Irving Berlin

A Couple Of Song And Dance Men
[As sung in film by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire:] [Both:] In us you see a couple of song and dance men [Bing:] I'm the song [Fred:] I'm the dance [Both:] For laughter, joy and happiness, we're advance men [Bing:] With a song [Fred:] And a dance [Bing:] I sing for my supper [Fred:] I dance for my lunch [Bing:] I croon when the landlord comes around [Both:] For miles around the women and children pass out cold [Bing:] When my voice hits the air [Fred:] And my feet hit the ground [Bing:] Last night [Fred:] Out in the moonlight [Bing:] I came to serenade [Fred:] A very pretty maid [Bing:] I sang her to sleep with "Asleep in the Deep" [Fred:] That always makes them collapse [Bing:] I saw her eyes close, then she started to doze [Fred:] But she arose when I sounded taps [Both:] Which goes to show what women will do when we're around [Bing:] And my voice hits the air [Fred:] And my feet hit the ground Aus Songtexte Mania