Lush Life-Johnny Hartman

[ti:Lush Life] [ar:Johnny Hartman] [al:John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lush Life - Johnny Hartman [00:04.18]I used to visit all the very gay places [00:07.06] [00:08.60]Those come-what-may places [00:10.11] [00:12.05]Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life [00:15.63] [00:17.22]To get the feel of life [00:18.80] [00:20.91]From jazz and cocktails [00:23.06] [00:25.49]The girls I knew had sad [00:27.46]And sullen gray faces [00:28.86] [00:30.70]With distingué traces [00:32.04] [00:33.32]That used to be there [00:34.97]You could see where [00:35.92]They'd been washed away [00:37.31] [00:38.41]By too many through the day [00:41.32] [00:42.54]Twelve o' clock tales [00:44.86] [00:47.83]Then you came along with your siren song [00:51.56] [00:53.07]To tempt me to madness [00:55.15] [00:56.83]I thought for awhile that your poignant smile [01:01.18] [01:02.03]Was tinged with the sadness [01:03.93] [01:04.86]Of a great love for me [01:09.08] [01:11.16]Ah yes I was wrong [01:15.80] [01:19.67]Again I was wrong [01:25.47] [01:31.00]Life is lonely again and only last year [01:39.14] [01:41.63]Everything seemed so sure [01:43.59] [01:48.39]Now life is awful [01:50.67] [01:52.53]Again a troughful of hearts [01:56.70] [01:58.82]Could only be a bore [02:01.34] [02:05.01]A week in Paris would ease the bite of it [02:11.69] [02:14.05]All I care is to smile in spite of it [02:20.52] [02:22.38]I'll forget you I will [02:27.39]While yet you are still [02:30.13] [02:32.29]Burning inside my brain [02:36.56] [02:37.97]Romance is mush [02:40.12] [02:41.57]Stifling those who strive [02:44.44] [02:46.62]I'll live a lush life in some small dive [02:53.96]And there I'll be [02:55.86] [02:57.81]While I rot with the rest [03:00.12] [03:01.55]Of those whose lives are lonely too [03:08.43] [04:24.17]Romance is mush [04:30.42] [04:32.40]Stifling those who strive [04:36.07] [04:37.62]I'll live a lush life in some small dive [04:48.48] [04:50.04]And there I'll be [04:54.04] [04:55.28]While I rot with the rest [04:58.09] [04:59.54]Of those whose lives are lonely too