A cigarette burns itself out in a crushed up can ashtray In of a busted up old mirror Delilah Blue is out his tired sachet Getting bored or just with his own reflection He waves it all away
Taking to his friend black eyed Susan, he says "Maybe we go out West? Get a tan and the rest, this ol' life is just a test Just a anyhow" Then back to his own he says "Oh, Delilah Blue, do we do now?"
The night manager of the Stardest is banging louder On number seven's door, "If you two Queens don't pay up for all week You can't stay no more"
And laughs as black eyed Susan says "Silly is such a bore" In a while they know she'll walk
It's just a drunken game she to play Besides, she knows always pay They always pay Oh, Delilah Blue, do we do now?
Oh, Blue, what do we do now? What do we do Magnolia fill my eyes And the sweet bird of done flown away
But let anybody ever say This old dancer had her day 'Cause old dancer always knew We'd make it through, Blue
Delilah's in the tub now And it's Black-Eyed Susan's turn to The of the United States is on TV everybody the country's doin' fine
Well, he be talkin' 'bout some other country honey, he sure as hell ain't talkin' 'bout mine Wish I could strut up to the White steps In Shirley drag and sing 'Brother can you spare a
Hey, Miss D, I could always that Jayne Mansfield thing How cash you think that old rag'd bring? My ruby red dress, I used to to sing Back they'd whistle and they'd wow Oh, Delilah Blue, what do we do
Oh, Blue, what do we do now? What do we do Magnolia memories fill my And the sweet bird of youth done away
But don't let ever say This old dancer had her day 'Cause this old dancer always make it through, Delilah Blue
Does the 2000 ever scare you it's comin' up so fast? This getting thing seems to be about just learnin' how to last
Flippin' my old phone book Delilah, all our mad, mad we were such a cast What do I keep this old thing for?
Most our friends ain't here no more I'm feeling lonely as a ghost whore Left standin' up somehow Oh, Blue, what do we do now?
With a towel on his head Delilah appears in the golden aura of bathroom light Tell you a little secret, Susan, I a long, long time ago It's kept me on my all these years, high heels too I got the strap marks to
You can take it or you can it Oh baby, guess I don't know But it seems to me between the blues we cannot And all the rage we try to
We're only pawns in our own Try not to let it wrinkle your brow And just before he cuts the He his own reflection in the mirror
And at the sight Try not to let it wrinkle your little brow Oh, Delilah Blue, what do we do
Oh, Blue, what do we do now? What do we do Magnolia memories fill my And the bird of youth done flown away
But don't let ever say This old never had her day 'Cause this old dancer knew We'd make it through, Blue
Oh, Blue, what do we do now? do we do now? Magnolia memories my eyes And the sweet bird of youth done away
But don't let anybody say This old dancer had her day 'Cause this old always knew We'd it through, Delilah Blue
'Cause old dancer thought She knew, we'd it through Oh, this old dancer She knew, Blue, what do we do now?