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Let me entertain you
Let me make you smile
Let me do a few tricks
Some old and then some new tricks
I'm very versatile
And if you're real good
I'll make you feel good
I want your spirits to climb
So let me entertain you
And we'll have a real good time
Yes, sir
We'll have a real good time...

Let me entertain you
Let me make you smile
Let me do a few tricks
Some old and then some new tricks
I'm very versatile...
Oh, and if you're real good
I'll make you feel good
I want your spirits to climb...
So let me entertain you
We'll have a real good time
Yes, sir
You and me we're gonna have a real... good time...
Yes, sir!

Oh, it's way past time when I should be home in bed
But I'm standing here on this moonlit street instead
I want to drink the breeze in and bathe in lantern light
Now my reason's gone and I blame it on the summer night

I see couples pass and their eyes are luminous
And they smile at me as if to say, "You're one of us"
What's going on here?  The street is full of lunatics sharing some pagan rite
If we're here till dawn, we can blame it on the summer night

I keep remembering eyes, fiery pale in the moonlight
Spinning my heart into an endless flight
But I'm not to blame, it's just the shameless summer night...
Do do do do do do

I've got to stop this, I never felt so giddy
Why are the stars so bright?
Through the streets I wander and blame it on the summer night

Maybe the sun will come soon
Oh, maybe the morning will save me
Clearing my mind, giving me back my sight
But for now I'm stuck in the sweet, seductive summer night...

Lock the door and stop complaining
Gather 'round and listen well
From now on we're entertaining
How to hotten up this hell
Hold your mood and hold your bladder
Skip the food and stop the chatter
Can't you hear the pitter-patter?
We're not here to eat
We came for the heat

Let's raise the roof
(Let's raise the roof)
Let's make a scene
(Let's make a scene)
Let's hope the gods of love will shine above and show the way
Let's call the shots
(Let's call the shots)
Let's roll the dice
(Let's roll the dice)
Take my advice
It always pays to raise the roof

Crush the ice and shake forever
Tell the evening where to go
If you need a new endeavor
I can tell you what I know
Grab a partner by the collar
Ride the bomb and with a dollar
Just ignite a mighty holler
Lead me to the trough
Till the clock goes off

Let's raise the roof
(Let's raise the roof)
Let's make a scene
(Let's make a scene)
Let's hope the gods of love will shine above and show the way
Let's call the shots
(Let's call the shots)
Let's roll the dice
(Let's roll the dice)
Take my advice
It always pays to raise the roof

Let the neighbors scream and shout
Who cares if they do?
They can't see the light
We'll keep them up all night...

Cut the strings and set the table
Gather roses on your way
Welcome to the Tower of Babel
Learn the language, come what may
Spin me how the wind is blowing
When they keep the whiskey flowing
You can reap what you've been sowing
If you walk the plank
You've got me to thank

Let's raise the roof
(Let's raise the roof)
Let's make a scene
(Let's make a scene)
Let's hope the gods of love will shine above and show the way
Let's call the shots
(Let's call the shots)
Let's roll the dice
(Let's roll the dice)
The time for playing nice is done
Before the big hand hits the one
We've got do what must be done
So put away that smoking gun...
And raise the roof

Yeah, raise the roof
Yeah, raise the roof
Raise the roof!

I'd rather leave while I'm in love
While I still believe the meaning of the word
I'll keep my dreams and just pretend
That you and I were never meant to end

Too many times I've seen the rose die on the vine
And somebody's heart gets broken, usually it's mine
I don't want to take the chance of being hurt again
And you and I can't say goodbye

So if you wake and find me gone
Hey, babe, just carry on
You see, I need my fantasy
I still believe it's best to leave while I'm in love...

Too many times I've seen the rose die on the vine
And somebody's heart gets broken, usually it's mine
Oh, I don't want to take the chance of being hurt again
And you and I won't say goodbye

So if you wake and find me gone
Hey, babe, just carry on
You see, I need my fantasy
I still believe... it's best to leave while I'm in love...
Oh woah woah
I'd rather leave... while I'm in love...
Ooh... ooh...

And now I'm all alone again
Nowhere to turn, no one to go to
Without a home, without a friend
Without a face to say hello to
And now the night is near
Now I can make believe he's here

Sometimes I walk alone at night when everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and then I'm happy with the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head

On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me

In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me for ever and forever

And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say there's a way for us

I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone, the river's just a river
Without him the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers

I love him
But everyday I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me his world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness that I have
Never known

I love him, I love him
I love him, but only on my own...

I was sitting on a sand dune in Santa Cruz
Or Monterey
Well, anyway
I could feel the trickle on my cheek of ocean spray
A perfect day
Well, anyway
I remember how I turned to Sam and said
Or was it Fred?
Well, anyway
I should be up, and yet I'm down instead
Something's missing, Sam
Something's missing Fred
Something's missing here...

