listen to my tale of woe it s terribly sad but true all dressed up no place to go each evening i m awfully blue i must win some handsome guy can t go on like this i could blossom out i know with somebody just like you so oh sweet and lovely lady be good oh lady be good to me i am so awfully misunderstood so lady be good to me oh please have some pity i m all alone in this big city i tell you i m just a lonesome babe in the wood so lady be good to me oh please have some pity i m all alone in this big city i tell you i m just a lonesome babe in the wood so lady be good to me oh lady be good to me