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ray charles – the lady is a tramp lyrics

i’ve wined and dined on mulligan stew, and never wished
for turkey
as i hitched and hiked and grifted too, from maine to
albuquerque
alas, i missed the beaux arts ball, and what is twice
as sad
i was never at a party where they honored noel ca-ad
(coward)
but social circles spin too fast for me
my “hobohemia” is the place to be
i get too hungry, for dinner at eight
i like the theater, but never come late
i never bother, with people i hate
that’s why the lady is a tramp
i don’t like cr-p games, with barons and earls
won’t go to harlem, in ermine and pearls
won’t dish the dirt, with the rest of the girls
that’s why the lady is a tramp
i like the free, fresh wind in her hair
life without care
i’m broke, it’s o’k
hate california, it’s cold and it’s damp
that’s why the lady is a tramp
i go to coney, the beach is devine
i go to ballgames, the bleachers are fine
i find a winch-ll, and read every line
that’s why the lady is a tramp
i like a prizefight, that isn’t a fake
i love the rowing, on central park lake
i go to opera and stay wide awake
that’s why the lady is a tramp
i like the green gr-ss under my shoes
what can i lose, i’m flat, that’s that
i’m alone when i lower my lamp
that’s why the lady is a tramp

[a few additional verses from the “ella in berlin” cd:]
girls get m-ssages, they cry and they moan
tell slender ella to leave me alone
i’m not so hot, but my shape is my own
that’s why the lady is a tramp
the food at the kopensky is perfect, no doubt
i couldn’t tell you wha the ritz is about
drop a nickle in, and coffee comes out
that’s why the lady is a tramp
like the sweet, fresh, rain in my face
diamonds and lace, no got, so what?!
for frank sinatra, i whistle and stamp
that’s why the lady is a tramp
she’s a hobo
she’s a scamp
she’s a no-good kinda tramp
that’s why the lady is a tramp

- ray charles lyrics

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