《Ring Them Bells》歌词

[00:00:00] Ring Them Bells - Liza Minnelli

[00:00:07] Gather around I've got a story to tell

[00:00:10] About a Manhattan lady that I know very well

[00:00:15] She lives at five Riverside her name is Shirley Devore

[00:00:20] And she traveled 'round the world to meet the guy next door

[00:00:24] Well there was trouble inside apartment 29 E

[00:00:28] 'Cause Shirley's mother and dad were as upset as can be

[00:00:33] They said we hate to complain dear and we don't like to grouse

[00:00:37] But your nearly 32 you should get out of the house

[00:00:44] You gotta ring them bells you gotta ring them bells

[00:00:49] You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells

[00:00:54] It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling

[00:00:58] You gotta ring them bells

[00:01:04] Well Shirley was 31 which she was loathe to admit

[00:01:08] And she had never been loved which didn't thrill her a bit

[00:01:12] And so she sat and she thought she thought for hours on end

[00:01:16] And said I'll go to Chase Manhattan where I got me a friend

[00:01:20] And so she borrowed a thou' and called TWA

[00:01:24] And told her mother and dad that she was up and away

[00:01:28] I'm gonna travel the continent a month maybe two

[00:01:32] And haul me home a hus' if it's the last thing I do

[00:01:39] You gotta ring them bells you gotta ring them bells

[00:01:43] You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells

[00:01:48] It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling

[00:01:52] You gotta ring them bells

[00:02:02] She met a Londoner first but they did not hit it off

[00:02:05] 'Cause every time she approached he got a bronchial cough

[00:02:09] And so she went to Madrid and met a handsome Senior

[00:02:13] But he liked to throw the bull and he was no matador

[00:02:17] She also bombed out in Brussells in Mallorca and Rome

[00:02:21] Til' someone said "Try Dubrovnik dear before you go home"

[00:02:25] 'Cause it's the kind of a town where you'll be likely to fall

[00:02:29] And all the toni cognoscenti find the Balkans a ball

[00:02:35] You gotta ring them bells you gotta ring them bells

[00:02:40] You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells

[00:02:44] It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling

[00:02:48] You gotta ring them bells

[00:02:58] And so she went to Dubruvnik and the very first day

[00:03:02] She met a guy on the beach who took her reason away

[00:03:05] Yes it was love at first sight and quite a beautiful scene

[00:03:09] She said "My name is Shirl Devore" he said "I'm Norm Saperstein"

[00:03:13] She said "Are you from New York" he said "That can't be denied

[00:03:17] I've got a swell junior three at number five Riverside"

[00:03:22] "Five Five Riverside Drive in New York that's where you live "

[00:03:29] "That's that's where I live Five Are you sure "

[00:03:35] As if that wasn't enough for Shirley thought she'd gone deaf

[00:03:38] When he told her his apartment there was 29 F

[00:03:51] Yes she was 'E' he was 'F' and they had not even met

[00:03:54] Until she traveled the world to Yugoslavia yet

[00:03:58] He'd always been right next door and she would never have known

[00:04:01] If she hadn't tried Dubrovnik she might still be alone

[00:04:10] Well there's a moral to learn from little Shirley Devore

[00:04:19] Who had to borrow a thou' to find a lover next door

[00:04:23] You girls who live in apartments don't just stare at the wall

[00:04:28] Open up the door and hurry out in the hall

[00:04:34] And oh ring them bells come on come on ring them bells

[00:04:45] Make 'em sing you'd better ring the bells

[00:04:49] It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling

[00:04:52] You gotta swing them ring them swing them ring them bells