1929 West End Bitter Sweet the Musical - We All Wear a Green Carnation Lyrics
Music and lyrics by Noël Coward.
QUARTETTE: Blad boys are we, Exquisitely free From the dreary and quite absurd Moral views of the common herd.
We like porphyry bowls, Chandeliers and stoles, We're most spirited, Carefully filleted 'souls'.
Pretty boys, witty boys, too, too, too Lazy to fight stagnation, Haughty boys, naughty boys, all we do Is to pursue sensation. The portals of society Are always opened wide, The world our eccentricity condones, A note of quaint variety We're certain to provide, We dress in very decorative tones. Faded boys, jaded boys, womankind's Gift to a bulldog nation, In order to distinguish us From less enlightened minds, We all wear a green carnation. We believe in Art, Though we're poles apart From the fools who are thrilled by Greuze. We like Beardsley and Green Chartreuse. Women say we're too Bored to bill and coo, We smile wearily, It's so drearily true
Pretty boys, witty boys, you may sneer At our disintegration, Haughty boys, naughty boys, dear, dear, dear Swooning with affectation. Our figures sleek and willowy, Our lips incarnadine, May worry the majority a bit. But matrons rich and billowy Invite us out to dine, And revel in our phosphorescent wit, Faded boys, jaded boys, come what may, Art is our inspiration, And as we are the reason for the 'Nineties' being gay, We all wear a green carnation.
Pretty boys, witty boys, Yearning for Permanent adulation, Haughty boys, naughty boys, every pore Bursting with self-inflation. We feel we're rather Grecian, As our manners indicate, Our sense of moral values isn't strong. For ultimate completion We shall really have to wait Until the Day of Judgment comes along. Faded boys, jaded boys, each one craves Some sort of soul salvation, But when we rise reluctantly But gracefully from our graves, We'll all wear a green carnation.
Review: Bitter Sweet the Musical Lyrics
Bitter Sweet the Musical Lyrics
PLOT The Call of Life If You Could Only Come with Me I'll See You Again Tell Me What is Love? The Last Dance Finale Life in the Morning Ladies of the Town If Love Were All Evermore and a Day Dear Little Café Bitter Sweet Waltz Tokay Bonne Nuit, Merci Kiss me Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay Alas! The Time is Past We All Wear a Green Carnation Zigeuner I'll See You Again (reprise)
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