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Lush Life - Nat King Cole feat Cee-lo
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nat "King" Cole
Nat "King" Cole
Vocals
CeeLo Green
CeeLo Green
Vocals
Pete Rugolo
Pete Rugolo
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
CeeLo Green
CeeLo Green
Producer
Mark Van Wye
Mark Van Wye
Associate Producer

Lyrics

I used to visit all the very gay places
Those come what may places
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
To get the feel of life
From jazz and cocktails
The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
With distingué traces
That used to be there, you could see where they'd been washed away
By too many through the day
Twelve o'clock tales
Then you came along with your siren of song
To tempt me to madness
I thought for a while that your poignant smile
Was tinged with the sadness
Of a great love for me
Ah yes, I was wrong
Again
I was wrong
Life is lonely again
And only last year
Everything seemed so sure
Now life is awful again
A troughful of hearts
Could only be a bore
A week in Paris will ease the bite of it
All I care is to smile in spite of it
I'll forget you, I will
While yet you are still
Burning inside my brain
Romance is mush
Stifling those who strive
I'll live a lush life
In some small dive
And there I'll be
While I rot
With the rest of those
Whose lives are lonely, too
Written by: Billy Strayhorn
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