Madge

It was 1927

Had the world at my feet

A pretty girl on each arm

My family was so proud of me

I built a lot of buildings

Tore half of 'em down

One by one

They all crumbled just like me

But like a storm in a teacup

Like a smile sent down from heaven

Madge I loved you then

And I love you now

We ate in the finest restaurants

Had the wealthiest friends

Most of them are gone now

No one left to say I knew you whe

It seems so long since I've remembered

The girl I used to know

She never saw any of my money

But she watched it come and go

Like a storm in a teacup

Like a smile sent down from heaven

Madge I loved you then

And I love you now

They call this place Sunnyside

But I ain't seen the sun

In a long long time

And my hands don't seem too steady now

But they're still holding onto you

Madge she's probably married now

In a nice white house

And me I just sit here in my room

Quiet as a mouse

But I got my TV turned up loud

I'm not going to hear myself retreat

If only I'd have kept her

I'd have stayed on my feet

Like a storm in a teacup

Like a smile sent down from heaven

Madge I loved you then and I love you now