Lyrics by: Johnny Burke
Music by: Jimmy Van Heusen
Arranged By: Phil Moore
From the Album: Columbia Years, 1943-1952
From the Film: A Connecticut Yankee (1927)
Label: Columbia Records
Recorded: January 4, 1949
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Oh there's nothing to be ashamed
of
If you stub your toe on the
moon.
When the dream's at the top of
the sky,
Well, you'll just have to jump
pretty high,
But don't give up too soon,
If you stub your toe on the
moon.
Now young Harry Hodgett loved
making gadgets,
Life needs some new things was
his claim,
Hope one or two things might
bring fame,
This is the last time you'll
hear his name.
Nobody mentions Harry's
inventions,
But do you think that got him
down?
Here comes the end when there're
gadgets to mend
He's the best repairman in town.
So there's nothing to be ashamed
of,
If you stub your toe on the
moon.
When you start out to climb to a
cloud,
Well, it may get a laugh from
the crowd,
But don't give up too soon,
If you stub your toe on the
moon.
<musical interlude>
Sweet Sally Springer, she was a
singer,
Lived in a hall room up one
flight,
Thought of the ballroom big and
bright,
Where she would make her debut
some night,
And then for her trouble, pop
went the bubble,
Say that it's sad, but wait,
don't weep.
Now they admit, every night
she's a hit,
When she sings her children to
sleep.
No, there's nothing to be
ashamed of
If you stub your toe on the
moon,
Though it may be a blow to your
pride,
You're a hero because, well, you
tried,
So don't give up too soon,
If you stub your toe on the
moon,
If you stub your toe on the
moon.