The Lady Is a Tramp

The Lady Is a Tramp (Live) - Ella Fitzgerald

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've never been to a party

Where they honored Noel Cad

Social circles moved 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 crap 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 my hair

Life without care I'm broke it's okay

Hate California it's cold and it's damp

That's why the lady is a tramp

Girls gets massages they cries they she moans

Tells Slenderella 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 conpensigi is pefect no doubt

I couldn't tell you what the rates are about

Dime in the legle land and copy comes out

That's why the lady is a tramp

Loves the sweet fresh wind in my face

Diamonds and lace

No God so what

For france nadra I whistles and stamps

That's why the lady is a tramp

She's a humble she's a scam

She's a not good kind of fan

That's why the lady is a tramp