Bye Bye Birdie movie - Normal American Boy lyrics
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Reporter:<br>
He's coming! He's coming! Conrad Birdie is coming!<br>
Hey Conrad, how about answering a few questions?<br>
How do you feel about joining in the Army?<br>
Albert:<br>
Ah Ah Ah, how does he feel...You ask how he feels<br>
He's much too shy to tell you,<br>
So, I'll tell ya how he feels<br>
He feels brave and eager!<br>
Strangely humble! Proud to be a plain GI!<br>
Rosie:<br>
He would gladly face those bullets,<br>
For he's not afraid to die!<br>
Chorus:<br>
For he's a fine, upstanding, patriotic, healthy, normal<br>
American boy!<br>
Albert:<br>
And that's why he volunteered for...<br>
Voice:<br>
Volunteered? I thought he was drafted!<br>
Voice:<br>
And he appealed...three times!<br>
Rosie:<br>
Sing!<br>
Girls:<br>
We love you Conrad<br>
Oh yes we do<br>
We love you Conrad<br>
And will be true!<br>
When you're not near us<br>
We're blue!<br>
Oh, Conrad, we love you...<br>
Albert:<br>
Very nice!<br>
Voice:<br>
Say what's the pitch on that Hollywood starlet, Conrad.<br>
Are you two engaged?<br>
Rosie:<br>
Ah Ah...Is he engaged? Is Conrad engaged?<br>
There's absolutely nothing to the rumor he's engaged!<br>
Albert:<br>
She's a real pal, like a sister, but it doesn't mean a thing!<br>
And that eighteen carat diamond, it was just a "friendship" ring!<br>
Chorus:<br>
For he's a fine, upstanding, patriotic, healthy, normal American boy!<br>
Reporter:<br>
And why was your husband so mad?<br>
Albert:<br>
Sing!<br>
Girls:<br>
We love you Conrad<br>
Oh yes we do<br>
We love you Conrad<br>
And will be true!<br>
Reporter:<br>
Hey Mr. Peterson, give us a scoop, is Conrad still drinking a lot?<br>
Rosie:<br>
Now listen here! This gossip must stop!<br>
He goes to church each Sunday and he doesn't touch a drop!<br>
Albert:<br>
He's as decent as a minister!<br>
Rosie:<br>
Absolutely<br>
He's as sober as a judge!<br>
He subscribes to ev'ry charity!<br>
And his hobby's making fudge!<br>
All:<br>
For he's a fine upstanding, patriotic, healthy, normal American boy<br>
Reporter:<br>
Is it true that you found Conrad in a Reform School?<br>
Rosie & Albert:<br>
That's a lie!<br>
A lie thru and thru!<br>
I'll tell you where he came from, here's the story and it's true!<br>
He was born in Indochina,<br>
Albert:<br>
He was born in old Virginia<br>
Rosie:<br>
Son of missionaries there!<br>
Albert:<br>
On a thousand acre farm!<br>
Rosie:<br>
Very poor and very hungry,<br>
What a cruel life to bear!<br>
Albert:<br>
From a line of wealthy planters,<br>
Full of genteel, southern charm!<br>
Rosie:<br>
Soon he drifted down to Hong Kong,<br>
To a waterfront saloon!<br>
Albert:<br>
In evening by the river,<br>
In the moonlight they would croon!<br>
Rosie:<br>
That is where I heard him singing,<br>
Albert:<br>
That's where Conrad started singing,<br>
Rosie:<br>
Underneath a Hong Kong moon!<br>
Albert:<br>
'Neath that sweet plantation moon!<br>
All: Teens:<br>
Oh Beautiful for spacious skies, We love you, Conrad!<br>
Oh, yes we do!<br>
For amber waves of grain. We love you, Conrad, and we'll be true.<br>
A-A-America America, Oh, oh, Conrad, we love you<br>
God shed His grace on thee. We love you, Conrad, and we'll be true.<br>
All:<br>
For he's a fine upstanding, av'rage, modest, patriotic,<br>
healthy, normal American,<br>
American boy!<br>
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