There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This

Lyrics

[NICKIE] There's gotta be something better than this There's gotta be something better to do And when I find me something better to do I'm gonna get up I'm gonna get out I'm gonna get up, get out, and do it There's gotta be some respectable trade There's gotta be something easy to learn And if I find me something a half-wit can learn I'm gonna get up I'm gonna get out I'm gonna get up, get out, and lеarn it All these jokers, how I hatе them With their groping [HELENE] Grabbing [NICKIE] Clutching [HELENE] Clinching [NICKIE] Strangling [HELENE] Handling [NICKIE] Fumbling [HELENE] Pinching [BOTH, spoken] Phooey (sung) There's gotta be some life cleaner than this There's gotta be some good reason to live And when I find me some kind of life I can live I'm gonna get up I'm gonna get out I'm gonna get up, get out, and live it [NICKIE, spoken] I got it. I got it! I'm gonna be a receptionist in one of those glass office buildings--Lever Brothers. No, no, no, Seagrams. Nine to five. I'm gonna have my very own typewriter--Underwood. And water coolers, and office parties, and coffee breaks.  (sung) When I sit at my desk on the forty-first floor In my copy of a copy of a copy of Dior I'll receive big tycoons and I'll point to a chair I'll say, "Honey, while you're waiting how would you like to put it down over there." [NICKIE, HELENE & CHARITY] There's gotta be something better than this There's gotta be something better to do And when I find me something better to do I'm gonna get up I'm gonna get out I'm gonna get up, get out, and do it [HELENE, spoken] Me too--me too! I'm gonna get outta here and go right to the top! And I'm gonna be a Hat Check girl. At Sardi's East. And I'll wear one of those fine lil' black numbers, you know, cut up to here and down to there. Ooh, and all those hats comin' in--Derbies, Homburgs--and that cute little checked one with the skinny brim and the feather.  (sung) Check your hat, sir? Check your coat, sir? Check your vest, sir? Check your pants? Check your socks, sir? Check your shoes, sir? I can hold them while you dance! Check your eyes, sir? Check your ears, sir? Check and see if you are free How about it after hours I'll check you and you check me [CHARITY, spoken] Me too! [NICKIE & HELENE, spoken] What? [CHARITY, spoken] I'm getting out too! [NICKIE, spoken] But baby, what can you do? [CHARITY, spoken] I dunno. But just get me out of here and I'll figure it out later.  (sung) There's gotta be some life cleaner than this There's gotta be some good reason to live [ALL] And when I find me some kind of life I can live I'm gonna get up I'm gonna get out I'm gonna get up, get out, and live it And when I find me some kind of life I can live I'm gonna get up I'm gonna get out I'm gonna get up, get out, and live Live it!