"Temporary Arrangement" lyrics

[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