The sun is warm as the day is long
  I just got the feeling I can do no wrong
  I've got a long way to walk
  Can't afford my next meal
  I tell a few lies but my hunger is real
    And it won't mean a thing in a hundred years
  No, it won't mean a thing in a hundred years
    Mademoiselle tell me do you play
  Well, if she shakes her head, well then that's okay
  I watch her walk away in haste
  There's just no accounting for some people's taste,
    And it won't mean a thing in a hundred years
  No, it won't mean a thing in a hundred years
    Big angry man in the doorway there
  Just keep on walking like I don't care
  Why you giving such an evil eye
  Could it be you were ignored by every passerby
    And it won't mean a thing in a hundred years
  No, it won't mean a thing in a hundred years
    Play in the park for tobacco and food
  Then I excuse myself but they think I'm rude
  Tourist don't want me to end his show
  But this colorful attraction got places to go
    And it won't mean a thing in a hundred years
  No, it won't mean a thing in a hundred years
    Sit at the pier watch the sun go down
  Another lost little boy in a big old town
  I want to laugh I want to cry
  But no matter how hard I may try
    It won't mean a thing in a hundred years
  No, it won't mean a thing in a hundred years
    It won't mean a thing in a hundred years
  No, it won't mean a thing in a hundred years