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Artist: Peter Sellers
Canonical path: /peter-sellers/goodness-gracious-me
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Goodness Gracious Me
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Goodness Gracious Me
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Oh doctor, I'm in trouble
Well, goodness gracious me
For every time a certain man
Is standing next to me
Mmm?
A flush comes to my face
And my pulse begins to race
It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom
Oh!
Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Well, goodness gracious me
How often does this happen?
When did the trouble start?
You see, my stethoscope is bobbing
To the throbbing of your heart
What kind of man is he
To create this allergy?
It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom
Oh!
Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Well, goodness gracious me
From New Delhi to Darjeeling
I have done my share of healing
And I've never yet been beaten or outboxed
I remember that with one jab
Of my needle in the Punjab
I cleared up beriberi
And the dreaded dysentery
But your complaint has got me really foxed
Oh
Oh doctor, touch my fingers
Well, goodness gracious me
You may be very clever
But however, can't you see
My heart beats much too much
At a certain tender touch
It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom
I like it!
Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Well, goodness gracious me
Can I see your tongue?
Aaah
Nothing the matter with it, put it away please
Maybe it's my back
Maybe it is
Shall I lie down?
Yes
Ahhh
My initial diagnosis
Rules out measles and thrombosis
Sleeping sickness and, as far as I can tell
Influenza, inflammation
Whooping cough and night starvation
And you'll be so glad to hear
That both your eyeballs are so clear
That I can positively swear that you are well
Ja-ja, ja-ja-ja-ja
Put two and two together
Four
If you have eyes to see
The face that makes my pulses race
Is right in front of me
Oh, there is nothing I can do
For my heart is jumping too
Oh, we go boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom
Goodness gracious
How audacious!
Goodness gracious
How flirtatious!
Goodness gracious, It is me
Ah, I'm sorry, it is us
Ahhh!
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Peter Sellers performs "Goodness Gracious Me", and this lyric page sits inside the Peter Sellers catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to I Haven't Told Her, She Hasn't Told Me (But We Know It's Just The Same) and Bangers And Mash with a short reason for opening each page next.
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