Tallulah, Darling (To Mae West and Tallulah Bankhead)

Tallulah, darling
She was so daring
Yet insecure
There was no cure

Tallulah, baby
She could be funny
But deep inside
Fewer smiles

Tallulah, darling
She was so daring
Yet insecure
There was no cure

When you’re good you’re good

But when you’re bad you’re better (bis)

Tallulah, honey
Red hair and horny
Tacky but real
Lonely yet a heel

Tallulah, sugar
Many a lover
Seldom a man
Who’d understand

Tallulah, darling
She was so daring
Yet insecure
There was no cure

When you’re good you’re good

But when you’re bad you’re better (bis)

Tallulah, sweetie
Such fatal power
Those little hours
Too sweet and sour

Tallulah, sunshine
Wasting your time
Losing your soul
And switching roles

Tallulah, darling
She was so daring
Yet insecure
There was no cure

Tallulah, darling

She was so daring
Yet insecure
There was no cure