I Love a Film Cliche Lyrics – A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine

Every time they open the doors
As I stand in the lobby
Little snatches of soundtrack come floating through the air
Those time-honored cinema phrases
Entertain me all day long
End of verse
Beginning of song
I love a film cliche
Because a film cliche
Is the best entertainment I know
A nice familiar phrase like
"Hey, why don?t we put on a show?"
My kind of dialogue is "Please, don't shoot my dog
Lassie couldn?t have eaten those sheep"
Then there's that deathless line
"We mustn't, Charles. I?d only feel cheap"
I love a faithless wife who takes her lover?s life
But she's glad, glad, glad, glad
And Colonel Forthingay
Who starts to shout one day
That these drums are driving me mad, mad, mad, mad
I love a line like "Gee, why can?t I make you see
I got music inside of me, Pa"
Or when the witness says
"The killer's name, Inspector, is - ah -"
And how about-
Oh, please, Judge
My Tony, he?s a good boy
I can't believe it
Why, these creatures have been extinct for millions of years!
Well, Tex, looks like them Apaches got us outnumbered

Wait a minute! Do you hear a bugle?
I?m no good for you, Steve
It took a lot of guys to get me the name Frisco Kate, oh
Oh, please. Blackmail is such an ugly word
Kiss? Me only simple jungle princess! What means this word, kiss?
It- It's no use, Johnny
I'm done for. You save yourself
Nice little place you got here, Mendoza
Too bad if something were to happen to it
Say, Hank, I think Rin-Tin-Tin is trying to tell you something!
What? Look! I can walk!
Hallelujah!
Then there?s the Western cuss who says
No trial for us!
We?re for stringin' him up right away
And let us not forget
You?ve got till noon to leave Santa Fe
Yippie-yi-yay
I never tire of a
Oh, how I love a movie cli-
But why am I telling you all this?
And you a perfect stranger
Love a movie cliche!
Last Update: January, 30th 2025