite the circumstances
I'll forget you, I will
I will try to forget you
And yet you are still
Yet, you persist in my thoughts
Burning inside my brain
A constant presence in my mind
Romance is mush
Romance is sentimental and suffocating for those who strive
And it stifles those who strive
It hinders those who are ambitious
Well I'll live a lush life in some small dive
Well, I'll lead a luxurious life in some modest establishment
And I, I'll be alright with the rest
And I will be fine along with others who lead solitary lives
All those whose lives are lonely too
All those whose lives are also lonely
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