Carmelina - Why Him? Lyrics

1979 Broadway
Carmelina the Musical - Why Him? Lyrics

The song was written by Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner.

CARMELINA:
What can I say about his face
Except the features are in place?
He doesn’t even look in trim.
Why him? Why him?

A million stars are in the skies.
Not one is ever in his eyes.
When I’m alone at night
I groan at night
Why him?

Why do I dress for him?
Why the pain of eating less for him?
Why do I itch for him?
Why an eyelid with a twitch for him?

But when I see him coming near me
And my head begins to swim,
I keep on thinking as I nod,
My God! Why him?

There’s nothing bulging in his arm.
I’m not bewildered by his charm.
Where he should be he isn’t slim.
Why him? Why him?

He doesn’t know I’m alive.
I might as well be eighty-five.
I rack my brain at night
In vain at night—
Why him?

Why do I primp for him?
Exercise until I limp for him?
Read all those books for him—
What to do about my looks for him?

Is he a knight in shining armor—
Is my vision growing dim?
I know I’d prayed there’d be a man
Somewhere
Who’d hear my prayer,
But, Lord, be fair—
Why him? Why him?
Why him? Why him?

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