Lush Life
Lush Life Revelations: A Jazzed Odyssey of Love and Loneliness
Lyrics
I used to visit all the very gay places
I used to frequent lively and joyful places
Those come what may places
Places where anything could happen
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
Where one finds relaxation along the journey of life
To get the feel of life
To truly experience and understand 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 seemed unhappy and gloomy
With distant gay traces
With faint traces of past happiness
That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away
Evidence of their previous joy had faded
By too many through the day
Worn away by the challenges of life
Twelve o'clock tales
Midnight stories
Then you came along with your siren of song
Then you arrived with your captivating singing
To tempt me to madness
To entice me into a state of madness
I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness
Initially, I believed your smile carried a hint of sadness
Of a great love for me
Suggesting a deep love for me
Ah yes, I was wrong
However, I was mistaken
Again, I was wrong
Once again, my judgment was incorrect
Life is lonely again
Life has become lonely once more
And only last year everything seemed so sure
Last year, everything seemed certain and secure
Now life is awful again
Now life is dreadful
A thoughtful of hearts could only be a bore
A heart full of thoughts can only be tedious
A week in Paris will ease the bite of it
A week in Paris may lessen the pain
All I care is to smile in spite of it
All I want is to smile despite the pain
I'll forget you, I will
I will try to forget you
While yet you are still burning inside my brain
While your memory lingers in my mind
Romance is mush
Romance is sentimental and cloying
Stifling those who strive
Suppressing those who strive for something better
I'll live a lush life in some small dive
I will live a luxurious life in a humble place
And there I'll be, while I rot
And there I will be, decaying
With the rest of those whose lives are lonely, too
With others whose lives are also lonely
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