Have you seen the well-to-do

Upon Lennox Avenue

On that famous thoroughfare

With their noses in the air



High hats and narrow collars

White spats and fifteen dollars

Spending every dime

For a wonderful time



If you're blue

And you don't know where to go to

Why don't you go where Harlem sits

Puttin' on the Ritz

Spangled Gowns upon the bevy of

High browns from down the levy

All misfits

Puttin' on the Ritz



That's where each and every lulu-belle goes

Every Thursday evening with her swell beaus

Rubbin' elbows



Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee

And see them spend

Their last two bits

Puttin' on the Ritz



------ short instrumental break ------



(Boys, look at that man puttin' on that Ritz)

(You look at him, I can't)



If you're blue

And you don't know where to go to

Why don't you go where Harlem flits

Puttin' on the Ritz

Spangled Gowns upon the bevy of

High browns from down the levy

All misfits

Puttin' on that certain Ritz



That's where each and every lulu-belle goes

Every Thursday evening with her swell beaus

Rubbin' elbows



Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee

And see them spend

Their last two bits

Puttin' on the Ritz



------ piano solo ------



Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee

And see them spend

Their last two bits

Puttin' on the Ritz

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