It was 1927

Had the world at my feet

A pretty girl on each arm

My family was so proud of me I built a lot of buildings

Tore half of 'em down

One by one they all crumbled

Just like me But like a storm in a teacup

Like a smile sent down from Heaven

Madge, I loved you then

And I love you now We ate in the finest restaurants

Had the wealthiest friends

Most of them are gone, now

No one left to say, I knew you when Seems so long since I've remembered

The girl I used to know

She never saw any of my money

But she watched it come and go Like a storm in a teacup

Like a smile sent down from Heaven

Madge, I loved you then

And I love you now They call this place 'Sunnyside'

But I ain't seen the sun in a long, long time

And my hands don't seem too steady, now

But they're still holding onto you Madge, she's probably married now

In a nice white house

And me, I just sit here in my room

Quiet as a mouse But I got my TV turned up loud

I'm not going to hear myself retreat

If only I'd have kept her

I'd have stayed on my feet Like a storm in a teacup

Like a smile sent down from Heaven

Madge, I loved you then

And I love you now Madge, I loved you then

And I love you now