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Adelaide's Lament
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Adelaide's Lament was released on July 14, 1992 by Masterworks Broadway as a part of the album Guys and Dolls (New Broadway Cast Recording (1992))
July 14, 1992
LabelMasterworks Broadway
LanguageEnglish
BPM95
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

[Intro]
Look, Adelaide, you're getting yourself upset
You and I are gonna be alright!
After all, we love each other, and we're gonna get married!
I don't believe you anymore!
But it's true!
Aw, you'll feel better tomorrow
Come on, cheer up, honey
Let's see that old smile
That's my girl, see you tomorrow
[Verse 1]
It says here
The average unmarried female
Basically insecure
Due to some long frustration, may react
With psychosomatic symptoms
Difficult to endure
Affecting the upper respiratory tract
[Verse 2]
In other words, just from waiting around for that plain little band of gold
A person can develop a cold
You can spray her wherever you figure the streptococci lurk
You can give her a shot for whatever she's got, but it just won't work
If she's tired of getting the fish eye from the hotel clerk
A person can develop a cold
[Verse 3]
It says here
The female remaining single
Just in the legal sense
Shows a neurotic tendency, see note
Tendency, see note?
Oh, see note, oh, oh, here we go, I don't like that
[Verse 4]
Chronic organic syndromes
Toxic or hyper-tense
Involving the eye, the ear, the nose, and throat
In other words, just from worrying whether the wedding is on or off
A person can develop a cough
[Verse 5]
You can feed her all day with the vitamin A and the Bromo-fizz
But the medicine never gets anywhere near where the trouble is
If she's getting a kind of a name for herself, and the name ain't his
A person can develop a cough
And furthermore, just from stalling and stalling and stalling the wedding trip
A person can develop la grippe
[Verse 6]
When they get on the train for Niagara
And she can hear church bells chime
The compartment is air-conditioned
And the mood sublime
Then they get off at Saratoga for the fourteenth time
A person can develop la grippe
La grippe, la post nasal drip
With the wheezes and the sneezes
And a sinus that's really a pip!
[Outro]
From a lack of community property
And a feeling she's getting too old
A person can develop a bad, bad cold
Achoo!
Written by: Frank Loesser
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