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SONDHEIM SING‐A‐LONG 31 Let me entertain you Gypsy 1 Agony Into the Woods 32 Little lamb Gypsy 2 All I need is the girl Gypsy 33 Losing my mind Follies 3 America West Side Story A Funny Thing Another Hundred 34 Love I hear Happened ... 4 People Company 35 Maria West Side Story 5 Anyone can whistle Anyone Can Whistle 36 Multitudes of Amy’s Company 6 Ballad of Guiteau Assassins 37 No one is alone Into the Woods Ballad of Sweeney 38 Not a day goes by Merrily We Roll Along 7 Todd Sweeney Todd Not Getting Married 8 Being alive Company 39‐40 Today Company 9 Broadway baby Follies Not While I'm 10 By the Sea Sweeney Todd 41 Around Sweeny Todd 11 Children will Listen Into the Woods 42 Now you know Merrily We Roll Along A Funny Thing One Hand, One 12 Comedy tonight Happened ... 43 Heart West Side Story Our Time 13 Cool West Side Story 44 Merrily We Roll Along 14 Do I hear a waltz Do I hear a waltz 45 Pretty Women Sweeny Todd Everybody says 46 Send in the clowns A Little Night Music 15 don’t Anyone Can Whistle 47 So many people Saturday Night Everything's Coming 48 Some People Gypsy 16 Up Roses Gypsy 49 Somethings coming West Side Story 17 Giants in the Sky Into the Woods 50 Somewhere West Side Story 18 Good thing going Merrily We Roll Along 51 Sooner or Later Dick Tracy 19 Hello, Little Girl Into the Woods Sunday in the Park I am Unworthy of 52 Sunday with George 20 Your Love Assassins Take me to the 21 I feel pretty West Side Story 53 world Evening Primrose 22 I Know Things Now Into the Woods A Funny Thing 23 I'm Still Here Follies 54 That’ll show him Happened ... 24 I remember sky Evening Primrose 55 What Can you Lose Dick Tracy What more do I 25 It Takes Two Into the Woods 56 need Saturday Night It would have been With So Little to be 26‐7 wonderful A Little Night Music 57 sure of Anyone Can Whistle 28 Johanna Sweeney Todd You'll Never Get 29 Ladies who Lunch Company 58 Away From Me Gypsy 30 Last Midnight Into the Woods

AGONY (Into the Woods) Did I abuse her or show her disdain Why does she run from me If I should lose her how shall I regain The heart she has won from me AGONY (REPRISE) Agony Beyond power of speech High in a tower— When the one thing you want Like yours was, but higher— Is the only thing out of your reach A beauty asleep High in her tower she sits by the hour All 'round the tower Maintaining her hair A thicket of briar Blithe and becoming and frequently humming A hundred feet deep A light‐hearted air Agony! No frustration more keen Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah When the one thing you want Agony Is a thing that you've not even seen Far more painful than yours I've found a casket When you know she would go with you Entirely of glass— If there only were doors No, it's unbreakable Agony Inside—don't ask it— All the torture they teach A maiden, alas What's as intriguing or half so fatiguing Just as unwakeable As what's out of reach What unmistakable agony! Am I not sensitive, clever, Is the way always barred? Well‐mannered, considerate, She has skin white as snow— Passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome Did you learn her name? And heir to a throne No, there's a dwarf standing guard You are everything maidens could wish for Agony! Such that princes must weep! Then why no Always in thrall most Do I know To anything almost The girls must be mad Or something asleep You know nothing of madness If it were not for the thicket— 'Till your climbing her hair A thicket's no trick. Is it thick? And you see her up there It's the thickest As you're nearing her The quickest is pick it apart with a stick— All the while hearing her Yes, but even one prick— Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah It's my thing about blood Agony, Misery, Woe Well, it's sick! Though it's different for each It's no sicker than your thing with dwarves Always ten steps behind Dwarfs…… Dwarfs... Always ten feet below Dwarfs are very upsetting And she's just out of reach Not forgetting the task's unachievable Agony Mountains unscalable— That can cut like a knife If it's conceivable I must have her to wife But unavailable Ah‐ah‐ah‐ah‐ah‐ah‐ah‐ah—

Agony! Misery!Woe! Not to know what you miss While they lie there for years— And you cry on their biers— What unbearable bliss! Agony, that can cut like a knife! Ah well, back to my wife...

