THE MIDAS TOUCH
From the Broadway Show "Bells Are Ringing" (1956)
(Jule Styne / Betty Comden / Adolph Green)

Bernie West & Chorus (Broadway Production) - 1956
Hal Linden & Chorus (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Martin Moran & Chorus (Broadway Revival) - 2001


Aaaahhhhhhh!
First you're hot and then you're cold
Then you're shy and then you're bold
But I'm always sensitive to you

First you fill my heart with pain
Then your kiss is novocaine
That's no way sensitive to you

You don't see anything, but it hurts
Though you can't see the pain
Ooh-oh, how it hurts

Midas touch
The mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty Midas Touch
The Midas touch
The mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty Midas Touch
Midas touch
The mighty, mighty Midas Touch

Gold in the mornin'
Gold in the evenin
Gold in the Summer
Gold in the Winter
Doctor Midas said to me
"Be sure you take your vitamin G...O...L...D"
And that's what he said to me
Yeah!

(Musical Interlude + Ad-Lib Vocal Noises)

Gold in all its glory
And that's the story of the Midas Touch


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2006)


****************************


THE MIDAS TOUCH
As performed in the 1960 film by Hal Linden & Chorus:


SOLO FEMALE VOICE:
And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, it's showtime!
And for our opening production number
The Pyramid Pips present a brand new song
The Midas Touch.....

GIRLS CHORUS:
Gold in all its glory
And here's the story of the Midas Touch

HAL LINDEN:
The beggar rests his weary head
And dreams of just one crust of bread
But, when the beggar's dreams grow bold
He dreams, as others do, of gold

The Midas Touch, the mighty Midas Touch
The Midas Touch, the mighty Midas Touch
The Midas Touch, the mighty, mighty Midas Touch

ALL:
The Midas Touch, The Midas Touch
The Mi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-das Touch
The Midas Touch, the mighty, mighty Midas Touch

GIRLS: Gold!   LINDEN: In the mornin'
GIRLS: Gold!   LINDEN: In the evenin'
GIRLS: Gold!   LINDEN: In the Summer
GIRLS: Gold!   LINDEN: In the Winter
GIRLS:
Doctor Midas said to me
"Be sure and take your vitamin G...O...L...D!"
And that's what he said to me

(Musical Interlude)

GIRLS:
Gold in all its glory
And that's the story of the Midas T-o-o-o-o-o-u-u-u-u-ch!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2006)


****************************