From the operetta “Bitter Sweet”, 1929
Words and music by Noel Coward
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- We share a mutual ambition
Which nought can disarrange
Based on the hopeful supposition
That soon our luck will change
Though we very often wonder whether
Poverty will win the day
Just as long as we remain together
Troubles seem to fade away
However hard the bed one lies on
The same old dreams begin
We’re always scanning the horizon
For when our ship comes in
Refrain:
We’ll have a sweet little café
In a neat little square
We’ll find our fortune
And our happiness there
We shall thrive on the vain and resplendent
And contrive to remain independent
We’ll have a meek reputation
And a chic clientele
Kings will fall under our spell
We’ll be so zealous
That the world will be jealous
Of our sweet little café in a square
- Can you imagine our sensations
When we’ve security?
And all our dreary deprivations
Are just a memory
Though we’re very often driven frantic
Peace is very hard to find
All these dreary days will seem romantic
When we’ve left them far behind
Fate needn’t be quite such a dragon
He knows how tired we are
We’ll hitch our hopeful little wagon
Onto a lucky star