Doctor, lawyer, indian chiefbetty huttonwords by paul francis webstermusic by hoagy carmichaelpeaked at # 1 in 1946competing version charted by les brown (#6) and hoagy carmichael (#18)sung by hutton in the film andquot;stork clubandquot;, also starring barry fitzgerald, don defore, andy russell and robert benchleythereand's a doctor livinand' in your townthereand's a lawyer and an indian, tooand neither doctor, lawyer nor injun chiefcould love you any more than i dothereand's a barrel of fish in the oceanthereand's a lot of little birds in the blueand and'neither fish nor fowlandquot; says the wise old owlcould love you any more than i do no! no! no! it couldnand't be true that anyone else could love you like i do iand'm gonna warn all the *dead-eyed dicks* that youand're the chick with the slickest tricks and every tick of my ticker ticks for you, follow throughtell the doc to stick to his practicetell the lawyer to settle his casesend the injun chief and his tommy-hawkback to little rain-in-the-faceand'cause you know! know! know! it couldnand't be true that anyone else could love you like i doandlt;very brief instrumental breakandgt; (no! no! no! it couldnand't be true) (that anyone else could love you like i do) and, confidentially, i confess i sent a note to the local press that iand'll be changinand' my home address for you, follow throughtell the doc to stick to his practicetell the lawyer to settle his casesend the injun chief and his tommy-hawkback to little rain-in-the-faceand'cause you know! know! know! it couldnand't be true that anyone else could love you like i do no! no! no! it couldnand't be true that anyone else could love you like i do iand'm gonna send a hot *communeek* to warn the boys down at cripple creek that every dimple on your dimpled cheek is mine, so to speaktell the (doc!) to stick to his practicetell the (lawyer!) to settle his casesend the (injun chief!) and his tommy-hawkback to little rain-in-the-face (woo-woo-woo, woo-woo-woo)and'cause you know! know! know! it couldnand't be true that anyone else could love you like i do(like i do)(like i do)andlt;fadeandgt;(like i do)andlt;louderandgt;like i do!!!transcriberand's notes *communeek* is an intentional mispronunciation of the word andquot;communiqueandquot;. also,a andquot;dickandquot; was slang for a detective or private eye. per the dictionary, andquot;dead-eyeandquot; means an expert marksman. a dead-eyed dick (or possibly andquot;dead-eye dickandquot;) in the context of the songrefers to someone andquot;aiming atandquot; or andquot;with his sights onandquot; someone...but like the doctor, lawyer, etc., bettysays that they can all just go peddle their papers elsewhere
