Not for the Life of Me

Not For The Life Of Me from THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

Lyrics by Dick Scanlan

Music by Jeanine Tesori

Freely

I

stud  - ied 

all

the

pi pic - tures

in

3

mag - a - zines

and

books.

I

mem - o - rized   the

sub - way

map,

too.

It’s

3

3

one  block north

to

Ma - cy’s

and

tw t wo

to Brot Broth h - ers Brooks.

Man

-

hat - tan,

I

pre - pared  

for  

3

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1

you.

You

cer   - tain - ly

are

dif  - f’rent

from

what they have back

home,

where

3

noth - ing’s

o - ver   three

sto - ries

high,

and

no

one’s

in

a

hur - ry

or 

3

3

wants

to

roam,

 but

I

do,

though they won

-

der 

why.

They

3

 sub.

said 

I

would soon  be good and

lone

-

ly.

They

said  

I

would sing the

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home - sick  

 blues.

So

I

al - ways have this tick  - et

in

my

pock -  et,

a

tick - et

Slower Tacet

home

in

my

pock - et

to

do

with

as

I

choose.

Hot Dixieland Tacet

Burn

Tacet

t he

no

b ridge.

more.

Bet

 Not

the

for

store.

the

Ba

life

of

-  by’s

com - in’

home

me.

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Tacet

Break 

Done

my

life

got - ta got - ta

time,

I’m

out - ta

of

 be  be

more more

the

lock.

Post

jail.

a a

one - light coun - try

A

town wife

bail.

 Not

me.

than than

my

where the mak  - in’

light is  ba -  bies

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for

life

al - ways till I

the

that’s

red. croak.

Got - ta Got - ta

ghost far 

-

ain’t mer’s

e - ven daugh - ter 

Clap - a - your   hands Days of  yore,

where I sen - ti

-

was. men

 just - a

-

tal.

-

 be  be

more more

than than

an the

old  lead 

-

ghost ing

town role

where in

the a

dead.  joke.

be - cause kind  and

 Not

gen

don’t you know that tle,

for

the

where ask 

life

I me

am if 

ain’t I’m

of 

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me.

Boh

doh

dee

 Not  Not

oh.

for  for 

the the

1.

life life

of  of,

me.

You

2.

not

of 

for

the

life

of,

not

for

the

life

me!

L.H.

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see,

I