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(music)
So if pure entertainment's your style Follow me, I have two on the aisle
Need to relax? Need to escape?
Go see Fay Wray in the paw of the ape Watch Errol Flynn shooting his bow
Just go to the movies Just go to a picture show
When your morale needs some repairs Watch Busby's beauties desceding the stairs
Hundred of girls doing high kicks Just go to the movies, just go to the flicks
And all for the sum of a quarter, life is peachy You can become Alice Fay or Don Ameche
Swamped with your bills? Late with your rent?
Watch Bette Davis run out on George Brent See Fred Astaire stepping' in style
When everything's dark and upset Go calling on Clark and Claudette
Just go to a marvellous movie and smile!
Girls in sarongs, monsters in capes See Scarlet make a dress out of the drapes
Life can be grand from the third row Just go to the movies, just go to a picture show
Cooper in "Wings", Cowford in "Rain" See Tarzan beat his chest when he meets Jane
Sing with *** Powell, ride with Tom Mix Just go to the movies, just go to the flicks
Vicariously you are flying down to Rio Share the marquee with Missus Marx's zany trio
So when you life seems a bit lean Just let some shadows appear on the screen
Shine like a star for a brief while Whenever you're down in the dumps
Try putting on Judy's red pumps Just go to a marvellous movie and smile
There's just no tune as exciting as a show tune in 2/4
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See that fascinating creature With perfection stamped on every feature
She was plain little Nellie The kid from the deli
But Mother of God Look what happened to Mabel!
From now on this pile of flesh'll Be considered somethin' pretty special
And Miss BLT Down Is the toast of the town
Mary and Joseph What happened to Mabel!
Every gesture and position that she takes Is smart and meticulous
Talk about the magic that the camera makes But this is ridiculous!
Hold your tongue and hold your snickers For the new enchantress of the flickers
Is that plain little Nellie The kid from the deli
So rattle me beads Look what happened to Mabel!
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Look what happened to Mabel!
So when your life seems a bit lean Just let some shadows appear on the screen
Shine like a star for a brief while
Whenever you're down in the dumps Try putting on Judy's red pumps
And visit a gun totin' sharpie A moth-eaten harpie
A dangerous beauty A kewpie doll cutie
An ancient high Lama A high steppin' mama
Just go to the movies and smile!
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