We Can Do It

Music by Mel Brooks
Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Performed by Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick

 
Don't you see, Bloom? Darling Bloom, glorious Bloom
It's so simple.
Step One: we find the worst play ever written.
Step Two: we hire the worst director in town.
Step Three: I raise two million dollars...
Two?
Yes! One for me, one for you. There's a lot of little old ladies out there.
Step Four: We hire the worst actors in New York and open on Broadway.
And before you can say Step Five, we close on Broadway, take our two million and go to Rio.
Rio? That'll never work!
Oh ye of little faith

Max
What did Lewis say to Clark when everything looked bleak?
What did Sir Edmund say to Tenzing as they struggled towards Everest's peak?
What did Washington say to his troops as they crossed the Delaware?
I'm sure you're well aware

What'd they say?

We can do it, we can do it
We can do it, me and you
We can do it, we can do it
We can make our dreams come true

Everything you've ever wanted
Is just waiting to be had
Beautiful girls wearing nothing but pearls
Caressing you, undressing you, and driving you mad!

No!
Bloom! Bloom, wait a minute now. Hear me out.
Just think about it.

We can do it, we can do it
This is not the time to shirk
We can do it, you won't rue it
Say goodbye to petty clerk
Hi, producer; yes, producer
I mean you, sir, go berserk!
We can do it, we can do it
And I know it's gonna work!

Whatta ya say, Bloom?

Leo
What do I say?
Finally a chance to be a Broadway producer!
What do I say?
Finally a chance to make my dreams come true, sir!
What do I say, what do I say
Here's what I say to you, sir...

I can't do it, I can't do it
I can't do it, that's not me
I'm a loser, I'm a coward
I'm a chicken, don't you see?
When it comes to wooing women
There's a few things that I lack
Beautiful girls wearing nothing but pearls
Chasing me, embracing me, I'd have an attack!

Why, you miserable, cowardly, wretched little caterpillar!
Don't you ever want to become a butterfly?
Don't you wanna spread your wings and flap your way to glory?
No!

Max
We can do it
We can do it
We can grab that holy grail
We can do it
We can do it
Drink champagne, not ginger ale
Cone on, Leo
Can't you see-o
 

Leo
Mr. Bialystock, please stop the song
You've got me wrong, I'll say "so long"
I'm not as strong a person as you think
Mr. Bialystock, just take a look
I'm not a crook, I'm just a shnook
The bottom line is that I stink
I can't
Do it
You see Rio, I see jail

Driver, stop!
Here.

We can do it
We can do it
We can do it
We can do it
We can
 

I can't do it
I can't do it
I can't do it
I can't do it
I cannot, cannot, cannot, cannot, cannot, cannot do it
'Cause I know it's gonna fail

Fail? How could it miss?
All you need is little courage, Bloom
Don't you realize there is a lot more to you than there is to you?