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lush life

by jacob wick

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music & lyrics for "lush life" by billy strayhorn, sweet pea

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i used to go to 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 you 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 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 troughful of hearts could only be
a bore

a week in paris will ease the bite of it
all i care is to smile in spite of it

romance is mush stifling those who strive
i'll live a lush life in some small dive
and there i'll be while rot with the rest
of those whose lives are lonely too

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released May 1, 2020

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jacob wick Mexico City, Mexico

Jacob Wick is an improviser, writer, and artist. His work is dedicated to and informed by queer feelings and queer politics.

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