From the 1950 film “My Blue Heaven”.
Words by Ralph Blane and Harold Arlen.
Music by Harold Arlen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
The biggest complaint wherever we go
Is taxes, taxes, taxes
The question is where do we get the dough
For taxes, taxes, taxes, income taxes
People are running from store to store
From Macey’s up to Sakses
Nobody wants to work any more
Because of income taxes, income taxes
This is the kind of thinking
That could easily be destructible
Haven’t they learned the more they make
The more there is deductible?
Deductible, deductible, deductible, deductible
Refrain
It’s deductible, it’s deductible
A man could make a phone call
From Jersey to the coast
It used to be expensive
But today you’ll hear him boast
It’s deductible, it’s deductible
It used to be a twenty
A man would come alive
But now you don’t start living
Till you’re over sixty five
Crazy world, crazy times, love that world
What’s the diff’rence if nothing rhymes
It’s up roarious, but it’s glorious
If you decide to take that ride
And be a bride and groom, added room
Deductible
Refrain
It’s deductible, it’s deductible
A Texan drills an oil well
The oil well don’t produce
The Texan doesn’t worry
‘Cause he’s got a good excuse
It’s deductible, it’s deductible
Producer gets an angel
Producer gets a flop
The angel doesn’t worry
‘Cause the flop comes off the top
Crazy world, crazy times, love that world
What’s the diff’rence if nothing rhymes
It’s irrational, but it’s national
If you’re the boss, then you can toss
It off as loss or gain, why complain
Deductible
Interlude
We’re all int’rested in redemptions
How do we get our maximum exemptions?
The dependent must be one of the following
Grandson, grand-daughter, great-grand-daughter
Father, mother, sister, brother
Half sister, half brother, grandfather, grandmother
Nephew, niece, uncle, aunt
Father-in-law, mother-in-law
Daughter-in-law, brother-in-law
Stepson, stepdaughter, step-father, step-mother
Step-brother, step-sister, I’m tellin’ you mister
It’s irrational, but it’s national
So throw a ball and charge up all
The folderol to Sam, Uncle Sam?
What a lamb, Deductible