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Cactus Cuties – Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better lyrics
Madeline (speaking):
The next song I'm about to sing
Is from the Broadway musical
"Annie Get Your Gun"
Blaire (speaking):
Madeline
We're singing this song together
Madeline (speaking):
No
I'm singing this next song called-
Blaire (speaking):
Madeline
It's a duet
We're singing it together
Madeline (speaking):
No Blaire listen
I'm singing this next song
From the broadway musical
"Annie Get Your Gun"
And you are simply helping me
Blaire (speaking):
All right, shrimpy
I bet I can sing it
Better than you
Madeline (speaking):
No, you can't
Blaire (speaking):
We'll just see about that
Blaire (singing):
Anything you can do
I can do better
I can do anything
Better than you
Madeline (singing):
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline (speaking):
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Yes I can
Madeline (singing):
Anything you can be
I can be greater.
Sooner or later,
I'm greater than you.
Blaire:
No, you're not
Madeline:
Yes, I am
Blaire:
No, you're not
Madeline (speaking):
Yes, I am
Blaire:
No, you're not
Madeline (singing):
Yes, I am
Yes, I am
Blaire:
I can shoot a partridge
With a single cartridge
Madeline:
I can get a sparrow
With a bow and arrow
Blaire:
I can live on bread and cheese
Madeline (speaking):
And only on that
Blaire (speaking):
Yes
Madeline (speaking):
So can a rat
Blaire (singing):
Any note you can sing
I can go higher
Madeline (singing):
I can sing any note
Higher than you
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
Anything you can buy
I can buy cheaper
Madeline:
''[scoffs]''
I can buy anything
Cheaper than you
Blaire (speaking):
Fifty cents
Madeline (speaking):
Forty cents
Blaire (speaking):
Thirty cents
Madeline (speaking):
Twenty cents
Blaire (singing):
No you can't
Madeline (singing):
Yes I can
Yes I can
Blaire:
Anything you can say
I can say softer
Madeline:
I can say anything
Softer than you
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Yes I can
Blaire:
I can eat my sticker
Faster than a flicker
Madeline:
I can drink it quicker
And get even sicker
Blaire:
I can open any safe.
Madeline (speaking):
''[gasps]''
Without being caught?
Blaire (speaking):
Sure
Madeline (speaking):
That's what I thought
You crook
Madeline (singing):
Any note you can hold
I can hold longer
Blaire (singing):
I can hold any note
Longer than you
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Blaire // Madeline:
Yes iiiiiiiiiiii // No you caaaaaaaaaan't
Can // Yes you can
Blaire:
Anything you can wear
I can wear better
Madeline:
In what you wear
I'd look better than you
Blaire (speaking):
In my coat
Madeline (speaking):
In your vest
Blaire (speaking):
In my shoes
Madeline (speaking):
In your hat
Blaire (singing):
No, you can't
Madeline (singing):
Yes, I can
Yes, I can!
Blaire:
Anything you say
I can say faster
Madeline:
I can say anything
Faster than you
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire // Madeline:
Noyoucan't, noyoucan't, noyoucan't // Yesican, Yesican, Yesi can
Madeline:
I can jump a hurdle
Blaire:
I can wear a girdle
Madeline:
I can knit a sweater
Blaire:
I can fill it better
Madeline:
I can do most anything
Blaire:
Can you bake a pie
Madeline:
No
Blaire:
Neither can I
Madeline:
Anything you can sing
I can sing sweeter
Blaire:
I can sing anything
Sweeter than you
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't can't can't
Blaire:
Yes I can can can
Blaire // Madeline:
Yes I can // No you can't
The next song I'm about to sing
Is from the Broadway musical
"Annie Get Your Gun"
Blaire (speaking):
Madeline
We're singing this song together
Madeline (speaking):
No
I'm singing this next song called-
Blaire (speaking):
Madeline
It's a duet
We're singing it together
Madeline (speaking):
No Blaire listen
I'm singing this next song
From the broadway musical
"Annie Get Your Gun"
And you are simply helping me
Blaire (speaking):
All right, shrimpy
I bet I can sing it
Better than you
Madeline (speaking):
No, you can't
Blaire (speaking):
We'll just see about that
Blaire (singing):
Anything you can do
I can do better
I can do anything
Better than you
Madeline (singing):
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline (speaking):
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Yes I can
Madeline (singing):
Anything you can be
I can be greater.
Sooner or later,
I'm greater than you.
Blaire:
No, you're not
Madeline:
Yes, I am
Blaire:
No, you're not
Madeline (speaking):
Yes, I am
Blaire:
No, you're not
Madeline (singing):
Yes, I am
Yes, I am
Blaire:
I can shoot a partridge
With a single cartridge
Madeline:
I can get a sparrow
With a bow and arrow
Blaire:
I can live on bread and cheese
Madeline (speaking):
And only on that
Blaire (speaking):
Yes
Madeline (speaking):
So can a rat
Blaire (singing):
Any note you can sing
I can go higher
Madeline (singing):
I can sing any note
Higher than you
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
Anything you can buy
I can buy cheaper
Madeline:
''[scoffs]''
I can buy anything
Cheaper than you
Blaire (speaking):
Fifty cents
Madeline (speaking):
Forty cents
Blaire (speaking):
Thirty cents
Madeline (speaking):
Twenty cents
Blaire (singing):
No you can't
Madeline (singing):
Yes I can
Yes I can
Blaire:
Anything you can say
I can say softer
Madeline:
I can say anything
Softer than you
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Yes I can
Blaire:
I can eat my sticker
Faster than a flicker
Madeline:
I can drink it quicker
And get even sicker
Blaire:
I can open any safe.
Madeline (speaking):
''[gasps]''
Without being caught?
Blaire (speaking):
Sure
Madeline (speaking):
That's what I thought
You crook
Madeline (singing):
Any note you can hold
I can hold longer
Blaire (singing):
I can hold any note
Longer than you
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Blaire // Madeline:
Yes iiiiiiiiiiii // No you caaaaaaaaaan't
Can // Yes you can
Blaire:
Anything you can wear
I can wear better
Madeline:
In what you wear
I'd look better than you
Blaire (speaking):
In my coat
Madeline (speaking):
In your vest
Blaire (speaking):
In my shoes
Madeline (speaking):
In your hat
Blaire (singing):
No, you can't
Madeline (singing):
Yes, I can
Yes, I can!
Blaire:
Anything you say
I can say faster
Madeline:
I can say anything
Faster than you
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire:
No you can't
Madeline:
Yes I can
Blaire // Madeline:
Noyoucan't, noyoucan't, noyoucan't // Yesican, Yesican, Yesi can
Madeline:
I can jump a hurdle
Blaire:
I can wear a girdle
Madeline:
I can knit a sweater
Blaire:
I can fill it better
Madeline:
I can do most anything
Blaire:
Can you bake a pie
Madeline:
No
Blaire:
Neither can I
Madeline:
Anything you can sing
I can sing sweeter
Blaire:
I can sing anything
Sweeter than you
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't
Blaire:
Yes I can
Madeline:
No you can't can't can't
Blaire:
Yes I can can can
Blaire // Madeline:
Yes I can // No you can't
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