Title:  you need an "l"

Composer:  Joe Raposo

Lead vocals:  Rita Moreno, Jim Boyd

Backing vocals:  none

Scene:  Rita at Lorelei's house, helping him get over being "upset about a letter".

[RM]  You need an "l" to tell a lie with.

You need an "l" to spell "July" with.

You need an "l" for life, and an "l" for love,

And for lunch, launch, and library.

You need an "l" for luck, and an "l" for like,

And you need an "l" for liberty.

You need an "l" to tell

[JB]  A lie with.

[RM]  You need an "l" to spell

[JB]  "July" with.

[RM]  You need an "l"

[JB]  For life,

[RM]  And an "l"

[JB]  For love,

And for lunch, and launch, and library.

[RM]  You need an "l"

[JB]  For luck,

[RM]  And an "l"

[JB]  For like,

[RM]  And you need an "l"

[JB]  For liberty.

[RM, JB]  You need an "l" to read your mail with.

You need an "l" to shake your tail with.

You need an "l" for real.  You need an "l" for fool,

And for watermelon, and valentine.

[RM, JB]  You need an "l"

[JB]  For smile.

[RM]  You need an "l" for style,

[JB]  And for Alice, Bedelia, and Caroline.

[RM]  You need two "l"'s to smell a smell with.

[JB]  You need two "l"'s to just spell "spell" with.

[RM]  You need two "l"'s for jelly,

[JB]  And two "l"'s for belly,

[RM]  And for yell, and swell, and marshmallow.

[JB]  You need two "l"'s for silly,

[RM]  Two "l"'s for chilly,

[RM, JB]  And you need two "l"'s to say "hello".

[RM]  Yes, you need to "l"'s to say

[RM, JB]  "Hello".

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