NaTasha Yvette Williams, Christian Borle, Adrianna Hicks, J. Harrison Ghee and "Some Like It Hot" Original Broadway Cast - I'm California Bound

Sue, may I check another bag?
Is the dining car open all night?
Sue-

Ladies, ladies, ladies!

Ladies, listen to me
For in Sue you must trust
Tell the past, "See ya later, alligators!"
'Cause our future is now
It's California or bust, for

Sweet Sue!

And her Society Syncopators

California, here we come!

Tell the cats in my alley to find a new dish
I'm California-bound!

Tell my trumpet-hatin' neighbors they're getting their wish
I'm California-bound!

Too-da-loo to the loop

And ta-ta to my coat

There'll be no more runny noses

Au revoir to strep-throat

Tell the winds of old Lake Michigan
They've blown their last note

I'm California-bound!

This is never gonna work

This is just to get us out of town
No one's askin' you to have a baby!

There they are, oh god
This is crazy, Joe!

Not Joe, Josephine!
You wanna live? Get into character, Geraldine!

Maybe this will all blow over in a day or two

Extra! Extra! Two witnesses hunted after gangland killing!

We got a train to catch
Girl, move them legs!

I feel naked, like everybody's staring at me

We're California-bound!

No one's staring at you
But ooh, I like what I see!

We're California-bound!

Take a look at these dames
Every one is a pearl
Do you think if I asked nicely
One would give me a whirl?

Man, you best just keep repeating, "I'm a girl"

"I'm a girl!"

We're California-bound!

Young man, we need to check one saxophone and one upright bass, please

Excuse me, ladies!
I'm Sweet Sue, and these are my Society Syncopators!

Charmed, I'm sure
I'm Josephine and this is

I'm Daphne!

Daphne?

Yes!

She's Daphne!

You're interesting women!
I admire how you've chosen to express yourselves through perfume

So, where are you gals off to with that sax and upright bass?

Oh, we're just heading back for our second semester
At the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music

Wait, Sheboygan!
I'm offering you twenty bucks a week right here, right now, to join my all-girl band!

Make it twenty-five, and we bunk together

Done!
What are the odds that we'd find the exact right instruments
At the exact right time, in the exact right place?

Sometimes it's best not to overthink these things
Tally-ho!

Ladies, meet the new girls who'll be adding some class

No, really, au contraire, it's you that's saving our ass!

I'm Josephine on sax

And girls, I'm Daphne on bass!

But dammit, someone's missing
Let me cut to the chase
Well, I told her no booze
And I told her no men
And I have told her she must be on time, again and again
So I am royally pissed we have to wait by this train
For the always-tardy party known as Sugar Cane!

Glad you could join us, Sugar

Cut me some slack, Sue
This is the earliest I've ever been late!

Hey ladies, all aboard!

Hey ladies, all aboard!

Hey ladies, all aboard!

Whether you're running away or you're running toward!

Tell the men of Chicago, I'm hittin' the tracks
I'm California-bound!
Tell the boys in the band, Sugar's giving up sax
I'm California-bound!
'Cause I'm safer in the long run with an all-girl band
And it's time to say adieu to every one-night stand!
Boys, from here on in this gal is strictly no-man's land!
I'm California-bound!

Tell all the folks in Cali-for-ni-a (All aboard!)
The best in Chi-town is coming your way!

If we all work as sisters, we simply can't fail

I'm happy to see anything that's not on a male

It's just there's too many men who are hot on our trail

Let's spread some rhythm around and around!

San Diego, we'll warn ya

We'll rhythm and horn, ya
'Cause we're California
We're California-bound!

We're California-bound!

Written by:
Marc Shaiman, Scott Michael Wittman

Publisher:
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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