There Is Nothin' Like A Dame (Live from Theatre Royal Drury Lane / 2023 / 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 the tree

We got volleyball and ping pong

And a lot of 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 letters from our skipper

And advice from Tokyo Rose

We get letters doused with police fumes

We get dizzy from the smell

What don't we get?

You know damn well

We got nothing 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

Nothing 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 nothing whatsoever

In any way, shape, or form like any other

There is nothing like a dame

Nothing in the world

There is nothing you can name

That is anything like a dame

Nothing else is built the same

Nothing in the world

Has a soft and wavy frame

Like the silhouette of a dame

There is absolutely nothing like

The frame of a dame

So suppose a dame ain't bright

Or 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

Be thankful for

The things they've got

There is nothing you can name

That is anything like a dame