Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

Irving Berlin

I'm superior, you're inferior.

I'm the big attraction, you're the small.

I'm the major one, you're the minor one,

I can beat you shootin', that's not all.



anything you can do, I can do better.

I can do any thing better than you.

No you can't.

Yes I can.

No you can't.

Yes I can.

No you can't.

Yes I can, yes I can.



anything you can be I can be greater.

soon er or lat er, I'm greater than you.

No, you're not.

Yes I am.

No you're not.

Yes I am.

No you're not.

Yes I am, yes I am.



I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge.

I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow.

I can do most anything.

Can you bake a pie?

No.

Neither can I.



anything you can sing I can sing louder.

I can sing anything louder than you.

No you can't.

Yes I can.

No you can't.

Yes I can.

No you can't.

Yes I can, yes I can.



anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper.

I can buy anything cheaper than you.

Fifty cents.

Forty cents.

Thirty cents.

Twenty cents.

No you can't.

Yes I can, yes I can.



anything you can dig, I can dig deeper.

I can dig anything deeper than you.

Thirty feet.

Forty feet.

Fifty feet.

Sixty feet.

No you can't.

Yes I can, yes I can.



I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker.

I can do it quicker and get even sicker.

I can live on bread and cheese.

And only on that?

Yes.

So can a rat.



anything you can reach, I can go higher.

I can sing anything higher than you.

No you can't.

Yes I can.

No you can't.

Yes I can.

No you can't.

Yes I can, yes I can.



anyone you can lick, I can lick faster.

I can lick anyone faster than you.

With your fist?

With my feet.

With your feet?

With an axe.

No you can't.