Robert Alda - Luck Be A Lady

First performance: 27/05/2000

Coverinfo

Bruce used the song once a a snippet:

during TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT

2000-05-27 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV 
 
A setlist full of Las Vegas references for Bruce's first ever appearance in Nevada: "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" includes "It's All Right", "Take Me To The River", a one-off "Luck Be A Lady".
 
 
  

Songinfo

"Luck Be a Lady" is a song written and composed by Frank Loesser in 1950 and first performed by Robert Alda. The song was featured in the musical Guys and Dolls. The lyrics relate the point of view of a gambler, Sky Masterson, who hopes that he will win a bet, the outcome of which will decide whether or not he is able to save his relationship with the girl of his dreams. Marlon Brando sang the song in the 1955 film version. Later, it became a signature song for Frank Sinatra.
 
 
 

Bruce on the artist

Lyrics

They call you lady luck
But there is room for doubt
At times you have a very un-lady-like way
Of running out
Your on this date with me
The pickin's have been lush
And yet before the evening is over
You might give me the brush
You might forget your manners
You might refuse to stay
And so the best that I can do is pray
Luck be lady tonight
Luck be lady tonight
Luck if you've been a lady to begin with
Luck be a lady tonight
Luck let a gentleman see
Just how nice a dame you can be
I know the way you've treated other guys you've been with
Luck be a lady with me
A lady never leaves her escort
It isn't fair, it isn't nice
A lady doesn't wander all over the room
And blow on some other guys dice
Lets keep this party polite
Never get out of my sight
Stick with me baby, I'm the guy that you came in with
Luck be lady tonight
A lady never flirts with strangers
She'd have a heart, she'd be nice
A lady doesn't wander all over the room
And blow on some other guys dice
Lets keep this party polite
Never get out of my sight
Stick with me baby, I'm the guy that you came in with
Luck be lady tonight