- published: 28 Apr 2016
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Carefree is a 1938 musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. With a plot similar to screwball comedies of the period, Carefree is the shortest of the Astaire-Rogers films, featuring only four musical numbers. Carefree is often remembered as the film in which Astaire and Rogers shared a long on-screen kiss at the conclusion of their dance to "I Used to Be Color Blind," all previous kisses having been either quick pecks or simply implied.
Carefree was a reunion for the Astaire and Rogers after a brief hiatus following Shall We Dance. The next film in the series, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), would be their final RKO film together, although they would reunite in 1949 for MGM's The Barkleys of Broadway.
Psychiatrist Dr. Tony Flagg (Fred Astaire) does his friend Stephen Arden (Ralph Bellamy) a favor by taking on his fiancee, Amanda Cooper (Ginger Rogers), as a patient. Amanda, a singer on the radio, can't seem to make a decision about Stephen's many proposals of marriage, so Tony probes her subconscious, but in the process Amanda falls in love with him. He tries to cure her with hypnosis, but this only leads to chaos, as Amanda wanders around in a carefree hypnotic state.
I can't believe that it took so long to play this
game of hide and seek it's not like im a wallflower
waiting in the wings for you to free
i wear my heart on my sleeve and i haven't changed
from being the girl in the back of the class
talking smack too laid back they said man
when is she gonna get it all together
i lost my eyes on my pride and its no surprise that
you can't tell no lies to yourself unless you need
an alibi well i found my way many nights many days
of searching for my tracks not ive come to get them back okay
ive got my feet on the ground my head in the clouds
i follow my heart its in the right place
ive got my soul on my sleeve 100% garunteed
i ain't got nothing on me but my carefree
oh i tried so hard to be a soldier
but ended up crashing my own roller coaster
breaking rules and following suit
who knows if ill find it but im looking for the truth
undisciplined and out of control too much overstimulation
for a sensitive soul overeducated underlearned
a blond with an iq of arizonas temperature
lolly gaggin dally waggin they said give
it up it ain't never gonna happen
tried to listen to the man behind the curtain
blowing smoke up my ass then
the bridges started burning i was looking in the mirror
and my eyes were getting clearer you cant change the past
you can only change the future
ive got my feet on the ground my head in the clouds i follow my heart its in the right place ive got my soul on my sleeve 100% guarunteed i ain't got nothing on me but my carefree
(breakdown)
ive got my feet on the ground my head in the clouds
i follow my heart its in the right place
im taking my time im blurring the lines
like the wind in the chimes i sing my own way
ive got my feet on the ground my head in the clouds i follow my heart its in the right place ive got my soul on my sleeve 100% guarunteed i ain't got nothing on me but my carefree
oh ive got no regrets i know life is not a test
im giving my best and im not hurried
i take my foot off the brakes oh an go my own way