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They say the world is divided
Into two kinds of women.
Do you know who they are?
Well, here's the answer.
There are those who have got
And there are those who have not
And don't want to talk about
Breast cancer.
Now if you've go…
It was forty years ago right on my birthday
That Benson Brothers Sporting Goods had hired me.
Every year they praised my work as office manager.
Then on my seventieth birthday, they fired me.
So I thought to myself, "…
You'll have a lovely catered divorce
At the nicest new hotel in town, of course!
All your friends and relatives will come to share the day.
You know they'll all be pleased, they never liked him anyway.
We'll pose you for a photo…
Chorus:
Do you know where your children are tonight?
Are they runnin' into trouble or gettin' in a fight?
Maybe they're just doin' fine and spendin' time together.
Do you know where your children are tonight?
When Johnny was a …
Do I miss him?
Not a bit.
Except each morning when I wake up,
That's it!
Oh yes and every night
Before I go to bed
I close my eyes and he's there inside my head.
Don't get me started.
Do I miss him?
Not at all.
Excep…
It's daybreak
On a misty country lake.
I'm floatin' along in my rowboat.
Feelin' fine.
Castin' my line.
I'm
Goin' fishin'.
It's mid-day
As I dream the hours away.
I'm floatin' along in my rowboat.
Haven't caught one
…I'm feeling ill. I cough and I wheeze.
I take a pill. I'm sniffling and I sneeze.
The doctor tries to assure me:
If I come into his office, he has drugs to cure me.
I'm feeling low. I look such a mess.
I dial the weather to see h…
If I'm not for myself, who will be?
But if I'm only for myself, what am I?
Why can't I be for you and for me,
If I try?
If I'm not for myself, who will be?
But if I'm only for myself, what then?
What a lonely little l…
Well I'm doin' the best I can.
I'm doin' the best I can.
It's a bumpy trip
And I often slip
But I'm doin' the best I can.
My doctor has suggested
I better lose some weight, so
I measure every portion
I am putting on my plate.
I'…
Note: Version for men to sing is put in parentheses
After years of looking for a steady lover
I have finally had it with the world of men.
(I have given up on women once again.)
The ones who still are married,
Or nev…
I can always sing solo.
You can sing a solo, too.
But the sound we get
When we sing a duet
Is better yet.
Isn't that true?
When I sing the melody
And you harmonize the song,
A special blend
We make my friend
As we sin…
I'm very pleased to meet you.
My name is Barbara Schramm.
I think your nametag's slipping
And I see your name is Sam.
The singles scene is not for me.
I enjoy a concert more.
So I never come to these places,
I've never been here …
Words and Music by Dottie Burman
My big romance is over.
I know it's for the best.
He tried to change the way I am
It got me so depressed.
I'm ready now to meet somebody new.
A man who'll say, "I love authentic you."
I think I know the perfect way
To find my Vale…
Words by Dottie Burman, Music by Robin Field
I have a handsome, huggable husband.
He tells me business is great!
He's so ambitious to make it grow,
He often comes home late
To our happy home in Ho Ho Kus,
Free from tension and strife.
Our happy home in Ho Ho Kus,
…Words and Music by Dottie Burman
My houseplants often died
Even though I tried
Vitamins and insect sprays,
Special lights for gloomy days.
Finally I found a way
To help them get along.
I sing to my plants
Or play each one a song.
I sing a calypso tune
To my pott…
Words by Dottie Burman, Music by Rick Cummins
I'll bet that some of you are looking at me,
And this is what you're thinking privately...
Is she Jewish?
She doesn't look it
With all those freckles and red hair!
She must be Irish!
An Irish Catholic!
Look at her pro…
Words and Music by Dottie Burman
Chorus
I volunteer! I volunteer!
It's the greatest way to get to help everybody here.
I volunteeer! I volunteer!
If you want to make a difference every day,
In the lives of other people far and near,
You can do it for the joy and…
Words and Music by Dottie Burman
Jennie grew up
In the house next to mine.
We were good friends
From the time we were four.
