Down In The Depths On The Ninetieth Floor

The lyric scheme juxtaposes images of high and low.

Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor.

When the only one you wanted wants another what s the use of swank and cash in the bank galore. I m deserted and depressed. In my regal eagle nest. While the crowds at el morocco punish the parquet.

This ode to the loneliness of an enviably rich woman was written for ethel merman for porter s 1936 broadway musical red hot. Down in the depths of the ninetieth floor. It is a lament from the point of view of a rich woman in a penthouse apartment higher than any building but the empire state building who looks down on the busy city life below her but nevertheless feels she is at the lowest. About down in the depths on the 90th floor.

Down in the depths of the ninetieth floor. When the only one you wanted wants another what s the use of swank and cash in the bank galore. Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor is a torch song written by cole porter for his 1936 musical red hot and blue in which it was introduced by ethel merman. And at 21 the couples clamor for more.

With a million neon rainbows burning below me and a million blazing taxis raising a roar here i sit above the town in my pet paillated gown down in the depths. While the crowds in all the nightclubs punish the parquet and the bars are packed with couples calling for more i m deserted and depressed in my regal eagle nest down in the depths of the ninetieth floor. Of the ninetieth floor. Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor.

Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor down in the depths on the ninetieth floor is a torch song written by cole porter for his 1936 musical red hot and blue in which it was introduced by ethel merman.