Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch Again! Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch Again! Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch Again! Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch Right! That connects with... Turn, turn, out, in, jump, step, Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch. Got it?... Going on. And... Turn, turn, touch, down, back, step, Pivot, step, walk, walk, walk. Right! Let's do the whole combination, Facing away from the mirror. From the top. A-Five, six, seven, eight! God, I hope I get it. I hope I get it. How many people does he need? How many people does he need? God, I hope I get it. I hope I get it. How many boys, how many girls? How many boys, how many...? Look at all the people! At all the people. How many people does he need? How many boys, how many girls? How many people does he...? I really need this job. Please God, I need this job. I've got to get this job. God, I really blew it! I really blew it! How could I do a thing like that? How could I do a thing like... Now I'll never make it! I'll never make it! He doesn't like the way I look. He doesn't like the way I dance. He doesn't like the way I... GOD, I think I've got it. I think I've got it. I knew he liked me all the time. Still it isn't over. What's coming next? It isn't over. What happens now? I can't imagine what he wants. I can't imagine what he... God, I hope I get it! I hope I get it. I've come this far, but even so It could be yes, it could be no, How many people does he...? I really need this job. My unemployment is gone. Please, God, I need this job. I knew I had it from the start. I've got to get this show. Who am I anyway? Am I my resume? That is a picture of a person I don't know. What does he want from me? What should I try to be? So many faces all around, and here we go. I need this job, oh God, I need this show.
I'm watchin' Sis Go pitterpat. Said, "I can do that, I can do that." Knew ev'ry step Right off the bat. Said, "I can do that, I can do that." One morning Sis won't go to dance class I grabbed her shoes and tights and all, But my foot's too small, So, I stuff her shoes With extra socks, Run seven blocks In nothin' flat. Hell, I can do that, I can do that. I got to class And had it made, And so I stayed The rest of my life. All thanks to Sis Now married and fat, I can do this. That I can do! I can do that.
Daddy always thought that he married beneath him. That's what he said, that's what he said. When he proposed he informed my mother He was probably her very last chance. And though she was twenty-two, Though she was twenty-two, Though she was twenty-two, She married him. Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic More like a "Come as you are." When I was five I remember my mother Dug earrings out of the car I knew they weren't hers, But it wasn't Something you'd want to discuss. He wasn't warm. Well, not to her. Well, not to us But Everything was beautiful at the ballet. Graceful men lift lovely girls in white. Yes, Everything was beautiful at ballet. Hey! I was happy... at the ballet. That's why I started class... Up a steep and very narrow stairway. To the voice like a metronome. Up a steep and very narrow stairway. It wasn't paradise... It wasn't paradise... It wasn't paradise... But it was home. Mother always said I'd be very attractive When I grew up, when I grew up. "Diff'rent," she said, "With a special something And a very, very personal flair." And though I was eight or nine, Though I was eight or nine, Though I was eight or nine, I hated her. Now, "Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty. "Pretty" is what it's about. I never met anyone who was "diff'rent" Who couldn't figure that out. So beautiful I'd never lived to see. But it was clear, If not to her, Well, then... to me... That ... Everyone is beautiful at the ballet. Every prince has got to have his swan. Yes, Everyone is beautiful at the ballet. Hey!... I was pretty... At the ballet Up a steep and very narrow stairway To the voice like a metronome. Up a steep and very narrow stairway It wasn't paradise... It wasn't paradise... It wasn't paradise... But it was home. I don't know what they were for or against, really, except each other. I mean I was born to save their marriage but when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital he said, "Well, I thought this was going to help. but I guess it's not..." Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life. I used to dance around the living room with my arms up like this My fantasy was that I was an Indian Chief... And he'd say to me, "Maggie, do you wanna dance?" And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance!" Doo-doo-doo-doo But it was clear... Doo-doo-doo When he proposed... Doo-doo-doo That I was born to help their marriage and when Doo-doo-doo-doo That's what he said...Doo-doo-doo That's what she said... Doo-doo-doo I used to dance around the living room... Doo-doo-doo-doo He wasn't warm... Doo-doo-doo Not to her... It was an Indian chief and he'd say: "Maggie, do you wanna dance?" And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to..." Everything was beautiful at the ballet, Raise your arms and someone's always there. Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet, At the ballet, At the ballet!!! Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet. HEY!... I was pretty... I was happy... "I would love to..." At...the...ballet.
