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
The girls I knew had sad
and sullen grey 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
Then you came along
with your siren song
To tempt me to madness
I thought for a while
that your poignant smile
Was tinged with the sadness
of a great love for me
Ah yes I was wrong
again I was wrong
Life is lonely again
And only last year everything
seemed so sure
Now life is awful again
A trough full of hearts
could only be a bore
A week in Paris
could ease the bite of it
All I care is to smile
in spite of it
I'll forget you I will
While yet you are still
burning inside my brain
Romance is mush
stifling those who strive
So 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