Lush Life

Oh-oh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

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

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

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
When 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

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

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