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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music: Frank Loesser
Lyrics: Frank Loesser
Book: Abe Burrows + Willie Gilbert + Jack Weinstock
Premiere: Saturday, October 14, 1961-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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ACT I
1.Overture
(Orchestra)
2.How To Succeed
FINCH:
How to apply for a job.
How to advance for the mail room.
How to sit down on a desk.
How to dictate memorandums.
How to develop executive style.
How to commute in a three bottom suit,
With that weary executive smile.
This book is all what I need.
How to... How to succeed...
How to observe personnel.
How to select to whom to lunch with
How to avoid petty friends.How to begin making contacts.
How to walk into a conference room with an idea
Bringing business idea,
That will make your expense account zoom.
This book is all what I need.
How to...
How to succeed.
3.Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm
ROSEMARY:
New Rochelle, New Rochelle
That's the place where the mansion will be,
For me and the darling bright young man,
I picked out for marrying me.
He'll do well.
I can tell.
So it isn't a moment to soon
To plan on my life in New Rochelle,
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The wife of my darling tycoon.
SMITTY:
Honey, you'll be a New Rochelle. Your darling tycoon will be here in the
office.
The future Mrs. Finch is in for some lonely nights.
ROSEMARY:
Smitty, I'm prepared for exactly that sort of thing...
I'll be so happy to keep his dinner warm.
While he goes on work... and not work.
Happy to keep his dinner warm
'Till he comes wearily home from down town.
I'll be there,
Waiting until his mind is clear,
While he looks through me,
Right through me.
Waiting to say
Good evening dear,
I'm pregnant
What's new with you,
From down town?
I ought to be loved, by a man
I respect,
To bask in a glow
Of his perfectly, understandable neglect.
I ought to belong in the aura on his frown,
Darling busy frown.
Such heaven!
Wearing the wifely uniform
While he goes on work,
And not work.
Happy to keep his dinner warm,
'Till he comes wearily home
From down town.
4.Coffee Break
FRUMP:
There's no coffee!
COMPANY:
No coffee?! Ohhhhhh!
FRUMP:
If I can't take
My coffee break,
My coffee break,
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My coffee break...
If I can't take
My coffee break,
Something within me dies.
SMITTY:
If I can't makeThree daily trips
Where shining shrine
Benignly drips,
And taste cardboard
Between my lips.
Something within me dies.
COMPANY:
Dies down and something within me dies.
No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
SMITTY:
That office's light
Doesn't have to be florescent.
I'll get no pains
In my head.
That office chair
Doesn't have to be foam rubber,
So if I spread, so I spread.
But only one chemical substance
Gets out the lead.
COMPANY:
Like she said?
If I can't take
My coffee break,
My coffee break,
My coffee break...
If I can't take,
My coffee break...
SMITTY & FRUMP:
Gone is the sense of enterprise.
COMPANY:
All gone and something within me dies.
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No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!No coffee!
No coffee!
No coffee!
COMPANY:
If I can't take
My coffee break.
SMITTY:
Somehow the soul no longer tries.
COMPANY:
Coffee, coffee...
FRUMP:
Somewhere I don't metabolize.
COMPANY:
Coffee, coffee...
SMITTY & FRUMP:
Something within me ...
COMPANY:
Coffee, or otherwise...Coffee, or otherwise...
Coffee, or otherwise...
Something inside of me...
Dies!
5.The Company Way
MR. TWIMBLE:
When I joined this firm
As a brash young man.
Well I said to myself not brash young man.
Don't get any ideas.
Well, I stuck to that
And haven't had one in years.
FINCH:
You play it safe!
MR. TWIMBLE:
I play it the company way.
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Wherever the company puts me
There I stay.
FINCH:
But what's your point of view?
MR. TWIMBLE:I have no point of view!
FINCH:
Supposing the company thinks that...
MR. TWIMBLE:
I think so too!
FINCH:
Now, what would you say...
MR. TWIMBLE:
I wouldn't say!
FINCH:
Your face is a company face...
MR. TWIMBLE:
It smiles at executives
then goes back in place!
FINCH:
The company furniture...
MR. TWIMBLE::it suits me fine!
FINCH:
The company letterheader...
MR. TWIMBLE:
A Valentine!
FINCH:
Anything you're against?
