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Lush Life

by Ryan Donlin

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This is a cover of a song by Billy Strayhorn

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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 grey 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-tails

Then you came along with your siren song to tempt me to madness
I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with a sadness
Of a great love for me
I guess 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 might 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

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released September 10, 2022
Ryan Donlin - guitar and vocals

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