Linda Ronstadt - Lush Life Lyrics
written by Billy Strayhorn© 1949 Tempo Music (ASCAP)I used to visit all the very gay placesThose come what may placesWhere one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of lifeTo get the feel of life from jazz and *****tailsThe girls I knew had sad and sullen grey facesWith distingue tracesThat used to be there you could see where they'd been washed awayBy too many through the day twelve o'clock talesThen you came along with your siren songTo tempt me to madnessI thought for a while that your poignant smileWas tinged with the sadness of a great love for meAh yes I was wrong, again I was wrongLife is lonely againAnd only last year everything seemed so sureNow life is awful againA trough full of hearts could only be a boreA week in Paris could ease the bite of itAll I care is to smile in spite of itI'll forget you, I willWhile yet you are still burning inside my brainRomance is mush, stifling those who striveSo I'll live a lush life in some small diveAnd there I'll beWhile I rotWith the rest of those whose lives are lonely too
