On the Twentieth Century movie - On The Twentieth Century lyrics

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Music: Cy Coleman<br>

Lyrics: Betty Comden + Adolph Green<br>

Book: Betty Comden + Adolph Green<br>

Premiere: Sunday, February 19, 1978<br>

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Saddle up the horse without delay<br>

Ship ahoy, we sail at break of day<br>

Ours not to question<br>

Ours not to reason<br>

Ours to obey!<br>

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Let down the drawbridge<br>

While you keep the motor racing<br>

Maybe we'll have to swim the river<br>

Working for Jaffee, though continually crazy,<br>

Also destroys the heart and liver<br>

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What's new today<br>

We're gonna sneak away<br>

To a shower of rotten eggs<br>

With our tails between our legs<br>

On the Twentieth Century, the Twentieth Century<br>

In Drawing Room A!<br>

Hey! Hey! Hey!<br>

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We point with the deepest pride<br>

To the grandest ride<br>

On the New York Central Railroad<br>

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Or else N.Y. to Chi<br>

New York in sixteen hours<br>

Anything can happen in those sixteen hours<br>

As the flight all across the night<br>

America the beautiful was high<br>

America the beautiful was high<br>

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On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the luxury liner between N.Y. and Chi<br>

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Life and love and luck<br>

May be changed<br>

Hope renewed (renewed)<br>

And fate rearranged<br>

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On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the luxury liner between N.Y. and Chi<br>

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Life and love and luck<br>

May be changed<br>

Hope renewed<br>

And fate rearranged<br>

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On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the Twentieth Century<br>

On the luxury liner between N.Y. and Chi<br>

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