(I've Got) Beginner's Luck
From the film "Shall We Dance" 
Composer(s): George & Ira Gershwin
Performer(s: Fred Astaire;
and various other artists


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 
They told me beginners 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
I'm in love with you 

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've always heard 
And always thought absurd, 
But now, I believe every word  

I've got beginner's luck 
The first time that I'm in love 
I'm in love with you 

I've got beginner's luck 
There never was such a smile 
Or such eyes of blue 

This thing we've begun 
Is much more than a pastime
For this time is the one 
Where the first time is the last time 

'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