All I Need Is the Girl

So I took a vow, said this bum'll be Beau Brummel
I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed
This step's good for the costume, Astaire's pat
And I build for the finale
All I really need is the girl

Got my tweed pressed, got my best vest
And if she’ll say my darling I'm yours

Tailors called me Cabbie
And I lift her again, once more
All I need now is the girl

I start off easy, you see?
She appears all in white, I take her hand, kiss it
And I sell it here, I start this step, see?
Got my striped tie, got my hopes high
If she'll just appear we'll take this big town for a whirl
And now the tempo changes and all the lights come up
Take a flower, smell it and put it in my lapel
Paris silk, Harris tweed, there's only one thing I need
Got the time and the place and I got rhythm

Now we waltz, strings come in

Yah, dah, dah, dah, yah, dah, yah, dah, dah, yah
And then I build it, double it
Now all I need is the girl to go with 'em
Follow me, faster, Charleston
And I spot the audience

Now I'm smooth and snappy, now my tailor's happy
Louise that's it, do it over here
Once my clothes were shabby
Now I'm more debonair, ssh, break

I am the cats meow, my wardrobe is a wow
And lead her on the floor