Lyrics There Is Nothin' Like a Dame (From South Pacific) - Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Rossano Brazzi

There Is Nothin' Like a Dame (From South Pacific)

We got sunlight on the sand, we got moonlight on the sea
We got mangoes and bananas you can pick right off a tree
We got volleyball and ping-pong and a lot o' dandy games
What ain’t we got, we ain’t got dames
We get packages from home, we get movies, we get shows
We get speeches from our skipper and advice from Tokyo Rose
We get letters doused with perfume, we get dizzy from the smell
What don’t we get, you know darn well
We have nothin' to put on a clean white-suit for
What we need is what there ain’t no substitute for
There is nothing like a dame, nothin' in the world
There is nothing you can name that is anything like a dame
We feel restless, we feel blue, we feel lonely and in grief
We feel every kind of feeling but the feeling of relief
We feel hungry as the wolf felt when he met Red Riding Hood
What don’t we feel, we don’t feel good
Lots of things in life are beautiful but brother
There is one particular thing that is not like any other
There is nothing like a dame, nothin' in the world
There is nothing you can name that is anything like a dame
Nothin' else was built the same, nothin' in the world
As a soft and wavy frame, like the silhouette of a dame
So suppose that dame and bride are completely free from flaws,
Or as faithful as a bird dog, or as kind as Santa Claus,
It’s a waste of time to worry over things that they have not,
We’re thankful for the things they got!
There is nothin' you can name
That is anythin' like a dame!
There are no books like a dame,
And nothin' looks like a dame
There are no drinks like a dame,
Nothin' thinks like a dame
Nothin' acts like a dame,
Or attracts like a dame
There ain’t a thing that’s wrong with any man here
That can’t be cured by pullin' him near
A girly, womanly, female, feminine dame!