I Can T Do It Alone lyrics

[VELMA (to Roxie)]
My sister and I had an act that couldn`t flop
My sister and I were headed straight fo the top
My sister and I earned a thou a week at least
Oh, sure!
But my sistr is now, unfortunately, deceased

Oh, I know it`s sad, of course
But a fact is still a fact
And now all that remains
Is the remains
Of a perfect double act!

[spoken]
Roxie, do you know you are exactly the same
size as my sister? Oh, you would fit in her wardrobe
perfectly. Look, why don`t I just show you some of
the act, huh? Watch this.

[VELMA dances]

Now you have to imagine
this with two people.
It`s swell with two people.

First I`d...(drums!)
Then she`d...(saxophone!)
Then we`d...(together!)
But I can`t do it alone!
Then she`d...
Then I`d...
Then we`...
But I can`t do it alone!

She`d say,`What`s your sister like?`
I`d say, `Men,`
Yuk, Yuk, yuk
She`d say, `you`re the cat`s meow`
Then we`d wow the crowd again
When she`d go...
I`d go...
We`d go...

And then those ding-dong daddies started to roar
Whistled, stomped and stamped on the floor
Yelling, sreaming, begging for more.

[spoken]
And we`d say, `O.K. fellas, keep your socks up.
you ain`t seen nothin` yet!`

[VELMA dances]

But I simply cannot do it alone!

Well? What did ya` think? Come on, you can say.

[ROXIE gives her a raspberry]

O.K., O.K. The first part can always be rewritten.
But the second part was really nifty. Watch this.

Then she`d...(See, get it, right?)
Then I`d...(Then I`d kick really high...)
Then we`d...
But I can`t do it alone!
She`d say, `What state`s Chicago in?`
I`d say, `ILL!`
Did ya` get that?
She`d say, `Turn your motor off`
I can hear `em cheerin` still
When she`d go...
I`d go...
We`d go...(Sideways!)
And then those two-bit Johnnies did it up brown
To cheer the best attraction in town
They nearly tore the balcony down

[spoken]
And we`d say. `O.K. fellas, O.K.,
we`re goin` home, but here`s a few more partin` shots!`
And this... this we did in perfect unison.

[VELMA dances]

Now, you`ve seen me goin` through it
It may seem there`s nothin` to it
But I simply cannot do it
Alone!

[ROXIE turns her down]

Like the deserted bride on her wedding night
All alone and shaking with fright
With her brand new hubby nowhere in sight
I simply cannot do it alone...