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when you're all dressed up and no place to go - tom venam lyrics

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[verse 1]
when the lights shine bright o’er the town at night
and it’s laughter, wine and song
life is one delight, if you stand in right
but it’s fierce, when you stand in wrong
though your soul may cry for the life called high:
and your coin you would gladly blow:
’tis a bitter cup to be all dressed up
when you’ve no place at all to go

[chorus]
when you’re all dressed up, an’ no place to go
life seems weary, deary and slow
my heart has ached and bled, for the tears i’ve shed
when i’d no place to go, unless i went back to bed
i’ve had a sad, sad life, and when ever i go
to that peaceful spot, where the violets grow
upon a nice white stone will be written below:
“he was all dressed up but no place to go.”

[verse 2]
once a friend of mine gave me one swell time
that i shall not soon forget
the excitement he handed out to me
was a brand that you don’t oft get
we went through grant’s tomb in the afternoon
which was pleasure enough alone
then we went to call on his uncle paul
who was sick in the soldier’s home
[chorus]

[verse 3]
i at one time sat, ‘neath my own silk hat
in my ev’ning clothes and cane
in a swell hotel, where i did not dwell
and i hired them to page my name
it was music sweet, to my ears a treat
as my name they would loudly shout
till a large well fed house detective said
i was in, but was just going out

[chorus]

- tom venam lyrics

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