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Let Yourself Go

1. Let Yourself Go
2. If You Hadn't But You Did
3. How Long Has This Been Going On?
4. My Funny Valentine
5. Hangin' Around with You (with Jason Alexander)
6. Girl in 14g
7. I'll Tell the Man in the Street
8. I'm a Stranger Here Myself
9. Nobody Else But Me
10. Nobody's Heart/Why Can't I?
11. Should I Be Sweet?
12. He's Just an Ordinary Guy
13. Goin' to the Dance With You
14. On a Turquoise Cloud
15. You'll Never Know
16. Daddy

1. "Let Yourself Go"

As you listen to the band don't you get a bubble?
As you listen to them play don't you get a glow?
If you step out on the floor
You'll forget your trouble
If you go into your dance
You'll forget your woe
So:

Come
Get together
Let the dance floor feel your leather
Step as lightly as a feather
Let yourself go

Come
Hit the timber
Loosen up and start to limber
Can't you hear that hot marimba?
Let yourself go

Let yourself go
Relax
And let yourself go
Relax
You've got yourself tied up in a knot
The night is cold but the music's hot
So

Come
Cuddle closer
Don't you dare to answer "No, sir"
Butcher, banker, clerk and grocer
Let yourself go

2. "If You Hadn't But You Did"

There he goes as usual, my man
Breaking my foolish heart.
I really don't know what to do about him
I've told my self I've got to do without him

There he goes as usual, my man.
Tearing my heart apart.
He's made my life a mess
I've got to do this I guess
Goodbye, Joe, from here I kiss you
Goodbye, Joe, I hope I don't miss you

[Pistol sound]

If you had been on the square
And had treated me fair
And we'd not had a tiff
If you had not said
I should go and jump right off
The nearest cliff
If you had stayed off the make
And you never had taken
To coming home stiff
If I hand not smelled perfume
With a nasty unfamiliar whiff

I'M GONNA MISS YOU BABY!
THINGS COULD'VE BEEN TERIFF!
Ah, what's the diff...

If you had not had the cheek
To stay out for a week
Saying 'back in a jiff
If you were not such a two-timing guy

If you weren't
If you hadn't
If you didn't
And you weren't
And you hadn't
And you didn't
But you have
And you were
And you went
And you did
And so goodbye!

If I had not seen you
Take Geraldine on the lake
In your flat-bottomed skiff
If you were not out with Sue
With your arms around her bare midriff
If I had not seen you pen sexy letters
To Gwen in your own Hieroglyph
If you had not left me home
When had two seats for South Pacif

I'M GONNA MISS YOU, BABY
YOU WERE TOO DARN PROLIF
Ah, what's the diff

If you were not such a hound who
When game was around
Always picked at the sniff
If you were not such a two-timing guy

If you weren't
If you hadn't
If you didn't
And you weren't
And you hadn't
And you didn't
But you were
And you have
And you went
And you did
AND SO, GOODBYE

If when I asked where you'd been
You had not cliffed my chin
With a beautiful biff
Hey
If I had not always found purple
Lipstick on your handkerchief
If you had not told me lies
And then looked in my eyes
With a smile beautif
If when I caught you with Kate
You had not said, "It's of no signif!"

I'M GONNA MISS YOU, BABY
AND I COULD GET SPECIF!
Ah, what's the diff!

If The best years of my life
Weren't spent as your wife
With no marriage certif
If you were not such a two-timing guy

If you weren't
If you hadn't
If you didn't
If you weren't
If you hadn't
If you didn't
But you had

And then we coulda
And you didn't
Though you shoulda

If you didn't
If you weren't
If you hadn't
If you didn't
But you were
And you have
And you went
And you did
And so
Good bye
See ya later, Joe

3. "How Long Has This Been Going On?"

'Neath the stars, at bazaars
Often I've had to caress men
Five or ten, dollars then, I'd collect from all those yes-men
Don't be sad, I must add, that they meant no more than chess-men

Darling, can't you see?
'Twas for charity?
Though these lips have made slips, it was never really serious
Who'd have thought, I'd be brought to a state that's so delirious?

I could cry salty tears
Where have I been all these years?
Little wow, tell me now
How long has this been goin' on?

There were chills up my spine
And some thrills I can't define
Listen sweet, I repeat
How long has this been goin' on?

Oh, I feel that I could melt
Into heaven I'm hurled
I know how Columbus felt
Finding another world

Kiss me once, then once more
What a dunce I was before
What a break, for heaven's sake
How long has this been goin' on?

Kiss me twice, once more, thrice, make it four
What a break, for heaven's sake
How long has this been goin' on?

