Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe movie - The Mink Lament lyrics
rate me<br>
Chorus:<br>
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Without a mink exterior,<br>
My complex is inferior,<br>
My plight is even sadder than you think.<br>
For a lady is admired<br>
And so ardently desired,<br>
Providing she's attired in a mink.<br>
My name is never mentioned with the smart set of New York,<br>
I guess that Winchell wouldn't waste the ink.<br>
I can't get by the doorman at the Colony or Stork<br>
Without a mink, without a mink.<br>
They won't take me at Liz Arden's when I want a hairdo done,<br>
I'm so upset, I cannot sleep a wink;<br>
They won't even let me in to use the phone at Twenty-One,<br>
In fact, I'm just a bust without a mink.<br>
My life is filled with gloom,<br>
I'll never know the gay diversion<br>
Of a midnight in the Persian Room.<br>
The world is all aloof,<br>
I have to samba in the Roseland,<br>
But never on the Waldorf Roof.<br>
I'd love to go to Belmont Park, but I'd feel out of place,<br>
Although I really should be tickled pink.<br>
But a thoroughbred like Whirlaway would simply quit the race,<br>
If he saw a lady there without a mink.<br>
Yes, without a mink exterior,<br>
My complex is inferior,<br>
My plight is even sadder than you think.<br>
But my spirits will be bolstered,<br>
The day I'm re-upholstered<br>
In a slick and shiny<br>
Too diviney,<br>
Satin-liney mink.<br>
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