A Little Brains, A Little Talent - Original Cast Recording

I took the zing out of the King of Siam

I took the starch out of the sails

Of the Prince of Wales

It's no great art gettin'

The heart of a man

On a silver platter

A little brains a little talent

With the emphasis on the latter

I made mince-meat out of a

Sweet young farmer

I knocked the fight out of a knight

When I pierced his armor

And I'll bet I can upset every male

In a Yale regatta

A little brains a little talent

With the emphasis on the latter

You gotta know just what to

Say and how to say it

You gotta know what game to

Play and how to play it

You gotta stack those decks

With a couple a extra aces

And this queen has her aces

In all the right places

I've done much more than that

Old bore Delilah

I took the curl out of the

Hair of a millionaire

There's no trick gettin' some

Hick who is cool

Just a little warmer

A little talent a little brains

With the emphasis on the former

Split up a home way up in Nome Alaska

And wrecked the life of every wife

Down in Madagascar

Ask me why weak men'll die for me

Strong men simply shatter

A little brains a little talent

With the emphasis on the latter

You gotta know just what to do

And how to do it

You gotta know what tea to brew

And how to brew it

You've seen the sign that says

George Washington once slept here

Well tho' nobody spied him

Guess who was beside him

Bring on that boy he'll

Be a toy to Lola

Just one more case she can erase

With that old boffola

What's my plan same as with any man

I'll use the standard platter

Plus a little this a and a little that a

With the emphasis on the latter