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Artist: Bernadette Peters
Canonical path: /bernadette-peters/anything-you-can-do-i-can-do-better
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Anything You Can Do (I Can do Better)
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Anything You Can Do (I Can do Better)
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Anything you can do
I can do better
Ha!
I can do anything
Better than you
No, you can't
Yes, I can
No, you can't
Yes, I can
No, you can't
Yes, I can
Yes, I can!
Anything you can be I can be greater
Sooner or later I'm greater than you
No, you're not!
Yes, I am
No, you're not!
Yes, I am
No, you're not!
Yes, I am
Yes, I am!
I can shoot a partridge
With a single cartridge
I can get a sparrow
With a bow and arrow
I can live on bread and cheese
And only on that?
Yes
So can a rat!
Any note you can sing I can sing higher
I can sing anything higher than you
No, you can't (high)
Yes, I can (higher)
No, you can't (higher)
Yes, I can (higher)
No, you can't (higher)
Yes, I can (higher)
No, you can't (higher)
Yes, I can (higher)
No, you can't (higher)
Yes, I can! (highest)
How do you sing that high?
I'm a girl!
Anything you can say I can say softer
I can say anything softer than you
No, you can't (softer)
Yes, I can (softer)
No, you can't (softer)
Yes, I can (softer)
No, you can't (softer)
Yes, I can (almost softer)
Yes, I can!
I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker
I can drink it quicker and get even sicker!
I can open any safe!
Without bein' caught?
You bet
That's what I thought, you crook!
Any note you can hold, I can hold longer
I can hold any note longer than you
No, you can't
Yes, I can
No, you can't
Yes, I can
No, you can't
No, you c-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-n't
Yes, I can
Yes, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I (long hold) can! (cough, cough!)
Yes, you c-a-a-a-a-n!
Where do you keep all that air?
Ugh
Oh
Anything you say I can say faster
I can say anything faster than you
No, you can't. (fast)
Yes, I can (fast)
Noyoucan't (faster)
YesIcan (faster)
Noyoucan't (faster)
YesIcan! (fastest)
Noyoucan't (fastest)
YesIcan! (fastest)
YesIcan! (fastest)
YesIcan! (fastest)
I can jump a hurdle
I can wear a girdle
I can knit a sweater
I can fill it better!
I can do most anything!
Can you bake a pie?
No
Neither can I
Anything you can sing, I can sing sweeter
I can sing anything sweeter than you
No, you can't. (sweetly)
Yes, I c-a-a-a-a-a-n (sweeter)
No, you can't (sweeter)
Yes, I can (sweeter)
No, you can't (sweeter)
Yes, I can (sweeter)
No, you can't (sweeter)
Oh, yes, I can (sweeter)
No, you can't, can't, can't!
Yes, I can, can, can!
Yes, I can! (at the same time)
No, you can't! (at the same time)
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