Guys & Dolls

Lyrics

[NICELY, spoken] Where's Nathan? He ought to start lining up the game [BENNY, spoken] Oh, I don't know I suppose trying to see Adelaide She's mad at him—again [NICELY, spoken] Oh, that Miss Adelaide She's always taking his mind off honest work [BENNY, spoken] Yeah, it's too bad that a smart businessman like Nathan Should go and fall in love with his own fiancée [NICELY, spoken] Ah, Benny, that is his weakness, and we should be tolerant Because I am told it is a worldwide weakness Look! [NICELY] What's playing at the Roxy? I'll tell you what's playing at the Roxy A picture about a Minnesota man So in love with a Mississippi girl That he sacrifices everything And moves all the way to Biloxi That's what's playing at the Roxy [BENNY] What's in the Daily News? I'll tell you what's in the Daily News Story about a guy who bought his wife a small ruby With what otherwise would have been his union dues That's what's in the Daily News [NICELY] What's happening all over? I'll tell you what's happening all over Guy's sitting home by a television set Who once used to be something of a rover [NICELY & BENNY] That's what's happening all over Love is the thing that has licked them And it looks like Nathan's just another victim [NICELY, spoken] Yes, sir! [NICELY] When you see a guy reach for stars in the sky You can bet that he's doing it for some doll [BENNY] When you spot a John waiting out in the rain Chances are he's insane as only a John could be for a Jane [NICELY] When you meet a gent paying all kinds of rent For a flat that could flatten the Taj Mahal [NICELY & BENNY] Call it sad, call it funny But it's better than even money That the guy's only doing it for some doll [BENNY] When you see a Joe saving half of his dough You can bet there'll be mink in it for some doll [NICELY] When a bum buys wine like a bum can't afford It's a cinch that the bum is under the thumb Of some little broad [BENNY] When you meet a mug lately out of the jug And he's still lifting platinum folderol [NICELY & BENNY] Call it hell, call it heaven It's a probable twelve to seven That the guy's only doing it for some doll [BENNY, spoken] Ho ho, hey! [BENNY] When you see a sport and his cash has run short Make a bet that he's banking it with some doll [NICELY] When a guy wears tails with the front gleaming white Who the hell do you think he's tickling pink on Saturday night? [BENNY] When a lazy slob takes a good steady job And he smells from Vitalis and Barbasol [NICELY & BENNY] Call it dumb, call it clever Ah, but you can give odds forever That the guy's only doing it for some doll Some doll, some doll The guy's only doing it for some doll!