LUCKY ME (Soundtrack)
Songs from the film "Lucky Me" (1954)
Music by Sammy Fain / Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Starring Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers, Nancy Walker and Eddie Foy Jr.
LUCKY ME (Opening Credits)
Performed by a Studio Choir
Lucky me
Now the world's our lucky highway
All the signs are going my way
Yessirree, lucky me, lucky me, yessirree!
With a lucky star to guide me
And the one I love beside me
Life will be so fancy free
Don't you wish that you could be lucky me
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SUPERSTITION SONG
Performed by Doris Day
It isn’t that I’m superstitious , superstitious, I am not
Nevertheless, I take no chances, walk under ladders
Don’t give a hoot for hex or hoodoo, Lady Luck, or April Fool’s
Nevertheless, I’m more than careful to observe these rules
When I lie in bed at night and hear a whippoorwill
I rush to put a rabbit’s foot upon my windowsill
But when I find a four leaf clover, that’s my lucky day
There’s thirteen reasons why I feel this way
I never lived in fear of witches, which is why I wish to state
Long as I’m feeling fine and dandy, and my health is great
Why, oh why, should I tempt fate
I’ve never known a jinx or Jonah that could ever frighten me
Nevertheless, I don’t object to hanging up a horseshoe
I don’t believe in mystic powers, mystic powers, tommy-rot
Nevertheless, I cross my fingers when I’m in a spot
Always make three wishes when I see a shooting star
Never eat an oyster in a month without an “R”
And when I catch a ladybug, I let it fly away
There’s thirteen reasons why I feel this way
Never tap your toe in June to an organ grinder’s tune
Men who pick up rusty pins marry girls with double chins
Three on one match isn’t good, make a circle, knock on wood
On the sidewalk, don’t relax, never, never step on cracks
Children skippin’ rope
Happy is their horoscope
But if they should drop their rope
Well, I could go on listing things all day
Skippin’ rope, horoscope, rusty pins, double chins,
Lots of things like wedding rings …… wedding rings
I can see me, sad and dreamy
In a wedding gown
It isn’t that I’m superstitious , superstitious, I am not
Nevertheless, I see no harm iIn lookin’ in a window
Now, pickin’ petals off o' daisies isn’t what you’re thinkin’ of
Believe it or not, I’m just preparin' for that well known dove
Just in case I fall in love
Just in case I fall in, fall in, fall, I’ll fall in love
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MEN
Performed by Doris Day and Phil Silvers
DORIS:
Men men, horrible men
I've said it before and I'll say it again
What I think of men you can't print in a book
Lucky the girl who has never been took
SILVERS:
Girls, girls, putting on airs
Who likes 'em, who wants 'em, who needs them, who cares
They'll string you along with a song and a dance
Then walk out on you for a new pair of pants
DORIS:
Men have got a sort of nose for
Any chicken whose kickin' around
And believe me, Sir, that goes for
Ev'ry masculine resident up to the President
SILVERS:
Love, love, horrible word
Show me the dove and I'll give it the bird
It isn't your looks, it's your chequebook and pen
DAY:
Regarding their promises, do just what momma says
Be doubting Thomases, men!
(SPOKEN)
SILVERS: Women, bah!
DAY:
Well, just remember one thing it's the wife who stands by
And helps a man through all his trials, troubles and tribulations
SILVERS:
That he wouldn't have if he didn't marry her in the fiorst place
What about that, hey, I told her that time, didn't I, wa-how!
Well, you're a small group, but
DAY: I thought you said we'd murder 'em
SILVERS: They're dead ain't they!
