All I Need Is The Girl Lyrics - Gypsy - Bette Midler

I pretend I'm at home getting dressed for a date 

I take a comb, comb my hair 

Take a flower, smell it and put it in my lapel 

And I spot the audience 

Once my clothes were shabby 

Tailors called me Cabbie 

So I took a vow, said this bum'll be Beau Brummel 

Now I'm smooth and snappy, now my tailor's happy 

I am the cats meow, my wardrobe is a wow 

Paris silk, Harris tweed, there's only one thing I need 

Got my tweed pressed, got my best vest 

All I need now is the girl 

Got my striped tie, got my hopes high 

Got the time and the place and I got rhythm 

Now all I need is the girl to go with 'em 

If she'll just appear we'll take this big town for a whirl 

And if shell say my darling I'm yours 

I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed 

All I really need is the girl 

I start off easy, you see? 

Now I'm more debonair, ssh, break 

And I sell it here, I start this step, see? 

And then I build it, double it 

She appears all in white, I take her hand, kiss it 

And lead her on the floor 

This step's good for the costume, Astaire's pat 

Yah, dah, dah, dah, yah, dah, yah, dah, dah, yah 

Now we waltz, strings come in 

And I lift her again, once more 

And now the tempo changes and all the lights come up 

And I build for the finale 

Louise that's it, do it over here 

Follow me, faster, Charleston 

Again, do it again, give me your hands