I Can’t Do It Alone Songtext
von Ute Lemper

Announcer (Spoken)
Ladies And Gentlemen, Miss Velma Kelly In An Act Of Desperation.
Velma (Sings)
My Sister And I Had An Act That Couldn′t Flop.
My Sister And I Were Headed Straight For The Top.
My Sister And I Earned A Though A Week, At Least, Oh Yeah!
But My Sister Is Now, Unfortunately, Deceased.
I Know It's Sad Of Course, But A Fact, Is Still A Fact!
And Now All That Remains, Is The Remains, Of A Perfect-Double-Act!
Velma (Spoken)
Watch This!
We Have To Imagine It With Two People-It′s Swell With Two People!
Velma (Sings)
First I'd...
Then She'd...
Then We′d...
But I Can′t Do It Alone!
Then She'd...
Then I′d...
Then We'd...


But I Can′t Do It Alone!
She'd Say, What′s Your Sister Like?
I'd Say, Men!
She'd Say, You′re The Cat′s Meow!
And We'd Wow The Crowd Again!
When She′d Go...
I'd Go...
We′d Go...
Then Those Ding-Dong Daddies Started A Roar, Whistled,
Stomped, Banged On The Floor, Yelling, Screaming, Begging For
Moooooore...!
And We'd Say, Ok, Fellas,
Keep Your Socks Up-′Cause You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet!
But I Simply Cannot Do It... Aaaloooooone...!
Velma (Spoken)
So What Do You Think, Huh? Come On... You Can Say.
Roxie (Spits Her Tongue At Her)
Prrrt...!
Velma (Spoken)
I Know, You're Right, The First Part′s Shit.
But The Second Part? The Second Part Is Really Nifty!
Ok!
Velma (Sings)
She′d Go...
I'd Go...
We′d Go...
And Then Those Two-Bit Johnnys Did It Up Brown, To Cheer T