There Is Nothing Like A Dame (from South Pacific) - Sammy Davis, Jr.

We got sunlight on the sand, we got moonlight on the sea

We got mangoes and bananas you can pick right off a tree

We got volleyball and ping-pong and a lot o' dandy games

What ain’t we got, we ain’t got dames

We get packages from home, we get movies, we get shows

We get speeches from our skipper and advice from Tokyo Rose

We get letters doused with perfume, we get dizzy from the smell

What don’t we get, you know darn well

We have nothin' to put on a clean white-suit for

What we need is what there ain’t no substitute for

There is nothing like a dame, nothin' in the world

There is nothing you can name that is anything like a dame

We feel restless, we feel blue, we feel lonely and in grief

We feel every kind of feeling but the feeling of relief

We feel hungry as the wolf felt when he met Red Riding Hood

What don’t we feel, we don’t feel good

Lots of things in life are beautiful but brother

There is one particular thing that is not like any other

There is nothing like a dame, nothin' in the world

There is nothing you can name that is anything like a dame

Nothin' else was built the same, nothin' in the world

As a soft and wavy frame, like the silhouette of a dame

So suppose that dame and bride are completely free from flaws,

Or as faithful as a bird dog, or as kind as Santa Claus,

It’s a waste of time to worry over things that they have not,

We’re thankful for the things they got!

There is nothin' you can name

That is anythin' like a dame!

There are no books like a dame,

And nothin' looks like a dame

There are no drinks like a dame,

Nothin' thinks like a dame

Nothin' acts like a dame,

Or attracts like a dame

There ain’t a thing that’s wrong with any man here

That can’t be cured by pullin' him near

A girly, womanly, female, feminine dame!