Gwen Verdon - Roxie lyrics

I always wanted my name in the papers Before Aremus, I used to date this well to do ugly bootlegger He used to like to take me out and show me off Ugly guys like to do that Once it said in the paper "Gangland's Al Capelli Seen with cute red-headed Corenne" That was me, I clipped it out and saved it Look I'm gonna tell you the truth Not that the truth really matters But I'm gonna tell you anyway The thing is see, I'm older than I ever intended to be And all my life I wanted to be a dancer In Vaudeville, ooh yeah Have my own act, but no, no, no They always turned me down It was one big world full of no, life Then Amus came along, sweet, safe, Amus who never says no You know, some guys are like mirrors And when I catch myself in Amus's face I'm always a kid, you could love a guy like that Look now I gotta tell you Now I hope this ain't too crude In the bed department, Amus was zero I mean when we went to bed He made love to me like he was Fixing a carburetor or something I love ya, honey I love ya Anyway to make a long story short I started fooling around Then I started screwing around Which is fooling around without dinner I gave up the Vaudeville idea Because well, after all those years He sorta figured opportunities just pa**ed you by Ooh, it ain't, oh, no, no, no, no, babe, it ain't If this film guy gets me off And with all this publicity, now I got me a world full of yes The name on everybody's lips is gonna be Roxie The Lady raking in the chips is gonna be Roxie I'm gonna be a celebrity that means somebody everyone knows They're gonna recognize my eyes My hair, my teeth, my b**bs, my nose From just some dumb mechanic's wife I'm gonna be Roxie Who says that murder's not an art And who in case she doesn't hang Can say she started with a bang Roxie heart I gotta get me some boys I'm gonna get me a whole bunch of boys They're gonna wait outside in line to get to see Roxie Think of those autographs outside, good luck to you, Roxie And I'll appear in a Lavaliere that goes all the way down to my waist Here a ring, there a ring, everywhere a ring-a-ling But always in the best of taste I'm a star and they love me and I love them And they love me for loving them And I love them for loving me and we love each other That's because none of us got enough love in our childhood And that's showbiz, kid She's giving up her hum-drum life I'm gonna be a Roxie She made to stand tall and a star And Sophie duck her old ship I know To see her name yet build below Roxie, Roxie heart Those are my boys, bye