Light on Your Feet

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[ARTIE] You were seen by someone enlisted I know you feel doomed But he isn't brass, 'sides, you pass And so your innocence will be presumed Keep your heads on and relax And if someone attacks First, you laugh it off Always staying calm Then diffuse their accusations with complete aplomb Never beat a fast retreat Learn to parry back, stay light on your feet Tell 'em, "What the hell?" Tell 'em, "Take a hike!" Let 'em think it's out of boredom, not a thing you like Blushing like a sugar beet Makes 'em think the case against ya's complete Army can't indict a fella light on his feet [ARTIE, spoken] Here, take a look at this: Stu's journal [MITCH, spoken] What's so important in that? [ARTIE] Tales of the South Pacific That give you a clue Of how Stu and me made it through lots of rough times April twenty-third, on a base in Guam I was spied beneath a bunk bed with a cook named Tom [ARTIE, spoken] Oh, well hello there, Tom [ARTIE] Said he spilled his drink and slipped Found a way to reconfigure the script August seventeenth: Me and ensign Drew Said that he was kneeling praying, which was almost true First of June, an airmen's club Flyer said his muscles needed a rub Scene was quite a fright, we left that night Still, light on our feet Stay light on your feet With some acrobatic thinking you can make it through A bit of disguise A little deceit They got the war to worry about They want you to give 'em an out So, make a leap, take a chance And you can dance through this man's army