Lyrics Puttin’ on the Ritz [From "Blue Skies"] - Fred Astaire, John Scott Trotter

Puttin’ on the Ritz [From "Blue Skies"]

If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to why don’t you go where fashion
sits
Puttin' on the Ritz
Different types who wear a day coat pants with stripes and cutaway coat perfect
fits
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper
Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)
Come let’s mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks or um-ber-ellas in their
mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz
Have you seen the well-to-do
Up and down Park Avenue
On that famous thoroughfare
With their noses in the air
High hats, and arrow collars
White spats, and lots of dollars
Spending every dime
For a wonderful time
Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper
Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)
If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to why don’t you go where fashion
sits
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
(Down-town, up-town, get your kicks at the Ritz)
(Dine 'n' wine, but not 'til nine, the time is right for us to tonight)
(We can move, move to the rhythm, you can)
(Move…dance to the rhythm, nice and easy)
(I wantcha to move)
(Puttin' it on, puttin' it on, puttin' it on, puttin' it on the R — I -T — Z,
how 'bout you and me, says)
(Gotta dance…) (Gotta dance)
(If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to why don’t you go where
fashion sits)
(Puttin' on the Ritz…)