Poor Little Rich Girl

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!