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Song from "Panama Hattie" - 1940 Broadway Musical
Cole Porter - I'm Throwing a Ball Tonight Lyrics
My life was simply hellish,
I didn't stand a chance,
I thought that I would relish
A tomb like General Grant's,
But now I feel so swellish,
So Elsa Maxwell-ish,
That I'm giving a dance.
I feel like a million dollars,
I feel simply out o' sight,
So come on down, come on down,
I'm throwing a ball tonight.
I'm full of the old paprika,
I'm loaded with dynamite,
So come on down, come on down,
I'm throwing a ball tonight.
A certain person just brought some news,
And wow, was it great!
So, I'm rehearsin' my dancin' shoes
'Cause now, I can celebrate.
I feel like a million dollars,
I feel simply out o' sight,
So come on down, come on down,
I'm throwing a ball tonight.
I invited Wendell Willkie,
I invited F.D.R.,
And for photographs,
I asked the staffs
Of Life, Book, Peek, Pic, Snap, Click, and Harper's Bazaar.
I invited Monty Woolley
And of course I asked Cliff Odets,
But to my surprise
Ev'ry one of those guys
Tendered his regrets.
And so I
Feel like a million dollars,
I feel simply out o' sight,
So come on down, come on down,
I'm throwing a ball tonight.
I invited Gov'nor Lehman,
And Commishner Valentine,
And to do their stunts
I asked the Lunts
And Grace Moore, Bert Lahr, Mae West, and Father Divine.
I invited Gracie Allen
And of course I asked Fanny Brice.
But to all my bids
Ev'ry one of those kids
Wired back,
"No dice!"
I've arranged a rhumba contest,
Just to make the party chic
And the winning ones
Will get two tons
Of Lux, Ponds, Teel, Squibbs, Mum, Zip, and Campho-phenique.
I invited Johnnie Walker
And Haig and Haig I asked twice,*
But to all my bids
Ev'ry one of those kids
Wired back,
"No dice!"
And so I
Feel like a million dallars,
I feel simply out o'sight,
So come on down, come on down,
Come on down,
Come on down,
Come on down,
I'm feeling magnific,
I'm throwing a turr-ific
Ball...tonight.
Other Songs written by Cole Porter: Cole Porter Songs Lyrics
I'm Throwing a Ball Tonight Cole Porter Lyrics
Cole Porter Songs Lyrics
I Am Loved
Paris Loves Lovers
All of You
You're Just Too, Too
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Something for the Boys
Hey, Good Lookin'
I Love You
Count Your Blessings
From This Moment On
I've Still Got My Health
Let's Be Buddies
Fresh as a Daisy
I'm Throwing a Ball Tonight
Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please
I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua
I Hate Men
Where Is The Life That Late I Led?
Always True to You In My Fashion
I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
You've Got That Thing
The Tale of the Oyster
I Worship You
The Laziest Gal In Town
In the Still of the Night
Looking At You
What Is This Thing Called Love?
They All Fall In Love
You Do Something to Me
Old-Fashioned Garden
I'm In Love Again
Don't Look at Me That Way
Miss Otis Regrets
The Leader of a Big Time Band
Where, Oh, Where
Is It the Girl (Or Is It the Gown)?
I've a Shooting Box in Scotland
Wunderbar
So In Love
Red, Hot and Blue
Ridin' High
It's De-Lovely
Ours
Down in the Depths (On the 90th Floor)
Let's Misbehave
All Through the Night
I Get a Kick Out Of You
I Love Paris
Anything Goes
Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love
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