Lush Life-Joe Henderson

[00:04.49]i used to visit all the very gay places [00:08.92]those come-what-may places [00:12.40]where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life [00:17.81]to get the feel of life from jazz and cocktails [00:24.79] [00:26.06]the girls i knew had sad and sullen gray faces [00:31.12]with distingue traces that used to be there [00:35.53]you could see where they'd been washed away [00:38.93]by too many through the day, twelve o'clock tales [00:46.61] [00:48.49]then you came along with your siren song [00:53.76]to tempt me to madness [00:57.43]i thought for awhile that your poignant smile [01:02.68]was tinged with the sadness of a great love for me [01:11.88]ah yes, i was wrong [01:20.02]again, i was wrong [01:29.42] [01:31.68]life is lonely again and only last year [01:42.47]everything seemed so sure [01:49.19]now life is awful again [01:55.24]a trough full of hearts could only be a bore [02:04.91] [02:06.00]a week in paris could ease the bite of it [02:15.03]all i care is to smile in spite of it [02:22.08] [02:23.48]i'll forget you, i will while yet you are still [02:33.40]burning inside my brain romance is mush [02:42.85]stifling those who strive [02:47.31] [02:47.87]i'll live a lush life in some small dive [02:55.14]and there i'll be [02:59.11]while i rot with the rest of those [03:04.37]whose lives are lonely too [03:10.95] [04:25.53]romance is mush [04:34.25]stifling those who strive [04:39.61]i'll live a lush life in some small dive [04:52.26]and there i'll be [04:57.42]while i rot with the rest of those [05:03.61]whose lives are lonely too