Written by: Sammy Cahn
Arranged By: Nelson Riddle – Nelson Riddle
From the Album: Lucky Numbers
From the Film: Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
Label: Paramount Pictures - Reprise
Recorded: 10/25/62 – 1/21/63
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Make like a Mister Milquetoast
and you'll get shut out,
Make like a Mister Meek and
you'll get cut out,
Make like a little lamb, and
wham, you're shorn,
I tell ya, chum, it's time to
come blow your horn.
Make like a Mister Mumbles and
you're a zero,
Make like a Mister Big; they dig
a hero.
You've got to sound your
"A" the day you're born,
I tell ya, chum, it's time to
come blow your horn.
The taller the tree is the
sweeter the peach,
I'll give you the whole maguilla
in a one word speach: Reach!
Make like the world's your
pudding, but light the brandy,
Even the mildest kiss is a dan,
dan, dandy,
There'll be no love in bloom
come doomsday morn,
I tell ya, chum, it's time to
come blow your horn.
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
In civilized jungles females
adore
The lions who come on swingin';
if you wanna score - roar!
You can be either read to or be
the reader,
You can be either lead or be the
leader.
Don't wait until you're told
you're old and worn,
Take in some air and get your
lips puckered,
Before you find you're simply
too tuckered,
I'll tell ya, chum, it's time to
come blow your horn.
Blow your horn,
I tell ya, chum, it's time to
come blow your horn.