How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway lyrics

How big can you get,
can you get,
can you get.
How big can you get ,
aren't you big enough yet?
So why are you stretchin up taller than tall
for the bigger you get, the harder you fall
oooh
how rich can you get,
can you get
can you get
you're gonna regret,
yes, the richer you get
remember the more that you're achin to make
it's the dough you forget
the government takes

Folks, here's a story about Minnie the Moocher
She was a red hot hoochie-koocher
She was the roughest, toughest frail
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale
Hidee hidee hidee hi
Oh oh oh oh
Hee dee hee dee hee dee hee
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
She messed around with a bloke named Smoky
She loved him though he was cokey
He took her down to Chinatown
And he showed her how to kick the gong around