Why Can’t the World Go and Leave Us Alone Lyrics

1983 Broadway
Dance a Little Closer the Musical - Why Can’t the World Go and Leave Us Alone Lyrics

The song is written by Charles Strouse and Alan Jay Lerner.

CHARLES & EDWARD:
Why can’t the world go and leave us alone
To enjoy this perfect day,
Passing the carefree time away,
All on our own?

Why can’t the world and its mess
Go and change its address
To a far-off star somewhere;
Leaving us here to dance on air,
Free and alone?

Let them rant and roar.
Throw a little war.
Why should you and I attend?
Why not hang a sign
Out there on the line
Saying “Go away, world”?
Hey, world,

We’re the luckiest,
Lovingest, caringest couple
That life has ever known.
Why can’t the world leave us alone?

Dance a Little Closer the Musical Lyrics

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Why Can’t the World Go and Leave Us Alone
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Dance a Little Closer (Reprise)