Better Luck Next Time

Judy Garland Database

Lyrics to "Better Luck Next Time"

Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1947
For more information, see Judy's Movie Songs Page
Performed by Judy Garland (with assistance from Clinton Sundberg)
in the film Easter Parade, 1948

Spoken by Mike, the bartender:

For ev'ry rose that withers and dies
Another blooms in it's stead.
A new love waits to open its eyes
After the old love is dead.

Sung by Hannah:

That sounds alright in a careless rhyme
But there's seldom a second time

Better luck next time
That could never be
Because there ain't gonna be no next time
for me - no siree

Made up my mind
To make another start
I've made my mind up but I can't make up
my heart

I'd like a new lucky day
That would be nice
But this comes just once in a lifetime
not twice

So don't say better luck next time
That can never be
Because there ain't gonna be no next time
for me.

Contributed by Ruth