Lush Life

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 distingué 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 troughful of hearts could only be a bore
 A week in Paris will 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