The Blue Devils

Lyrics

[Intro]
Draw the heavy curtains, please cover up the glass!
This absolute tragedy simply has to pass.

[Verse 1]
My brain is an orchestra tuning up late,
And I am embracing this terrible shape.
It isn't a hangover, darling, it's grand,
I am a martyr who cannot quite stand.
The spotlight is finding the ache in my chest,
As I sing my lament for the horribly stressed.

[Chorus]
I've got the Blue Devils!
They're taking the center stage!
The Blue Devils!
The ultimate parlor craze!
They say it’s the comedown of a marvelous night,
But I am expiring in the terrible shine.
Oh, the melancholy sweeps like a velvet cape,
From the Blue Devils, there is no escape!

[Verse 2]
In 19th-century London, they gave this gloom a title,
For the low-spirited delirium that makes a girl un-vital.
It’s an elegant despair for the over-indulged,
Where all of your secret regrets are unspooled.
I am suffering grandly, I want you to know,
The agony really makes for a fabulous show!

[Chorus]
I've got the Blue Devils!
They're taking the center stage!
The Blue Devils!
The ultimate parlor craze!
They say it’s the comedown of a marvelous night,
But I am expiring in the terrible shine.
Oh, the melancholy sweeps like a velvet cape,
From the Blue Devils, there is no escape!

[Bridge]
Fetch my smelling salts! Fetch the fainting couch!
Even the fringe on the lampshade makes me want to shout.
Has anyone ever suffered as magnificently as me?
I am the queen of the morning-after debris!

[Outro]
Yes, the Blue Devils take their final bow.
I am a tragic heroine, look at me now!
Oh, the sorrow! Oh, the beautiful dread!
I am a monument to the ages, I am...
Actually, I am just going back to bed.