Frank Loesser
Better Get Out of Here
[KITTY, spoken]
Oh, Amy, don't you think we might, um—
[AMY]
Suppose we stay?
Wouldn't it be daring
And wouldn't it be fun?
[KITTY]
We just can't stay
See the way they're staring
It isn't being done
[AMY]
Ah, but mine is the perfect gentleman
[KITTY]
And mine is the noble type
But for every perfect gentleman
Comes a time
[AMY]
Comes a time
[KITTY]
And the time
[AMY]
And the time
[KITTY]
May be ripe
[AMY, spoken]
Oh, no
[AMY]
He wouldn't dream of trying to kiss me
It's not the sort of thing he had plannеd
[KITTY]
He wouldn't dream of trying to kiss me
Or еven gently holding my hand
[AMY & KITTY]
They wouldn't dream of trying to kiss us
For after all, they're civilized too
[KITTY]
But Amy, just to be on the safe side
[AMY & KITTY]
We'd better get out of here before they do
[CHARLEY, spoken]
Jack
[CHARLEY]
Suppose they stay?
Wouldn't it be daring
And wouldn't it be fun?
[JACK]
They just can't stay
Don't be overbearing
It isn't being done
[CHARLEY]
Ah, but we're known as perfect gentlemen
The stiff-upper Oxford type
[JACK]
But for every perfect gentleman
Comes a time
[CHARLEY]
Comes a time
[JACK]
And the time
[CHARLEY]
And the time
[JACK]
May be ripe
[CHARLEY, spoken]
Oh, no
[JACK]
I wouldn't dream of trying to kiss her
There's nothing more remote from my mind
[CHARLEY]
I wouldn't dream of closing that door there
I wouldn't dream of drawing that blind
[CHARLEY & JACK]
We wouldn't dream of trying to kiss them
For after all, we're civilized too
[CHARLEY]
But just to be a bit on the safe side
They'd better get out of here before we do!
[AMY]
He wouldn't dream of singing those rude songs
The sort of things all college boys chant
[KITTY]
He wouldn't dream of telling me stories
That he could not repeat to his aunt
[AMY & KITTY]
They wouldn't dream of even suggesting
That we should have a brandy or two
[KITTY]
But Amy, just to be on the safe side
[AMY & KITTY]
We'd better get out of here before they do