if i had my druthers

Bobby Darin

Johnny:
If I had my druthers
I?d druther have my druthers
Then anything else I know.
While you?d druther hustle
Accumulatin? muscle
I?d druther watch daisies grow.
While they?re growin? slow an?
The summer breeze is blowin?
My heart is overflowin? and so.
If I had my druthers
I?d druther have my druthers
Than anything else I know.

Robert, you think you could agree with that kind of philosophy?

Bobby:
Agree? I live it!

If I had my druthers
I?d druther have my druthers
Then work any whereas at all.

Johnny:
Don?t nobody call.

Bobby:
It ain?t that I hates it
Why, in fact, I even contemplates it
While watchin? raindrops fall.
I sits there for hours
Developin? my powers
Of figurin? how flowers gets tall.
If I had my druthers
I?d druther have my druthers
Then anything else at all.

Johnny:
If I had my druthers
To choose from all the others
I?d druther be like I am.

Bobby:
I like you just the way you are.

This thing called employment
Detracts from my enjoyment
And tightens my diaphragm.

Johnny:
Oh, you poor lamb!

Whilst I?m doin? nary
A thing that?s necessary
I?m happy as a cherrystone clam.

Bobby:
Some of my best friends are clams!

If I had my druthers
To choose from all the others
I?d rather be like I am.

Both:
If we had our druthers
We?d rather have our druthers
Than anything else we know.
Our forefathers wrote it
And often times we quote it
Whenever we?re feelin? low.

Bobby:
Monsieur John?

Johnny:
As direct descendants ?

Bobby:
We figure independence ?

Both:
Ain?t only in Missouri and so.
If we had our druthers
We?d rather have our druthers
Than anything else we know.

Johnny:
Why sho? ?

Both:
Than anything else we know ?

Bobby:
Yebo? ?

Both:
Then anythin else we know ?
Enco? ?
Than anything else we know.

Bobby:
Goodnight.

Johnny:
Leave a call.