Lush Life-Joe Mooney

[ti:Lush Life] [ar:Joe Mooney] [al:Atlantic Jazz Legends] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lush Life - Joe Mooney [00:00.55]I used to visit all the very gay places [00:03.63] [00:04.54]Those come what may places [00:06.74] [00:07.80]Where one relaxes on the axis [00:09.99]Of the wheel of life [00:11.64] [00:12.44]Just to get the feel of life [00:14.72] [00:15.39]From jazz and cocktails [00:19.17] [00:20.62]The girls I knew had sad [00:22.12]And sullen gray faces [00:23.52] [00:24.71]With distingue traces [00:26.71] [00:27.56]That used to be there [00:28.90]You could see where [00:29.67]They'd been washed away [00:31.99]By too many through the day [00:34.30] [00:35.34]Twelve o'clock tales [00:37.96] [00:39.26]Then you came along [00:40.25]With your siren song [00:42.35]To tempt me to madness [00:44.71] [00:45.85]I thought for awhile [00:46.94]That your poignant smile [00:49.18]Was tinged with the sadness [00:51.92] [00:52.64]Of a great love for me [00:54.74] [00:56.71]Ah yes I was wrong [00:59.31] [01:01.28]Again I was wrong [01:03.00] [01:09.28]Life is lonely again [01:11.08] [01:13.09]And only last year [01:15.62]Everything seemed so sure [01:18.30] [01:21.51]Life is awful again [01:23.68] [01:25.67]A trough full of hearts [01:28.22]Could only be a bore [01:31.24] [01:33.74]A week in Paris [01:35.44] [01:36.99]Would ease the bite of it [01:39.30] [01:40.26]All I care is [01:42.69] [01:43.46]To smile in spite of it [01:45.94] [01:46.81]And I'll forget you I will [01:49.18] [01:50.89]While yet you are still [01:53.60]Burning inside my brain [01:56.89] [01:59.99]Romance is mush [02:01.88]Stifling those who strive [02:04.52] [02:06.34]I'll live a lush life in some small dive [02:10.58] [02:13.09]And there I'll be [02:14.20]While I rot with the rest of those [02:19.00]Whose lives are lonely too [02:22.59] [03:02.68]I'll forget you I will [03:04.70] [03:06.46]While yet you are still [03:09.22]Burning inside my brain [03:12.42] [03:15.54]Romance is mush [03:17.39]Stifling those who strive [03:19.70] [03:21.80]I'll live a lush life in some small dive [03:26.15] [03:27.94]And there I'll be [03:29.33]While I rot with the rest of those [03:34.78]Whose lives are lonely too