MR. TWIMBLE:
Unemployment!
FINCH:
When they want brilliant thinking
from employees...
MR. TWIMBLE:
That is no concern of mine.
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FINCH:
Suppose a man of genius make suggestions....
MR. TWIMBLE:
What's that genius get suggested to resign?
FINCH:So, You play it the company way.
MR. TWIMBLE:
Oh, company policy is by me ok.
FINCH:
You'll never rise up to the top...
MR. TWIMBLE:
But there's one thing clear,
Whoever the company fires
I will still be here!
FINCH:
Ah, you certainly found a home.
MR. TWIMBLE:
It's cozy...
FINCH:
Your brain is a company brain.
MR. TWIMBLE:
The company washed it,
Now I can't complain.
FINCH:
Hey, the company magazine...
MR. TWIMBLE:
Know what style, what punch
FINCH:
The company restaurant!
MR. TWIMBLE:
Ev'ry day same lunch.
Their hattock sandwich, it's delicious.
FINCH:
I must try it!
MR. TWIMBLE:
Early in the week.
FINCH:
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Do you have any hobbies?
MR. TWIMBLE:
I've a hobby, I play gin with Mr. Bratt.
FINCH:
Mr. Bratt! And do you play it nicely?
MR. TWIMBLE:
Play it nicely, still he blitzes me on every game like that!
FINCH:
Why?
MR. TWIMBLE:
'Cause I play it the company way.
BOTH:
Executive policy...
MR. TWIMBLE:
Is by me ok.
FINCH:
Oh, how can you get anywhere?
MR. TWIMBLE:
Junior have no fear.
Whoever the company fires
I will still be here.
FINCH:You will still be here.
MR. TWIMBLE:
Year, after year, after fiscal,
BOTH:
Never take a risko.
Yeeeear!
6.The Company Way (Reprise)
FRUMP:
Oh, me too Mr. Twimble, I know exactly what you mean! From now on:
I'll play it the company way
Wherever the company puts me
There I'll stay.
COMPANY:
Whatever the company tells, that he'll do.
FRUMP:
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Whatever my uncle may think,
I think so too.
COMPANY:
Oh, oh, oh, He's meeting the company pride
FRUMP:I've conquered that over ambitious
Rat inside.
MR. TWIMBLE:
Old buddy's no longer the Frump you use to be.
FRUMP:
I'd pledged to the company sweet conformity.
COMPANY:
Hooray! Hooray!
FRUMP:
I will some day earn my medal,
25 year employee.
I'll see to it,
That the medal,
Is the only thing they'll ever be on me.
COMPANY:
Oh, Frump plays the company way,
Executive policy is by me OK.
FRUMP:I'll never be President
But that's one thing clear,
As long as my uncle can stand me,
I will still be here.
COMPANY:
We know the company may like.
Or lump any man
And then they'll choose you the Company-Made-Company-Man.
FRUMP:
and happy
COMPANY:
But they will never jump
Frump the company man
Frump will play the company
Frump will play the company
Frump will play the company way.
Yeah!
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7.A Secretary Is Not A Toy
BRATT:
Gentlemen! Gentlemen!
A secretary is not a toy,
No my boy;Not a toy to fondle and dandle
And playfully handle
In search of some puerile joy.
No, a secretary is not,
Definitely not a toy.
3 MALES:
You're absolutely right, Mr. Bratt!
We wouldn't have any other way, Mr. Bratt!
It's a company rule, Mr. Bratt!
MALE ENSEMBLE:
A secretary is not a toy,
No my boy,
not a toy.
So do not go jumping for joy,
MALE ENSEMBLE:
Boy! A secretary is not...
A secretary is not,
A secretary is not ...a toy,
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
A secretary is not to beUsed for play therapy.
COMPANY:
Be good to the girl you employ, boy;
Remember, no matter what
Neurotic trouble you've got,
A secretary is not ...a toy.
She's a highly specialized key
Component of operation unity...
A fine and sensitive mechanism
To serve the office community
With a mother at home
She supports.
FRUMP:
And you'll find nothing like her at F.A.O. Schwartz!
SMITTY:
A secretary is not a pet,
Nor an erector set.
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FRUMP & SMITTY:
It happened to Charlie McCoy, boy!
