John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - Lush Life
pressed in 1963
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 hair 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 would 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
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
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