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I Don’t Believe It Lyrics by Clare Burt, Michael Cantwell, Samantha Shaw

Starting Here, Starting Now (Original London Cast)

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[WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN]
\nLa la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
\nLa la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
\n
\n[WOMAN 2, spoken]
\nIt's not that I'm down on love or anything
\nBut have you ever been at a party
\nAnd got that kind of sinking feeling?
\nYou know, like when somebody says
\n
\n[MAN, spoken]
\nI hate to brag
\nBut Harriet's and my marriage is really going great
\nIt's true, we've really got it together
\nI mean, all day long at the office
\nI can't wait to get through and get home to my little baby
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, spoken]
\nHee hee hee hee
\n
\n[MAN, spoken]
\nIt's like we finally know what's really important in life
\nI don't know how two people can be so lucky
\n
\n[WOMAN 2]
\nI, I don't, I don't believe
\nI don't believe it one bit
\nHe's nice, he calls hеr "baby" too much
\nShe's sweet, the way she clings to his arm
\nCharm, charm
\nThеy are the picture of charm and devotion
\nThe way he looks deep in her eyes
\n
\n[MAN, spoken]
\nYou're special
\n
\n[WOMAN 2]
\nPraises her up to the skies
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, spoken]
\nNo, you're special
\n
\n[WOMAN 2]
\nShe is so loving and he is so perfect
\nAnd I don't believe it one bit
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN]
\nOne bit!
\n
\n[WOMAN 2, spoken]
\nYou wanna know the secret of our marriage, honey?
\nWell, the secret of our marriage is that I am married to a man
\nAnd he is married to a woman
\nOh, I know it's unfashionable, but it's God's truth
\nAnd let me tell you what that means to me
\nThat means that I am available to my man
\nI don't care how tired I am
\nOr what I've been through all day
\nI'm there for him
\nAnd that's why our marriage works
\n
\n[WOMAN 1]
\nI, I don't, I don't believe
\nI don't believe it one bit
\nHer smile reveals a bit too much teeth
\n
\n[WOMAN 1 & WOMAN 2, spoken]
\nHis face is rather too much like stone (Honeybunch)
\nDrone, drone (Sugarbunch)
\n
\n[WOMAN 1]
\nAll I can hear is the drone of her praises
\nAnd while she's extolling their joy
\nWhy is he eyeing that boy?
\nShe is so "total" and he is so macho
\nAnd I don't believe it one bit
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN]
\nOne bit!
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, spoken]
\nYou see, what makes Herbert and me different
\nIs that we relate to each other as people
\nI mean, when I look at him, I don't see Herbert
\nI see another human being
\nAnd I ask myself
\n"Now, what can I do for that human being over there?"
\nAnd he feels the same way
\nIt isn't Mildred
\nHe doesn't care about Mildred
\nHe cares about this human being
\n
\n[MAN]
\nI
\n
\n[WOMAN 2]
\nI don't
\n
\n[MAN]
\nI don't believe
\n
\n[MAN & WOMAN 2]
\nI don't believe it one bit
\n
\n[MAN]
\nHer
\n
\n[WOMAN 2]
\nVoice
\n
\n[MAN & WOMAN 2]
\nIs just a little too tense
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, spoken]
\nWe relate
\n
\n[MAN]
\nHis
\n
\n[WOMAN 2]
\nGrin
\n
\n[MAN & WOMAN 2]
\nStays on a little too long
\nWrong, wrong
\nThere's something terribly wrong with the picture
\n
\n[WOMAN 2]
\nSince everything's going so right
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, spoken]
\nHe really, really loves me
\n
\n[MAN]
\nWhy are her knuckles so white?
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, spoken]
\nHe really does
\n
\n[WOMAN 2]
\nHe is so open
\n
\n[MAN]
\nAnd she is so gushing
\n
\n[WOMAN 2 & MAN]
\nAnd I don't believe it one bit
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN]
\nOne bit!
\n
\n[MAN, spoken]
\nHa ha ha ha ha
\nMarian and I have been swapping with other couples
\nFor about a year now
\nAnd I wanna tell you what it's done for our marriage
\nWe find that having sex outside
\nHas actually brought us closer together
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN]
\nI, I don't, I don't believe
\nI don't believe it one bit
\nHis / my throat is just a little too dry
\nHis / my laugh comes just a little too quick
\nSick, sick
\nI think I'm going to be sick from the sugar
\nIf sex really frees you from qualms
\n
\n[WOMAN 1 & WOMAN 2]
\nWhat's all that sweat on your palms?
\n
\n[WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN]
\nLook at those couples
\nNow she is so rapturous, he is so courteous
\nShe is so generous, he is so chivalrous
\nShe is so fatuous, he is so unctuous
\nI don't know how they achieve it
\nBut I don't believe it one bit!\n\n
Credits
Clare Burt

Clare Burt

Michael Cantwell

Michael Cantwell

Samantha Shaw

Samantha Shaw

About “I Don’t Believe It” by Clare Burt

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