But Alive - Lauren Bacall

I feel groggy and weary and tragic

Punchy and bleary and fresh out of magic

But alive, but alive, but alive!

I feel twitchy and bitchy and manic

Calm and collected and choking with panic

But alive, but alive, but alive!

I’m a thousand different people

Every single one is real

I’ve a million different feelings

OK, but at least I feel!

And I feel rotten, yet covered with roses

Younger than springtime and older than Moses

Frisky as a lamb…

Ah la la

Lazy as a clam…

Ah la la

Crazy, but I am

Alive

She’s here!

Oh god, ah la la la la

She’s here!

Ah la la la la la

Ow! Ow!

La la la la la

Eek eek eek ow!

Ow! Ow!

And I feel wicked and wacky and mellow

Firm as Gibraltar and shaky as Jello

But alive, but alive, but alive!

I feel half Tijuana, half Boston

Partly Jane Fonda and partly Jane Austen

But alive, that’s the thing! But alive!

This kaleidoscope of feelings

Whirls around inside my brain

I admit I’m slightly cuckoo

But it’s dull to be too sane!

And I feel brilliant and brash and bombastic

Limp as a puppet and simply fantastic

But alive, but alive, but alive!

She’s here!

My dear, can you believe it?

She’s here!

Oh god, I can’t believe it!

She’s here

And just to prove we do believe

Woo!

Ah la la la la la la la la

Ah la la la la la la la la

Ah la la la la la la la

This kaleidoscope of feelings

Whirls around inside my brain

I admit I’m slightly cuckoo

But it’s dull to be too sane!

And I feel brilliant!

Bombastic!

Super!

Fantastic!

Alive!

Margo!

Alive!

Margo!

Alive!

Margo!