Stephen Sondheim - I'm Still Here (From Lyrics
Good times and bum times, I've seen them allAnd, my dear, I'm still herePlush velvet sometimesSometimes just pretzels and beer, but I'm hereI've stuffed the dailies in my shoesStrummed ukuleles, sung the bluesSeen all my dreams disappear but I'm here.I've slept in shanties, guest of the W.P.A., but I'm hereDanced in my scantiesThree bucks a night was the pay, but I'm hereI've stood on bread lines with the bestWatched while the headlines did the restIn the depression was I depressed?Nowhere near, I met a big financier and I'm hereI've been through Gandhi, Windsor and Wally's affair, and I'm hereAmos 'n' Andy, Mah-jongg and platinum hair, and I'm hereI got through Abie's, Irish Rose, Five Dionne babies, Major BowesHad heebie-jeebies for Beebe's, BathysphereI got through Shirley Temple, and I'm hereI've gotten through Herbert and J. Edgar HooverGee, that was fun and a halfWhen you've been through Herbert and J. Edgar HooverAnything else is a laughI've been through Reno, I've been through Beverly Hills, and I'm here.Reefers and vino, rest cures, religion and pills, and I'm hereBeen called a 'Pinko', commie tool, got through it stinko by my poolI should've gone to an acting school, that seems clearStill someone said, "She's sincere", so I'm hereBlack sable one day, next day it goes into hock, but I'm hereTop billing Monday, Tuesday, you're touring in stock, but I'm hereFirst you're another sloe-eyed vampThen someone's mother, then you're campThen you career from career to careerI'm almost through my memoirs, and I'm hereI've gotten through, "Hey, lady, aren't you whoozis?Wow, what a looker you were"Or better yet, "Sorry, I thought you were whoozisWhatever happened to her?"Good times and bum times, I've seen 'em allAnd, my dear, I'm still hereFlush velvet sometimesSometimes just pretzels and beer, but I'm hereI've run the gamut, A to ZThree cheers and dammit, C'est la vieI got through all of last year, and I'm hereLord knows, at least I was there, and I'm hereLook who's here, I'm still here