4. "My Funny Valentine"

My funny Valentine
Sweet comic Valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Unphotographable
Yet you're my favourite work of art

Is your figure less than Greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?

But don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little Valentine stay
Each day is Valentine's day

Is your figure less than Greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?

But don't you change one hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little Valentine stay
Each day is Valentine's day

5. "Hangin' Around with You"

Once, you would hang around me
Hang, 'round me night and day
I thought that love had found me
When we became that way

Now, it's a different story
You're not a one-girl man
I've heard you're in your glory
Playing the Dapper Dan

You may tell me you're a Saint
But listen to my complaint

What's the use of hangin' around with you
Hangin' around with you
Hangin' around with you, deary
I never know
I never know just where I stand

What's the use of bangin' around with you
Bangin' around with you
Bangin' around with you, deary
You've gotta give
This little girl a bigger hand

You're not acting the beau
That I once used to know
I'm beginning to see
That I'm likely to be
On the shelf

If you want me hangin' around with you
Hangin' around with you
Hangin' around with you, deary
You've gotta learn
You've gotta learn to be yourself

JASON ALEXANDER
I simply must deny it
I swear it isn't true
My heart is on a diet
Darling, except for you

When I'm with other damsels
Really, I don't go far
I try to tell those ma'm'selles
Just what a peach you are

Oh I'm so misunderstood
Though I've tried to be so good

Oh, what's the use of hangin' around with you
Hangin' around with you
Hangin' around with you, deary
I never know
I never know just where I'm at

And what's the use of bangin' around with you
Bangin' around with you
Bangin' around with you, deary
Oh I'm afraid
You're forcing me to leave you flat

KRISTIN CHENOWETH
Please don't be in a huff
It was only a bluff
Everything is in vain
If you mean to remain so upstage

If you want me hangin' around with you

BOTH
Hangin' around with you
Hangin' around with you, deary

KRISTIN CHENOWETH
You've gotta learn
You've gotta learn to act

Your agent called
Your other gigs fell through

BOTH
You've gotta learn
You've gotta learn to act your age
6. "Girl in 14g"

Just moved in to 14G
So cozy, calm, and peaceful
Heaven for a mouse like me
With quiet by the lease-full
Pets are banned parties too
And no solicitations
Window seat with garden view
A perfect nook to read a book
I'm lost in my Jane Austen when I hear

[Dramatic opera]

Say it isn't so
Not the flat below
From an opera wanna be
In 13G
A matinee of Socantota
Wagner's Ring
And Traviata

[Dramatic opera]

My first night in 14G
I'll put up with Pouccini
Brew myself a cup of tea
Crochet until she's fini
Half past eight
Not a peep
Except the clock tick-tockin'
Now I lay me down to sleep
A comfy bed to rest my head
A stretch, a yawn, I'm almost gone when

[Scatting noisily]

Now the girl upstairs
[Laughs]
Wakes me unawares
Blowing down from 15G
Her revelly
She's scattin like her name is Ella
Guess who answers a cappella

[escalating transitions between scatting and opera]

I'm not one to
Raise my voice
Make a fuss
Or speak my mind
But might I query
Would you mind if
Could you kindly

STOP!
That felt good
STOP!

13, 15, 14G
A most unlikely trio
No quite three part harmony

All day and night we're singing
[All three sing]

I've had my fill of peace and quiet
Shout out loud, "I'v changed my diet!"
All because of
14G

7. "I'll Tell the Man in the Street"

I won't to tell of my love
To the red, red rose
Or the running brook
Where the sweet magnolia grows
I won't tell of my love
To every little star
On the wipperwill
On the hill above
I'll tell the man in the street
And everyone I meet
That you and I are sweethearts
I'll shout it out
From the roof
I'll give the papers proof
That we two are complete hearts
I want the world to know
I'll use the radio
And when I've said all I'll say
You may be old and gray
But you can't get away from me.
8. "I'm a Stranger Here Myself"

Tell me is love
Still a popular suggestion,
Or merely an obsolete art?
Forgive me for asking
This simple question;
I'm unfamiliar with this part
I am a stranger here myself

Why is wrong
To murmur, "I adore him!"
When it's shamefully obvious I do?
Does love embarrass him,
Or does it bore him?
I'm only waiting for my clue
I'm a stranger here myself

I dream of a day
Of a gay warm day
With my face between his hands
Have I missed the path?
Have I gone astray?
I ask and no one understands

Love me or leave me
That seems to be the question
I don't know which tactics to use
But if he should offer
A personal suggestion
How could I possibly refuse
When I'm a stanger here myself?

