The Lady Is a Tramp

Song The Lady Is a Tramp
Artist Ella Fitzgerald
Album Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook

Lyrics

[00:00.428] I've wined and dined on Mulligan stew and never wished for turkey
[00:11.941] As I hitched and hiked and grifted too, from Maine to Albuquerque
[00:17.645] Alas I missed the Beaux Arts Ball and what is twice as sad
[00:26.517] I was never at a party where they honored Noel Ca-ad
[00:34.908] But social circles spin too fast for me
[00:40.964] My "hobohemia" is the place to be
[00:49.492] I get too hungry for dinner at eight
[00:54.748] I like the theater, but never come late
[01:00.572] I never bother with people I hate
[01:07.81] That's why the lady is a tramp
[01:11.452] I don't like crap games with barons and earls
[01:17.724] Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
[01:23.692] Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
[01:29.452] That's why the lady is a tramp
[01:34.564] I like the free, fresh wind in my hair
[01:41.357] Life without care
[01:44.268] I'm broke, it's oke
[01:47.323] Hate California, it's cold and it's damp
[01:53.219] That's why the lady is a tramp
[01:58.459] I go to Coney, the beach is divine
[02:04.635] I go to ballgames, the bleachers are fine
[02:10.251] I follow Winchell and read every line
[02:16.412] That's why the lady is a tramp
[02:22.031] I like a prizefight that isn't a fake
[02:27.851] I love the rowing on Central Park lake
[02:33.756] I go to Opera and stay wide awake
[02:39.619] That's why the lady is a tramp
[02:44.853] I like the green grass under my shoes
[02:51.899] What can I lose, I'm flat, that's that
[02:57.842] I'm alone when I lower my lamp
[03:03.987] That's why the lady is a tramp