"I mean much more to me than I mean to anybody I ever knew!"

I Ain't Down Yet
from The Unsinkable Molly Brown
performed by Debbie Reynolds

I ain’t down yet!

You’re down, Molly! Holler “uncle”!
I ain’t never shoutin’ “uncle” to you or nobody,
‘cuz I ain’t never down!

Come on, Molly, you’re tuckered.
Why don’t you quit?

Sure, I’m tuckered and I might give out,
but I won’t give in!
How can anybody say that I’m down?
Look. I’m thinking.
I’m thinking very hard how to break through.
Maybe here, maybe there, maybe no place.
But, there’ll come a time when
nuthin’, nor nobody
wants me down like I wants me up!
Up where the people are, up where the talkin’ is,
up where the jokes goin’ on.
Now, looky here, I am important to me!
Ain’t no bottom to no pile!
I mean much more to me
than I mean to anybody I ever knew!
Certainly more than I mean
to any ?????, ?????ers like you guys!
Go ahead, break my arm…
me say “uncle”…hooo!
Doesn’t make a bit o’ difference
for you to keep sayin’ I’m down
‘til I say so, too!
D’ya ever try steppin’ on a piss ant?
Well, there’s one now. Jump ‘im, stump ‘im!
Thinkin’ you got ‘im? Thinkin’ he’s quit?
He don’t think so. There he goes!
And you can be positive sure
I’m as good as any piss ant that ever lived!
Oh, I hate that word “down”!
But, I love that word “up”!
‘Cuz “up” means “hope” an’ that’s jus’ what I got!
Hope!