Please tell me
Tell a stranger
My curiousity goaded
Is there really any danger
That love his now out-moded?
I'm interested especially
In knowing why you waste it
True romance is so freshly
With what have you replaced it?
What is your latest foibal?
Is Gin Rummy more exquisite?
Is skiing more enjoyable?
For heaven's sake what is it?

I can't believe
That love has lost its glamour
That passion is really passe
If gender is just a term in grammer
How can I ever find my way?
Since I'm a stranger here myself

How can he ignore my
Available condition?
Why these Victorian views?
You see here before you
A woman with a mission
I must discover the key to his ignition
And then if he should make
A diplomatic proposition
How could I possibly refuse?
How could I possibly refuse
When I'm a stranger here myself?

9. "Nobody Else But Me"

I was a shy, demure type
Inhibited, insecure type of maid
I stayed within my little shell
Till a certain cutie told me I was swell
Now I'm smug and snooty
Confident as hell

I want to be no-one but me
I am in love with a lover who likes me the way I am
I have my faults, he likes my faults
I'm not very bright, he's not very bright
He thinks I'm grand, that's grand for me
He may be wrong, but if we get along
What do we care say we
When he holds me close, close as we can be
I tell the lad that I'm grateful and I'm glad that
I'm nobody else but me

I have my faults, he likes my faults
I'm not very bright, he's not very bright
He thinks I'm grand, that's grand for me
I get a thrill knowing he gets a thrill
When I sit on his knee
Walking on the shore, swimming in the sea
When I am with him, I'm glad that girl who's with him
Is nobody else but me

When he holds me close, close as we can be
I tell the lad that I'm grateful and I'm glad that
I'm nobody else but me

10. "Nobody's Heart/Why Can't I?"

Nobody's heart belongs to me,
Heigh-ho! Who cares?
Nobody writes his songs to me,
No one belongs to me,
That's the least of my cares.

I may be sad at times,
And disinclined to play.
But it's not bad at time,
To go your own sweet way.

Nobody's arms belong to me,
No arms feel strong to me,
I admire the moon.
As a moon, just a moon.
Nobody's heart belongs to me today.

Feeling the way I do,
I'd like to say, "I do!"
Heaving a heavenly sigh.
Everybody has someone,
Why can't I?

Creeping to bed alone, resting my head alone,
Only the pillow nearby,
Some have a reason for dreaming,
Why can't I?

I feel forsaken on nights like this,
Can't I awaken to someone's kiss?
Only my book in bed knows how I look in bed.
Nobody hears when I cry.
Everybody has someone,
Why can't I?
Nobody's heart belongs to me today.

11. "Should I Be Sweet?"

[Not available, if you know this lyric please email us!] 12. "He's Just an Ordinary Guy"

[Not available, if you know this lyric please email us!] 13. "Goin' to the Dance With You"

[Not available, if you know this lyric please email us!] 14. "On a Turquoise Cloud"

[Not available, if you know this lyric please email us!] 15. "You'll Never Know"

Darling, I'm so blue without you
I think about you the live-long day
When you ask me if I'm lonely
Then I only have this to say

You'll never know just how much I miss you
You'll never know just how much I care
And if I tried, I still couldn't hide my love for you
You ought to know, for haven't I told you so
A million or more times?

You went away and my heart went with you
I speak your name in my ev'ry prayer
If there is some other way to prove that I love you
I swear I don't know how
You'll never know if you don't know now

You'll never know just how much I miss you
You'll never know just how much I care
You said good-bye, no stars in the sky refuse to shine
Take it from me, it's no fun to be alone
With moonlight and memories

16. "Daddy"

Hey, listen
To my story 'bout a gal named Daisy May
Lazy Daisy May

Her disposition
Is rather sweet, and charming
At times, alarming
So they say

Do do do do do doo doo doo
Do do do do do doo doo doo

She had a man tall, dark and handsome
Large and strong
To whom she used to sing this song

Hey, Daddy
I want a diamond ring
Bracelets, everything
Daddy
You oughta get the best for me

Hey, Daddy
Gee, won't I look swell in sables
Clothes with Paris labels
Daddy
You oughta get the best for me

Here's an amazing revelation
With a bit of stimulation
I'd be a great sensation
I'd be your inspiration

Daddy
I want a brand new car
Champaigne, caviar
Hey, Daddy
You oughta get the best for me

Here's an amazing revelation
With a bit of stimulation
I'd be a great sensation
I'd be your inspiration

Daddy
I want a brand new car
Champaigne, caviar
Daddy
You oughta get the best for me
You oughta get the best for me
You oughta get the best for me

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