Nol Coward — 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 pleasure Steadily 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 maybe Someday soon you'll know The tears you are tasting Are years you are wasting Life's a bitter foe With fate it's no use competing Youth is so terribly fleeting By dancing much faster You'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 pleasure Steadily 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