Letra Better Luck Next Time de Perry Como original

'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 could never be'
Because there ain't gonna be no next time for me . . .

< instrumental verse >

I would 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 could never be,
Because there ain't gonna be no next time for me . . .
There ain't gonna be no next time for me . . .

~ from the M-G-M film 'Easter Parade'
Words and Music by Irving Berlin