Sharing our laughter
And sharing our tears.
Sharing our dreams
Of what life had in store.
Chorus:
Both of our houses
Seemed almost the sa…
Let's have a PC holiday.
Where everything's politically correct.
To set the proper mood,
We'll serve organic food.
No cigarettes or alcohol
We know you won't object!
Let's have a PC holiday!
Be careful of the language you select.
…INTRO: "If the Statue of Liberty could talk, this is what she might say to her psychiatrist."
Doctor, I'm glad you consented to see me.
I hope that the ride on the ferry was nice.
I count on your keeping our sessions…
Words by Dottie Burman, Music by Robin Field
When it feels like you're getting nowhere,
And the road looks long ahead,
And you're feeling stuck
Don't blame your luck
Try doing this instead.
Chorus:
Just look back one year,
See how far you've come.
Look back one…
Words and Music by Dottie Burman
Let me tell you about my boss.
She is very demanding. She said,
"Here's a project for you to do
Since the business is expanding.
We must reorganize the office.
You'll have two weeks to do it!"
Well that seemed like a reasonable
Le…
Chorus:
I'm stayin' one step ahead of
That lonely feelin'.
Doin' things to keep me runnin' free.
One step ahead! One step ahead!
But that loneliness keeps catchin' up on me.
Sunday mornin' dawnin', I'm up early with the sun.
Rea…
Words and Music by Dottie Burman
Opening Numbers are murder.
They're the hardest to write.
In fact in the theater, they often are written
The day before opening night.
So I've written two opening numbers.
But I don't know which one to pick!
I know what I'll do,
I…
Words by Dottie Burman, Music by Dottie Burman and Robin Fieldt
Let us look at Homer's tale of King Odysseus,
Who sailed from ancient Greece to fight the war in Troy.
He left his loving wife Penelope in Ithaca
To mind the castle and to raise their little boy.
He …
Why was I drawn to him in the first place?
The answer is clear and easy to find.
When I first looked at him,
I knew that the look of him
Fit the perfect picture I had painted in my mind.
Why was I drawn to him in the…
I've often heard
When a baby bird
Is big enough to fly, but she's afraid to try,
The mother bird will find a time that's best
To give that baby bird a shove, right out of the nest.
I'm like that little bird up in a tre…
Lyrics by Dottie Burman, Music by Rick Cumminst
Maybe it's the headlines.
Maybe it's my age.
That voice inside is telling me
To turn another page.
Don't ask me why!
Don't ask me how!
Something in me haschanged,and now
Suddenly, I want to write serious love songs.
…I was looking for a way to spend the summer.
So I checked the local papers for a plan.
There were travel ads galore
But what pleased me even more
Were the ads for summer shares the paper ran.
I had never shared a house before tha…
If your life has got you stressed
Making you feel so depressed,
Here's a cure that we suggest just
Take a musical break!
If you sing, then sing along.
If you don't, there's nothing wrong.
Sit back, relax, enjoy our song
And take…
Here's a picture of my Sarah
At her second birthday party.
That's her mother, she's my daughter.
That's her Dad right next to me!
Everybody when they meet her
Says she's such a pretty baby
She could make a lot of mon…
Well, before the show begins may I suggest,
You listen very carefully to this request.(ring)
Please turn off your cell phone!
I know it is a swell phone.
But it's the phone from hell phone
When it rings throughout th…
I was dreaming I am walking
On a wire that's suspended
From one side of the Grand Canyon to another.
And I use a balance pole
To try to keep my self-control,
As I put one trembling foot before the other.
Down below …
We could be
Like two little kids in a sandbox,
Taking off our shoes,
Wearing our old clothes,
Letting the time
Slip through our toes.
We'd be free,
Like two little kids in a sandbox,
Digging in the sand,
Carving out …
Words and Music by Dottie Burman
I am here today to encourage you
To join the new committee I am forming.
We call ourselves the New Yorkers who
Want to aid the rapid rise of global warming.
Think of all the benefits for you
When you support the manufacture of th…