Doin' It The Hard Way-Betty Hutton

[ti:Doin' It The Hard Way] [ar:Betty Hutton] [al:Ladies in Jazz - Betty Hutton Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Doin' It The Hard Way - Betty Hutton [00:09.08]At the early age of three [00:11.59]It first occured to me [00:13.23] [00:13.85]A girl should always try to improve herself [00:16.88] [00:18.31]While the others played with toys [00:20.53]I practiced charm and poise [00:22.89]And finished Dr Elliot's five foot shell [00:26.53] [00:27.88]I exercised each morning [00:30.70]Cold creamed my face each night [00:33.23] [00:33.81]Saw my dentist twice a year [00:36.73]Curbed my appetite [00:38.81] [00:40.03]And so I modestly admit [00:43.04] [00:45.73]It didn't help one single bit [00:49.60] [00:52.06]Some girls can make any man dream [00:55.35]By flashing an innocent gleam [00:58.16] [00:58.79]Me I do and hiccup curl my upper lip up [01:01.94]Light a roman candle and scream [01:03.68]I have to do it the hard way [01:06.41] [01:07.78]Some girls can wear any old rags [01:10.83]And capture the wolves and the stags [01:13.52] [01:14.41]Me I dress in sables walk across the tables [01:17.49]Waving three American flags [01:19.27]I have to do it the hard way [01:22.20] [01:23.42]Let's say there's a dance [01:26.55]They're playing a waltz [01:29.63]And I want romance [01:32.67] [01:33.26]That's when I begin turning sommersalts [01:35.72]Some girls can keep men on their toes [01:39.12]By smiling and throwing a rose [01:41.83] [01:42.47]Me I wrack my noodle [01:43.84]Whistle "Yankee Doodle" [01:45.65]Balancing a broom on my nose [01:47.42]Oh I'm a telling you why [01:50.57]I have to do it the hard way [01:53.50] [02:09.42]I have to do it the hard way [02:13.40]Suppose there's a park [02:15.82] [02:16.54]A boy on a bench [02:18.95] [02:19.53]I'm out for a lark [02:22.32] [02:23.18]So I make him fall with a monkey wrench [02:25.86]When someone like Hedy Lamarr [02:28.97]Steps into the swankiest bar [02:31.93] [02:32.54]All the fellas get up [02:34.15]Light her cigarette up [02:35.69]Me I'd have to smoke a cigar [02:37.49]And then they call me a car [02:41.25] [02:42.06]Dr is there a chance for me [02:45.11]Can't you cure this insanity [02:47.83]I'm tired of tearing up the town being one of the sights [02:51.35]Wearing funny hats trimmed in neon lights [02:54.46]Why must all I always be bettered and scorned [03:00.75]Doin' everything the hard way