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Oh, Lady, Be Good! Lyrics by Jason Alexander

Lady, Be Good! (1992 Studio Cast Recording)

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[WATTY, spoken]
Susie, there you are
I need a little favor
I have this client
A Mexican girl who's inherited some money
But she can't come to collect it
[SUSIE, spoken]
Why not?
[WATTY, spoken]
Well, she's doing five years in Canto Canto
[SUSIE, spoken]
Canto Canto?
[WATTY, spoken]
Yes, that's Mexican for Sing Sing
Now why can't-o, can't-o you
Pretend to be this little señorita
And go and collect her money for her?
[SUSIE, spoken]
What?
[WATTY, spoken]
There's fifty thousand dollars for you if you'll do it
[WATTY]
What a killing we could make
Oh, lady, oh, please come through
Susie, oh, for goodness' sake
It isn't so hard to do
In this moment of distress
Hear my S.O.S. 
All my future is at stake
And Susie, it's up to you
So—
Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good
Oh, Susie, be good to me
I am so awfully misunderstood
So Susie, be good to me
Oh, please have some pity
I'm all alone in this big city
I tell you
I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood
So Susie, be good to me
[SUSIE, spoken]
Oh, Watty, I can't
[WATTY, spoken]
Susie, come back!
Ah, Susie!
[WOMAN 1, spoken]
What's wrong, Mr. Watkins?
You look so glum
[WATTY]
Listen to my tale of woe
It's terribly sad but true
All dressed up, no place to go
Each evening I'm awfully blue
I must win some winsome miss
Can't go on like this
I could blossom out, I know
With somebody just like you
So—
Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good
Oh, lady, be good to me
I am so awfully misunderstood
Oh, lady, be good to me
This is tulip weather
[WATTY & WOMEN]
So let's put two and two together
[WATTY]
I tell you
I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood
So lady, be good to me
[WOMAN 2, spoken]
Hi, Mr. Watkins!
[WATTY, spoken]
Who says construction in America is falling behind?
My, my, my, you are winsome
You win some of this
[WOMAN 3, spoken]
Oh, Mr. Watkins
[WATTY]
I tell you
I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood
So lady, be good—
[WATTY, spoken]
Five minutes with me and they're a woman with a past
[WATTY]
—To me!
Credits
Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander

About “Oh, Lady, Be Good!” by Jason Alexander

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