"Better luck next time" that could never be,

Because there ain't gonna be no next time for me . . .

No Siree,made up my mind to make another start,

I've made my mind up but I can't make up my heart . . .

I'd like a new lucky day, that would be nice,

But this comes just once in a lifetime, not twice . . .

So don't say, "Better luck next time, that could never be"

Because there ain't gonna be no next time for me . . .

I would like a new lucky day, that would be nice,

But this comes just once in a lifetime, not twice . . .

So don't say, "Better luck next time", that could never be,

Because there ain't gonna be no next time for me . . .

There ain't gonna be no next time for me . . .

~ from the M-G-M film "Easter Parade"

Words and Music by Irving Berlin