Chicago Soundtrack I Can`t Do It Alone Lyrics

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...