Song lyrics to Crazy Rhythm (1928) Music by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn, performed in Tea for Two and Casablanca among others

I feel like the Emperor Nero when Rome was a very hot town
Father Knickerbocker, forgive me, I play while your city burns down
Through all its night life I fiddle away
It’s not the right life, but think of the pay
Someday I will bid it goodbye, I’ll put my fiddle away and I’ll say