If you're blue and you don't know where to go to why don't you go where fashion sits, Puttin' on the ritz.
Different types who wear a day coat, pants with stripes and cutaway coat, perfect fits, Puttin' on the ritz.
Dressed up like a million dollar trooper Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks or umberellas in their mitts, Puttin' on the ritz.
Have you seen the well-to-do up and down Park Avenue On that famous thoroughfare with their noses in the air High hats and Arrow collars white spats and lots of dollars Spending every dime for a wonderful time
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to Why don't you go where Harlem sits Puttin' on the ritz
Spangled gowns upon a bevy of high browns From down the levee, all misfits Puttin' on the ritz
That's where each and every lulubelle goes Every Thursday evening with her swell beaus Rubbing elbows...