Bobby Darin If I Had My Druthers Lyrics

If I Had My Druthers Lyrics

Johnny: 

      If I had my druthers 

      I'd druther have my druthers 

      Then anything else I know. 

      While you'd druther hustle 

      Accumulatin' muscle 

      I'd druther watch daisies grow. 

      While they're growin' slow an' 

      The summer breeze is blowin' 

      My heart is overflowin' and so. 

      If I had my druthers 

      I'd druther have my druthers 

      Than anything else I know. 



      Robert, you think you could agree with that kind of philosophy? 



      Bobby: 

      Agree?  I live it! 



      If I had my druthers 

      I'd druther have my druthers 

      Then work any whereas at all. 



      Johnny: 

      Don't nobody call. 



      Bobby: 

      It ain't that I hates it 

      Why, in fact, I even contemplates it 

      While watchin' raindrops fall. 

      I sits there for hours 

      Developin' my powers 

      Of figurin' how flowers gets tall. 

      If I had my druthers 

      I'd druther have my druthers 

      Then anything else at all. 



      Johnny: 

      If I had my druthers 

      To choose from all the others 

      I'd druther be like I am. 



      Bobby: 

      I like you just the way you are. 



      This thing called employment 

      Detracts from my enjoyment 

      And tightens my diaphragm. 



      Johnny: 

      Oh, you poor lamb! 



      Whilst I'm doin' nary 

      A thing that's necessary 

      I'm happy as a cherrystone clam. 



      Bobby: 

      Some of my best friends are clams! 



      If I had my druthers 

      To choose from all the others 

      I'd rather be like I am. 



      Both: 

      If we had our druthers 

      We'd rather have our druthers 

      Than anything else we know. 

      Our forefathers wrote it 

      And often times we quote it 

      Whenever we're feelin' low. 



      Bobby: 

      Monsieur John? 



      Johnny: 

      As direct descendants … 



      Bobby: 

      We figure independence … 



      Both: 

      Ain't only in Missouri and so. 

      If we had our druthers 

      We'd rather have our druthers 

      Than anything else we know. 



      Johnny: 

      Why sho' … 



      Both: 

      Than anything else we know … 



      Bobby: 

      Yebo' … 



      Both: 

      Then anythin else we know … 

      Enco' … 

      Than anything else we know. 



      Bobby: 

      Goodnight. 



      Johnny: 

      Leave a call.