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I've seen them all and, my dear, I'm still here
Plush velvet sometimes
Sometimes just pretzels and beer but I'm here

I've stuffed the dailies in my shoes
Strummed ukuleles, sung the blues
Seen all my dreams disappear
But I'm here

I've slept in shanties
Guest of the W.P.A. but I'm here
Danced in my scanties
Three bucks a night was the pay but I'm here

I've stood on bread lines with the best
Watched while the headlines did the rest
In the Depression was I depressed? Nowhere near
I met a big financier and I'm here

I've been through Gandhi
Windsor and Wally's affair and I'm here
Amos 'n' Andy
Mahjong and platinum hair but I'm here

I got through Abie's Irish Rose
Five Dionne babies, Major Bowes
Had heebie-jeebies for Beebe's bathysphere
I lived through Brenda Frazier and I'm here

I've gotten through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover
Gee, that was fun and a half
When you've been through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover
Anything else is a laugh

I've been through Reno
I've been through Beverly Hills and I'm here
Reefers and vino
Rest cures, religion and pills but I'm here

Been called a pinko Commie tool
Got through it stinko by my pool
I should have gone to an acting school that seems clear
Still, someone said, "She's sincere", so I'm here

Black sable one day
Next day it goes into hock but I'm here
Top billing Monday
Tuesday you're touring in stock but I'm here

First you're another sloe-eyed vamp
Then someone's mother then you're camp
Then you career from career to career
I'm almost through my memoirs and I'm here

I've gotten through, "Hey, lady, aren't you whoozis?
Wow, what a looker you were"
Or, better yet, "Sorry, I thought you were whoozis
Whatever happened to her?"

Good times and bum times
I've seen 'em all and, my dear, I'm still here
Flush velvet sometimes
Sometimes just pretzels and beer but I'm here

I've run the gamut, A to Z
Three cheers and dammit, c'est la vie
I got through all of last year and I'm here
Lord knows, at least I was there and I'm here

Look who's here, I'm still here

I've seen them all and, my dear, I'm still here
Plush velvet sometimes