Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe movie - The Mink Lament lyrics

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Chorus:<br>

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Without a mink exterior,<br>

My complex is inferior,<br>

My plight is even sadder than you think.<br>

For a lady is admired<br>

And so ardently desired,<br>

Providing she's attired in a mink.<br>

My name is never mentioned with the smart set of New York,<br>

I guess that Winchell wouldn't waste the ink.<br>

I can't get by the doorman at the Colony or Stork<br>

Without a mink, without a mink.<br>

They won't take me at Liz Arden's when I want a hairdo done,<br>

I'm so upset, I cannot sleep a wink;<br>

They won't even let me in to use the phone at Twenty-One,<br>

In fact, I'm just a bust without a mink.<br>

My life is filled with gloom,<br>

I'll never know the gay diversion<br>

Of a midnight in the Persian Room.<br>

The world is all aloof,<br>

I have to samba in the Roseland,<br>

But never on the Waldorf Roof.<br>

I'd love to go to Belmont Park, but I'd feel out of place,<br>

Although I really should be tickled pink.<br>

But a thoroughbred like Whirlaway would simply quit the race,<br>

If he saw a lady there without a mink.<br>

Yes, without a mink exterior,<br>

My complex is inferior,<br>

My plight is even sadder than you think.<br>

But my spirits will be bolstered,<br>

The day I'm re-upholstered<br>

In a slick and shiny<br>

Too diviney,<br>

Satin-liney mink.<br>

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