Pins and Needles movie - Sing Me A Song With Social Significance lyrics

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Music: Harold Rome<br>

Lyrics: Harold Rome<br>

Book: various<br>

Premiere: Saturday, November 27, 1937<br>

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I'm tired of moon-songs of star and of June songs,<br>

They simply make me nap<br>

And ditties romantic drive me nearly frantic<br>

I think they're all full of pap <br>

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History's making, nations are quaking<br>

Why sing of stars above<br>

For while we are waiting father time's creating <br>

New things to be singing of<br>

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Sing me a song with social significance<br>

All other tunes are taboo<br>

I want a ditty with heat in it, <br>

Appealing with feeling and meat in it!<br>

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Sing me a song with social significance<br>

Or you can sing 'til you're blue<br>

Let meaning shine from ev'ry line<br>

Or I won't love you<br>

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Sing me of wars and sing me of breadlines<br>

Tell me of front page news<br>

Sing me of strikes and last minute headlines<br>

Dress your observation in syncopation!<br>

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Sing me a song with social significance<br>

There's nothing else that will do<br>

It must get hot with what is what <br>

Or I won't love you.<br>

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I want a song that's satirical<br>

And putting the mere into miracle<br>

It must be packed with social fact<br>

or I won't love you<br>

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Sing me of kings and conf'rences martial<br>

Tell me of mills and mines<br>

Sing me of courts that aren't impartial<br>

What's to be done with 'em tell me in rhythm<br>

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Sing me a song with social significance<br>

there's nothing else that will do<br>

It must be tense with common sense<br>

or I won't love you.<br>

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