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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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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