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Sweet Charity: Charity's Soliloquy
Gwen Verdon & Original Broadway Cast of Sweet Charity
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Can I remember how this song and dance began?
Yes I can, a damn right I can
It began, well, anyway you see there was this man
Who stopped and asked me if I knew which way was Lexington Avenue
He said I'm going to Bloomingdale's
I said I'm going to Bloomingdale's
So we hoofed it over to Bloomingdale's
He wanted to buy some jockey shorts
Then he said, "Miss, would you like a cup of tea or maybe some 7-UP?"
I left the tip, picked up the tab for
The jockey shorts and the taxi cab
He dropped me off and I burned
Boy let that be a lesson to ya
Lower the boom, girl, lower the boom
But what can you do when he knocks on your door
Cause they locked him out of his furnished room
So he moves in
He moves in with his jockey shorts and a paper bag nothing else
He needs toothpaste and a toothbrush and pajama tops
He needs razor blades, a razor and a comb, several
He needs sistering and brothering and fathering and mothering
He needs a hat to hang up in my flat and call it home
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In no time at all I find we're very much in love
And I'm blushing like a sentimental slob
And he's kissing me and hugging me and all the time he's bugging me
To go out and try to find myself a better paying job
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Comes July, it's 98 degrees he wants a coat
Wants a fur-lined coat, fur collar, cuffs, the works
While I really didn't begrudge it when I figured out my budget
For that coat I had to dance with something like 1100 jerks
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Now comes February, 10 degrees, I need a coat
Need a coat to walk his poodle that I bought
So he gives me his old sweatshirt, a muffler and a stretch shirt
And I give to him the bronchial pneumonia that I caught
Then I give him pocket money, poker money
Smoking money, skating money
Bowling money, movie money
Haircut money, shoeshine money
Money for a bill from Louie's Bar
Money for a bill from Maxie's Bar
Money for a bill from Charlie's Bar
But will he ask for subway money?
Nah, he won't want subway money
Cause it turns out the bum wants to go to Florida
Come on down
Now hear this and get this, oh Susanna amen
This big fat heart ain't gonna be torn apart
Ever, ever, ever again
Ole!
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