Paul Gemignani & Carol Burnett - I'm Still Here (From "Follies") Lyrics

Lyrics I'm Still Here (From "Follies") - Paul Gemignani & Carol Burnett



Good times and bum times, I′ve seen them all
And, my dear, I'm still here
Plush velvet sometimes
Sometimes just pretzels and beer, but I′m here
I've stuffed the dailies in my shoes
Strummed ukuleles, sung the blues
Seen all my dreams disappear but I'm here.
I′ve slept in shanties, guest of the W.P.A., but I′m here
Danced in my scanties
Three bucks a night was the pay, but I'm here
I′ve stood on bread lines with the best
Watched while the headlines did the rest
In the depression was I depressed?
Nowhere near, I met a big financier and I'm here
I′ve been through Gandhi, Windsor and Wally's affair, and I′m here
Amos 'n' Andy, Mah-jongg and platinum hair, and I′m here
I got through Abie′s, Irish Rose, Five Dionne babies, Major Bowes
Had heebie-jeebies for Beebe's, Bathysphere
I got through Brenda Frazier, and I′m here
I've gotten through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover
Gee, that was fun and a half
When you′ve been through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover
Anything else is a laugh
I've been through Reno, I′ve been through Beverly Hills, and I'm here.
Reefers and vino, rest cures, religion and pills, and I'm here
Been called a ′Pinko′, commie tool, got through it stinko by my pool
I should've gone to an acting school, that seems clear
Still someone said, "She′s sincere", so I'm here
Black sable one day, next day it goes into hock, but I′m here
Top billing Monday, Tuesday, you're touring in stock, but I′m here
First you're another sloe-eyed vamp
Then someone's mother, then you′re camp
Then you career from career to career
I′m almost through my memoirs, and I'm here
I′ve gotten through, "Hey, lady, aren't you whoozis?
Wow, what a looker you were"
Or better yet, "Sorry, I thought you were whoozis
Whatever happened to her?"
Good times and bum times, I′ve seen 'em all
And, my dear, I′m still here
Plush velvet sometimes
Sometimes just pretzels and beer, but I'm here
I've run the gamut, A to Z
Three cheers and dammit, C′est la vie
I got through all of last year, and I′m here
Lord knows, at least I was there, and I'm here
Look who′s here, I'm still here



Writer(s): Stephen Sondheim


Paul Gemignani & Carol Burnett - The Story So Far...
Album The Story So Far...
date of release
10-10-2008

1 America
2 Tonight
3 Everything's Coming Up Roses
4 Comedy Tonight
5 There's Something About a War (From "a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum")
6 Don't Laugh
7 Anyone Can Whistle
8 A Parade In Town
9 A Hero Is Coming
10 This Week, Americans
11 The Boy from ...
12 I Remember Sky
13 Another Hundred People (feat. Pamela Myers)
14 The Ladies Who Lunch
15 Happily Ever After
16 I'm Still Here (From "Follies")
17 Can That Boy Fox Trot!
18 Liaisons
19 Send in the Clowns
20 Night Waltz (Love Takes Time)
21 Silly People
22 Not Quite Night
23 Prayers
24 There Is No Other Way (from "Pacific Overtures")
25 Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd" (From "Sweeney Todd")
26 Green Finch and Linnet Bird (From "Sweeney Todd")
27 A Little Priest (From "Sweeney Todd")
28 The Worst Pies In London
29 Agony (From "Into the Woods")
30 Finale: Children Will Listen (From "Into The Woods")
31 Everybody's Got the Right (From "Assassins")
32 The Ballad of Booth (From "Assassins")
33 Happiness
34 Isn't He Something!
35 The Two Of You
36 Class
37 In the Movies
38 I'm All for You
39 They Asked Me Why I Believe In You
40 Truly Content
41 No, Mary Ann
42 Theme (From "Stavisky")
43 Auto Show (From "Stavisky")
44 Theme (European Version)
45 Sooner or Later
46 Live Alone and Like It
47 What Can You Lose?
48 More (End Credits)



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