Pipe Dream - How Long? Lyrics

1955 Broadway
Pipe Dream the Musical - How Long? Lyrics

The song was written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II.

FAUNA:
Stand up to the girl like a man.

GIRLS:
Stand up to the girl like a man!

FAUNA:
Just let her know you run the show
And she’ll go along with the plan.

MEN:
Stand up to the girl like a guy,
Stand up to the girl like a guy.

HAZEL:
And tell her to behave herself
Or you’ll put a mouse on her eye.

FAUNA:
If she wants to make you wait,
Don’t get in no big debate.
Don’t beg and plead and pray to the girl,
But stand right up and say to the girl

ALL:
And say to the girl,
And say to the girl

FAUNA:
How long
Do we gotta talk it over?
How long
Do we gotta horse around?
I tell you to yer face
I want you and you drive me nuts,
But all I ever get
From you is if's and ands and buts!

How long
Do we gotta race the motor
Before
We can really get to go?
How long
Do you make a feller guess how sweet you are,
Before
You will really let him know?

ALL:
How long
Do we gotta talk it over?
How long
Do we gotta horse around?
I tell you to yer face
I want you and you drive me nuts,
But all I ever get
From you is if's and ands and buts!

How long
Do we gotta race the motor
Before
We can really get to go?
How long
Do you make a feller guess how sweet you are,
Before
You will really let him know?

Pipe Dream the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
All Kinds of People
The Tide Pool
Everybody's Got a Home but Me
A Lopsided Bus
Bums' Opera
The Man I Used to Be
Sweet Thursday
Suzy Is a Good Thing
All at Once You Love Her
The Happiest House on the Block
The Party That We're Gonna Have Tomorrow Night
Will You Marry Me
Thinkin'
How Long?
The Next Time It Happens