Down In The Depths On The Ninetieth Floor

It is a lament from the point of view of a rich woman in a penthouse apartment higher than any building but the empire state building who looks down on the busy city life below her but nevertheless feels she is at the lowest.

Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor.

Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor is a torch song written by cole porter for his 1936 musical red hot and blue in which it was introduced by ethel merman. With a million neon rainbows burning below me and a million blazing taxis raising a roar here i sit above the town in my pet paillated gown down in the depths. About down in the depths on the 90th floor. Down in the depths.

The lyric scheme juxtaposes images of high and low. Cole porter down in the depths on the ninetieth floor ballard kaye lyrics. While the crowds in all the nightclubs punish the parquet and the bars are packed with couples calling for more i m deserted and depressed in my regal eagle nest down in the depths of the ninetieth floor. Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor down in the depths on the ninetieth floor is a torch song written by cole porter for his 1936 musical red hot and blue in which it was introduced by ethel merman.

Of the ninetieth floor. While the crowds at el morocco punish the parquet. Down in the depths of the ninetieth floor. When the only one you wanted wants another what s the use of swank and cash in the bank galore.

Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor. I m deserted and depressed. When the only one you wanted wants another what s the use of swank and cash in the bank galore. While the crowds in all the nightclubs punish the parquet and the bars are packed with couples calling for more i m deserted and depressed in my regal eagle nest down in the depths of the ninetieth floor.

And at 21 the couples clamor for more.