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#1

Chop Suey

Chop suey, chop suey!
Living here is very much like chop suey.
Hula hoops and nuclear war,
Doctor Salk and Zsa Zsa Gabor,
Bobby Darin, Sandra Dee, and Dewey,
Chop suey, --Chop suey!--
Stars are drifting overhead,
Birds and worms have gone to bed.
Men work late in laboratories,
Others read detective stories.
Some are roaming 'round the country,
Others sit beneath just one tree.
Tonight on TV's Late, Late Show
You can look at Clara Bow! --Who?--
Chop suey, chop suey!
Good and bad, intelligent, mad, and screwy.
Violins and trumpets and drums,
Take it all the way that it comes,
Sad and funny, sour and honey dewy,
Chop suey!
Ballpoint pens and filter tips,
Lipsticks and potato chips.
In the dampest kind of heat wave
You can give your hair a neat wave.
Hear that lovely La Paloma,
Lullaby by Perry Como.
Dreaming in my Maid'nform bra,
Dreamed I danced the Cha-Cha-Cha.
Chop suey, chop suey!
Mixed with all the hokum and bally hooey.
Something real and glowing grand.
Sheds a light all over the land.
Boston, Austin, Wichita, and St. Louey,
Chop suey.
Chop suey, chop suey!
Chop suey, chop suey!



" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#2

re: Chop Suey

I'm a girl, and by me that's only great!
I am proud that my silhouette is curvy,
That I walk with a sweet and girlish gait
With my hips kind of swivelly and swervy.
I adore being dressed in something frilly
When my date comes to get me at my place.
Out I go with my Joe or John or Billy,
Like a filly who is ready for the race!
When I have a brand new hairdo
With my eyelashes all in curl,
I float as the clouds on air do,
I enjoy being a girl!
When men say I'm cute and funny
And my teeth aren't teeth, but pearl,
I just lap it up like honey
I enjoy being a girl!
I flip when a fellow sends me flowers,
I drool over dresses made of lace,
I talk on the telephone for hours
With a pound and a half of cream upon my face!
I'm strictly a female female
And my future I hope will be
In the home of a brave and free male
Who'll enjoy being a guy having a girl... like... me.
When men say I'm sweet as candy
As around in a dance we whirl,
It goes to my head like brandy,
I enjoy being a girl!
When someone with eyes that smoulder
Says he loves ev'ry silken curl
That falls on my iv'ry shoulder,
I enjoy being a girl!
When I hear the compliment'ry whistle
That greets my bikini by the sea,
I turn and I glower and I bristle,
But I happy to know the whistle's meant for me!
I'm strictly a female female
And my future I hope will be
In the home of a brave and free male
Who'll enjoy being a guy having a girl... like... me.

re: Chop Suey good show, Glebb!

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#3

re: Chop Suey

Hi Addy!
Good movie. :)
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#4

re: Chop Suey

Yes. Very good movie. Too bad it was overlooked when it was first released...
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#5

re: Chop Suey

Fan Tan Fanny was leaving her man,
Fan Tan Fanny kept waving her fan,
Said 'Goodbye, Danny, you two-timing Dan,
Some other man loves your little Fanny,
Bye-bye!'

In the ice box, you'll find in a can
Some leftovers of Moo Goo Gai Pan.
Fan Tan Fanny has found a new guy.
His name is Manny, He's good for Fanny,
So goodbye Danny, Goodbye!
Bye-bye! Bye-bye! Bye-bye!
#6

re: Chop Suey

Hi PalJoey!


"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#7

re: Chop Suey

This was always a good song, too:

A hundred million miracles,
A hundred million miracles are happ'ning ev'ry day,
And those who say they don't agree
Are those who do not hear or see.
A hundred million miracles,
A hundred million miracles are happ'ning ev'ry day,

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#8

re: Chop Suey

Three is Company safe and cozy....
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

Updated On: 11/16/04 at 11:46 PM

#9

re: Chop Suey

Don't switch musicals midstream!

