Nowdays - Hot Honey Rag

[Spoken]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Chicago Theater is proud to announce a first!

The first time anywhere there's been an act of this nature!

Not only one little lady, but two!

You read about them in the papers,

And now, here they are,

Chicago's own killer-dillers,

the scintilating sinners,

Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly!



[Singing]

You can like the life you're living,

You can live the life you like,

You can even marry Harry,

But mess around with Ike.

And that's good,

isn't it grand,

isn't it great,

isn't it swell,

Isn't it fun

Isn't it

But nothin' stays

In fifty years or so,

it's gonna change,you know,

But, oh, it's heaven,

Now-a-days



[Spoken]

Okay, you babes of jazz, let's pick up the pace,

Let's make the parties longer,

let's make the skirts shorter,

let's all go to hell in a bathtub,

keep it hot!



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[singing]

And a-a-all that's...

Ja-a-a-a-azz