[Sheet music version:]
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[Verse:]
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I know a professor of great renown
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And he is the loneliest man in town
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He's as smart as a man can be
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But he never has company
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Why is he the loneliest man in town?
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[1st refrain:]
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He ain't got rhythm
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Ev'ry night he sits in the house alone
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'Cause he ain't got rhythm
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Ev'ry night he sits there and wears a frown
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He attracted some attention
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When he found the fourth dimension
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But he ain't got rhythm, so no one's with 'im
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The loneliest man in town
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A lonely man is he
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Bending over his books
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His wife and family
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Keep giving him dirty looks
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'Cause he ain't got rhythm
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When they call him up, it's to call him down
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With a daring aviator
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He encircled the equator
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But he ain't got rhythm, as no one's with 'im
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The loneliest man in town
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[2nd refrain:]
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He ain't got rhythm
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Ev'ry night he sits in the house alone
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'Cause he ain't got rhythm
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Ev'ry night he sits there and wears a frown
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With a problem scientific
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He's colossal and terrific
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But he ain't got rhythm, so no one's with 'im
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The loneliest man in town
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A lonely man is he
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Bending over his books
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His wife and family
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Keep giving him dirty looks
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'Cause he ain't got rhythm
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When they call him up, it's to call him down
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In the month of January
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He compiled a dictionary
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But he ain't got rhythm, as no one's with 'im
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The loneliest man in town
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[As sung in film (more or less):]
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[Alice Faye:]
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What are you studying?
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[1st Co-Ed:]
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Psychology
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[Alice Faye:]
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And you, dear?
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[2nd Co-Ed:]
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Philosophy
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[Alice Faye:]
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Well, don't take it too seriously because
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I know a professor of great renown
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[Co-Eds:]
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Yes?
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[Alice Faye:]
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And he is the loneliest man in town
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[Co-Eds:]
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Really?
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[Alice Faye:]
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He's as smart as a man can be
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But he never has company
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[Co-Eds:]
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Why is he the loneliest man in town? Huh?
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[Alice Faye:]
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He ain't got rhythm
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[Co-Eds:]
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Oh!
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[Alice Faye:]
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Ev'ry night he sits in the house alone
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'Cause he ain't got rhythm
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[Co-Eds:]
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Too bad!
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[Alice Faye:]
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Ev'ry night he sits there and wears a frown
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He attracted some attention
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When he found the fourth dimension
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But he ain't got rhythm, so no one's with 'im
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[All:]
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The loneliest man in town
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[Alice Faye:]
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A lonely man is he
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Bending over his books
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[Co-Eds:]
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He would!
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[Alice Faye:]
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His wife and family
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[All:]
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Keep giving him dirty looks
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[Alice Faye:]
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'Cause he ain't got rhythm
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When they call him up, it's to call him down
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In the month of January
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He compiled a dictionary
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But he ain't got rhythm, so no one's with 'im
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The loneliest man in town
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[All:]
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He's lonely, he's lonesome
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And he's all by his "own-some"
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The loneliest man in town
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[The Professor:]
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I know every planet up in the sky
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I've measured them all with my naked eye
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I've seen everything up in Mars
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I know all about falling stars
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But still I'm a very unhappy guy
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I wonder why
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[Professors:]
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You ain't got rhythm!
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[The Professor:]
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I can read the tea leaves in my cup
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[Professors:]
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But you ain't got rhythm!
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[The Professor:]
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And I just found out how high is up
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[Professors:]
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But you ain't got rhythm!
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[The Professor:]
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I discovered once while sober
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Where the flies go in October
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For what I found out about the flies
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I got the Nobel prize
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[Professors:]
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But you can't do the Charleston
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And you don't know how to do the Black Bottom, the new rhythm
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[The Professor:]
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Heaven, I see Heaven
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Through my telescope while gazing from Mount Wilson's highest peak
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I'll explain it all in Latin or in Greek
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[Professors:]
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But you're not so hot while dancing cheek to cheek
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[The Professor:]
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I've mastered relativity
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[Professors:]
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But when they have festivity
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[The Professor:]
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They'll never think of asking me
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[Co-Eds:]
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Don't you wonder why?
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[Professors:]
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'Cause you don't know how to do the rhumba
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That's the reason you're a lonely guy
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[The Professor:]
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Ah, love!
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Venus is lovely tonight and so is Jupiter
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[Professors:]
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Jupiter's skipping from planet to planet
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[The Professor:]
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Jumping Jupiter!
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[Professors &
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He Ain't Got Rhythm
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| Irving Berlin |
