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I'd Rather Be Blue
Words & Music by Fred Fisher & Billy RoseRecorded by Barbra Streisand, 1968, in the movie "Funny Girl"
Introduced by Fanny Brice, 1928, in "My Man"
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I'd rath - er be blue think - ing of you,
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I'd rath - er be blue o - ver you
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Than be hap - py with some - bod - y else.
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I'm cra - zy a - bout ya, out - cha;
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For you I'm strong,
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I can't do with - out - cha, out - cha - ma - gou - cha,
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Don't stay too long.
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I need a lit - tle "ah", lit - tle "ooh",
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Lit - tle "oh" and I'm knock - in' on wood;
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Hon - ey, hur - ry up, hur - ry up, hur - ry up,
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It's so hard to be good.
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I'd rath - er be blue think - ing of you,
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I'd rath - er be blue o - ver you
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Than be hap - py with some - bod - y else.
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Will I be good? Will I be bad? Don't be a fool, you fool;
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My lit - tle flat? I'm turn - ing that
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In - to a Sun - day school.
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While you're a - way, I'm here to say
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There'll be no ice man there;
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Sing - in' the blues, I'm gon - na use
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Noth - ing but Fri - gi - daire.
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I'd rath - er be blue think - ing of you,
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I'd rath - er be blue o - ver you
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Than be hap - py with some - bod - y else.
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I'd rath - er be blue, think - in' of you,
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I'd rath - er be blue o - ver you
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Than be hap - py with some - bod - y else.