From: It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman!
Writing in ANYTHING GOES (Oxford University Press 2013), Ethan Mordden calls this the show's "best number. ... What Lavin is doing [while singing it] is fiddling with Clark's tie and undoing his shirt buttons, thus imperiling his secret identity as the famous red, blue, and yellow suit starts to appear. [Orchestrator] Sauter rose to the occasion with a captivating scoring, giving each A of the number to a different combination: first, clarinets and a thumping string bass, then sustained lower strings (the pit had no violins), then drums. And Lavin made a banquet of the vocal, building very gradually from a baby voice to nobody-gets-out-of-here-alive belt, goofing with the words and even--just once--spinning one with vibrato."
Hair cut - simply terrible.
Neck tie - the worst.
Bearing - just unbearable.
What to tackle first?
Still, you've got possibilities,
Though you're horribly square.
I see possibilities;
Underneath there's something there.
Collar - pure Peoria.
That hat - oh no!
I'm not Queen Victoria -
This suit has to go.
Still, you've got possibilities
Let us give it a try.
I see possibilities
Maybe more than meets the eye.
Don't back away.
Come on, unbend.
Why can't I be
Your little friend?
Baby, you're improvable.
It won't take long.
Mountains can be moveable
If the spirit's strong.
You've got possibilities;
Takes a woman to tell.
I see possibilities.
Let me pry you from your shell.
Relax, sweetheart, I'm not going to bite you - yet.
You won't be shy
When I get through.
Come on and roar,
You, tiger, you!
Somewhere, way down deep in you
There's life, no doubt.
It's just been asleep in you.
Let me bring it out.
You've got possibilities,
Maybe even a lot.
Red hot possibilities -
Why be shy and ill at ease?
I see possibilities
You don't even know you've got.