[Nick]

Hey, mr. arnstein

Here's your ace.

It's a temporary arrangement

When you're down

There's nowhere to go but up.

I find that lady luck changes affection

Fortune's a fickle dame

Haven't run into them lately

But both of them know my name

It's a temporary estrangement

From the crystal dish and the silver knife.

There's another side to the coin

Tomorrow night, tenderloin

'cause a temporary arrangement

Is the only permanent thing in life.

I find that lady luck changes affection

Fortune's a fickle dame

Haven't run into them lately

But both of them know my name

It's a temporary estrangement

From the crystal dish and the silver knife.

[Ensemble]

'cause a temporary arrangement.

[Nick]

Is the only permanent thing.

[Ensemble]

Only permanent thing.

[Ensemble (nick)]

(The only)

The only permanent thing

(Only)

[Nick]

Permanent thing!

[Ensemble]

Temporary, temporary, temporary.