No Way to Stop It Marion Marlowe, Kurt Kaznar & Theodore Bikel

[ELSA]
You dear attractive dewy-eyed idealist
Today you have to learn to be a realist

[MAX]
You may be bent on doing deeds of derring-do
But up against a shark, what can a herring do?

[ELSA]
Be wise, compromise

[CAPTAIN VON TRAPP]
Compromise and be wise

[ELSA]
Let them think you're on their side, be noncommittal

[CAPTAIN VON TRAPP]
I will not bow my head to the men I despise

[MAX]
You won't have to bow your head, just stoop a little

[ELSA]
Why not learn to put your faith and your reliance
On an obvious and simple fact of science?