DAY:
Men, men, bloodthirsty men
History's pages are crowded with them
Fellahs like Bluebeard with hatchets and knives
Look what they did to the lives of their wives
SILVERS:
Dames, dames, think of the dames
Who slaughtered their lovers with poison or flames
Lucrezia Borgia, you're lovely, the stuff that she poured
Men took one whiff and were stiff as a board
DAY:
Men are devils out of Hades
For instance take Henry the Eighth
Married six or seven ladies
And then sfter he mated 'em, decapitated 'em
SILVERS:
Hi-ho, song and a dance
'Twas always the skirt who was wearin' the pants
But when she walks by and she wiggles her frame
There's somethin' about 'em, I can't do without 'em
So send me a beautiful dame
DAY:
And now that I finally hollered my head off
And put all the men on the pan
For Pete's sake, send me a man
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PARISIEN PRETTIES
Performed by Doris Day, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy Jr. & Female Chorus
(We're awfully sorry, folks, we must be going)
(Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!)
(Right from the heart we thank you as the curtain falls)
For the standing ovation and the curtain calls
(We're awfully sorry, folks, we must be going)
(Ooh-la-la, tres jolie, you've been grand)
But think of all the cities waiting for our jokes and ditties
Here's a kiss from Parisian Pretties
DORIS:
I'll say adieu with just a few more kisses
To you and you and you and you and you
SPOKEN: Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.....
(DIALOGUE)
SILVERS:
I'm choked up with emotion as I gaze and see
Just how bad you take the thought of losin' me
I'll never leave you, folks, 'cause I.....
(DIALOGUE)
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HIGH HOPES
Performed by Doris Day, Nancy Walker, Phil Silvers and Eddie Foy Jr.
EDDIE: Our pockets hold no money worth the counting
NANCY: We've got the ham, but can't afford the rye
SILVERS: At ev'ry turn our miseries are mounting
DAY: But a trouper never says die
ALL: Right!
ALL:
High hopes high hopes
Never played the Palace
Never even played a split week in Podo
High hopes, high hopes
Never had a photo in the Sunday Roto
Gettin' awful tired of livin' in a trunk
SILVERS:
When George M. Cohan started in show business
Here's what that Yankee Doodle Dandy said
Smile while you can, till they ring down that last curtain
You're a long time dead
ALL:
And that's why top show, ??? show
We endorse the Cohan point of view
Till our high, high, high, high hopes come true
ALL: High hopes, high hopes
EDDIE:
Never played the big time
All we got was just a piano in the pit
SILVERS: High hopes, high hopes
DAY:
Never heard 'em yell out, Sister, you're a sell out
Wonder how it feels to know that you're a hit
NANCY: Listen!
First you are booked in a joint up in Hoboken
You beat your brains out doin' five-a-day
PHIL, NANCY & EDDIE:
Then comes the break and you're back on the big circuit
Back on old Broadway
ALL:
And so it's day in, day out
Waitin' for our agent to come through
Makin' all our high, high hopes come true
And that's why good times, bad times
Gonna pin my hopes on Y-O-U
Till our high, high, high, high hopes come true
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THE PERFUME OF LOVE
Performed by Hal Derwin (dubbing the singing voice of Robert Cummings)
....................... from in the night
And see that they're shinin' extra bright
And if they do, they'll make this evenin'
The perfect evening for love
Tell the birdies in the Sycamore
To sing like they never sang before
Notify the Honeysuckle
To spread the perfume of love
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LUCKY ME
Performed by Hal Derwin (dubbing the singing voice of Robert Cummings)
Lucky me, all the folks are workin' for me
And no Sunday punch can floor me
Yessirree, not lucky me
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I SPEAK TO THE STARS
Performed by Doris Day
I speak to the stars
In a sky full of wonder
In a world full of magic
It may be they can hear
What my heart is thinkin' of
(We can hear your heart, we know what you're thinking of)
I speak to the stars
And I ask them to tell me
Am I making a blunder
Is this just an illusion
Or is it really love
(Is it really love)
Do I make too much
Of the promise in a stranger's eyes
What will happen when the magic dies
Am I riding for a fall
I speak to the stars
And I wait for an answer
Little stars, won't you tell me
But they don't seem to hear
As they twinkle up above
So I turn from them
And speak to my heart
And my heart tells me
I'm in love
(You can trust your heart, for your heart will never lie)
(You're in love) I'm in love
(You're in love) I'm in love
(You're in love) I'm in love
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THE BLUE BELLS OF BROADWAY
Performed by Doris Day, Nancy Walker, Phil Silvers and Eddie Foy Jr.
