America's Sweetheart - I've Got Five Dollars Lyrics

1931 Broadway
America's Sweetheart the Musical - I've Got Five Dollars Lyrics

The song is written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

Mister Shylock was stingy
I was miserly too.
I was more selfish
And crabby than a shellfish.
Oh, dear, it's queer
What love can do!
I'd give all my possessions for you

(Refrain:)
I've got five dollars
I'm in good conditions
And I've got ambition
That belongs to you.
Six shirts and collars
Debts beyond endurance
On my life insurance
That belongs to you!
I've got a heart
That must be spurting'!
Just be certain
I'll be true!
Take my five dollars!
Take my shirt and collars!
Take my heart and hollers,
"Everything I've got belongs to you!"

Peggy Joyce has a business,
All her husbands have gold.
And Lilyan Tashman is not kissed by an ashman,
But now, somehow
Wealth leaves me cold.
Though you're as a church mouse I'm sold!

(Refrain:)
I've got five dollars,
Eighty-five relations,
Two lace combinations,
They belongs to you!
Two coats with collars
Ma and Grandma wore'em,
All the moths adore 'em
They belongs to you!
I've got two lips
That care for mating,
Therefore waiting
will not do!
Take my five dollars!
Take my shirt and collars!
Take my heart and hollers!
"Everything I've got belongs to you!"

America's Sweetheart the Musical Lyrics

I've Got Five Dollars
We'll Be the Same
A Lady Must Live