| Song | Lush Life |
| Artist | Billy Strayhorn |
| Album | The Peaceful Side |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| 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 gals (girls) I knew had sad and sullen gray faces, | |
| With distingué 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. | |
| I guess (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 troughful of hearts could only be a bore. | |
| A week in Paris might (will) 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Lush life. |
| I used to visit all the very gay places, | |
| Those comewhatmay places, | |
| Where one relaxes on the axis, | |
| Of the wheel of life, | |
| To get the feel of life, | |
| From jazz and cocktails. | |
| The gals 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. | |
| I guess 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 troughful of hearts could only be a bore. | |
| A week in Paris might will 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Lush life. |
| I used to visit all the very gay places, | |
| Those comewhatmay places, | |
| Where one relaxes on the axis, | |
| Of the wheel of life, | |
| To get the feel of life, | |
| From jazz and cocktails. | |
| The gals girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces, | |
| With distingué 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. | |
| I guess 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 troughful of hearts could only be a bore. | |
| A week in Paris might will 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Lush life. |