Ah, But Underneath (SOS) (B-Flat Minor)
Ah, But Underneath (SOS) (B-Flat Minor)
Ah, But Underneath (SOS) (B-Flat Minor)
But Underneath
Stephen Sondheim
Moderately (swing eighths)
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Ne ver judge a book by its cov er. The
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thing that counts is what's in side.
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Nev er judge a la dy by her lov er. It
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is n't a re li a ble guide. The
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la dy may de cide her ob li ga tions Are
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colla voce
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mere ly to re flect his ex pect a tions, If his i dea of ec sta sy's to
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see what he ex pects to see, Well, ig no rance is bliss. But
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think of what he'll miss.
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She was smart, tart, Dry as a mar ti ni
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Ah, but un der neath... She was all heart, Some
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thing by Puc ci ni... Ah, but un der neath In the
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depths of her in ter i or were fears she
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was in fer i or, And some thing ev en ee ri er But
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no one dared to quer y 'er su per i or ex ter i or.
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She was She was
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chic, sleek, an y thing in fash ion. That was just a shell
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Take a close peek you could see the pas sion...
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That was one as well. To con clude you'd
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soon dis cov er the se cret of her ap peal Was the
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won der which lay un der neath, Which she was n't a bout
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to re veal...
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She was sly, wry, cool or coy or can did
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that was her li a bi li ty, the curse of ver sa ti li ty,
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Smart, shy, what ev er was de mand ed she'd
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on ly al low a man to see e nough to fan his fan ta sy
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She made com pli ance in to a sci ence,
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one of the gi ants loud or lewd or lah di dah dee
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ev 'ry thing to ev 'ry bo dy
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cresc. poco a poco
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She was
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grand, bland, brave or brisk or brit tle, An y thing re quired.
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Both con cerned and strict ly non com mit tal,
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(yawns)
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And a lit tle tired. She was deft ly
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def er en tial, Or so they wrote on her wreath. No one
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ev er glimpsed her po ten tial But when stripped down to
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the es sen tial... Mind you, This is con fi den tial...
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Way down un der neath... She was...
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She was... She was...
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Some times when the wrap pings fall there's noth ing un der neath at all.
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gliss
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liss.
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