Her name is Lo

              
la  She was a 

   
showgirl
              
With yellow fe

         
athers in her 

            
hair & a d

 
ress cut down 

2 there
        
She would mere

              
ngue And do th


e cha-cha
             
And while she 

         
tried to be a 

         
star, Tony alw

ays tended bar
            
Across the cro

 
wded floor
              
They worked fr

       
om eight til f

our
             
They were youn

             
g and they had


 each other
      
Who could ask 


for  more

chorus 
        
At the Copa,  

       
  Copacabana
        
The hottest sp

       
ot north of Ha

vana 
      
At the Copa,Co

   
pacabana
          
Music and pass

         
ion were alway

           
s in fashion a

         
t the Copa   

              
They fell in l

       
ove...   


        
His name was R

              
ico     He wor

  
e a diamond
              
He was escorte

         
d to his chair

           
 He saw Lola d


ancing there
        
And when she f

              
inished He cal

  
led her over
              
But Rico went 

         
a bit too far 

            
Tony sailed ac

 
ross the bar
              
And then the p

      
unches flew
              
And chairs wer

      
e smashed in t

wo
            
There was bloo

 
d and a single

 gunshot
    
But just who s

hot who?

chorus 
        
At the Copa,  

       
  Copacabana
        
The hottest sp

       
ot north of Ha

vana 
      
At the Copa,Co

   
pacabana
          
Music and pass

         
ion were alway

           
s in fashion a

         
t the Copa   

              
She lost her l

       
ove...   

       
Copa   copa ca

..  
…bana
   . 
 Cop..ca...ban

 
a     
    
 Mu...sic   an

 
d   passion
    
 Al...ways in 

   
  fash...ion 

      x 3

        
Her name is Lo

              
la She was a s


howgirl
              
But that was t

         
hirty years ag

            
o When they us


ed to have a s

how
        
Now it's a dis

              
co But not for


 Lola
         
Still in the d

        
ress she used 

to wear

Faded feathers

 in her hair
              
She sits there

      
 so refined
              
And drinks her

              
self half-blin

      
d
            
She lost her y

 
outh and she l

ost her Tony
  
and she's lost

 her mind

chorus 
        
At the Copa,  

       
  Copacabana
        
The hottest sp

       
ot north of Ha

vana 
      
At the Copa,Co

   
pacabana
          
Music and pass

         
ion were alway

           
s in fashion a

           
t the Copa    

   
 Cabana