Adelaide's Lament (From "Guys and Dolls") - Barbra Streisand



     
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It says here<br /> The average unmarried female, basically insecure<br /> Due to some long frustration may react<br /> with psychosomatic symptoms difficult to endure<br /> Affecting the upper respiratory tractIn other words, just from waiting around for that plain little band of gold<br /> A person can develop a cold<br /> You can spray her wherever you figure the streptococci lurk<br /> You can give her a shot for whatever she's got but it just won't work<br /> If she's tired of getting the fish-eye from the hotel clerkA person can develop a coldIt says here<br /> The female remaining single just in the legal sense<br /> Shows a neurotic tendency see note<br /> Chronic organic syndromes toxic and hyper tense<br /> Involving the eye, the ear and the nose and throatIn other words, just from worrying whether the wedding is on or off<br /> A person can develop a cough<br /> You can feed her all day with the Vitamin A and the Bromo Fizz<br /> But the medicine never gets anywhere near where the trouble is<br /> If she's getting a kind of name for herself and the name ain't hisA person can develop a cough and further more<br /> Just from stalling and stalling and stalling the wedding trip<br /> A person can develop La grippe<br /> When they get on a train for Niagara and she can hear church bells chime<br /> The compartment is air conditioned and the mood sublime<br /> Then they get off at Saratoga for the fourteenth timeWell a person can develop La grippe, La grippe, La post nasal drip<br /> With the wheezes and the sneezes and a sinus that's really a pip<br /> From a lack of community property and a feeling she's getting too old<br /> A person can develop a big bad cold!<br /> <br /> Songwriters<br /> Frank LoesserPublished by<br /> FRANK MUSIC CORP.Lyrics provided by TANCODEhttps://damnlyrics.com/" readonly=""/>

Adelaide's Lament (From "Guys and Dolls") Lyrics


It says here
The average unmarried female, basically insecure
Due to some long frustration may react
with psychosomatic symptoms difficult to endure
Affecting the upper respiratory tractIn other words, just from waiting around for that plain little band of gold
A person can develop a cold
You can spray her wherever you figure the streptococci lurk
You can give her a shot for whatever she's got but it just won't work
If she's tired of getting the fish-eye from the hotel clerkA person can develop a coldIt says here
The female remaining single just in the legal sense
Shows a neurotic tendency see note
Chronic organic syndromes toxic and hyper tense
Involving the eye, the ear and the nose and throatIn other words, just from worrying whether the wedding is on or off
A person can develop a cough
You can feed her all day with the Vitamin A and the Bromo Fizz
But the medicine never gets anywhere near where the trouble is
If she's getting a kind of name for herself and the name ain't hisA person can develop a cough and further more
Just from stalling and stalling and stalling the wedding trip

A person can develop La grippe
When they get on a train for Niagara and she can hear church bells chime
The compartment is air conditioned and the mood sublime
Then they get off at Saratoga for the fourteenth timeWell a person can develop La grippe, La grippe, La post nasal drip
With the wheezes and the sneezes and a sinus that's really a pip
From a lack of community property and a feeling she's getting too old
A person can develop a big bad cold!
Songwriters
Frank LoesserPublished by
FRANK MUSIC CORP.

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Barbra Streisand (born Barbara Joan Streisand; April 24, 1942 Brooklyn, New York), is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theater and film actress, composer, film producer, and director. She has won Oscars for Best Actress and Best Original Song as well as multiple Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and an honorary Tony Award. She received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor on December 7, 2008. She is the most successful female recording artist according to the Recording Industry Assoc. of America (RIAA).

Barbra Streisand has recorded more than 60 albums, almost all with Columbia Records. Her early works in the 1960s (her debut The Barbra Streisand Album which won two Grammy Awards in 1963, followed by The Second Barbra Streisand Album, The Third Album, My Name Is Barbra, etc.) are considered classic renditions of theater and nightclub standards, including her version of Happy Days Are Here Again. Beginning with My Name Is Barbra, her albums were often medley-filled keepsakes of her television specials.

Starting in 1969, Streisand tackled contemporary songwriters; like many talented singers of the day, she found herself a fish out of water in attempts to tackle rock, but her vocal talents prevailed and she gained newfound success with the pop and ballad-oriented Richard Perry-produced album Stoney End in 1971. The title track, written by Laura Nyro, was a big hit for Streisand.

Streisand's 1980 album, Guilty featured the songwriting, production and vocal talents of Barry Gibb and was the best-selling album of her recording career. During the 1970s, she was also highly prominent in the pop charts, with number-one records like The Way We Were, Evergreen, No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (her duet with Donna Summer), and Woman In Love; some of these came from soundtracks of her films. She recently took part in supporting Haiti in singing "We are the World 25th anniversary.

When the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most successful female singer in the U.S. - only Elvis Presley and The Beatles having sold more albums. [1]

[1] In 1982, New York Times music critic Stephen Holden wrote that Streisand was "the most influential mainstream American pop singer since Frank Sinatra."




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