Chloë is a borough socialist She insists there's not much more to it Than drinks with a certain element Of downtown art criticism I benefit more than I should admit From her unscrupulous therapist How Benzedrine supposed to address Your shoplifting is anybody's guess Chloë Chloë Please don't ever change That story that continues to persist How you could have dropped the cigarette On the trip your boyfriend's canoe flipped Doesn't lose your grip on me a bit She and I, we were inseparable 'Til Ma called my East Coast uncle to Ascertain the welfare of her son Howard said, "Mary, you'd better come" Chloë Her name is Chloë And he's talking awful strange But the more they abhor you The more I adore you I would but I can't My heart don't stand a chance Of even a glance Her soul is a pitch black expanse Summer ended on the balcony She put on Flight of the Valkyries At her 31st birthday party Took a leap into the Autumn leaves

Simone writes little love, much consequence Lest the theatre's how you pay the rent A new work of some semi-memoir sits Inside the weekend book editors desk And while they have not mentioned it She must watch roses get thrown at less Oh, the indignity It was just the thing for their Q4 "Deeply funny" was the rave refrain It was just the thing for their Q4 It'll be on stands before the holidays Her sister was not much long for this world She danced as if a dancer danced, as if As if she had a body to sustain As if an audience to entertain This ironic distance kept her sane While her vessel sailed away It was all very literary And the truth was It was just the thing for their Q4 What's "deeply funny" mean anyhow? It was just the thing for their Q4 These are the stories that we need right now How could she compete? (I'm sure she wouldn't mind) With a memory such as she (but who else than I) Leigh died so many months ago (could write the story of her life?) "By now this tragedy's my own" Oh-o-oh-oh It was just the thing for their Q4 "Deeply funny" was the rave refrain It was just the thing for their Q4 It'll be on stands before the holidays It was just the thing for their Q4 The film adaptation was a total mess It was just the thing for their Q4 'Til she was outed for her privilege It was just a thing for their Q4 Can't see her brother now unsupervised It was just the thing for their Q4 Her family switched care right when she inquired

Funny girl You look so unassuming right up until The room you're captivating starts to fill With gut-busting laughter You're transformed into a five-foot Cleopatra Funny girl Your schedule's pretty crazy, doing interviews For the new live action Kathy Could you pencil in an industry outsider? Yeah, you're young, but baby, you're not getting younger Funny girl For once your timing wasn't great I must have missed you by a day But baby, things have turned out pretty good this way I don't think either of us yearns to share the stage Funny girl You seem pretty indifferent, but you knocked me out When you charmed the pants off Letterman Oh, I wish you'd flash that manic smile in my direction And let me lead you to your seat, like we were old friends Funny girl

One side says "Y'all go to hell." The other says "If I believed in God, I'd send you there." But either way we make some space In the hell that we create On both sides One side says "Kill 'em all." The other says "Line those killers up against the wall." But either way some blood is shed Thanks to our cooperation On both sides On both sides One side says "Man, take what's yours!" The other says "Live on no more than you can afford." But either way we just possess And everyone ends up with less On both sides On both sides

This may be the last time Last time I put on my shoes Go down to the corner And buy the damn cat the expensive food That Turkish Angora's 'bout the only thing left of me and you Mmm-hmm Early this morning, it started making sounds that say "Don't the last time come too soon? One down, eight to go, but it's no less true Don't the last time come too soon?" This may be the last time Last time I get out of bed Put coffee on and try In your words "To show some initiative" We used to lay around here laughing At what these freaks out there were trying to prove Mmm-hmm But what's wasting time if not throwing it away on work When the last time comes so soon Mr. Blue died in my arms, nothing they could do Don't the last time come too soon Love's always goin' to leave ya No matter what they say You only know what it is once it's gone away This may be the last time Last time I lay here with you Do you swear it's not the cat? You don't have to answer that, I'll just make do But maybe if he'd gone sooner Could've brought us back together last June Mmm-hmm When the last time was our last time If only then I knew The last time was our last time Would've told you that the last time comes too soon When the last time was our last time Should've told you that the last time comes too soon Oh-oh Oh, la-la

I swore I wouldn't do this The wine's gone to my head The ferryman's been stranded Stay with me tonight instead The end will not befall us The sky will not descend Life can be more sweet than bitter If you'll only let me in Kiss me Kiss me Like long ago Kiss me I still know Our dream Ended like dreams do But kiss me I loved you I heard everything about you And maybe half of it was true Love is much less a mystery Than who you give it to Kiss me Kiss me Like long ago Kiss me I'm still yours Baby Our dream Ended like dreams do But kiss me Don't you miss me? Kiss me I loved you