Rosie:      He's going in the Army   It's the best thing he could do   Now we're free to start to do   What we wanted to   Albert, Albert, A-A-A-Albert!   I remember how you told me   I should trust you for a year   It would just be for a year   But it's eight years, Albert!   Eight long years, Albert!   Albert:   Rosie, it takes time to go to business.   Rosie:   It was only a sideline   That's what you said   You just needed some money   That's what you said   You were going to college and get ahead   Instead of being a music business bum   You were going to NYU   And become an English teacher   An English teacher, an English teacher.   If only you'd been an English teacher   We'd have a little apartment in Queens   You'd get a summer vacation   And we would know what life means   A man who's got his masters   Is really someone   How proud I'd be if you had become one   It could have been such a wonderful life   I could have been Mrs. Peterson   Mrs. Albert Peterson,   Mrs. Phi Beta Kappa Peterson,   The English teacher's wife!   Albert:   Oh Rosie, I told you as soon as I get a few bucks ahead...   Rosie:   You said it before, Albert!   And along came Conrad Birdie...   And it was goodbye Jeffery Josser   Hello William Morris   Goodbye NYU,   Hello all ALMAELOU   'Cause when you wrote Canard's first hit   Agha-bagha-boo   Then I knew that was it   You were through with English   Forever...   An English teacher is really someone   How proud I'd be if you had become one   It could have been such a wonderful life   I could have been Mrs. Peterson   Mrs. Albert Peterson,   Mrs. Phi Beta Kappa Peterson,   The English teacher's wife!