Original Broadway Cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz - Dirty Rotten Number lyrics

You may be master of your chosen occupation
With several strings of
Polo ponies in your stable-
You must remember all the same
That at the crux of every game
Is knowing when it's time to leave the table
And it's important to be artful
In your exit-
No turning back, you must accept
The con is done
But now and then, you might recall
The moments when you had it all-
You had the charm you had the talent
And, my God, you had some fun
It was a ball, it was a blast
And it's a shame it couldn't last
But every chapter has to end you must agree
It was a joy, it was sublime
A splendid way to earn a dime
For a dirty rotten guy like me
When you look back on all your
Conquests and deceptions
You see a thousand flawless pearls
Set in a strand
Laid out from Biarritz to Rome
Each one as perfect as a poem-
An opus to be proud of though it's
Written in the sand
It was a ball, it was a thrill
You had the grace, you had the skill
To know exactly what to say and what to do
You wouldn't trade a single day
Or have it any other way-
A dirty rotten guy like you

It's almost a religion-
The need to take a pigeon
And to play your part with elegance and zest
But when it's time to fold the act
And your duffel bag is packed
Take comfort in the fact
That you've been working with the best
It was a blast, it was a ball
It was a gas, I loved it all
'Cause, I was hanging with the man
And that's a plus

Aw, Freddy you've got the verve

You've got the guts-

You've got the nerve-

You've got the nuts!

I guess we're dirty rotten crooks

We're dirty rotten schnucks

Dirty rotten guys

Oh!

It was a trip, it was a blast
It was a shame it couldn't last
'Cause it was almost
Too prodigious to discuss

So we got screwed for fifty-grand-

I think we still deserve a hand-

Dirty rotten guys- like us