Where am I, colored lights?
Beats and bleachers and colored lights
Passing smiles 'round and 'round
Thumping ooh ah ah organ sound
Noisy boys, long and lean
Giggles of girls in the mezzanine
Filtered through colored lights
Gold, and amber, and green...

I was sailing out of Long Beach on a catamaran
Or a fishing scow
Well, anyhow
I was leaning, chewing cashews off the starboard bow
That sunset, wow!
Well, anyhow
I remember telling Joey, "God, you're sweet"
Or was it Pete?
Well, anyhow
I wonder why I feel so incomplete
Something's missing, Joe,
Something's missing, Pete
Something's missing here...

Where am I, colored lights?
Beats and bleachers and colored lights
Passing smiles 'round and 'round
Thumping ooh ah ah organ sound
Noisy boys, long and lean
Giggles of girls in the mezzanine
Filtered through colored lights
Gold, and amber, and green

And I tried to find the answers in the friends I made
Or beds I'd share
Well, anywhere
But with other people's music ringing in my ear
I couldn't sing
Well, anything
And I thought if I could just be twelve again
Or was it ten?
Well, anyway
It seems to me I knew the secret then
It's so simple, twelve
It's so simple, ten
It was simple then...

Passing smiles 'round and 'round
Thumping ooh ah ah
Noisy boys, long and lean
Giggles of girls in the mezzanine - ha ha
Filtered through colored lights
Red, and orange, and gold, and amber, and pink, and yellow, and green... oh!

Leaving home years ago, what was I looking for?
I don't know, I can't recall
Well, anyway
Soon I'll have my days and nights of wonderful, glimmering, beautiful, shimmering colored lights...

I've got thirty-six expressions
From sweetest pie to tough as leather
And that's six expressions more
Than all them Barrymores put together
Instead of just kicking me
Why don't they give me a lift?
It must be a plot
'Cause they're scared that I got such a gift
I'm miffed

Oh, I'm the greatest star
I am, by far
But no one knows it
Wait, they're gonna hear a voice, a silver flute
They'll hear each toot
Hey, I hear that she's terrific
When I expose it
Can't you see to look at me that I'm a nach'ral camille?
As camille I just feel I've so much to offer
Kid, you know I'd be divine because I'm a nach'ral cougher
(SFX: cough, clearing of throat)
Some ain't got it, not a lump
I'm a great big clump of talent
Laugh - ha ha ha
They'll bend in half
Ever hear the one about the traveling salesman?
A thousand jokes, stick around for the jokes
A thousand faces, I reiterate
When you're gifted, then you're gifted
These are facts, I ain't got no axe to grind
Hey, what are you, blind?
In all of the world so far
I'm the greatest star

Who is that pip with pizzazz?
Who is all ginger and jazz?
Who is as glamorous as?
Who's an American beauty rose
With an American beauty nose
And ten American beauty toes?
Eye on the target and wham
One shot, one gun shot and bam!
Hey, Mr. Ziegfield, here I am...

I'm the greatest star
I am, by far
But no one knows it
That's why I was born
I'll blow my horn
Till someone blows it
I light up like a light
Right up like a light
I'll flicker then flare up
All the world's gonna stare up
Looking down, you'll never see me
Try the sky, 'cause that'll be me
I can make 'em sigh
I can make 'em cry
Someday they'll clamor for my dram-er
Have you guessed yet?
Who's the best yet?
If you ain't I'll tell you one more time...
You bet your last dime
In all of the world so far
I'm the greatest
(Who's the greatest?)
I'm the greatest
(She's the greatest)
That's right
I am the greatest star...

Who are you now, now that you're mine?
Are you something more than you were before?
Are you warmer in the rain?  Are you stronger for my touch?
Am I giving too little by my loving you too much?
How is the view?  Sunny and green?
How do you compare it to the views you've seen?
I know I am better, braver, and surer, too
But you, are you now?
Who are you now?
Are you someone better for my love?

How is the view?  Sunny and green?
Now that you've walked in my door and through my dream
I know I am better, and braver, and surer, too
But you, are you now?
Who are you now?
Are you someone better for my love...?

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus when he said the Earth was round
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
Sounds good
They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother when they said that man could fly
They told Marconi wireless was a phony, it's the same old cry
They laughed at me wanting you, said I was reaching for the moon
But, oh, you came through, now they'll have to change their tune
They all said we never could be happy, they laughed at us, and how
But ho ho ho, who's got the last laugh now?
Ha!

