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 But 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 ♪ 'Cause a temporary arrangement Is the only permanent thing Only permanent thing The only (permanent thing) Only Permanent thing! Temporary, temporary, temporary In life