Lush Life
Lush Life Reflections: Jazz, Romance, and the Loneliness Within
Lyrics
I used to visit all the very gay places
I used to frequent lively and joyful places
Those come-what-may places
Those unpredictable places
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
Where one unwinds on the pivotal point of life's cycle
To get the feel of life
To grasp the essence of life
From jazz and cocktails
Through jazz and cocktails
The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
The women I knew had gloomy and solemn expressions
With distingue traces
With refined marks
That used to be there
That used to be visible
You could see where they'd been washed away
You could see where they had been erased
By too many through the day
By too many experiences throughout the day
Twelve o'clock tales
Midnight stories
Then you came along with your siren song
Then you arrived with your irresistible song
To tempt me to madness
To lure me into insanity
I thought for awhile that your poignant smile
I believed for a moment that your touching smile
Was tinged with the sadness
Was tinged with sorrow
Of a great love for me
From a profound love for me
Ah yes, I was wrong
Ah yes, I was mistaken
Again, I was wrong
Once again, I was mistaken
Life is lonely again
Life is desolate 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 again
A trough full of hearts could only be a bore
A container full of hearts would only be tiresome
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
While yet you are still
While you are still
Burning inside my brain
Burning within my thoughts
Romance is mush
Romance is sentimental nonsense
Stifling those who strive
Smothering those who strive
So I'll live a lush life in some small dive
So I will lead a luxurious life in some modest dive
And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest
And there I will be, while I decay with the others
Of those whose lives are lonely too
Whose lives are also lonely
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