See I really couldn't sing I could never really sing ...Sing! ..Note. ..Throat. ...Thing. What I couldn't do was... I have trouble with a... It goes all around my... It's a terrifying... See, I reall couldn't hear Which not was lower or was... If someone says, "Let's start a... ...Higher ...Choir. Hey, when I begin to... It's a cross between a... And a quiver or a... It's a little like a... Or the record player... What its doesn't have is... ...Shreik. ...Squeak. ...Moan. ...Croak. ...Broke. ...Tone. Oh I know you're thinking What a crazy... But I really couldn't... I could never really... What I couldn't do was... ...Dingaling. ...Sing. ...Sing. ...Sing! Three blind mice. Three blind mice. It isn't intentional... She's doing her best, Jingle bells, jingle bells... Jingle bells, jingle bells... It really blows my mind She gets depressed But what I lack in pitch I sure Make up in... ...Power. And all my friends say I am Perfect for the Shower. Still, I'm terrific at a... Guys are comin' in their... I'm a birdie on the... But when I begin to... They say, "who's the little... ...Goin' 'pong' instead of... ...Dance. ...Pants. ...Wing. ...Chirp. ...Twerp ...Ping. And when Christmas comes ans All my friends go... Caroling, It is so dishearten... It is so disquiet... It is so discourag... Darling, please stop answer... ...-Ning. ...-Ting. ...-Ging. ...-Ring! ...Sing. ...Sing. See, I really couldn't... I could never really... What I couldn't do was... Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do Do, ti, la, sol, fa, mi, re, do La La... La La... Sing, sing Sing a sing a sing sing Sing, sing Sing, Sing Never sing a note. Please never, Never sing a note, Don't ever... ...Sing. Sing!
Goodbye twelve, Goodbye thirteen, Hello love. Why do I pay for all those lessons? Dance for Gran'ma! Dance for Gran'ma! My God, that Steve McQueen's reall sexy, Bob Goulet out, Steve McQueen in! You cannot go to the movies Until you finish your homework. Wash the car, Stop pickin' your nose. Oh, darling, you're not old enough to wear a bra. You've got nothing to hold it up. Locked in the bathroom with Peyton Place. Tits! When am I gonna grow tits? If Troy Donahue can ne a movie star, Then I could be a movie star. But the thing that made my Daddy laugh so much Was when I used to jump and dance around the living room... Please take this message To Mother from me. Carry it with you Across the blue sea. "Mother, oh, Mother, Wherever I go Your Maggie is missin' you so." "Mother, oh, Mother, Wherever I go Your Maggie is missin' you so." Dad would take Mom to Roseland. She'd come home with her shoes on her hand. Mama fat, Always in the kitchen cooking all the time. Darling, I can tell you now, Your father went through life with an open fly. Tits! Where are my tits? Listen to your mother. those stage and movie people got there Because they're special. You take after your father's side of the family, The ugly side. Wait until your father gets home. Swear to God and hope to die. Goodbye twelve Goodbye thirteen Hello La-a-a-ove. Early to bed, Early to rise. Your broad goes out Other guys. A diaphragm, a diaphragm. I thought a diaphragm was up Here, Where you breathe. I bought a car. I bought my first car. Padiddle. Changes, oh, Up a-... Ev'ry girl I know has lockjaw of Down below. The legs. You're not leaving this house 'Til you're Twenty-one. The ugliest boy asked me to the Prom, I stayed home. Life is a ashtray. Shit. Made it through High School Without Growing tits. ...Doubt, To break out It's a mess. My trouble is wine, women, and Song. I can't get any of 'em. Time to grow, Time to go, A-do... Your brother's going to Medical School, And you're dropping out to be a Chorus boy. Nothing! Steve McQueen out. Nureyev in! You gotta know somebody to be Somebody. Gra-du-a-tion! All you run around with are Bums. I got nancy's picture, Annabelle's Locket, Cynthia's ring and Lucy's pants. Head-on collision! Eddie got killed... Let's dance, let's dance. What am I gonna say when he calls on me? My only adolescence, my only adolescence My only adolescence. My only adolescence. My only adolescence... Where did it go? It was so... Where did it go? It was so... Where did it go? It was so... Where did it go? It was so... Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior. Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen. Suddenly I'm Seventeen and Suddenly I'm Seventeen and... Suddenly I'm Seventeen and... Suddenly, There's a lot I am not Certain of, Goodbye twelve, Goodbye thirteen, Hello... 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Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, Gimme the ball, Gimme the ball, Gimme the ball. Yeah! Gimme the ball, Gimme the ball, Gimme the ball. Yeah! I was always runnin' around shoutin', "Gimme the ball, Gimme the ball, Gimme the ball. Yeah!" I was so enthusiastic. I was in to ev'rything. The yearbook is filled wiht my pictures, And I was lucky 'cause I got A scholarship to college. A scholarship to college! So he went. Yes, I went. Yes, he went. So I'm gonna be this kindergarten teacher... Imagine me- this kindergarten teacher? And I thought... Shit. Shit, Richie. Shit. Shit, Richie. What are you gonna be? Shit, Richie,Shit, Richie. When you get shoved Shit, Richie,Shit, Richie. Outta here, Honey, ain't nobody Shit, Richie, Shit, Richie Gonna be standin' there With no scholarship to life. Shit, Richie, Shit, Richie. And I was scared. Shit, Richie. Scared. Shit, Richie. Scared!! Shit, Richie. My braces gone My pimples gone. My childhood gone, Goodbye Goodbye twelve. Goodbye thirteen. Goodbye fourteen. Goodbye fifteen. Goodbye sixteen. Goodbye seventeen. Hello love. Go to it. Go to it. Go to it. Go to it. Go to it. Go to it. And now life really begins. Go to it. And now life really begins. Go to it. And now life really beigins. Go to it. And now life really begins. Go to it. Go to it.
I'm so excited because I'm gonna go to the High School of Performing Arts! I mean, I was dying to be a serious actress. Anyway, it's the first day acting class and we're in the auditorium and the teacher, Mr. Karp... Oh, Mr. Karp... Anyway, he puts us up on the stage with our legs around each other, one in back of the other and he says: "Okay... we're going to do improvisations. Now, you're on a bobsled. It's snowing out. And it's cold...Okay...GO!" Ev'ry day for a week we would try to Feel the motion, feel the motion Down the hill. Ev'ry day for a week we would try to Hear the wind rush, hear the wind rush, Feel the chill. And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul To see what I had inside. Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul And I tried, I tried. And everybody's goin' "Whooooosh, whooooosh... I feel the snow... I feel the cold... I feel the air." And Mr. Karp turns to me and he says, "Okay, Morales. What did you feel?" And I said..."Nothing, I'm feeling nothing," And he says "Nothing Could get a girl transferred." They all felt something, But I felt nothing Except the feeling That this bullshit was absurd! But I said to myself, "Hey, it's only the first week. Maybe it's genetic. They don't have bobsleds in San Juan!" Second week, more advanced, and we had to Be a table, be a sportscar... Ice-cream cone. Mister Karp, he would say,"Very good, except Morales. Try, Morales, All alone." And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul To see how an ice cream felt. Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul And I tried to melt. The kids yelled, "Nothing!" They called me "Nothing" And Karp allowed it, Which really makes me burn. The were so helpful. They called me "Hopeless", Until I really didn't know Where else to turn. And Karp kept saying, "Morales, I think you should transfer to Girl's High, You'll never be an actress, Never!" Jesus Christ! Went to church, praying, "Santa Maria, Send me guidance, send me guidance," On my knees. Went to church, praying, "Santa Maria, Help me feel it, help me feel it. Pretty please!" And a voice from down at the bottom of my soul Came up to the top of my head. And the voice from down at the bottom of my soul, Here is what it said: "This man is nothing! This course is nothing! If you want something, Go find another class. And when you find one You'll be an actress." And I assure you that's what Fin'lly came to pass. Six months later I heard that Karp had died. And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul... And cried. 'Cause I felt... nothing.
