Duke Ellington - Lush life

Tekst :

I 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

Inne utwory

  • Day dream
  • Satin doll
  • Rocks in my bed
  • I got it bad
  • Sophisticated lady
  • Caravan
  • Azure
  • Everything but you
  • All too soon
  • I let a song go out of my heart
  • Prelude to a kiss
  • My little brown book
  • In a mellow tone
  • Drop me off in harlem
  • Solitude
  • Bli-blip
  • In a sentimental mood
  • Just squeeze me
  • Lost in meditation
  • Losowe utwory

    Slough of despond

    In silence I am wandering
    Can t avoid the screaming words
    I try to make up my mind
    All this thinking makes me blind
    No control in my mind.

    [Chorus:]
    And I open my eyes
    Don t know what to do
    I m waiting for answers
    But they are all...

    Shattered

    Grace in light
    somehow i found you here
    torn from the hope and fear
    holds us inside
    pull me out
    out from the world i ve known
    and all love was broken cold
    brought me here

    from you one look
    just one look and everything is shattered
    from you...

    Just a dream

    I was down in the Hell s Ditch
    along with my fears where time fell asleep
    and it s dreaming I saw a girl wrapped up in tears
    It was you, once again you
    I reached out my hand straight to you...
    Just a dream......

    Love

    I used to think that I wasnt fine enough
    and i usto think that i wasnt wild enough
    but i wont waste my time trying to figure out
    why you playing games whats this all about
    and i cant believe you hurting me
    im mad...

    Shitty morning song

    Dawn emptied the bars
    And the town is licking her scars
    And this murkey bar-chair mood slid away
    And fell down with the moon
    And the morning finds me alone
    In Marianne s car
    Harsh morning headlines echo across the empty square
    Sleepy buses are making their first pass
    I...