| Song | Things Ain't What They Used to Be |
| Artist | Duke Ellington |
| Album | The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings(01~12) |
| Got so weary of bein' nothin', | |
| Felt so dreary just doin' nothin' | |
| Didn't care ever gettin' nothin', felt so low | |
| Now my eyes on the far horizon can see a glow | |
| Announcin' things ain't what they used to be. | |
| No use bein' a doubtin' | |
| Thomas,No ignorin' that rosy promise; | |
| Now I know there's a happy story yet to come. | |
| It's the dawn of a day of glory: millennium | |
| I tell you things ain't what they used to be. |