Beginner's Luck

Beginner's Luck
music by George Gershwin (left)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

At any gambling casino from Monte Carlo to Reno,
They tell you that a beginner comes out a winner.
Beginner fishing for flounder will catch a seventeen pounder.
That's what I always heard and always thought absurd,
But now I believe ev'ry word,
For---

I've got beginner's luck:
The first time that I'm in love, I'm in love with you.
(Gosh, I'm lucky!)
I've got beginner's luck:
There never was such a smile or such eyes of blue!
(Gosh, I'm fortunate!)

The thing we've begun is much more than a pastime,
For this time is the one where the first time is last time!
I've got beginner's luck, lucky through and through,
'Cause the first time that I'm in love, I'm in love with you...

I've got beginner's luck,
They told me beginner's win now I know it's true!
(Gosh I'm fortunate!)

The thing we've begun is much more than a pastime,
For this time is the one where the first time is the last time!
I've got beginner's luck, lucky through and through,
'Cause the first time that I'm in love,
The very first time that I'm in love,
The first time that I'm in love, I'm in love with you...