I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME
>From the film "It's Always Fair Weather" (1955)
(Lyrics: Betty Comden & Adolph Green / 
Music: "The Blue Danube Waltz, Opus 314" (1867) by Johann Strauss)


Performed in the film by Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey 
and Michael Kidd (dubbed by Jud Conlon):





GENE KELLY:
I shouldn't have come
I shouldn't have come
This thing's a mistake
An awful mistake
That guy's such a snob
And who is that hick
Can these be the guys I once thought
I could never live without

JUD CONLON:
This thing is a frost
I'd like to get lost
Old pals are the bunk
This guy's a cheap punk
And that one's a heel
And I'm a schlemiel  
Can these be the guys I once thought
I could never live without

DAN DAILEY:
This thing's a bad dream
Why can't I just scream, Aaaagggghhhhh!
Oh, why did I fly
To New York from Chi
To drink Scotch at noon
With a hick and a goon
Can these be the guys I once thought
I could never live without

JUD: This guy is a punk, a punk, a punk
GENE: This guy is a snob, a snob, a snob
DAN: This guy is a dope, a hick, a square
JUD: I shouldn't have come, I'm in despair
GENE & DAN: I'm feeling my best gone down the drain
DAN & JUD: I'm sick as bus, but I'm insane
GENE: Oh, why did I come
DAN & JUD: Why am I here
ALL: Oh-hah-aah-aah
A hick, a square, a snob, a punk
A hick, a square, a snob, a punk
Hah-hah-hah-hah, ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho
Hah-hah-hah-hah, ho-ho-ho-ho
A hick, a square, a snob, a punk
A hick, a square, a snob, a punk
Why did I come
Why am I here
Why!






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2012)