What do I care for a dame? What do I care for a dame? Every old dame is the same, Every hooky dame is the same. I got a future, a rosy future, You can be sure I'll be tough I'm independent, I'm no dependent And I'll own a nightclub that's tops. I'll be in with the cops. What do I care for the skirts? What do I care for the skirts? I'm going to own a night club, It's gonna be the right club, It'll be swell gentry, It's elementary, I'll wear a top hat and cane. (They came Joey) (They'll pay Joey) (The game Joey) And the simple secret of the plot Is just to tell them that I love you a lot Then the world discovers as my book ends How to make two lovers a friend