Louisa-Noel Coward and Orchestra

[ti:Louisa] [ar:Noel Coward----(replace by 84005)] [al:Noel Coward In New York] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Louisa - Noel Coward and Orchestra [00:08.68]Louisa was a movie queen [00:11.61]Before she'd achieved the age of sweet sixteen [00:13.84] [00:14.35]Long before Cagney threw those girls about [00:17.21]Little Louisa tossed her curls about [00:20.65]Later when the talkies came [00:23.24]The whole world resounded to her fame [00:25.37] [00:26.15]Each time she married [00:27.31]Every daily paper carried [00:28.40] [00:28.94]Headlines blazing her name [00:30.71] [00:31.89]Not only headlines [00:33.33]But photographs and interviews [00:34.69]Everything she did was news [00:35.75]That held the world in thrall [00:37.51]Some say she read lines better than Marléne could [00:40.63]No other entertainer could [00:41.71]Compete with her at all [00:42.69] [00:43.58]But regardless of the fact [00:45.40]That she could sing and dance and act [00:47.03] [00:47.56]And owned furniture that wasn't little rockery [00:50.28] [00:51.48]And regardless of her gems [00:52.69] [00:53.40]Which were hers not MGM's [00:55.44] [00:56.31]Her life was one long mockery [01:00.50] [01:05.84]Louisa was terribly lonely [01:08.45] [01:09.22]Sucess brought her naught but despair [01:11.93] [01:12.89]She derived little fun [01:14.10] [01:14.61]From the oscars she'd won [01:16.64]And none [01:17.29] [01:18.03]From her home in Bel Aire [01:20.34]She said she was weary of living [01:22.60] [01:23.68]On this bestial terrestial plane [01:26.46] [01:27.50]When friends came to visit [01:29.37]Their hands she would clutch [01:31.26]Crying tell me why is it I suffer so much [01:34.89]Oh if only if only if only [01:38.42] [01:39.19]My life wasn't quite such a strain [01:41.89] [01:44.51]And soon after that she was terribly lonely [01:48.26] [01:48.87]All over again [01:52.07] [01:54.86]Louisa was terribly lonely [01:57.78] [01:58.42]Louisa was terribly sad [02:01.15] [02:02.38]It appears that the cheers [02:04.31]That had rung in her ears [02:05.96]For years had been driving her mad [02:09.81]She sobbed when men offered her sables [02:12.83] [02:13.54]And moaned when they gave her champagne [02:16.41] [02:17.42]She remarked to her groom [02:19.32]On their honeymoon night [02:21.17]As he tenderly kissed her and switched off the light [02:24.63] [02:25.30]Oh if only if only if only [02:28.95] [02:29.58]I'd flung myself out of that plane [02:33.24] [02:35.35]The very next day she was terribly lonely [02:40.11]All over again [02:43.80] [02:45.35]Louisa was terribly lonely [02:48.47]The girl had no fun [02:49.82]Louisa was tired of it all [02:52.68]Not a call from anyone [02:54.28]She gazed like a dazed frustrated sphinx [02:56.48]At her hundred and eight new tated minx [02:58.92]And she wrung her hands [02:59.85]And she beat her breast [03:01.34]Crying my my my I'm so depressed [03:03.50]Nobody knew the troubles she'd seen [03:07.65] [03:08.28]Nobody knew but you know who [03:10.54]The tribulations of a movie queen [03:12.82]So farewell to lovely Louisa [03:16.08]We'll just let life tease her [03:17.77]Let's leave her searching in vain [03:20.33]Find someone to explain [03:21.80]Why destiny [03:22.95]Singled her out to be [03:24.55]Only [03:25.45]Lonely [03:25.96] [03:26.69]Over and over again