Bajour: I Can

Lyrics

[ANYANKA] I'm all washed up! I've lost my touch! I just don't have it I failed in the clutch! I'm just a has-been A used-to-be! I'm full of woe And the woe is me! [EMILY, spoken] Anyanka, listen That's no way to behave [EMILY] Don't give up! Don't give out! Don't give in! Simply... Find your weak spot Smooth it over and glue it up Faint not, fear not Find your courage and screw it up! [ANYANKA, spoken] That's what I did [EMILY] Oh no, you didn't Just sing out: "I've got the guts, and the heart, and the nerve And the will, and the way, and the plan! And I know that I could And I should, and I shall And I will, and I must And I can!" Sing it! [ANYANKA] "I've got the g-guts, and the heart And the n-nerve And the will, and the way and thе plan! And I know that I could And I should, and I shall And I will, and I must and... [ANYANK, spoken] I can't. I just can't do it... [ANYANKA] I've gone too soft! I'm weak as custard! Can't makе the grade! Can't cut the mustard! I'm like a tap dancer who's got the gout I'd like to tap, but I'm all tapped out! [EMILY] Oh, Anyanka, listen! You're not done in! You're not done up! You're not done for! But don't act weak and frail Nobody's gonna "baby" ya Be like Florence Nightingale [ANYANKA, spoken] Or Florence of Arabia? [EMILY] Right! Think of Joan of Arc On her burning pyre If you were Joan of Arc What would you say? [ANYANKA] Fire! [EMILY] You've got the guts, and the heart, and the nerve And the will, and the way, and the plan! Sing it! [ANYANKA] And I know that I could, and I should And I shall And I will, and I must and... [ANYANKA, spoken] I can't! I just can't do it... [EMILY, spoken] Yes you can! Oh, Anyanka, listen What you need is a change of scene Change of mind, change of clothes! I'll let you borrow some of mine... Dress up, Gajo, and I'll take you uptown To my mother's tea party [ANYANKA] Oh! [EMILY] "You've got the guts And the heart and the nerve And the will, and the way, and the plan!" [ANYANKA] And I know that I could And I should, and I shall And I will, and I must, and I... [EMILY, spoken] Go on, go on [ANYANKA] And I... [EMILY, spoken] Say it, say it [ANYANKA] I... I can! [EMILY] Yes, you can!