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!