Down In The Depths

Cole Porter Cole Porter

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With a mil lion ne on rain bows burn ing be low me,
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and a mil lion blaz ing tax is rais ing a roar,
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here I sit a bove the town, in my pet pall at ted
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gown, down in the depths on the nine ti eth floor.
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{While the crowds in all the night clubs pun ish the par quet,
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and the bars are packed with coup les call ing for more,
and at Twen ty One the coup les cla mour for more,
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} I'm de sert ed and de pressed in my re gal ea gle
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nest, down in the depths, the nine ti eth floor,

1936 by Chappell & Co, renewed, assigned to John F Wharton, Trustee of the Cole Porter Musical and Literary Property Trusts
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When the on ly one you want ed wants an oth er,
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what's the use of swank and cash in the bank ga lore?
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Why ev en the jan i tor's wife has a
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per fect ly good love life and here am I, fac ing to mor row.
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A lone with my sor row, down in the depths, on the
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nine

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floor.
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1936 by Chappell & Co, renewed, assigned to John F Wharton, Trustee of the Cole Porter Musical and Literary Property Trusts
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