Adelaide's Lament [From Guys and Dolls][Live]

A person can develop a cough and further more
Note Chronic organic syndromes toxic and hyper tense
In other words, just from worrying whether the wedding is on or off
The compartment is air conditioned and the mood sublime
Well a person can develop La grippe, La grippe, La post nasal drip
You can spray her wherever you figure the streptococci lurk
React with psychosomatic symptoms difficult to endure

A person can develop a cold
You can feed her all day with the Vitamin A and the Bromo Fizz

Involving the eye, the ear and the nose and throat
In other words, just from waiting around for that little band of gold
Shows a neurotic tendency see note

You can give her a shot for whatever she's got but it just won't work
With the wheezes and the sneezes and a sinus that's really a pip
Just from stalling and stalling and stalling the wedding trip
From a lack of community property and a feeling she's getting too old
But the medicine never gets anywhere near where the trouble is
Affecting the upper respiratory tract

The female remaining single just in the legal sense
If she's tired of getting the fish-eye from the hotel clerk

A person can develop a cold

When they get on a train for Niagara and she can hear church bells chime
If she's getting a kind of name for herself and the name ain't his
A person can develop La grippe
A person can develop a cough
Then they get off at Saratoga for the fourteenth time