The Party Goes with You

[THE BROAD] We don't speak of names and faces Why should we? We don't speak of husbands or homes Or work or wives and happy lives All we've got are lips on faces Moving flawlessly Holding secrets in our clothes

On the nights I catch you standing Are you waiting for me? At the counter of this bar Speakeasy, hole in the wall We minuet to cigarette and brandy Your favorite armagnac Prohibition but there's no harm

But when you strike your goodbye pose Everybody knows, everybody knows The party, well, it goes too And damn it all, darling The party goes with you

...And I'm left with all the messes Da, di, da Cleaning up for vows in gold Our fraught affair turned solitaire Wishing to take back Merely one of my yeses Aching to be yours And have my story all retold

But when you strike your goodbye pose Everybody knows, everybody knows The party, well, it goes too And damn it all, darling The party goes with you

And when we're dancing nose to nose Darling do you suppose, oh, darling do you suppose This party could be just us two, and I your wife? Oh, oh, the gayest party, sad but true It's true The party goes with you The party goes with you The life of the party In the party of my life