The Music Man movie - Piano Lesson lyrics
rate me<br>
Marian:<br>
Mama, a man with a suitcase followed me home.<br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
Oh--Who?<br>
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Marian:<br>
I never saw him before.<br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
Did he say anythin'?<br>
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Marian:<br>
He tried.<br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
Did you say anythin'?<br>
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Marian:<br>
Of course not, Mama!<br>
Now don't dawdle, Amaryllis.<br>
So do la ti mi, <br>
A little slower and please <br>
Keep the fingers curved as nice <br>
And as high as you possibly can. <br>
Don't get faster, <br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
If you don't mind my sayin' so,<br>
It wouldn't have hurt you <br>
To find out what the gentleman wanted.<br>
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Marian:<br>
I know what the gentleman wanted.<br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
What, dear?<br>
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Marian:<br>
You'll find it in Balzac.<br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
Excuse me fer livin' but I never read it.<br>
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Marian:<br>
Neither has anyone else in this town.<br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
There you go again with the same old comment <br>
About the low mentality of River City people,<br>
And takin' it all to much to heart.<br>
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Marian:<br>
Now, Mama, <br>
As long as the Madison Public Library was entrusted<br>
To me for the purpose of improving River City's cultural level,<br>
I can't help my concern that the Ladies of River City<br>
Keep ignoring all my council and advice.<br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
But, darlin'--when a woman has a husband <br>
And you've got none,<br>
Why should she take advice from you?<br>
Even if you can quote Balzac and Shakespeare<br>
And all them other highfalutin' Greeks.<br>
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Marian: <br>
Momma, if you don't mind my sayin' so,<br>
You have a bad habit of changin' ev'ry subject--<br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
Well, I haven't changed the subject! <br>
I was talking about that stranger--<br>
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Marian:<br>
What stranger?<br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
With the suitcase who may be your very last chance.<br>
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Marian:<br>
Mama!<br>
Do you think that I'd allow a common masher--<br>
Now, really Mama! <br>
I have my standards where men are concerned,<br>
And I have no intention--<br>
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Mrs. Paroo:<br>
I know all about your standards<br>
And if you don't mind my sayin' so<br>
There's not a man alive<br>
Who could hope to measure up to that blend'a <br>
Paul Bunyan, Saint Pat and Noah Webster<br>
You've got concocted for yourself outta your Irish imagination,<br>
Your Iowa stubbornness, and your liberry fulla' books!<br>
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