They fired him a shot
The day the fellow forgot
A secretary is not... A toy!
COMPANY:
(Whistling)
A secretary is not...A toy!
And when you put it to use,
Observe,
When you put her to use:
FRUMP:
That you don't find the name Lionel
on her caboose!
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
A secretary is not a thing
One buy key, hold by string
Her pad...
Is to write in,
And not spend the night in
If that's what you plan to enjoy.
No!
COMPANY:
The secretary you got,
Is definitely notEmployed to do a gavotte,
Or you know what,
Before you jump for joy,
Remember this my boy,
A secretary is not,
A tinker toy!
8.Been A Long Day
SMITTY:
Well, here it is five P.M.
The finish of a long day's work.
And there they are both of them,
The secretary and the clerk.
Not very well acquainted.
Not very much to say
But I can hear those two little minds
Ticking away.
Now, she's thinking:
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ROSEMARY:
I wonder if we take the same bus.
SMITTY:
And he's thinking:
FINCH:
That could be quite a thing between us.
SMITTY:
Now, she's thinking:
ROSEMARY:
He really is a dear.
SMITTY:
And he's thinking:
FINCH:
But what of my career.
SMITTY:
And she says:
ROSEMARY:
Ah! hum...
SMITTY:
And he says:
FINCH:A hum-hum...
Well it's been a long day.
ALL:
Well, it's been a long,
Been a long, been a long,
Been a long day.
SMITTY:
Now, she's thinking:
ROSEMARY:
I wish that he were more of a flirt.
SMITTY:
And he's thinking:
FINCH:
I guess a little flirting won't hurt.
SMITTY:
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Now she's thinking:
ROSEMARY:
For dinner we could meet.
SMITTY:
And he's thinking:
FINCH:
We both've gotta eat, ah....
SMITTY:
And she says:
ROSEMARY:
Atchoo...
SMITTY:
And he says:
FINCH:
Gesundheidt!
ROSEMARY:
Thank you!
FINCH:
Well, it's been a long day!
ALL:
Well, it's been a long,
Been a long, been a long,Been a long day.
SMITTY:
Hey!
There's a yummy Friday's special at Stouffer's.
It's dollar-ninety vegetable plate.
And on the bottom of the add,
Not bad, service for two,
Three-fifty eight,
To make a bargain, make a date.
ROSEMARY:
Wonderful!
FINCH:
It's fate!
SMITTY:
Now she's thinking:
ROSEMARY:
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What the female kind of trap could I spring?
SMITTY:
And he's thinking:
FINCH:
I might is well forgot the whole thing.
SMITTY:
Now she's thinking:
ROSEMARY:
Suppose I take this arm...
SMITTY:
And he's thinking:
FINCH:
Well, really what's the harm?
SMITTY:
And she says:
ROSEMARY:
Hungry?
SMITTY:
And he says:
FINCH:
Yeah!
ROSEMARY:
Yeah!
SMITTY:
Yeah!
ALL:
Well, it's been a long day!
Well, it's been a long,
Been a long, been a long,
Been a long day.
COMPANY:
Well, it's been a long,
Been a long, been a long,
Been a long day.
9.Grand Old Ivy
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Groundhog!
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FINCH:
Groundhog!
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Stand Old Ivy.
Stand firm and strong.Grand Old Ivy,
Hear the cheering throng.
BOTH:
Stand Old Ivy.
And never yield-
A-rip, rip, rip -
The Chipmunk off the field
FINCH:
When you fall on a ball
J.B.BIGGLEY:
And you're down there at the bottom of the heap.
FINCH:
Down at the bottom of the heap.
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Where the mud is oh so very, very deep.
FINCH:
Down where it's very, very deep.
J.B.BIGGLEY:Don't forget 'twas
BOTH:
That's why they call us,
They call us:
Groundhog!
Groundhog!
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Groundhog! Groundhog!
Rip, rip, rip the Chipmunk
FINCH:
Stand Old Ivy.
Stand firm and strong.
BOTH:
Grand Old Ivy,
Hear the cheering throng
J.B.BIGGLEY:
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Groundhog! Groundhog! God bless you!
FINCH:
Stand Old Ivy, and
BOTH:
End never yield -A-rip, rip, rip -
The Chipmunk off the field.
