Harlem On My Mind

Emeralds in my bracelets diamonds in my rings

A Riviera chateau and a lot of other things

And I'm blue so blue am I

Lots of ready money in seven different banks

I counted up this morning it was 'bout a million francs

And I'm blue so blue and I know why

I've got Harlem on my mind

And I'm longin' to be lowdown

And my 'Parlez vous' will not ring true

With Harlem on my mind

I've been dined and I've been wined

But I'm headin' for a showdown

'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn

With Harlem on my mind

I go to supper with a French Marquis

Each evening after the show

My lips begin to whisper Mon Cheri

But my heart keeps singin' Hi de ho

I've become too d**ned refined

And at night I hate to go down

To that high falutin' flat that Lady Mendel designed

With Harlem on my mind

I've got Harlem on my mind

And I'm longing to be lowdown

And my 'Parlez vous' will not ring true

With Harlem on my mind

I've been dined and I've been wined

But sure as your born I'm headin' for a showdown

'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn

With Harlem on my mind

And when I'm bathing in my marble tub

Each evening after the show

I get to thinkin' 'bout that Cotton Club

And my heart starts chirpin' Hi de ho help me

I've been too d**ned refined

And at night I hate to go down

To that flat with fifty million Frenchmen taggin' behind

With Harlem on my mind