"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