I'm Still Here

Good times and bum times

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 WPA

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 and Andy, Mah Jongg and platinum hair

And I'm here

I got through Abie's Irish Rose

Five Dionne babies, major beaus

Had heebie-jeebies for Beebe's bathysphere

I got through Shirley Temple

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, rescuers, religion and pills

And 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, um, who's this?"

"Wow, what a looker you were"

Or better yet, "Sorry, I thought you were who's this?"

"Whatever happened to her?"

Good times, bum times

I've seen 'em all and, my dear

I'm still here

Plush 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