They all laughed at Rockafeller Center, now they're fighting to get in
They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin
They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat, Hershey and his chocolate bar
Ford and his Lizzie kept the laughers busy, that's how people are
They laughed at me wanting you, said it would be "Hello, Goodbye"
But, oh, you came through, now they're eating humble pie
They all said we'd never get together, baby, let's take a bow
'Cause ho ho ho, who's got the last laugh?
Hee hee hee, let's at the past now
Ha!  Ha!  Who's got the last laugh now...?
Ha!

Shoo be doo
Shoo be doo
Shoo be doo doo doo doo
Shoo be doo
Ah...

Well, some people try it, and some people like it
Well, some play sweet and innocent, they love it but they hide it
Some people dance it, and some people groove it
Some even romance it, some don't know how to use it

Sex
Baby, don't you want it?
Sex
(Sex)
Got me hot and bothered
Sex
Baby, yeah, I want it
Sex
(Sex)

Oh, in my mama's bedroom or in the front closet
The backboard has more room for gettin' it on, yeah
Dad's '59 Chevy or Grandma's Ford Fairlane
So hot and so heavy, any place is fair game for

Sex
Baby, don't you want it?
Sex
(Sex)
Got me hot and bothered
Sex
Baby, yeah, I want it
Sex

Bobby said he did it when he was thirteen
Twenty-five times, take a look at me
Do it as often as you possibly can
Give it to me four times
Do it again and again and again and again

Sex
Baby, don't you want it?
Sex
(Sex)
Got me hot and bothered
Sex
Baby, yeah, I want it
Sex

Shoo be doo
Shoo be doo
Shoo be doo doo doo
Shoo be doo
Shoo be doo
Mmm hmm
Shoo be doo
You got that right... ha!
(Ah...)
Oh, sex
Shoo be doo
Shoo be doo doo doo
(Ah...)
Ooh ooh ooh...
Sex!

Maybe this time I'll be lucky
Maybe this time he'll stay
Maybe this time for the first time love won't hurry away
He will hold me fast
I'll be home at last
Not a loser anymore like the last time and the time before
Everybody loves a winner, so nobody loved me
Lady peaceful, lady happy, that's what I long to be...
All the odds are in my favor, something's bound to begin
It's gonna happen, happen sometime
Maybe this time I'll win

Everybody loves a winner, so nobody loved me
Lady peaceful, lady happy, that's what I long to be...
All the odds are in my favor, something's bound to begin...
It's gonna happen, happen sometime
Maybe this time, maybe this time I'll win...

When I have a brand new hairdo
With my eyelashes all in curls
I float as the clouds on air do
I enjoy being a girl

When men say I'm cute and funny
And my teeth aren't teeth but pearls
I just lap it up like honey
I enjoy being a girl

I flip when a fellow sends me flowers
I drool over dresses made of lace
I talk on the telephone for hours
With a pound and a half of cream upon my face
That's right - ha

I'm strictly a female female
And my future I hope will be
In the arms of a brave and free male
Who'll enjoy being a boy having a girl like me...

Ooh ooh...
Honey
Mmm mmm mmm...

I flip when a fellow sends me flowers
I drool over dresses made of lace
I talk on the telephone for hours and hours and hours and hours
With a pound and a half of cream upon my face

I'm strictly a female female
And my future I hope will be
In the arms of a brave and free male
Who'll enjoy being a boy having a girl like me

Hoo hoo
Mmm
Doo doo doo hmm
Hmm
Ooh
Hey yeah
Hey yeah

Anytime you laugh, anytime you cry
Anytime you hear a sound
When you're on the grass, lying on the ground
Anytime you wash your hands, I'll be around
I'll be there on the baseball field
Though I'm well concealed
I'll be out there cheering
I'll be there in the books you read
It is guaranteed
I'm not disappearing fast anytime
No, not anytime

And I am there each morning
I am there each fall
I am present without warning
And I'm watching it all
Yes, I'm watching it all

Oh, and I am there in music
I am there in the sky
I don't know why this thing did happen
But this much is clear
Anytime or anywhere
I am there

Anytime you pray, anytime you fight
Anytime you've gained a pound
Anytime it's day, anytime it's night
Anytime the earth moves, I'll be around
I'll be there in the maple trees
I am summer breeze on a perfect evening
I'll be there when you celebrate
When the world seems great, I'll be waiting by your side
Anytime, yes, anytime

And I am there each morning
I am there each fall
I am present without warning
And I'm watching it all
Yes, I'm watching it all

Oh, and I am there in flowers
I am there in snow
I don't know why this thing happened
But this much is clear
Anytime you cry, anytime you sing
For anything...

I am there each morning
I am there each fall
I don't know why this thing did happen
But this much is clear
Be aware I am there
I am there
I am there
I am there...

I am there
I am there
I am there...

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