I Believe We Must Have Some Conversation
(To the tune "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" from Annie Get Your Gun)
Written by Cheryl

Anything you can do,
I can do better.
I can do anything
Better than you.

No, you can't. Yes, I can.
No, you can't. Yes, I can.
No, you can't. Yes, I can,
Yes, I can!

Anywhere you can walk
I can walk longer.
I can walk anywhere
Longer than you.

No you can't. Yes, I can.
No you can't. Yes, I can.
No you can't. Yes, I can.
Yes, I can!

I can shoot a partridge
With a single cartridge.

With words I can skewer
And my aim is truer.

I can stand and stare for hours -
Even when sunny?
Yes.
So can a dummy.

Anyone you can snub
I can snub ruder.
I can snub any more
Rudely than you.

No, you can't. Yes, I can.
No, you can't. Yes, I can.
No, you can't. Yes, I can,
Yes, I can!

Any book you can read,
I can read more of.
I can read many more
Pages than you.

Fifty pages? A hundred pages!
A thousand pages? A million pages!
No you can't! Yes, I can!
Yes, I can!

I can smolder much better
Than you can.
One look from me and the
Women all swoon.

No they don't! Yes, they do.
No they don't! Yes, they do.
No they don't! Yes, they do,
Yes, they do!

I could write a letter
With a broken feather.

I could in a trice, sir
And be even nicer.

I can do it all, it seems...
Can you cover screens?
No, you?
Just in my dreams.

Anything you can dance
I can dance better.
I can dance anything
Better than you.

I can Maggot. I can Shrewsbury.
I can Maggot. I Barley Mow.
I can Maggot. I do Grimstock.
I can Maggot. I can Maggot.
We can Maggot!


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