From the 1960 musical “Wildcat”
words and music by Carolyn Leigh and Cy Coleman
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Hey, look me over, lend me an ear
Fresh out of clover, mortgaged up to here
Don’t pass the plate, folks, don’t pass the cup
I figure whenever you’re down and out
The only way is up
And I’ll be up like a rosebud high on the vine
Don’t thumb your nose but take a tip from mine
I’m a little bit short of the elbow room
But let me get me some
And look out, world, here I come
Interlude
Nobody in the world was ever without a prayer
How can you win the world if nobody knows you’re there
Kid, when you need the crowd, the tickets are hard to sell
Still you can lead the crowd if you can get up and yell
Hey, look me over, lend me an ear
Fresh out of clover, mortgaged up to here
Don’t pass the plate, folks, don’t pass the cup
I figure whenever you’re down and out
The only way is up
And I’ll be up like a rosebud high on the vine
Don’t thumb your nose but take a tip from mine
I’m a little bit short of the elbow room
But let me get me some
Here me shout, world, here I come
Sung here with voices by Emvoice: