Barbra Streisand

Released: June 29, 1993

Songwriter: Frank Loesser

Producer: David Foster

They call you lady luck
But there is room for doubt
At times you have a very un-lady-like way
Of running out

Your on a date with me
The pickings have been lush
And yet before this evening is over you might give me the brush
You might forget your manners
You might refuse to stay
And so the best that I can do is pray...

Luck be a lady tonight, luck be a lady tonight
Luck if you've ever been a lady to begin with
Luck be a lady tonight

Luck how I'm longing to see
How good a friend you can be
Stick with me sister, I'm the one that you came in with
Luck be a lady with me

A lady doesn't leave her escort
It isn't fair, it isn't nice
A lady doesn't wander all over the joint
And blow on some other guy's dice

So, let's keep the party polite
Hmm...
Never get out of my sight
Stick with me sister
I'm the gal that I came in with
Luck be a lady tonight!

A lady wouldn't flirt with strangers
She'd have heart, she would have a soul
A lady wouldn't make little sneak eyes at you
When I've bet my life on this roll

So, let's keep the party polite
Neeeee...ver get out of my sight
Stick with me pal
Cause I'm the gal that you came in with
Luck be a lady...
Luck be a lady...
Luck be lady tonight!

Barbra Streisand is an Oscar-winning, Tony-winning, Emmy-winning, Golden Globe-winning Broadway legend, film star, movie director and one of the biggest-selling recording artists of all time - a staggering amount of accomplishments for someone whose mother insisted she not to go into show business.

By the time she was sixteen, she’d graduated high school and was living on her own in Manhattan. After winning a talent contest at a gay bar on West 9th Street, Streisand’s ‘spellbinding’ voice quickly became popular at New York clubs and in Broadway shows. After appearances on a number of popular television shows including The Tonight Show, Streisand signed with Columbia Records and released several top 10 albums in the 1960s, scoring two US top 40 hits with “People” and “Second Hand Rose”.

Her success as a recording artist continued through the 1970s with several more gold/platinum-certified albums and four US “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”, “No More Tears”, the Oscar-winning “The Way We Were”, and the Academy Award-winning “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)”. The 1980s would begin with Streisand’s biggest-selling release of her career Guilty, a collaborative effort with BeeGees member Barry Gibb. It topped the albums chart in several countries and as did its lead single “Woman In Love”.

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