Original Broadway Cast of Thoroughly Modern Millie
Not For the Life of Me (Reprise 2)
[CHING HO]
桥烧掉, 店打赌 (qiáoshāodiào, diàndâdû)
乖乖不在回家聊 (guaiguai buzai huijialiao)
这生活我不要 (zhe shenghuo wobuyao)

[BUN FOO]
生活要比一灯(Shenghuoyaobiyideng)
小镇更繁荣 (Xiaozhengengfanrong)
而灯是永远红 (Erdengshiyongyuanhong)

[BOTH]
生活要比一鬼城更热闹 (Shenghuoyaobiguichenggengrenao)
连鬼怪都活着 (Lianguiguaodouhuozhe)
加油!加油!加油!(Jiayou! Jiayou! Jiayou!)

拍拍手知道吗 (Paipaishouzhidaoma)
我的今天不是过去 (Wodejintainbushiguoqu)
一样啦 (Yiyangla)

这生活我不要 (Zhe shenghuo wo bu yao)
Boh-doh-dee-oh
这生活我不要 (Zhe shenghuo wo bu yao)

Translation:
[CHING HO]
Burn the bridge. Bet the store
Baby's coming home no more
Not for the life of me
[BUN FOO]
A life that's gotta be more
Than a one-light town
Where the light is always red

[BOTH]
Gotta be more than an old ghost town
Where the ghost ain't even dead
Go team! Go team! Go team!

Clap your hands just because
Don't you know that where I am
Ain't where I was

Not for the life of me
Boh-doh-dee-oh
Not for the life of me