But the producer, Charles B. Cochran, found it dreary and tried to cut it from the show during rehearsal. It turned out to be one of his great royalty-earners. The life you lead sets all your nerves a jangle. Though you're a child, dear, Your life's a wild typhoon. The craze for pleasure Steadily grows.
Nobody knows . . .
By the time I got home the words of the first phrase had emerged . . . Coward at play. Whenever spring breaks through again. Time may lie heavy between, But what has been is past forgetting. In my heart will ever lie Just the echo of a sigh, goodbye.