Monotonous (From "New Faces of 1952")

[00:11.03] Everyone gets into a dull routine
[00:15.12] If they don't get a chance to change the scene
[00:18.88] I could not be wearier
[00:21.19] Life could not be drearier
[00:23.30] If I lived in Siberia
[00:29.11] I'll tell ya what I mean
[00:36.62] I met a rather amusing fool
[00:41.02] While on my way to Istanbul
[00:44.40] He bought me the Black Sea for my swimming pool
[00:50.79] Monotonous
[00:52.26] For thirty days, salt air I sniffed
[00:56.16] While I was shipwrecked and cast adrift
[01:00.04] With a man who looked like Montgomery Clift
[01:06.11] Monotonous
[01:07.57] For what it's worth, throughout the earth
[01:11.91] I'm known as femme fatale
[01:15.23] But when the yawn comes up like thunder, brother
[01:19.75] Take back your Taj Mahal
[01:23.54] Jack Fath made a new style for me
[01:27.01] I even made Johnny Ray smile for me
[01:30.85] A camel once walked a mile for me
[01:36.68] Monotonous
[01:40.23] Monotonous
[01:44.46] I could not be wearier
[01:46.55] Life could not be drearier
[01:48.89] If I lived in Siberia
[01:54.02] Traffic has been known to stop for me
[01:58.26] Prices even rise and drop for me
[02:02.37] Harry S.Truman plays bop for me
[02:08.35] Monotonous
[02:12.56] Monotone-eous
[02:23.80] T.S. Elliott writes books for me
[02:27.67] King Farouk's on tenterhooks for me
[02:31.53] Sherman Billingsley even cooks for me
[02:37.60] Monotonous
[02:41.57] Monotonous
[02:45.95] I could not be wearier
[02:48.12] Life could not be drearier
[02:50.40] If I lived in Siberia
[02:56.05] Though I know I've acres of dough
[03:00.21] I'm not sure of the amount
[03:04.57] It might be exciting some day if I learned to count
[03:12.31] Chian Kai-Shek sends me pots of tea
[03:16.26] Gaylord Hauser sends me vitamin D
[03:19.88] And, furthermore, Ike likes me
[03:27.09] Monotonous
[03:31.17] Monotonous
[03:36.50] Monotonous
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