There is nothing like a dame    (video)

 

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1. We got sunlight on the sand, we got moonlight on the sea,

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    we got mangoes and bananas, you can pick right off the tree,

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   we got volleyball and ping-pong and a lot of dandy games !

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    What ain't we got ? We ain't got dames !

 

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2. We get packages from home, we get movies, we get shows,

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    we get speeches from our skipper and advice from Tokyo Rose.

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    We get letters doused with perfume, we get dizzy from the smell !

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    What don't we get ? You know darn well !

 

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    We have nothin' to put on a clean white suit for,

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    what we need is what there ain't no substitute for.

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    There is nothin' like a dame, nothin' in the world,

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    there is nothin' you can name that is anythin' like a dame !

 

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3. We feel restless, we feel blue, we feel lonely, and in brief,

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    we feel ev'ry kind of feelin' but the feelin' of relief.

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    We feel hungry as the wolf felt when he met Red Hiding-hood !

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    What don't we feel ? We don't feel good !

 

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    Lots of things in life are beautiful, but brother,

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    there is one particular thing that is nothin' whatsoever,

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    in any way, shape or form like any other.

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    There is nothin' like a dame, nothin' in the world,

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    there is nothin' you can name that is anythin' like a dame !

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    Nothin' else was built the same, nothin' in the world

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    as the soft and wavy frame, like the silhouette of a dame !

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    There is absolutely nothin' like a frame of a dame.

 

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4.      So suppose a dame ain't bright or completely free from flaws,

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    or as faithful as a bird dog, or as kind as Santa Claus.

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    It's a waste of time to worry over things that they have not,

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    we're thankful for the things they got !

 

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+    There is nothin' you can name that is anythin' like a dame !

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    There are no books like a dame,

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     and nothin' looks like a dame.

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    There are no drinks like a dame,

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    and nothin' thinks like a dame.

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    Nothin' acts like a dame,

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    or attracts like a dame.

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    There ain't a thing that's wrong with any man here,

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    that can't be cured by putting him near

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    a girly, womanly, female, feminine dame !

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Rodgers & Hammerstein)t