Anything You Can Do (From Annie Get Your Gun) - Howard Keel, Betty Hutton

Anything you can do

I can do better

I can do anything

Better than you

No, you can’t

Yes, I can.

No, you can’t

Yes, I can.

No, you can’t

Yes, I can

Yes, I can!

Anything you can be

I can be greater

Sooner or later

I’m greater than you

No, you’re not.

Yes, I am

No, you’re not.

Yes, I am

No, you’re NOT!

Yes, I am

Yes, I am!

I can shoot a partridge

With a single cartridge

I can get a sparrow

With a bow and arrow

I can live on bread and cheese

And only on that?

Yes

So can a rat!

Any note you can reach

I can go higher

I can sing anything

Higher than you

No, you can’t.

(High)

Yes, I can.

(Higher) No, you can’t.

(Higher)

Yes, I can.

(Higher) No, you can’t.

(Higher)

Yes, I can.

(Higher) No, you can’t.

(Higher)

Yes, I can.

(Higher) No, you can’t.

(Higher)

Yes, I CAN!

(Highest)

Anything you can buy

I can buy cheaper

I can buy anything

Cheaper than you

Fifty cents?

Forty cents!

Thirty cents?

Twenty cents!

No, you can’t!

Yes, I can

Yes, I can!

Anything you can say

I can say softer

I can say anything

Softer than you

No, you can’t.

(Softly)

Yes, I can.

(Softer) No, you can’t.

(Softer)

Yes, I can.

(Softer) No, you can’t.

(Softer)

Yes, I can.

(Softer)

YES, I CAN!

(Full volume)

I can drink my liquor

Faster than a flicker

I can drink it quicker

And get even sicker!

I can open any safe

Without bein' caught?

Sure

That’s what I thought--

You crook!

Any note you can hold

I can hold longer

I can hold any note

Longer than you

No, you can’t

Yes, I can No, you can’t

Yes, I can No, you can’t

Yes, I can

Yes, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I No, you C-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-N'T--

CA-A-A-A-N!

(Cough, cough!)

Yes, you ca-a-a-an!

Anything you can wear

I can wear better

In what you wear

I’d look better than you

In my coat?

In your vest!

In my shoes?

In your hat!

No, you can’t!

Yes, I can

Yes, I CAN!

Anything you say

I can say faster

I can say anything

Faster than you

No, you can’t.

(Fast)

Yes, I can.

(Faster) No, you can’t.

(Faster)

Yes, I can.

(Faster) Noyoucan’t.

(Faster)

YesIcan!

(Fastest)

I can jump a hurdle

I can wear a girdle

I can knit a sweater

I can fill it better!

I can do most anything!

Can you bake a pie?

No

Neither can I

Anything you can sing

I can sing sweeter

I can sing anything

Sweeter than you

No, you can’t.

(Sweetly)

Yes, I can.

(Sweeter) No, you can’t.

(Sweeter)

Yes, I can.

(Sweeter) No, you can’t.

(Sweeter)

Yes, I can.

(Sweeter) No, you can’t, can’t, can’t (sweeter)

Yes, I can, can, can (Sugary)

Yes, I can!

No, you can’t!