Oscar Peterson Lush Life
Lush LifeI 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
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