The Lady Is A Tramp

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 cad

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 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 ok

Hate california

It's cold and it's damp

That's why the lady is a tramp

Girls get massages

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

What 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 sgar

She's not good telling a tramp

That's why the lady is a tramp

The Lady Is a Tramp - Ella Fitzgerald