The Last Straw
~ alternate take
Perry . . .
Yes?
What's a matter?
Ah! With all the girls in
the world
I gotta wind
up with an acrobat!
Ah, whatta ya mean?
Ah,
listen . . .
I gulped a little
goldfish
from a goldfish
bowl
and once
I spent a weekend
on a cold flagpole!
Look Ma, no
hands!
Went over old Niagara
in a leaky canoe
I even charmed a
cobra
with a blue kazoo
I tied my little
cousin
to a railroad track
Ouch!
I put the next to
last straw
on the camel's back
But the LAST STRAW!
I mean the very LAST
STRAW!
was to fall in love with
you . . .
Mr. Como!
Are you quite
through?
Well!
Well,
listen to this . . .
I went and dug for
oysters,
in the Klondike Rush,
I lost a whole
safari
in an underbrush
That isn't easy!
Went over the Sahara
on an old pair of
skies
I did some
acrobatics
on the high trapeze
Whoops!
I found a green
banana
in some cracker
jack
I placed the next to last
straw
on the camel's back
But the LAST STRAW!
I mean the very LAST
STRAW!
was to fall in love with
you . . .
All right MAN, top that!
I made an ocean
voyage
on a floatin' log
That's nothin'
I held a
conversation
with a talking dog . .
.
Victor of course!
I saved up nearly
twenty-thousand
pop bottle tops
Listen to this . .
.
I designed the paper
pants
for loin lamb chops
I tried to find a
barber
who would cut my hair .
. .
But Baby Doll,
whatever make you getta
ina
my chair?
Well, there's the LAST
STRAW!
I mean the very LAST
STRAW!
'cause I fell in love
with you . . .
But Perry . . .
You winked at me in Woolworth's
on the second floor!
I thought you were
the Hutton girl
that owned that BIG
store!
Well, that's the LAST
STRAW!
I mean the very LAST
STRAW!
'cause I fell in love
with you . . .
Words and Music by
Lenny
Stack
Butterscotch Castle Music & Jena
Music Pub. Co.
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