Too Soon

I'm a big girl, Mrs. Bogen

Oh, of course

Just be a little careful, huh?

Careful?

Making a success is like baking a cake

Just from out of thin air you never make

Eggs and flour, milk and sugar, you must use, yes

The same likewise with success

I can see on the label how it would read

"Success contained herein is made from the finest ingredients"

Five hundred borrowed dollars, one Bronx brain, very clever

Lots of nerve, pure ambition, and assorted people

Only the best people we guarantee

Are being used in this time-tested recipe

Ruthie, Ruthie, what can I say? Take care

Sometimes some men pushing fast ahead forget where they came from

And how they got there

I know that, Mrs. Bogen[MRS. BOGEN, spoken]

Do you?

(sung)

Too soon, don’t give your heart away

Too soon, oh no, don't let it go

Too late, you'll learn if you’re not loved in return

The world's a hundred times more lonely

Wait, wait a while

True love won't run away

Love that's for real will stay

You may have tears tomorrow

If too soon you give your heart

Today

You ready, Ruthie?

I'm ready

And we're not going to Schrav's this time, either

Goodnight, Mrs. Bogen

Goodnight, Ruthie

Ruthie, just be a little

Have a good time, hm?

(sung)

Wait, wait a while

True love won't run away

Love that’s for real will stay

You may have tears tomorrow

If too soon you give your heart

Today