I need the lyrics to the title song of Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety," but
I don't have the time to rent and watch the movie.  Could you forward
them to me or (less preferably) tell me from where I can download them?

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Request for Question Clarification by leep-ga on 18 Oct 2002 22:37 PDT

Great question that I thought was going to be an easy answer.  I often
annoy certain friends by singing parts of this song.  Growing up I
repeatedly listened to the High Anxiety soundtrack (which included a
bunch of great non-High Anxiety Mel Brooks songs).   I just discovered
that I no longer have the album.  And so far I haven't located the
full lyrics online.  But here's the main verse that I do remember:

High Anxiety - Whenever you’re near 
Ooh, ’Xiety - It’s you that I fear 
My heart’s afraid to fly 
It’s crashed before 
But then you take my hand 
My heart wants to soar 
once more.   (key change!)

... High Anxiety, you win. 

some of the above lines are also mentioned at the following site
(although I disagree with a word or two that they have for the lyrics)
"The authentic spirit of Broadway"
http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/19/jun01/steyn.htm

Do you happen to recall how many verses are in the song or any words
from the other verses?  I'm still in the process of checking with a
few other sources for the full lyrics.


leep-ga

Hello again danj!  I'm posting this as an answer because I believe
they are the only two verses in the song.  I have included two
slightly different versions of them:

High Anxiety -- whenever you're near,
High Anxiety -- it's you that I fear.
My heart's afraid to fly, it's crashed before.
But then you take my hand, and my heart starts to soar
Once more. . . Key change!

High Anxiety -- it's always the same.
High Anxiety -- it's you that I blame.
It's very clear to me, I've got to give in!
High Anxiety --
         -- and remember, kids, be good to your folks - they've
        been good to you --
                                 -- you win!

above from:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=6kbm7u%24etc%243%40cnn.cc.biu.ac.il&output=gplain


High Anxiety, whenever you're near...
High Anxiety, it's you that I fear.
My heart's afraid to fly. It's crashed before.
But then you take my hand, and my heart starts to soar,
Once morrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre

High Aniety, it's always the same....
High Anxiety, it's you that I blame.
It's very clear to me....I've got to give in.
High Anxiety.

       YOUUUUU 

                WIN!

above from:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=4cnfid%2467k%40netaxs.com&output=gplain

I hope this information is helpful.  If you would like for me to
clarify any part of my answer or further research your question,
please let me know before issuing a rate.  Thanks!


leep-ga


search strategy--
on google groups < groups.google.com >:
"High Anxiety" + "crashed before"

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.  When I get the time, I'll
rent the video so that I can listen to the music, which I assume was
recorded too long ago to be downloaded.