A popular song from 1933
Words by Irving Mills and Mitchell Parish
Music by Duke Ellington
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
They say into your early life romance came
And in this heart of yours burned a flame
A flame that flickered one day and died away
Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes
You learned that fools in love soon grow wise
The years have changed you, somehow
I see you now, smoking, drinking
Never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining
With some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?
Sophisticated lady, I know
You miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: