Anything You Can Do

"**Anything You Can Do**" is a song featured in the 1950 film *Annie Get Your Gun* with music composed by Adolph Deutsch and lyrics written by Irving Berlin.

## Lyrics

**Annie:**

Anything you can do I can do better

I can do anything better than you

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

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**Annie:**

Yes, I can

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

Anything you can be I can be greater

Sooner or later I'm greater than you

**Annie:**

No, you're not

**Frank:**

Yes, I am

**Annie:**

No, you're not

**Frank:**

Yes, I am

**Annie:**

No, you're not

**Frank:**

Yes, I am, yes I am

I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge

**Annie:**

I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow

**Frank:**

I can live on bread and cheese

**Annie:**

And only on that?

**Frank:**

Yes

**Annie:**

So can a rat

**Frank:**

Any note you can reach I can go higher

**Annie:**

I can sing anything higher than you

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Annie:**

Anything you can buy I can buy cheaper

I can buy anything cheaper than you

**Frank:**

Fifty cents

**Annie:**

Forty cents

**Frank:**

Thirty cents

**Annie:**

Twenty cents

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

Anything you can say I can say softer

**Annie:**

I can say anything softer than you

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker

**Annie:**

I can do it quicker and get even sicker

**Frank:**

I can open any safe

**Annie:**

Without being caught?

**Frank:**

Sure

**Annie:**

That's what I thought you crook

**Frank:**

Any note you can hold I can hold longer

**Annie:**

I can hold any note longer than you

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

Yes

[FRANK & ANNIE, holding note]

I

**Annie:**

Can

**Frank:**

Yes, you can

**Annie:**

Anything you can wear I can wear better

In what you wear I'd look better than you

**Frank:**

In my coat

**Annie:**

In your vest

**Frank:**

In my shoes

**Annie:**

In your hat

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

Anything you can say I can say faster

**Annie:**

I can say anything faster than you

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

I can jump a hurdle

**Annie:**

I can wear a girdle

**Frank:**

I can knit a sweater

**Annie:**

I can fill it better

**Frank:**

I can do most anything

**Annie:**

Can you bake a pie?

**Frank:**

No

**Annie:**

Neither can I

**Frank:**

Anything you can sing I can sing sweeter

**Annie:**

I can sing anything sweeter than you

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Oh, yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can

**Frank:**

No, you can't, can't, can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can, can, can, can

**Frank:**

No, you can't

**Annie:**

Yes, I can