Anthony Roberts & How Now, Dow Jones Ensemble -
How Now, Dow Jones (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Gawk, Tousle and Shucks
Who'd have thought
The key to success'd be
Gawk, tousle and shucks?
That's like Mother's homemade apple pie
Have I missed my true vocation
Trying for sophistication?
That's the one thing they don't seem to buy
Even though the thought may sicken you
Women will adore the hick in you
Hide that PhD and play it shy
If that's what sends them off their trolley
Gawk, tousle and shucks, by golly
Goodbye, failure, goodbye
Walk up to that fancy address
And just gawk, tousle and shucks
That's what makes the ladies jump for joy
Why come on like Harold Pinter?
I can sell them ice in winter
Playing just a simple country boy
Somethin' 'bout a lad who's ill at ease
Sells those railroads and utilities
Like the mustard sells that ham on rye
If you can turn that school tie tacky
Gawk, tousle and shucks, by cracky
Goodbye, failure, goodbye
Step up
And casually trip over a chair
Look sorta humiliated
You'll get 'em right there
Fess up
You're only a sweet, lovable kid
Just like all the home folks up at DuPont and Siatamit
He who starts out grassy greening it
Always winds up limousine-ing it
To that hopes that's fifty stories high
If that's what brings in all that barley
Gawk, tousle and shucks, by Charley
Goodbye, failure, goodbye
If this doesn't work it's back to jumping
Goodbye, failure, goodbye
The key to success'd be
Gawk, tousle and shucks?
That's like Mother's homemade apple pie
Have I missed my true vocation
Trying for sophistication?
That's the one thing they don't seem to buy
Even though the thought may sicken you
Women will adore the hick in you
Hide that PhD and play it shy
If that's what sends them off their trolley
Gawk, tousle and shucks, by golly
Goodbye, failure, goodbye
Walk up to that fancy address
And just gawk, tousle and shucks
That's what makes the ladies jump for joy
Why come on like Harold Pinter?
I can sell them ice in winter
Playing just a simple country boy
Somethin' 'bout a lad who's ill at ease
Sells those railroads and utilities
Like the mustard sells that ham on rye
If you can turn that school tie tacky
Gawk, tousle and shucks, by cracky
Goodbye, failure, goodbye
Step up
And casually trip over a chair
Look sorta humiliated
You'll get 'em right there
Fess up
You're only a sweet, lovable kid
Just like all the home folks up at DuPont and Siatamit
He who starts out grassy greening it
Always winds up limousine-ing it
To that hopes that's fifty stories high
If that's what brings in all that barley
Gawk, tousle and shucks, by Charley
Goodbye, failure, goodbye
If this doesn't work it's back to jumping
Goodbye, failure, goodbye
Credits
Writer(s): Elmer Bernstein, Carolyn Leigh
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