[Verse 1]
Men made out of monkeys
Men made into mice
Happy days are here again
All the drinks half price
A girl with a trick and a man with a calling

[Chorus]
Trying to make a living out of your downfalling
Trying to make a living out of anything at all
Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel
In that charm school

[Verse 2]
You and I as lovers were nothing but a farce
Trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s arse
Saying "Why don't you watch me"
Hardly speaking sotto voce

[Chorus]
Trying to make a living out of your downfalling
Trying to make a living out of anything at all
Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel
In that charm school

[Bridge]
I've got a notion
I've got an angle
Take your dreams and promises
And put them through the mangle
They say it's hell to finance too
And I just want to romance you
[Verse 3]
In this perpetual nightclub
I'll be yours eternal
Though the hours are long
And the noise infernal
Just one shameful act or sometimes two
We make believe we are making do

[Chorus]
Trying to make a living out of your downfalling
Trying to make a living out of anything at all
Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel
In that charm school

[Outro]
Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel
In that charm school
In that charm school