DORIS:
The bagpipes of Scotland are hushed in the glen
For Sandy McTavish will nay come home again
He's far from the blue bells that once bloomed so bright
ALL: But the blue bells of Broadway are ringin' tonight
DORIS:
He sits on the bandstand with knees that are bare
The cats crowd around him and, ooh man, how they stare
For Sandy in kilts is a braw bonny sight
ALL: And the blue bells of Broadway are ringin' tonight
DORIS:
He plays a boogie-woogie bagpipe, so cool it's bound to hurt
Each nervous fan yells, "Dig that man in the crazy red skirt!"
The banks of Loch Lomand are lonely today
For Sandy McTavish three thousand miles away,
He's far from the heather that once beamed so bright
ALL: But the blue bells of Broadway are ringin' tonight
DORIS:
Oh where, tell me where, has my heilan' laddie gone
Oh where, tell me where, has my heilan' laddie gone
ALL:
He's gone to join a jazz band upon Fifty-Second Street
And it's there you can hear him introduce that bagpipe beat
(Dance Routine)
He wears a real gone tam o'shanter and tassles on his socks
And when he blows the rhythm grows till the joint really rocks
He squeezes the goatskin and out comes a jive
For Sandy's the hit of the Dipsy Doodle Five,
Since he's blowin' with 'em, the rhythm is right
And the blue bells of Broadway are ringin'
ALL:
The blue bells are ringin' with a bagpipe beat
On Broadway, on Broadway tonight
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I WANNA SING LIKE AN ANGEL (Rehearsal)
Performed by Doris Day
That's why I wanna sing like an angel
And dance, dance, dance like the Devil
So Mister Leader Man
Strike up the band and let's go
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LOVE YOU DEARLY
Performed by Doris Day and Hal Derwin (as the singing voice of Robert Cummings)
DERWIN:
Love you dearly, more than just sincerely
More than I could ever hope to say
Love.....
DAY:
Love you dearly, more than the Moon, or nearly
Darling, you take my very breath away
DERWIN: Maytime's the time for love
DAY: Lanes were made for strolling
DERWIN: Hands were made for holding, and two lips
DAY: And two lips to whisper
DAY: Love you dearly, more than just sincerely
DERWIN: More than there are rosebuds in a Spring
DAY: A Spring bouquet
DERWIN: Need I say I love you more and more each day
DAY:
Maytime's the time for love
Lanes were made for strolling
Hands were made for holding
And two lips to whisper
Love you dearly, more than just sincerely
More than there are rosebuds in a Spring bouquet
Need I say I love you more and more each day
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I WANNA SING LIKE AN ANGEL
Performed by Doris Day
Now did you ever stop to think
What happens to those freckle-faced Tom Sawyers
They grow up lawyers
Then again that kid named Hugo
Sneakin' off from homework to go fishin'
He's my physician
As for me, I always knew
Just what I was born to do
I wanna sing like an angel
And dance, dance, dance like the Devil
And act just as good as a Barrymore would
In a play like Camille
When I was just a kid with my dollies
I dreamed someday I would be
The grandest star in the Follies
With the audience cheering for me
I wanna be where the lights are
And give my life to the Theatre
Where people in pairs come to lose all their cares
In the thrill of a show
That's why I wanna sing like an angel
And dance, dance like the Devil
So Mister Leader Man
Strike up the band and let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go
I wanna be where the lights are
And give my life to the Theatre
Where people in pairs come to lose all their cares
In the thrill of a show
That's why I wanna sing like an angel
And dance like the Devil
So Mister Leader Man
Strike up the band and let's go
Let's go!
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LUCKY ME (End Credits)
Performed by a Studio Choir
With a lucky star to guide me
And the one I love beside me
Life will be so fancy free
Don't you wish that you could be lucky me
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(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2014)