I am often haunted by the verse to that song, Addy, and by Miyoshi Umeki's delicate rendition of Oscar Hammerstein's beautiful lyrics:

My father says that children keep growing,
Rivers keep flowing, too.
My father says he doesn't know why,
But somehow or other they do.
They do!
Some how or other they do...
#10

re: Chop Suey

Thank you, PJ! I was sitting here going through every song in my head trying to think of what FDS song those lyrics, (posted by Glebb), were from...

It's a beautiful song, PJ.

ok - now - are we switching musicals??
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

Updated On: 11/16/04 at 12:02 AM

#11

re: Chop Suey

Jumping around is very much like Chop Suey.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#12

re: Chop Suey

I LOVE Flower Drum Song.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#13

re: Chop Suey

"Jumping around is very much like Chop Suey"

Said by Glebb, a boy who puts the UMP! in JUMP!
#14

re: Chop Suey

He does... I'm still hoping I can get a Glebb 2005 calendar! re: Chop Suey
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#15

re: Chop Suey

the "hop" in CHOP!
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#16

re: Chop Suey

On the other hand, there is "Grant Avenue", which rhymes with "can't have a new..." and also contains the lyric, "dong dong - you're in Hong Kong!"

Oscar must have been having a bad week when he wrote that one.
#17

re: Chop Suey

Yes, Jon!

You can eat, if you are in the mood,
Shark-fin soup! Bean-cake fish!
The girl who serves you all your food
Is another tasty dish!
DELISH!
#18

re: Chop Suey

...but these lyrics are sweet

Being together each morning,
Sharing our coffee and toast.
That's only one of the pictures.
Here's what I picture most.

Sunday, sweet Sunday,
With nothing to do,
Lazy and lovely,
My one day with you.

Hazy and happy,
We'll drift through the day,
Dreaming the hours away.

While all the funny papers lie or fly around the place
I will try my kisses on your funny face.

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#19

re: Chop Suey

Addy, that is actually my favorite song in the musical. And it fits my range perfectly, which is an added bonus. re: Chop Suey
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#20

re: Chop Suey

Then, I'm glad I posted it.

Great new icon, dj!

...now, let's hear you sing re: Chop Suey
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#21

re: Chop Suey

hahaha. bythesword has heard me sing. You can ask her what she thinks, because I am just a little biased with my opinion. re: Chop Suey
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#22

re: Chop Suey

well, I'm sure you're grand! And I look forward to hearing you sometime... re: Chop Suey
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#23

re: Chop Suey

Love, look away! Love look away from me
Fly when you pass my door, fly and get lost at sea.
Call it a day, love, let us say we're through.
No good are you for me, no good am I for you.
Wanting you so, I try too much; after you go, I cry too much.
Love, look away, Lonely though I may be, leave me and set me free
Love look away from me, look away, look away look away from me

#24

re: Chop Suey

A western street with eastern manners,
Tall pagodas and golden banners
Throw their shadows through the lantern glow.

You can shop for precious jade
or teakwood tables or silk brocade
Or see a bold and brassy night club show,
On the most exciting thoroughfare I know.

We call it
Grant Avenue, San Francisco,
California, U.S.A.
Looks down from Chinatown
Over a foggy bay.

You travel there in a trolley,
In a trolley up you climb,
Dong! Dong! You're in Hong Kong,
Having yourself a time.

You can eat, if you are in the mood,
Shark-fin soup, bean cake fish.
The girl who serves you all your food
Is another tasty dish!

You know you
Can't have a new way of living
Till you're living all the way
On Grant Avenue. --Where is that?--
San Francisco, That's where's that!
California U.S.A.
#25

re: Chop Suey

Am I the man that you love?
If that is true I am more,
Something beyond and above
The man that I was before.

Like a god, with my head above the trees,
I can walk with a god-like stride.
With a step I can clear the seven seas,
When I know you are by my side.

Like a god, with a mountain in my hand
And my arm thrown around the sky.
All the world can be mine at my command
When you're near and I hear you sigh.

When you're near and I hear you sigh,
There is no sweeter song I know
With a heart full of hope I fly
Higher I go! Stronger I grow!

Like a god, I can tear away the mist
From the sky if you want it blue.
In the wake of the mist, like a goddess you'll be kissed
By a god in love with you.

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