People Like Us 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 Oct 2011
2011

A boy and a girlie were lovers,
Which in itself is not new,
He didn't have a cent in the world,
and that made the girlie feel blue,
She tried to postpone the day,
till she heard her sweetheart say:

People like us don't have to worry
People like us can afford to smile
most all the while
and when the storm clouds gather,
we don't make a fuss,
we know that they can never do much damage,
to people like us
why should we care
if some have all the wealth,
we've got our share of sunshine
happiness and health,
I know that People like us
don't have to worry
'cause things can't be
much worse for people like us.

People like us don't have to worry
People like us have to work all day,
but oh say every Sunday morning,
it's a diff'rent case,
'cause when the clock goes off
at seven thirty,
we laugh in its face
then after dark
beneath the rising moon,
out in the park
we find a lovely spot to spoon,
I said that people like us
don't have to worry
'cause Monday brings more work
for people like us!

People like us stand up in trolleys
People like us fall in someone's lap,
and get a slap
and we are packed like sardines
in the supper rush
and ev'ry time they slam the doors,
why six or seven ribs they crush,
When the car starts
we stumble all about,
when the car stops
we find we can't get in or out,
I said that people like us
don't have to worry
after all what's an arm
or a leg to people like us.

She sat all alone all the day dreaming
wishing her dreams would come true,
She longed for things she didn't have
he whispered: "Dear heart don't be blue.
We've much to be thankful for,"
Then she heard him say once more:

People like us don't have to worry
People like us can afford to smile
most all the while
and when the storm clouds gather,
we don't make a fuss,
we know that they can never do much damage,
to people like us
why should we care
if some have all the wealth,
we've got our share of sunshine
happiness and health,
I know that People like us
don't have to worry
'cause things can't be
much worse for people like us.

People like us don't have to worry
People like us have to work all day,
but oh say every Sunday morning,
it's a diff'rent case,
'cause when the clock goes off
at seven thirty,
we laugh in its face
then after dark
beneath the rising moon,
out in the park
we find a lovely spot to spoon,
I said that people like us
don't have to worry
'cause Monday brings more work
for people like us!

People like us stand up in trolleys
People like us fall in someone's lap,
and get a slap
and we are packed like sardines
in the supper rush
and ev'ry time they slam the doors,
why six or seven ribs they crush,
When the car starts
we stumble all about,
when the car stops
we find we can't get in or out,
I said that people like us
don't have to worry
after all what's an arm
or a leg to people like us.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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People Like Us 1922
Comic Song
by Jack Norworth, Arthur Swanstrom & Al Piantadosi
© MCMXXII by Leo Feist Inc.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 13 October 2011 at 12.13
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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