Ain't We Got Fun? - Peggy Lee, Nelson Riddle

Bill collectors gather 'round and rather

Haunt the cottage next door

Men the grocer and butcher sent

Men who call for the rent

But within a happy chappy

And his bride of only a year

Seem to be so cheerful, here’s an earful

Of the chatter you hear

Every morning, every evening

Ain’t we got fun?

Not much money, Oh, but honey

Ain’t we got fun?

The rent’s unpaid dear

We haven’t a bus

But smiles were made dear

For people like us

In the winter in the Summer

Don’t we have fun

Times are bum and getting bummer

Still we have fun

There’s nothing surer

The rich get rich and the poor get children

In the meantime, in between time

Ain’t we got fun?

Just to make their trouble nearly double

Something happened last night

To their chimney a gray bird came

Mister Stork is his name

And I’ll bet two pins, a pair of twins

Just happened in with the bird

Still they’re very gay and merry

Just at dawning I heard

Every morning, every evening

Don’t we have fun

Twins and cares, dear, come in pairs, dear

Don’t we have fun

We’ve only started

As mommer and pop

Are we downhearted

I’ll say that we’re not

Landlords mad and getting madder

Ain’t we got fun?

Times are so bad and getting badder

Still we have fun

There’s nothing surer

The rich get rich and the poor get laid off

In the meantime, in between time

Ain’t we got fun?

When the man who sold 'em carpets told 'em

He would take them away

They said, «Wonderful, here’s our chance

Take them up and we’ll dance»

And when burglars came and robbed them

Taking all their silver, they say

Hubby yelled, «We're famous, for they’ll name us

In the papers today

Night or daytime, it’s all playtime

Ain’t we got fun?

Hot or cold days, any old days

Ain’t we got fun

If Wifey wishes

To go to a play

Don’t wash the dishes

Just throw them away

Streetcar seats are awful narrow

Ain’t we got fun?

They won’t smash up our Pierce Arrow

We ain’t got none

They’ve cut my wages

But my income tax will be so much smaller

When I’m laid off, I’ll be paid off

Ain’t we got fun?