Lyrics
It was 1927 and the world at my feet
A pretty girl on each arm my family was so proud of me
I built a lot of buildings tore half of them down
One by one they all crumbled just like me
But like a storm in a teacup
Like a smile sent down from heaven
Madge I loved you then and I love you now
We ate in the finest restaurants
Had the wealthiest friends
Most of them are gone now no one left to say "I knew you when"
I sing them songs 'cause I remember the girl I used to know
She never saw any of my money but she watched it come and go
Like a storm in a teacup
Like a smile sent down from heaven
Madge I loved you then and I love you now
They call this place sunny side
But I ain't seen the sun in a long long time
And my hands don't seem to steady now
But they're still holding on to you
And she's probably married now in a nice white house
And me I just sit here in my room quiet as a mouse
But I got my TV turned up loud I'm not gonna hear myself retreat
If only I'd have kept her I'd have stayed on my feet
Like a storm in a teacup
Like a smile sent down from heaven
Madge I loved you then and I love you now
Madge I loved you then and I love you now