The Boys In The Backroom

(F. Hollaender / F. Loesser)
 

Go see what the boys in the Backroom will have
And tell them I’m having the same.
Go see what the boys in the Backroom will have
Give them the poison they name.
And when I die, don’t spend my money
On flowers and my picture in a frame.
Just see what the boys in the Backroom will have
Tell them I sighed
Tell them I cried
And tell them I died of the same.
And when I die, don’t pay the preacher
For speaking of my glory and my fame.

 

Just see what the boys in the Backroom will have
Tell them I sighed
Tell them I cried
And tell them I died of the same.
And when I die, don’t buy a casket
Of silver with candles all aflame.
Just see what the boys in the Backroom will have
Tell them I sighed
Tell them I cried
And tell them I died of the same.