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Guys and Dolls Lyrics by Walter Bobbie, J.K. Simmons

Guys and Dolls (New Broadway Cast Recording)

1992

[BENNY, spoken]
\nNicely, it is too bad that a smart businessman like Nathan
\nHas to go and fall in love with his own fiancée
\n
\n[NICELY, spoken]
\nBenny, that is his weakness, and we should be tolerant
\nBecause I am told it is a worldwide weakness
\nLook!
\n
\n[NICELY]
\nWhat's playing at the Roxy?
\nI'll tell you what's playing at the Roxy
\nA picture about a Minnesota man
\nSo in love with a Mississippi girl
\nThat he sacrifices everything
\nAnd moves all the way to Biloxi
\nThat's what's playing at the Roxy
\n
\n[BENNY]
\nWhat's in the Daily News?
\nI'll tell you what's in the Daily News
\nStory about a guy who bought his wife a small ruby
\nWith what otherwise would have been his union dues
\nThat's what's in the Daily News
\n
\n[NICELY]
\nWhat's happening all over?
\nI'll tell you what's happening all over
\nGuy's sitting at home by a television set
\nWho once used to be something of a rover
\n
\n[NICELY & BENNY]
\nThat's what's happening all over
\nLove is the thing that has licked 'em
\nAnd it looks like Nathan's just another victim
\n
\n[NICELY, spoken]
\nYes, sir!
\n
\n[NICELY]
\nWhen you see a guy reach for stars in the sky
\nYou can bet that he's doing it for some doll
\n
\n[BENNY]
\nWhen you spot a John waiting out in the rain
\nChances are he's insane as only a John can be for a Jane
\n
\n[NICELY]
\nWhen you meet a gent paying all kinds of rent
\nFor a flat that could flatten the Taj Mahal
\n
\n[NICELY & BENNY]
\nCall it sad, call it funny
\nBut it's better than even money
\nThat the guy's only doing it for some doll
\n
\n[BENNY]
\nWhen you see a Joe saving half of his dough
\nYou can bet there'll be mink in it for some doll
\n
\n[NICELY]
\nWhen a bum buys wine like a bum can't afford
\nIt's a cinch that the bum is under the thumb
\nOf some little broad
\n
\n[BENNY]
\nWhen you meet a mug lately out of the jug
\nAnd he's still lifting platinum folderol
\n
\n[NICELY & BENNY]
\nCall it hell, call it heaven
\nIt's a probable twelve to seven
\nThat the guy's only doing it for some doll
\n
\n[BENNY]
\nWhen you see a sport and his cash has run short
\nMake a bet that he's banking it with some doll
\n
\n[NICELY]
\nWhen a guy wears tails with the front gleaming white
\nWho the hell do you think he's tickling pink on Saturday night?
\n
\n[BENNY]
\nWhen a lazy slob takes a good steady job
\nAnd he smells from Vitalis and Barbasol
\n
\n[NICELY & BENNY]
\nCall it dumb, call it clever
\nAh, but you can give odds forever
\nThat the guy's only doing it for some doll
\nSome doll, some doll
\nThe guy's only doing it for some doll!\n\n
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Walter Bobbie

Walter Bobbie

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

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