Dance: ten; Looks; three. And I' still on unemployment, Dancing for my own enjoyment. That ain't it, kid. That ain't it, kid. "Dance: ten; Looks; three," I like to die! Left the theatre and Called the doctor for My appointment to buy Tits and ass. Bought myself a fancy pair. Tightened up the derriere. Did the nose with it. All that goes with it. Tits and ass! Had the bingo-bongos done. Suddenly I'm getting nash'nal tours! Tits and ass won't get you jobs Unless they're yours. Didn't cost a fortune neither. Didn't hurt my sex life either. Flat and sassy, I would get the strays and losers. Beggars really can't be choosers. That ain't it, kid. That ain't it, kid. Fised the chassis. "How do you do!" Life turned into and Endless medley of "Gee it had to be you!" Why? Tits and ass! Where the cupboard once was bare Now you knock and someone's there. You have got 'em, hey. Top to bottom, hey. It's a gas! Just a dash of silicone. Shake your new maracas and you fine! Tits and ass can change your life. They sure changed mine. Have it all done. Honey, take my word. Grab a cab, c'mon. See the wizard on Park and Seventy-Third For Tits and ass. Orchestra or balcony. What they want is whatcha see. Keep the best of you. Do the rest of you. Pits or class. I have never seen it fail. Debutante or chorus girl or wife. Tits and ass, Yes, tits and ass Have changedMy Life!
Give me somebody to dance for, Give me somebody to show. Let me wake up in the morning to find I have somewhere exciting to go. To have something that I can believe in. To have something to be. Use me Choose me. God, I'm a dancer, A dancer dances! Give me somebody to dance with. Give me a place to fit in. Help me return to the world of the living By showing me how to begin. Play the music. Give me the chance to come through. All I ever needed was the music, and the mirror, And the chance to dance for you. Give me a job and you instantly get me involved. If you give me a job, Then the rest of the crap will get solved. Put me to work, You would think that by now I'm allowed. I'll do you proud. Throw me a rope to grab on to. Helpome to prove that I'm strong. Give me the chance to look forward to sayin' "Hey. listen, they're playing my song." Play me the music. Give me the chance to come through. All I ever needed was the music, and the mirror, And the chance to dance Play me the music, Play me the music, Play me the music. Give me the chance to come through. All I ever needed was the music, and the mirror, And the chance to dance
One Singular sensation Ev'ry little step she takesOneThrilling combination Ev'ry move that she makes One smile and suddenly nobody else will doYou know you'll never be lonely With you-know-whoOne moment in her presence And you can forget the rest For the girl is second best to none, son Ooh! Sigh! Give her your attention Do I really have to mention She's the one One Singular sensation Ev'ry little step she takesOne Thrilling combination Ev'ry move that she makes One smile and suddenly nobody else will doYou know you'll never be lonely With you-know-who One moment in her presence And you can forget the rest For the girl is second best to none, son Ooh! Sigh! Give her your attention Do I really have to mention She's the one One, two, shoulder up Singular sensation Point an' point Leap, step, kick Hat to the head Three, four Leap with the hip Follow through Up, down Feel the phrase Elbow right, down, point Step, brush, Three, four, suddenly nobody Step, flick, step, up Step an' step, slow Three, four, five, six, Hat, kick, step, brush, Five, six Back, back! For the girl is second best to none, sonOoh! Sigh! Give her your attention Do I really have to mention She's the one One singular sensation Ev'ry little step she takes One thrilling combination Ev'ry move that she makes One smile and suddenly nobody else will doYou know you'll never be lonely With you-know-whoOne moment in her presence And you can forget the rest For the girl is second best to none, son Ooh! Sigh! Give her your attention Do I really have to mention She's the one One! One! One! ONE
Kiss today goodbye, The sweetness and the sorrow. Wish me luck, the same to you. But I can't regret What I did for love, what I did for love. Look my eyes are dry. The gift was ours to borrow. It's as if we always knew, And I won't forget what I did for love, What I did for love. Gone, Love is never gone. As we travel on, Love's what we'll remember. Kiss today goodbye, And point me t'ward tomorrow. We did what we had to do. Won't forget, can't regret What I did for love.What I did for love.What I did for love.Love is never gone As we travel one Love's what we'll remember Kiss today goodbye. And point me t'ward tomorrow. Point me t'ward tomorrow We did what we had to do. Won't forget, can't regret What I did for love. What I did for love. What I did for love