Alla was the mistress of the scene
She had introduced Rudy to Jean
Jean ran off when Rudy showed a sign
That he might want more than just a showpiece for a bride
Natacha made the set for Camille
To symbolize her feminine ideal
Rudy had an ideal of his own
And hid behind Natacha so nobody would know
All the bathing beauties in the Black Sea
Change their names to sound like Russian aristocracy
But we all take certain liberties in the Garden of Allah
Miss Nazimova in the Garden of Allah
Rudy and Natacha in the Garden of Allah
Mercedes De Acosta in the Garden of Allah
The Garden of Allah
Mercedes, when we remember her
It's more for ambition than her work
Her taste for honey deep and refined
For violet eyelids like roman blinds
Spanish, English, German songs were sung
Italian, French, and Russian blend into a single tongue
Oh what it must've been like to be young in the Garden of Allah
There was Tallulah in the Garden of Allah
There was Marlene in the Garden of Allah
And there was Greta in the Garden of Allah
The Garden of Allah
Natacha was away when Rudy died
She talked to him from the other side
He said a man must be a man throughout his life
Everything else is just between him and his wife
All the bathing beauties in the Black Sea
Weep and wring their hands and say oh Rudy Rudy
Things just aren't the same at all without you
Miss Nazimova in the Garden of Allah
Rudy and Natacha in the Garden of Allah
Mercedes De Acosta in the Garden of Allah
The Garden of Allah