Goodness Gracious Me!

Album: Peter and Sophia (1960)
Charted: 4
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  • Oh doctor, I'm in trouble.
    Well, goodness gracious me.
    For every time a certain man
    Is standing next to me.
    Mmm?
    A flush comes to my face
    And my pulse begins to race,
    It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
    Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom,
    Oh!
    Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
    Well, goodness gracious me.

    How often does this happen?
    When did the trouble start?
    You see, my stethoscope is bobbing
    To the throbbing of your heart.
    What kind of man is he
    To create this allergy?
    It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
    Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom,
    Oh!
    Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
    Well, goodness gracious me.

    From New Delhi to Darjeeling
    I have done my share of healing,
    And I've never yet been beaten or outboxed,
    I remember that with one jab
    Of my needle in the Punjab
    How I cleared up beriberi
    And the dreaded dysentery,
    But your complaint has got me really foxed.
    Oh.

    Oh doctor, touch my fingers.
    Well, goodness gracious me.
    You may be very clever
    But however, can't you see,
    My heart beats much too much
    At a certain tender touch,
    It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
    Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom,
    I like it!
    Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
    Well, goodness gracious me.

    Can I see your tongue?
    Aaah.
    Nothing the matter with it, put it away please.
    Maybe it's my back.
    Maybe it is.
    Shall I lie down?
    Yes.
    Ahhh...

    My initial diagnosis
    Rules out measles and thrombosis,
    Sleeping sickness and, as far as I can tell,
    Influenza, inflammation,
    Whooping cough and night starvation,
    And you'll be so glad to hear
    That both your eyeballs are so clear
    That I can positively swear that you are well,
    Ja-ja, ja-ja-ja-ja.

    Put two and two together,
    Four,
    If you have eyes to see,
    The face that makes my pulses race
    Is right in front of me.
    Oh, there is nothing I can do
    For my heart is jumping too.
    Both: Oh, we go boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
    Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom,
    Goodness gracious,
    How audacious!
    Goodness gracious,
    How flirtatious!
    Goodness gracious,
    It is me.
    It is you?
    Ah, I'm sorry, it is us.
    Ahhh! Writer/s: David Lee, Dorothy Squires, Herbert Kretzmer
    Publisher: Royalty Network, T.R.O. INC.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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