everyone gets into a dull routine if they don t get a chance to change the scene i could not be wearier life could not be drearier if i lived in siberia i ll tell ya what i mean i met a rather amusing fool while on my way to istanbul he bought me the black sea for my swimming pool monotonous for thirty days salt air i sniffed while i was shipwrecked and cast adrift with a man who looked like montgomery clift monotonous for what it s worth throughout the earth i m known as femme fatale but when the yawn comes up like thunder brother take back your taj mahal jack fath made a new style for me i even made johnny ray smile for me a camel once walked a mile for me monotonous monotonous i could not be wearier life could not be drearier if i lived in siberia traffic has been known to stop for me prices even rise and drop for me harry s truman plays bop for me monotonous monotone eous t s elliott writes books for me king farouk s on tenterhooks for me sherman billingsley even cooks for me monotonous monotonous i could not be wearier life could not be drearier if i lived in siberia though i know i ve acres of dough i m not sure of the amount it might be exciting some day if i learned to count chian kai shek sends me pots of tea gaylord hauser sends me vitamin d and furthermore ike likes me monotonous monotonous monotonous1