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Tap Your Troubles Away

Music and Lyrics by

Jerry Herman

Moderately Bright

(with a light touch)

1.        Tap your troubles away, you’ve bounced a big check, your mom has the vapors,  tap your troubles away

Your car had a wreck, they’re serving you papers.  When you’re the one that it always rains on, but simply try putting your Mary Janes on.  Your boss just gave you the ax, there’s years of back tax you simply can’t pay, if a sky full of full of crap always lands in your lap make a curtsy and tap your troubles away.

2.       Tap your troubles away, You’re sued for divorce, your brothers gets locked up, tap your

       troubles   away

       You’re fat as a horse, and find that you’re knocked up.  When you need something to turn your

       mind off but why not try tapping your poor behind off.  Your boat goes over the falls, the

       plane you’re on stalls the pilot yells Pray!  When your parachute strap is beginning to snap,

      smile a big smile and tap your troubles away.

3.       Tap your troubles away, A raging typhoon, an earthquake in Java, tap your troubles away

The rates in Rangoon, the oncoming lava.  Some people constantly take a licking, but you’ll never know when you cleats are clicking.  So through fire and flood, sincerely I say: When the wolf’s at your door, there’s a blue bird in store if you glide cross the floor till your ankles get sore, just tap your troubles away!