they say into your early life romance came and in this heart of yours burnt a flame a flame that flickered one day and died away then, with disillusion deep in your eyes you learned that fools in love soon grow wise the years have changed you somehow i see you now smoking, drinking never thinking of tomorrow nonchalant diamonds shining dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant is that all you really want no, sophisticated lady, i know you miss the love you had long ago and when nobody is nigh you cry