Good times and bum times
I've seen them all
And my dear I'm still here
Plush velvet sometimes
Sometimes just pretzels and beer
But I'm here
I've stuffed the dailies
In my shoes
Strummed ukuleles
Sung the blues
Seen all my dreams disappear
But I'm here
I've slept in shanties
Guest of the W P A but I'm here
Danced in my scanties
Three bucks a night was the pay
But I'm here
I've stood on bread lines
With the best
Watched while the
Headlines did the rest
In the depression was I depressed
Nowhere near
I met a big financier and I'm here
I've been through Gandhi
Windsor and Wally's affair
And I'm here
Amos 'n' Andy
Mah-jongg and platinum hair
And I'm here
I got through Abie's Irish Rose
Five Dionne babies Major Bowes
Had heebie-jeebies for Beebe's
Bathysphere
I got through Shirley Temple
And I'm here
I've gotten through Herbert
And J Edgar Hoover
Gee that was fun and a half
When you've been through Herbert
And J Edgar Hoover
Anything else is a laugh
I've been through Reno
I've been through Beverly Hills
And I'm here
Reefers and vino rest cures
Religion and pills and I'm here
Been called a 'Pinko' commie tool
Got through it stinko by my pool
I should've gone to an acting school
That seems clear
Still someone said "She's sincere"
So I'm here
Black sable one day
Next day it goes into hock
But I'm here
Top billing Monday Tuesday
You're touring in stock but I'm here
First you're another sloe-eyed vamp
Then someone's mother
Then you're camp
Then you career from career to career
I'm almost through my memoirs
And I'm here
I've gotten through
"Hey lady aren't you whoozis
Wow what a looker you were"
Or better yet
"Sorry I thought you were whoozis
Whatever happened to her "
Good times and bum times
I've seen 'em all
And my dear I'm still here
Flush velvet sometimes
Sometimes just pretzels and beer
But I'm here
I've run the gamut A to Z
Three cheers and dammit
C'est la vie
I got through all of last year
And I'm here
Lord knows at least I was there
And I'm here
Look who's here I'm still here
