218. Sophisticated Lady (1933)

Lyrics by Mitchell Parish & Irving Mills
Music by Duke Ellington

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?

No,
Sophisticated lady I know
You miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh
You cry

(bridge)

Smoking, drinking
Never thinking of tomorrow
Nonchalant
Diamonds shining
Dancing, dining
With some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?

No,
Sophisticated lady I know
You miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh
You cry
Sophisticated lady
You cry

First to play Duke Ellington