[00:00.00]Life Upon the Wicked Stage - Jerome Kern
[00:11.24]Life upon the wicked stage ain't ever
[00:14.10]What a girl supposes
[00:18.52]Stage door Johny's outraging over you with gems
[00:22.89]And roses
[00:25.58]When you let a-fella hold your hand
[00:29.04]Which means an extra beer or sandwich
[00:33.84]Everybody whispers Ain't her life a world
[00:41.23]Though you're warned against the rule
[00:43.34]Way ruining your reputation
[00:48.42]When you played around the one night
[00:50.89]Trade around the great big nation
[00:55.66]Wild old man who give you jewels
[00:58.50]And sables only live in Aesop's fables
[01:06.29]Life upon the wicked stage is nothin' for a girl
[01:24.23]I admit it's fun to smear my face with paint
[01:28.88]Causing everyone to think I'm what I ain't
[01:33.57]And I'd like to play a Demi Monday roll with soul
[01:43.04]Ask the hero does he liked the way I lure
[01:46.75]When I play a Hasie or a Parramore
[01:51.05]Yet when once the gut feels down
[01:54.39]My life is pure and how I dread it
[02:01.03]Life upon the wicked stage
[02:03.74]Ain't ever what a girl supposes
[02:08.38]Stage door Johny's outraging over you with gems
[02:12.93]And roses
[02:25.26]Life upon the wicked stage ain't nothin' for a girl