FINCH:
Oh, I enjoyed that sir!
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Stimulating, most stimulating.
Shall we do it one more time?
FINCH:
Why not?
FINCH:
Groundhog!
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Groundhog!
BOTH:
Stand Old Ivy.
Stand firm and strong.
Grand Old Ivy,
Hear the cheering throng.
Stand Old Ivy.
End never yield,
A-rip, rip, rip-
The Chipmunk off the field.
.Paris Original
ROSEMARY:
I slipped down this afternoon
And bought some love insurance.
A most exclusive dress from gay Paree.
It's slick, and chick, and magnifique,
With sex beyond endurance.
It's me, it's me, it's absolutely me.
And one, one guy...
This irresistible,
Paris original,
I'm wearing tonight.
I'm wearing tonight.
Specially for him.
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Tres sexy, nes pas.
God dammed! Voi la!
ALL:
And I could spit!
ROSEMARY:Oh! No!
MISS KRUMHOLTZ:
One more!
SMITTY:
Good Lord!
ROSEMARY:
You...
MISS KRUMHOLTZ:
Me...
SMITTY:
Her...
BOTH:
She...
FINCH:
Good evening, ladies.
ALL:
Oh!39 bucks I hand out,
For something to made me stand out,
And suddenly I've got into menial ground.
Some left!
ALL:
This irresistible,
Paris original,
This mess had its prime
I'm wearing tonight.
For the very last time.
11.Rosemary
FINCH:
Suddenly there is music
In the sound of your name.
Rosemary , Rosemary.
Was the melody locked inside me
'Till at last out it came.
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Rosemary, Rosemary.
Just imagine
If we kissed
What a Christian doll.
Not to be missed.As for the
Rest of my life-time program
Give me more of the same.
Rosemary, Rosemary.
There is wonderful music in the very sound
Of your name.
ROSEMARY:
Honey, are you talking about?
FINCH:
Rosemary, the most wonderful thing is happened. Oh, can't you hear it?
Can't you hear it?
Suddenly there is music
In the sound of your name.
ROSEMARY:
I don't hear a thing.
FINCH:
Rosemary...
It's all around... It's like a beautiful pink sky singing...
ROSEMARY:
Now, look here J. Pierpont Finch...
FINCH:
Rosemary, darling, will you please marry J. Pierpont Finch?
ROSEMARY:
Now I hear it! I hear it! I hear it!
Suddenly there is music
In the sound of your name.
J. Pierpont!
FINCH:
Rosemary,
Just imagine
If we kissed
What a Christian doll.
BOTH:
Not to be missed.
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FINCH:
As for the
Rest of my life-time program
Give me more of the same.
FINCH/ROSEMARY:Rosemary, Rosemary / J. Pierpont, J. Pierpont
There is wonderful music
in the very sound
Of your name.
12.Finaletto Act One
FINCH:
Wait a minute, Rosemary . Hello, operator, give me the man who paint names on
office doors.
Hello, name painter?
ROSEMARY:
Wait a minute. Rosemary . Hello name painter...
FINCH:
This is Mr. Finch . I Want my name on my door in gold leaf...
Yes, J.Pierpont Finch... J. Pierpont.
ROSEMARY:
Suddenly there is music...
FINCH:
...No, no, all capitals...
ROSEMARY:
...In the sound of my name.
FINCH:
... Bloated letters.
J. Pierpont...
ROSEMARY:
... Rosemary...
FINCH:
...Vice-President...
FRUMP:
...Vice-President...
FINCH:
...Charge of Advertising...
FRUMP:
There's must be a way to stop him...
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ROSEMARY:
...Rosemary ...
FRUMP:
There's must be...
FINCH:
...F-I-N-C-H...
FRUMP:
There's must...
ROSEMARY:
All of my life-time program
Will be more of the same...
FINCH:
... the usual spelling...
Finch/Frump/J. Pierpont :
J. Pierpont, J. Pierpont
ROSEMARY:
Remember me, Rosemary
FRUMP:
I can't stand it
ROSEMARY:
Whatever happened to Rosemary
FINCH:Boy! When you see it on your own door...
FINCH/ROSEMARY:
There is wonderful music
In the very sound
FRUMP:
I will return...
FINCH/ROSEMARY:
...Of your ...
