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Funny Girl movie - If A Girl Isn't Pretty lyrics

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FUNNY GIRL is the life of vaudeville comedienne Fanny Brice (1891-1951), starting in 1910. <br>

Actually the show starts after she has become a success on stage and flashes back to her <br>

origins. It opens in Fanny's dressing room. She is waiting for her husband, Nick Arnstein,<br>

to return after being in prison. She looks back to when she was a 19-year old hopeful. <br>

Her mother's poker buddies think she's wasting her life trying to break into show business.<br>

Mrs. Strakosh:<br>

Fanny, when people pay good money in the the-ay-ter--<br>

especially the male element--they want something to look at! <br>

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If a girl isn't pretty<br>

Like a Miss Atlantic City,<br>

All she gets in life<br>

Is pity and a pat.<br>

Mrs. Brice:<br>

Is a nose with deviation<br>

Such a crime against the nation?<br>

Should I throw her into jail<br>

Or drown the cat?<br>

Mrs. Strakosh, O' Malley and<br>

Meeker:<br>

She must shine in ev'ry detail<br>

Like a ring you're buying retail,<br>

Be a standard size that<br>

Fits a standard dress.<br>

Mrs. Strakosh:<br>

When a girl's incidentals<br>

Are no bigger than two lentils<br>

Mrs. Strakosh, O' Malley and<br>

Meeker:<br>

Then to me that doesn't spell success.<br>

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Fanny auditions for Keeney's Music Hall but Keeney kicks her out of the chorus <br>

because she doesn't look like the others.<br>

Eddie Ryan, dance director for Keeney, agrees: <br>

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Eddie:<br>

If a girl isn't pretty<br>

Like a Miss Atlantic City,<br>

She should dump the stage<br>

And try another route.<br>

Any guy who pays a quarter<br>

For a seat just feels he oughter<br>

See a figger that his wife can't<br>

Substitute. <br>

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Kid, my heart ain't made of marble<br>

But your rhythm's really horr'ble<br>

And that map of yours just ain't no<br>

Valentine.<br>

Everything you got's about right,<br>

But the damn thing don't come out right<br>

So forget it, kid,<br>

And just resign.<br>

Chorus:<br>

If a girl isn't pretty,<br>

If a girl isn't pretty,<br>

If a girl isn't pretty,<br>

If a girl isn't pretty,<br>

If a girl isn't pretty,<br>

She should get a job,<br>

Go get a job--<br>

Get any job<br>

Get a weekly pay,<br>

'Cause if a girl isn't pretty<br>

Like a Miss Atlantic City,<br>

She's a real Miss Nobody, U.S.A.<br>

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