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Nobody Does It Like Me

Music written by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.



Released in 1974 on the album Nobody Does It Like Me. Live on The Birthday Concert in 1997 and from the same concert on The Diamond Collection. The studio version is available on CD on the collection Diamonds Are Forever. A live video recording has been released on Live In Concert - You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet and on the TV Show DVD A Special Lady.



This song is from the Broadway musical “Seesaw”. The premiere was on March 18th, 1973 in the Uris Theatre in New York, and the musical had 296 performances though the show never recouped its investment. “Seesaw” was a two-handed play about a kooky, loveable single girl and her relationship with a strait-laced lawyer.

If you're interested in the disastrous background of the production read Seesaw on the Dorothy Fields Website.



Another song performed by Shirley Bassey composed by the same duo is 'Hey Big Spender'.









Lyrics



If there's a wrong way to do it

A wrong way to play it

Nobody does it like me



If there's a wrong way to do it

A right way to screw it up

Nobody does it like me



I've got a big loud mouth

I'm always talking much to free

If you go for tact and manners

Better stay away from me

If there's a wrong way to keep it cool

A right way to be a fool

Nobody does it like me



I hear a love song or ballad

I toss like a salad

Nobody tosses like me



And when my evenings get tougher

I just take two Bufferin

And drink a hot cup of tea

Last night I met an old acquaintance

At a fancy corner pub

He said: Come on, let's have some supper

So he used my credit-club

If there's a wrong way to take a guy

The worst way to make a guy

Nobody does it like me



If there's a wrong bell, I ring it

A wrong note, I sing it

Nobody does it like me



If there's a problem, I duck it

I don't solve it, I just muck it up

Nobody does it like me



As though I try to be a lady

I'm no lady, I'm a broad

And when I talk like I'm a lady

What I sound like is a frog

If there's a wrong way to get a guy

The right way to lose a guy

Nobody does it like me



Nobody does it No, nobody does it

Nobody does it like me

Nobody does it like me



(Transcribed by David and Roman)

1965: This song, 'Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' was to be Shirley's third James Bond Movie Theme, eventually giving her a total of 4 with 'Moonraker' but her version seemed a bit playful for a Bond action adventure and so they let Dionne Warwick give it a try with a slightly different orchestral arrangement. In the end, neither artist received the song. Shirley's good friend and co-patriot, Sir Tom Jones was given the Theme with a new song, 'Thunderball' which was the movie title name, and the rest, as they say, is history. After all these years, it is great that Shirley's version of this fun song has finally been released on one or more of her compilation CDs.



A short synopsis: The original main title theme to Thunderball was entitled “Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” which was written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse. The title was taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Barry had thought he couldn't write a song about a vague “Thunderball” term or the story of the film, so his song was a description of the character of James Bond.



The song was originally recorded by Shirley Bassey, but was later rerecorded by Dionne Warwick. Both versions were not released until the 1990s. The song was removed from the title credits after producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman were worried that a theme song to a James Bond movie would not work well if the song did not have the title of the film in its lyrics. John Barry teamed up with lyricist Don Black and wrote “Thunderball” which was sung by Tom Jones who, according to Bond production legend, fainted in the recording booth when singing the song's final, high note. Jones said of the final note, “I closed my eyes and I held the note for so long when I opened my eyes the room was spinning.” Like “Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”, the lyrics of “Thunderball” are a description of Bond's character.



(Thank-You for the contributions of Peggy's Blog, Astrid, Pieter, Ivan, Gary, Rien, Emma, Hank, John, Dave, Nokiaadje, Enrique, Michael, studio production stills, and so many others)



SONG LYRICS:

He's tall and he's dark,

And like the shark, he looks for trouble,

That's why the zeroes double,

Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.



He's suave and he's smooth

And he can soothe you like vanilla.

The gentleman's a killer.

Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.



Damoiselles and danger

Have filled the stranger's past.

Like a knife he cuts thro' life

Like every day's the last.



He's fast and he's cool.

He's from the school that loves and leaves 'em...

A pity if it grieves 'em!

Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang's...not a fool!



Oh, damoiselles and danger

Have filled the stranger's past.

Like the knife he cuts thro' life

Like every day's the last.



He's fast and he's cool.

He's from the school that loves and leaves 'em...

A pity if it grieves 'em!

Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang's...not a fool!