FRUMP:
I will return!!!
FINCH/ROSEMARY:
...name.
ACT II
13.Cinderella, Darling
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(Smitty, Rosemary, Female Ensemble)
SMITTY:
How often does it happen at a secretary's boss,
Want's to marry her?
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:Hallelujah!
SMITTY:
How often does the dream come true,
Without a sign of conflict, or barrier?
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
Hallelujah!
SMITTY:
Why treat the man like he was a typhoid l carrier?
How often can you fly from this land of carbon-paper,
To the land of flowered chintz?
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
Hallelujah!
SMITTY:
How often does a Cinderella get a crack at the Prince?
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
Cinderella had a prince.
SMITTY:
Don't you realize, you're a real life fairy tale,A symbol divine?
So if not for you own sake,
Please darling, for mine!
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
And mine... And mine... And mine.
Don't... Don't... Don't...
Cinderella, darling
Don't turn down the prince.
SMITTY:
Don't rewrite your story.
You're the legend, the folklore
The working girl's dream of glory.
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
We were raised on you, darling,
And we've loved you ever since.
Don't mess up on measure miracle.
Don't, Cinderella,
Don't take down the prince.
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SMITTY:
Oh, let us live it with you,
Each hour of each day,
On from Bergdorf Goodman
To Elizabeth Harden...People Station Wagon...
Hurry from Twenty-One...
To the Terrytown P.T.A.
No! New Rochelle.
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
New Rochelle, P.T.A.
SMITTY:
Oh, do not leave us minus,
Our fight carries a bonus,
We want to see His Highness,
Marry to Your Lowness,
On you, Cinderella, sits the onus,
So when you name a happy day,
Please, phone us,
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease
Oooooooooooooooooooooo
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Phone us
But Don't, Don't...Don't...Cinderella, darling
Don't turn down the prince.
SMITTY:
Why spoil out our enjoyment?
You're the fable,
The symbol
Of glorified unemployment.
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
We were raised on you, darling
And we've loved you ever since.
Don't blows up our favorite fairy tale
Don't, Cinderella, Don't
Don't... Don't...
Don't, Cinderella, Don't,
Don't... Don't...
Don't, Cinderella, Don't!
Don't turn down the prince.
ROSEMARY:
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All right! I'll give him one more chance.
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
Hallelujah!
14.Love From A Heart of Gold
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Hedy, I can't live without you.
HEDY:
You mean that?
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Of course I do. Oh, I know I seem to have everything.
Always J.B.Biggley, all money begs, they call me. And
What? Does it all mean? Nothing, Hedy, nothing.
Means anything without you.
HEDY:
Oh, no! wait a minute. Don't start getting sincere. That's not fair.
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Were will I find a treasure,
Like the love from a heart of gold?
Ever trusting and sweat,
And a-waiting my pleasure,
Rain or shine,
Hot or cold.
Wealth far beyond the measure,
Maybe here in my hands I'll hold,Of it where will I find that one treasure of treasures,
The love from a heart of gold?
HEDY:
I never knew you felt that way!
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Now you knows it, that I'm extremely emotional.
HEDY:
Dammit, so am I!
When will I find a treasure,
Like a love from a heart of gold?
Ever trusting and sweat,
And a-waking my pleasure,
Rain or shine...
J.B.BIGGLEY:
Rain or shine...
Hot or cold.
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HEDY:
Hot or cold.
HEDY:
Wealth far beyond the measure,
Maybe here in my hands I'll hold,Of but where will I find that one treasure of treasures,
BOTH:
The love from a heart of gold?
15.I Believe In You
FRUMP:
Hello, Executive Washroom. Oh! Come on down. We're here making plans.
COMPANY:
Gotta stop that man.
I've gotta stop that man cold
Or he'll stop me.
Big deal, big rocket,
Thinks he has the world in his pocket.
Gotta stop, gotta stop.
Gotta stop that man.
FRUMP:
Now! Look at him standing and staring at himself on the mirror!
FINCH:
Now there you are.Yes, there's that face.
That face that somehow I trust.
It may embrace you, too.
Here me say it.
But say it I must,
Say it I must
You have the cool clear
Eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth,
Yet, there's that up turned chin
And the grin of impetuous youth.
Oh, I believe in you,
I believe in you.
