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A Sweet Giddy Idiot

The context: A brilliant, jaded woman finds herself falling for a kind, hot dummy. 
A Sweet Giddy Idiot
Music & Lyrics by David Rackoff
 
​              NETTIEHE ISN’T A WIT.
HE ISN’T ONE BIT.
NOT CUNNING,
​BUT STUNNING.
THAT MUCH I’LL ADMIT.
IT MUST BE A WHIM;
I CAN’T LOVE A SWEET, GIDDY IDIOT LIKE HIM.

HE’S NOT GOOD AT SPEECH.
HE’S SHARP AS A PEACH.
SUBTRACTIONS
AND FRACTIONS
ARE OUT OF HIS REACH.
HE LIVES AT THE GYM.
CAN’T FALL FOR A SWEET, GIDDY IDIOT LIKE…

     WHAT IF I TRIED MY HAND AT WEDDED BLISS?
     IT MIGHT BE NICE TO HAVE SOME BEDDED BLISS.
     SUCH EMPTY-HEADED BLISS!
     I’VE LOST MY MIND, I’VE OVERCOME HOW HE
     CAN’T STOP FROM SHOWING ME HOW DUMB HOW HE
     CAN BE, BUT SOMEHOW HE…

LIGHTS UP A ROOM!
MY POSSIBLE GROOM!
HOWEVER, HE’LL NEVER
CORRECTLY USE “WHOM”.
SO WHAT IF HE’S DIM?
I LONG FOR A SWEET, GIDDY IDIOT LIKE HIM.

I’M LOSING MY COOL.
I’M STARTING TO DROOL.
SO QUERY
THIS THEORY:
WHO’S TRULY THE FOOL?
AND SOMEDAY HE’LL SEE
THAT HE NEEDS A SWEET, GIDDY IDIOT LIKE ME.

  • David Rackoff Music
  • Nothing Like Broadway!
  • About Me
  • Other Songs
    • A Sweet Giddy Idiot
    • This Is Our Land (from Genius Grant)
    • A Hundred Years from Now
    • This Is the Start of Something...
    • Nothing Like Broadway
    • The World's Most Famous Spy
    • If I Could Sing My Feelings (End of Act I)
    • In Another Universe
    • The Gods of the Theater
    • The Squeedle Song
    • You Only Love Me for My...
    • I'm in Love with a Pianist
    • What If There Were No More Villains?
    • The Racing Horse Winner
    • Swan Song
    • Sing Along
    • Surprisingly Similar Way to Me
    • A Day at the Fair
    • An Underwhelming Life
    • You Can't Have Too Much Christmas/I Can't Breathe (The Rocking Horse Winner Opening)
    • A Dream for Paul
    • BodyHair
    • Yell to the Heavens
  • Lyrics Can Have...
    • Wordplay
    • Euphony
    • Perfect Scansion
    • Story-telling
    • Rhymes
    • Musicality
    • Comedy
    • Imagery
  • Projects
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