Count Basie - Poor Little Rich Girl lyrics

Poor little rich girl You're a bewitched girl Better take care Laughing at danger Virtue a stranger Better beware! The life you lead sets all your nerves a-jangle You love affairs are in a hopeless tangle Though you're a child, dear Your life's a wild typhoon! In lives of leisure The craze for pleasure Steadily grows; co*ktails and laughter But what comes after? Nobody knows! You're weaving love into a mad jazz pattern Ruled by Pantaloon Poor little rich girl Don't drop a stitch too soon! You're only a baby You're lonely, and maybe Someday soon you'll know The tears you are tasting Are years you are wasting Life's a bitter foe! With fate it's no use competing Youth is so terribly fleeting; By dancing much faster You're chancing disaster Time alone will show Poor little rich girl You're a bewitched girl Better take care Laughing at danger Virtue a stranger Better beware! The life you lead sets all your nerves a-jangle You love affairs are in a hopeless tangle Though you're a child, dear Your life's a wild typhoon! In lives of leisure The craze for pleasure Steadily grows; co*ktails and laughter But what comes after? Nobody knows! You're weaving love into a mad jazz pattern Ruled by Pantaloon Poor little rich girl Don't drop a stitch too soon!