Ring Them Bells Lyrics - Liza With A "z": A Concert For Television [live] - Liza Minnelli

About a year ago, I heard this truly terrific, absolutely true story 

And it just so happens that I told a couple of friends of mine 

This truly terrific, absolutely true story 

And it just so happened that these friends of mine are song writers 

And guess what happened? Right, truly terrific, absolutely true song 

Gather around, I've got a story to tell 

About a Manhattan lady that I know very well 

She lives at five Riverside, her name is Shirley Devore 

And she traveled 'round the world to meet the guy next door 

Well, there was trouble inside apartment 29 E 

'Cause Shirley's mother and dad were as upset as can be 

They said we hate to complain dear and we don't like to grouse 

But your nearly 32, you should get out of the house 

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You gotta ring them bells, you gotta ring them bells 

You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells 

It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling 

You gotta ring them bells 

Well, Shirley was 31, which she was loathe to admit 

And she had never been loved, which didn't thrill her a bit 

And so she sat and she thought, she thought for hours on end 

And said I'll go to Chase, Manhattan where I got me a friend 

And so she borrowed a thou' and called TWA 

And told her mother and dad that she was up and away 

I'm gonna travel the continent, a month, maybe, two 

And haul me home a hus' if it's the last thing I do 

You gotta ring them bells, you gotta ring them bells 

You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells 

It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling 

You gotta ring them bells 

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She met a Londoner first but they did not hit it off 

'Cause every time she approached he got a bronchial cough 

And so she went to Madrid and met a handsome Senior 

But he liked to throw the bull and he was no matador 

She also bombed out in Brussells, in Mallorca and Rome 

Til' someone said, "Try Dubrovnik, dear before you go home" 

'Cause it's the kind of a town where you'll be likely to fall 

And all the toni cognoscenti find the Balkans a ball 

You gotta ring them bells, you gotta ring them bells 

You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells 

It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling 

You gotta ring them bells 

And so she went to Dubruvnik and the very first day 

She met a guy on the beach who took her reason away 

Yes, it was love at first sight and quite a beautiful scene 

She said, "My name is Shirl Devore", he said, "I'm Norm Saperstein" 

She said, "Are you from New York", he said, "That can't be denied 

I've got a swell junior three at number five, Riverside" 

"Five? Five Riverside Drive in New York, that's where you live?" 

"That's, that's where I live, Five? Are you sure?" 

As if that wasn't enough for Shirley thought she'd gone deaf 

When he told her his apartment there was 29 F 

Yes, she was 'E', he was 'F' and they had not even met 

Until she traveled the world to Yugoslavia yet 

He'd always been right next door and she would never have known 

If she hadn't tried Dubrovnik, she might still be alone 

Well, there's a moral to learn from little Shirley Devore 

Who had to borrow a thou' to find a lover next door 

You girls who live in apartments, don't just stare at the wall 

Open up the door and hurry out in the hall 

And, oh ring them bells, come on, come on, ring them bells 

Make 'em sing, you'd better ring the bells 

It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling 

You gotta swing them, ring them, swing them, ring them bells