I Can Do Without You

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Doris Day] In the summer, you're the winter In the finger, you're the splinter In the banquet, you're the stew Say, I c'n do without you! [Verse 2: Howard Keel] In the garden, you're the gopher In the Levi's, you're the loafer Like an overturned canoe Well, I c'n do without you! [Pre-Chorus 1: Doris Day] You c'n go to Philadelphia Take a hack to Hackensack. Hey! I'll never ring a bell fer ya Or yell fer ya to come back! [Chorus 1: Howard Keel, Doris Day] In the question, you're the why In the ointment, you're the fly Though I know some things are indispensable Like a buck or two 'f there's one thing I c'n do without I c'n do without you! [Verse 3: Howard Keel] In the barrel, you're a pickle In the gold mine, you're a nickel You're the tack inside my shoe Yeah, I c'n do without you! [Verse 4: Doris Day] In my bosom, you're a dagger You're a mangy carpetbagger In the theater, you're the "Boo!" I c'n do without you [Pre-Chorus 2: Howard Keel, Doris Day] You got charms, they ain't bewitchin' me You've a face no one wud paint I got the darnedest itch in me To be wherever you ain't! [Chorus 2: Howard Keel, Doris Day] In the bullfrog, you're the croak In the forest, poison oak! Though I know some things are necessary My half-pint buckaroo 'f there's one thing I c'n do without I c'n do without [Outro: Howard Keel, Doris Day, both] You're a knothead! You're a faker! You're a bonehead! Trouble-maker! I c'n do without you!