Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better
Irving Berlin
[Verse 1] Anything you can do I can do better. I can do anything better than you. No you can’t. Yes I can. No you can’t. Yes I can. No you can’t. Yes I can Yes I can! [Verse 2] Anything you can be I can be greater. Sooner or later I’m greater than you. No you’re not. Yes I am. No you’re not. Yes I am. No you’re not! Yes I am Yes I am! [Chorus 1] I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge. I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow. I can live on bread and cheese. And only on that? Yes. So can a rat! [Verse 3] Any note you can reach I can go higher. I can sing anything higher than you. No you can’t. Yes I can. No you can’t. Yes I can. (bis ad naus.) No you can’t. Yes I can Yes I can! [Verse 4] Anything you can buy I can buy cheaper. I can buy anything cheaper than you. Fifty cents? Forty cents! Thirty cents? Twenty cents! No you can’t! Yes I can Yes I can! [Verse 5] Anything you can say I can say softer. I can say anything softer than you. No you can’t. Yes I can. No you can’t. Yes I can. (bis ad naus.) No you can’t. Yes I can. YES I CAN! [Chorus 2] I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker. I can drink it quicker and get even sicker! I can open any safe. Without bein’ caught? Yes. That’s what I thought.....you crook! [Verse 6] Any note you can hold I can hold longer. I can hold any note longer than you. No you can’t. Yes I can. No you can’t. Yes I can. (bis ad naus.) No you can’t. Yes I can....Yes I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I CA----N! Yes you ca-a-a-an! [Verse 7] Anything you can wear I can wear better. In what you wear I’d look better than you. In my coat? In your vest! In my shoes? In your hat! No you can’t! Yes I can....Yes I CAN! [Verse 8] Anything you can say I can say faster. I can say anything faster than you. No you can’t. Yes I can. No you can’t. Yes I can. (bis ad naus) No you can’t. Yes I can Yes I can! [Chorus 3] I can jump a hurdle. I can wear a girdle. I can knit a sweater. I can fill it better! I can do most anything! Can you bake a pie? No. Neither can I. [Verse 9] Anything you can sing I can sing sweeter. I can sing anything sweeter than you. No you can’t. Yes I can. No you can’t. Yes I can. (bis ad naus.) No you can’t can’t can’t Yes I can can can Yes I can! No you can’t!