Harlem On My Mind

Emeralds in my bracelets, diamonds in my rings
 A Riviera chateau and a lot of other things
 And I'm blue, so blue am I
 Lots of ready money in seven different banks
 I counted up this morning, it was 'bout a million francs
 And I'm blue, so blue and I know why
 I've got Harlem on my mind
 And I'm longin' to be lowdown
 And my, 'Parlez-vous' will not ring true
 With Harlem on my mind
 I've been dined and I've been wined
 But I'm headin' for a showdown
 'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn
 With Harlem on my mind
 I go to supper with a French Marquis
 Each evening after the show
 My lips begin to whisper, "Mon Cheri"
 But my heart keeps singin', "Hi-de-ho"
 I've become too damned refined
 And at night, I hate to go down
 To that high-falutin' flat that Lady Mendel designed
 With Harlem on my mind
 I've got Harlem on my mind
 And I'm longing to be lowdown
 And my, 'Parlez-vous' will not ring true
 With Harlem on my mind
 I've been dined and I've been wined
 But sure as your born, I'm headin' for a showdown
 'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn
 With Harlem on my mind
 And when I'm bathing in my marble tub
 Each evening after the show
 I get to thinkin' 'bout that Cotton Club
 And my heart starts chirpin', "Hi-de-ho", help me
 I've been too damned refined
 And at night, I hate to go down
 To that flat with fifty million Frenchmen taggin' behind
 With Harlem on my mind