Lush Life

[Verse 1]
I used to visit all the very gay places
Those "come what may" places
Where one relaxes on the axis
Of the wheel of life
To get the feel of life
From jazz and cocktails

All the men I knew had sad
And sullen gray faces
With distingue traces
That used to be there
You could see where
They'd been washed away
By too many through the day
Twelve o'clock tales

[Bridge]
Then you came along
With your siren song
To tempt me to madness
I knew all the while
That your poignant smile
Was tinged with the sadness
Of a great love for me
Oh, yes I was wrong
Again I was wrong

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
Now life is lonely again
And only last year
Everything seemed so sure
Now life is awful again
A troughful of hearts
Could only be a bore
A week in Paris will ease the bite of it
But all I really care
Is to smile in spite of it
I'll forget you
I will, and yet you are still
Burning inside my brain

[Chorus]
Romance is mush, stifling those who strive
I'll live a lush life in some small dive
And there I'll be while I rot with the rest
Of those whose lives are lonely, too

[Outro]
Why must I be alone?
I don't wanna be alone
Say baby
Oh baby, please, please stay, stay, stay, stay
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Say you will, say you will, say you will, say you will
Oh, need you
Say baby, what you doin' now?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, say it, say it louder
Ooh, say it louder, oh, oh, oh baby
Stay, yes, I need ya
Ooh, need you, baby