Glad Rag Doll 1929

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Feb 2009
2009

Little painted lady
with your lovely clothes,
where are you bound for,
may I ask?
What your diamonds cost you,
ev'rybody knows,
all the world can see
behind your mask.

All dolled up
in glad rags
tomorrow may turn to sad rags,
they call you Glad Rag Doll.
Admired
Desired,
by lovers who soon grow tired,
Poor little Glad Rag Doll.
You're just a pretty toy
they like to play with
You're not the kind
they choose to grow
old and grey with.
Don't make this
the end, dear,
it's never too late
to mend, dear,
Poor little Glad Rag Doll.

All dolled up
in glad rags
tomorrow may turn to sad rags,
they call you Glad Rag Doll.
Admired
Desired,
by lovers who soon grow tired,
Poor little Glad Rag Doll.
You're just a pretty toy
they like to play with
You're not the kind
they choose to grow
old and grey with.
Don't make this
the end, dear,
it's never too late
to mend, dear,
Poor little Glad Rag Doll.

All this glare and glitter,
all your tinselled toys,
what will they lead to
in the end?
Memories so bitter
of regretted joys,
and a world
without a single friend.

All dolled up
in glad rags
tomorrow may turn to sad rags,
they call you Glad Rag Doll.
Admired
Desired,
by lovers who soon grow tired,
Poor little Glad Rag Doll.
You're just a pretty toy
they like to play with
You're not the kind
they choose to grow
old and grey with.
Don't make this
the end, dear,
it's never too late
to mend, dear,
Poor little Glad Rag Doll.

All dolled up
in glad rags
tomorrow may turn to sad rags,
they call you Glad Rag Doll.
Admired
Desired,
by lovers who soon grow tired,
Poor little Glad Rag Doll.
You're just a pretty toy
they like to play with
You're not the kind
they choose to grow
old and grey with.
Don't make this
the end, dear,
it's never too late
to mend, dear,
Poor little Glad Rag Doll.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Glad Rag Doll 1929
Music by Dan Dougherty & Milton Ager
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
© 1929 by Ager, Yellen & Bornstein Inc. - New York City
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 27 February 2009 at 20.04
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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