Lush Life
Ella's Lush Life Revelry: Unveiling Jazz's Emotional Odyssey
Lyrics
I used to visit all the very gay places
I used to frequent lively and cheerful places
Those come-what-may places
Those places where anything goes
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
Where one unwinds at the center of the wheel of life
To get the feel of life
To experience the essence of life
From jazz and cocktails
Through a combination of jazz music and cocktails
The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
The women I knew had unhappy and gloomy expressions
With distinguish traces
With distinctive marks
That used to be there
That used to be visible but were erased
You could see where they'd been washed away
You could see where they had been washed away
By too many through the day
Due to the struggles faced throughout the day
Twelve o'clock tales
Stories told at midnight
Then you came along with your siren song
Then you appeared with your irresistible allure
To tempt me to madness
To entice me into a state of madness
I thought for awhile that your poignant smile
I believed for a while that your meaningful smile
Was tinged with the sadness
Was touched by a sense of sorrow
Of a great love for me
From a deep love for me
Ah yes, I was wrong
But yes, I was mistaken
Again, I was wrong
Once again, I was wrong
Life is lonely again
Life has become lonely once more
And only last year
And just last year
Everything seemed so sure
Everything seemed certain
Now life is awful again
Now life is dreadful once more
A trough full of hearts could only be a bore
A trough full of hearts is only tedious
A week in Paris could ease the bite of it
A week in Paris might alleviate the pain of it
All I care is to smile in spite of it
All I desire is to smile despite it
I'll forget you, I will
I will erase you from my thoughts
While yet you are still
While you still linger in my mind
Burning inside my brain
Burning within my thoughts
Romance is mush
Romance is sentimental and impractical
Stifling those who strive
Suppressing those who strive
So I'll live a lush life in some small dive
So I'll lead a luxurious life in some humble dive
And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest
And there I'll be, decaying with the others
Of those whose lives are lonely too
Whose lives are also lonely
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