Текст (слова) песни: Oliver! - Reviewing The Situation

 
FAGIN 
 
A man`s got a heart, hasn`t he? 
Joking apart -- hasn`t he? 
And tho` I`d be the first one to say that I wasn`t a saint... 
 
I`m finding it hard to be really as black as they paint... 
 
I`m reviewing the situation 
Can a fellow be a villain all his life? 
All the trials and tribulations! 
Better settle down and get myself a wife. 
And a wife would cook and sew for me, 
And come for me, and go for me, 
The fingers, she will wag at me. 
The money whe will take me. 
A misery, she`ll make from me... 
 
...I think I`d better thing it out again! 
 
A wife you can keep, anyway 
I`d rather sleep, anyway. 
Left without anyone in the world, 
And I`m starting from now 
So "how to win friends and to influence people" 
--So how? 
 
I`m reviewing the situation, 
I must quickly look up ev`ryone I know. 
Titled people -- with a station -- 
Who can help me make a real impressive show! 
I will own a suite at Claridges, 
And run a fleet of carriages, 
And wave at all the duchesses 
With friendliness, as much as is 
Befitting of my new estate... 
 
"Good morrow to you, magistrate!" Oh gawd! 
 
...I think I`d better think it out again. 
 
So where shall I go -- somebody? 
Who do I know? Nobody! 
All my dearest companions 
Have always been villains and thieves... 
So at my time of life 
I should start turning over new leaves...? 
 
I`m reviewing the situation. 
If you want to eat -- you`ve got to earn a bob! 
Is it such a humiliation 
For a robber to perform an honest job? 
So a job I`m getting, possibly, 
I wonder who my boss`ll be? 
I wonder if he`ll take to me...? 
What bonuses he`l make to me...? 
I`ll start at eight and finish late, 
At normal rate, and all..but wait! 
 
...I think I`d better think it out again. 
 
What happens when I`m seventy? 
Must come a time...seventy. 
When you`re old, and it`s cold 
And who cares if you live or you die, 
Your one consolation`s the money 
You may have put by... 
 
I`m reviewing the situation. 
I`m a bad `un and a bad `un I shall stay! 
You`ll be seeing no transformation, 
But it`s wrong to be a rogue in ev`ry way. 
 
I don`t want nobody hurt for me, 
Or made to do the dirt for me. 
This rotten life is not for me. 
It`s getting far too hot for me. 
Don`t want no one to rob for me. 
But who will find a job for me, 
There is no in between for me 
But who will change the scene for me? 
 
...I think I`d better think it out again! 
 
Hey!
 

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