lush life

Lush Life
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
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 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
Then you came along with your siren song
To tempt me to madness
I thought for awhile 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
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
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