I hear the sound of good
Solid judgment whenever you talk.
Yet, there's the bold, brave spring
Of the tiger that quickens your walk.
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(roar, roar!)
Oh, I believe in you,
I believe in you.
And when my faith in my fellow man
Oh but falls apart,I've but to feel your hand grasping mine
And I take heart,
I take heart.
To see the cool clear
Eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth,
Yet with the slam, bang, tang
Reminiscent of gin and vermouth.
Oh, I believe in you,
I believe in you.
MALE ENSEMBLE:
Gotta stop that man.
Gotta stop that man.
Or he'll stop me.
Big will, big beaver
For we won't live in front of this fever
Gotta stop, gotta stop.
Gotta stop that man.
FINCH:
Oh, I believe in you...
COMPANY:
Don't let it be such a hero
FINCH:
(ha, ha, ha)
You...
(ha, ha, ha)
You...
You!
COMPANY:
Gotta stop that man!
Gotta stop him!
Stop that man!
Gotta stop him!
Gotta stop that man!
16.Brotherhood of Man
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FINCH:
Now you may joint the Oak's, my friend,
And may joint the Shriner's.
And other men may carry cards,
As members of the Diner's.
Still others wear a Golden Key,
Or small Greek letter pin.
But I have learn that's one great club,
That all of us are in.
There is a brotherhood of man,
A benevolent brotherhood of man,
A noble tie that binds
All human hearts and minds
Into one brotherhood of man.
Your life long membership is free,
Keep a-giving each brother all you can.
Oh, aren't you proud to be in that fraternity,
The great big brotherhood of man?
So, Wally, before consider firing everybody, remember this:
One man may seem incompetent.
Another not make sense.
Well, others look like quite waste
Of company expense.
They need a brother's leadership.
So, please, don't do them in
Remember mediocrityIs not a murder sin.
FINCH:
There
MALE ENSEMBLE:
Where?
FINCH:
In
MALE ENSEMBLE:
In
FINCH:
the
MALE ENSEMBLE:
the
COMPANY:
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Brotherhood of man.
Dedicated to giving all we can
FINCH:
Oh, aren't you proud to be
In that fraternity.
COMPANY:
The great big brotherhood of man.
WOMPER:
No kidding!
Is there really a brotherhood
MALE ENSEMBLE:
Yes, you're a brother.
WOMPER:
of man.
MALE ENSEMBLE:
You are a brother.
WOMPER:
On the level of brotherhood of man.
MALE ENSEMBLE:
Oh, yes! Oh, yes!
A noble tie that binds
All human hearts and minds
WOMPER:Into one brotherhood of man.
COMPANY:
Oh, yes! Your life long membership is free,
Keep a-giving each brother all you can.
MALE ENSEMBLE:
Oh, aren't you proud to be,
In that fraternity,
The great big brotherhood
Of man?
MISS JONES:
You, you got me
Me, I got Yooooooooo - yooou
MISS JONES:
Oh, that noble feeling
Feels like bells are pealing
Dong with double jingling
Oh, brother!
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You, you got me
Me, I got Yooooooooo - yooou
COMPANY:
Oh, that noble feeling
Feels like bells are pealing
Dong with double jinglingOh, brother!
You, you got me
Me, I got Yoooooou
MALE ENSEMBLE:
Oh, that noble feeling
Feels like bells are pealing
Dong with double jingling
Oh, brother!
MISS JONES:
Oooooooooooooooooo
Oooooooooooooooooo
COMPANY:
You, you got me
Me, I got Yoooooou
Your life long membership is free,
Keep a-giving each brother all you can.
Oh, aren't you proud to be in that fraternity,
The great big brotherhood of man?
17.Finale
ROSEMARY:
You have the cool clear
Eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth,
Yet, there's that upturned chin
And the grin of impetuous youth.
Oh, I believe in you,
I believe in you.
FINCH:
How to apply for a job.
How to advance from the mail room.
How to sit down on a desk.
How to dictate memorandums.
How to develop executive style.
How to commute
In a three bottom suit,
With that weary executive smile.
COMPANY:
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This book is all what I need.
How to... How to succeed...
We play it the company way.
Executive policy
Is by us OK.
The company privately shall avoid frontierWhoever the company fires
We will still be here!
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