waiting on no one

[BILL, spoken] Gentlemen, Bill's Beer and Music Hall proudly presents the Queen of the Loop, Mammy Wurlitzer! [SAM, spoken] Like that old dame says in the play, "You can do whatever you like to me, but I'll still be Mother Goddam." (sung) Mother Goddam's dive in Mandalay Seven rotten boards out in the bay Goddam, go tell that girl to get her ass in gear There's fifteen guys already lined up along the pier Watches in their hands and shouting "Hey!" [GANG] Hey! Hey! Hey! [SAM] Is there just one girl in Mandalay?" All the girls are cute as they can be Even if they won't put out for free Life would be so simple Everything in order If the guy who's in there Wasn't so damn slow Take your forty-five and shoot the door down Tell that guy in there he's holding up the show Faster Johnny, hey Faster Johnny, hey Sing the man the song of Mandalay [SAM & GANG] Love doesn't have days and weeks to be reckoned Johnny, come on, don't you dare waste a second Will the moon shine every night over you, Mandalay? Will the moon shine every night over you? [SAM] Mother Goddam's dive in Mandalay Now it's rotting underneath the bay Goddam, that girl in there can rest her little rear There's not a single client out waiting on the pier No more watches left, no shouts of "Hey!" [GANG] Hey, hey, hey [SAM] Not a single soul in Mandalay Once the girls were cute as they could be Now there's not a one that's worth her fee Life's no longer simple Nothing is in order There's no place like Goddam's All of them are gone No more forty-fives to shoot the door down Where there's no one, the show just can't go on Faster Johnny, hey Faster Johnny, he Sing the man the song of Mandalay [SAM & GANG] Love doesn't have days and weeks to be reckoned Johnny, come on, don't you dare waste a second Will the moon shine every night over you, Mandalay? Will the moon shine every night over you?