Bobby Short

Poor Little Rich Girl
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 pleasureSteadily grows;Cocktails 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 maybeSomeday soon you'll knowThe tears you are tastingSongtexteAre years you are wasting,Life's a bitter foe!With fate it's no use competing,Youth is so terribly fleeting;By dancing much fasterYou'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 pleasureSteadily grows;Cocktails 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! Aus Songtexte Mania