On The Rue Lafayette

Theres two gals on my balcony
In my room on the Rue Lafayette
Naked in the summer breeze
With a view of the Rue Lafayette
I was down with a broken heart
They were helping me to forget
Playing Mozart
Just the hard parts
In my room on the Rue Lafayette

My despair it was hard to bear
In the bath where I sat to forget
And powdered Sophia’s derriere
And washed the hair
Of my fair Bernadette

My frantic ex rang through collect
Saying “Baby won’t y’please come back!?”
I said “I’m needin’
Time for healin
In my room on the Rue Lafayette”

With no self-respect she started
Beggin’ me for her rent
I said “Forget it
Already spent it
In my room on the Rue Lafayette”
In my room on the Rue Lafayette
They read that Rubaiyat
And they called me darlin’
We were getting stewed
On a good Cabernet
‘Till the morning...

I’m an old poltroon
On a honeymoon
With two jejune babettes
Playing Convict-In-The-Convent
In my room on the Rue Lafayette

Of all the sins I ever sinned
These I don’t regret
I was needin’
Time for healin’
In my room on the Rue Lafayette
In my room on the Rue Lafayette