Oliver! (musical) - Oliver! lyrics

Is it worth the waiting for? If we live 'til eighty four All we ever get is gru... el! Ev'ry day we say our prayer -- Will they change the bill of fare? Still we get the same old gru... el! There's not a crust, not a crumb can we find Can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge But there's nothing to stop us from getting a thrill When we all close our eyes and imag... ine Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard! While we're in the mood -- Cold jelly and custard! Peas, pudding and saveloys! What next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it, boys -- In-di-gestion! Food, glorious food! We're anxious to try it Three banquets a day -- Our favourite diet! Just picture a great big steak -- Fried, roasted or stewed Oh, food Wonderful food Marvellous food Glorious food Food, glorious food! What is there more handsome? Gulped, swallowed or chewed -- Still worth a king's ransom! What is it we dream about? What brings on a sigh? Piled pieahes and cream, about Six feet high! Food, glorious food! Eat right through the menu Just loosen your belt Two inches and then you Work up a new appetite In this interlude -- The food Once again, food Fabulous food Glorious food Food, glorious food! Don't care what it looks like -- Burned! Underdone! Crude! Don't care what the cook's like Just thinking of growing fat -- Our senses go reeling One moment of knowing that Full-up feeling! Food, glorious food! What wouldn't we give for That extra bit more -- That's all that we live for Why should we be fated to Do nothing but brood On food Magical food Wonderful food Marvellous food Fabulous food Beautiful food Glorious food!