2009 Studio Cast of “Allegro”
Money Isn’t Everything
[MILLIE]
Money isn't everything
What can money buy?

[OTHER FOUR GIRLS]
An automobile so you won't get wet
Champagne so you won't get dry

[HAZEL]
Money isn't everything
What have rich folks got?

[OTHER FOUR GIRLS]
A Florida home so you won't get cold

[JENNIE]
A yacht so you won't get hot

[DOT]
An orchid or two
So you won't feel blue
If you have to go out at night

[ADDIE]
And maybe a jar of caviar
So your appetite won't be light
[JENNIE]
Oil tycoon and cattle king
Radio troubadour
Belittle the fun that their fortunes bring
And tell you that they are sure
Money isn't everything

[ALL FIVE GIRLS]
Money isn't everything

[JENNIE]
Money isn't everything
Unless you're very poor!

[MILLIE]
Can money make you honest?
Can it teach you right from wrong?

[ADDIE]
Can money keep you healthy?
Can it make your muscles strong?

[HAZEL]
Can money make your eyes red
The way they get from sewing?
[DOT]
Can money make your back get sore
The way it gets from mowing?

[MILLIE AND HAZEL]
Can money make your hands get rough
As washing dishes does?

[ADDIE AND DOT]
Can money make you smell the way
That cooking fishes does?

[JENNIE]
It buys you gems and fancy clothes
And juicy steaks to carve

[OTHER FOUR GIRLS]
But it cannot build your character
Or teach you how to starve!

[ALL FIVE GIRLS]
Money isn't everything

[MILLIE]
If you're rich, you pay
Elizabeth Arden to do your face
The night you attend a play
[HAZEL]
Feeling like a bloom of spring
Down the aisle you'll float
A Tiffany ring, and a Cartier string
Of pearls to adorn your throat

[ADDIE]
Your Carnegie dress
Will be more or less
Of a handkerchief 'round your hip

[DOT]
Sewed onto you, so
That your slip won't show

[ALL FIVE GIRLS]
And whatever you show won't slip!

[JENNIE]
To your creamy shoulders cling
Ermines white as snow
Then on to cafes where they sway and swing
You go with your wealthy beau

[ALL FIVE GIRLS]
There you'll hear a crooner sing
"Money isn't everything!"
Money isn't everything
As long as you have dough!