ALL I NEED IS THE GIRL (Gypsy) (Written by : Jule Styne / Stephen Sondheim)

Got my tweed pressed, got my best vest, all I need now is the girl Got my striped tie, got my hopes high Got the time and the place and I got the rhythm, Now all I need's the girl to go with'em

If she'll just appear we'll take this big town for a whirl And if she'll say "My, darling, I'm yours" All I Really Need is the Girl I'll throw away my striped tie and my best‐ pressed tweed All I really need is the girl

(lengthy instrumental while Franks hums and scats off and on)

Got my tweed pressed, I got my best vest, all I need now is the girl Got my striped tie, got my hopes `way up high I got the time and the place and the rhythm All I need's the girl to go with'em

Mm, if she'll just appear we'll take this, this great big town for a whirl And if, if she'll say "My, darlin', I'm yours" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best‐ pressed tweed All I real, really need is the girl

(more instrumental with scat)

All I need is the girl

America Puerto Rico's in America (West Side Story) (¡Ándale Anita!)

I'll bring a T.V. To San Juan Puerto Rico If there's a current to turn on You lovely island Island of tropical breezes I'll give them new washing machine Always the pineapples growing What have they got there to keep clean? Always the coffee blossoms blowing I like the shores of America Puerto Rico Comfort is yours in America You ugly island Knobs on the doors in America Island of tropic diseases Wall‐to‐wall floors in America (jajaja) Always the hurricanes blowing Always the population growing (¡sí, Anita!) When I will go back to San Juan And the money owing (¡es verdad!) When you will shut up and get gone? (¡eso!) And the babies crying (¡cállate!) And the bullets flying (¡eso!) Everyone there will give big cheer I like the island Manhattan Smoke on your pipe and put that in Everyone there will have moved here (¡es verdad!) I like to be in America O.k. By me in America Ev'rything free in America For a small fee in America (¡ándale!)

I like the city of San Juan I know a boat you can get on

Hundreds of flowers in full bloom Hundreds of people in each room

Automobile in America Chromium steel in America Wire‐spoke wheel in America Very big deal in America (Ándale, pero suavecito con los chiquititos aquí!)

I'll drive a Buick through San Juan If there's a road you can drive on

I'll give my cousins a free ride How you get all of them inside?

Immigrant goes to America Many hellos in America Nobody knows in America 3

Another Hundred People (Company) And they walk together past the postered walls with the crude remarks Another hundred people just got off of the train And came up through the ground And they meet at parties through the friends‐of‐ While another hundred people just got off of the friends, who they never know bus "Will you pick me up, or do I meet you there, or And are looking around shall we let it go? At another hundred people who got off of the Did you get my message? 'Cause I looked in vain plane Can we see each other Tuesday if it doesn't rain? And are looking at us Look, I'll call you in the morning, or my service'll Who got off of the train explain." And the plane, and the bus Maybe yesterday And another hundred people just got off of the train It’s a city of strangers And another hundred people just got off of the Some come to work, some to play train A city of strangers And another hundred people just got off of the Some come to stare, some to stay. train And every day And another hundred people just got off of the The ones who stay train Another hundred people just got off of the train Can find each other in the crowded streets and the guarded parks By the rusty fountains and the dusty trees with the battered barks And they walk together past the postered walls with the crude remarks

And they meet at parties through the friends‐of‐ friends, who they never know "Will you pick me up, or do I meet you there, or shall we let it go? Did you get my message? 'Cause I looked in vain Can we see each other Tuesday if it doesn't rain? Look, I’ll call you in the morning, or my service’ll explain” And another hundred people just got off of the train.

Some go away…

Or they find each other in the crowded streets and the guarded parks By the rusty fountains and the dusty trees with the battered barks

Anyone Can Whistle

"Anyone can whistle, " that's what they say, "easy." "Anyone can whistle, any old day, easy." It's all so simple. Relax, let go, let fly. So someone tell me, why can't I? I can dance a tango, I can read Greek, easy. I can slay a dragon, any old week: easy. What's hard is simple. What's natural comes hard. Maybe you could show me: How to let go, Lower my guard, Learn to be free. Maybe if you whistle, Whistle for me.

Ballad of Guiteau (Assassins) I am going to the Lordy Said, "Never sorrow Charlie Guiteau Just wait 'til tomorrow I am going to the Lordy Drew a crowd to his trial Today isn't fair I am so glad Led them in prayer Don't despair" I am going to the Lordy Said, "I killed Garfield Look on the bright side I am so glad I'll make no denial Look on the bright side I am going to the Lordy I was just acting Sit on the right side Glory Hallelujah For Someone up there Of the Glory Hallelujah The Lord's my employer I am going to the Lordy I am going to the Lordy And now He's my lawyer I am so glad Come all ye Christians So do what you dare" I am going to the Lordy And learn from a sinner Charlie said, "Hell I am so glad Charlie Guiteau If I am guilty I have unified my party Bound and determined Then God is as well" I have saved my country He'd wind up a winner But God was acquitted I shall be remembered Charlie had dreams And Charlie committed I am going to the Lordy That he wouldn't let go Until he should hang Look on the bright side Said, "Nothing to it Still, he sang Not on the sad side I want it, I'll do it Look on the bright side Inside the bad side I'm Charles J. Guiteau" Not on the black side Something's good Charlie Guiteau Get off your backside This is your golden Never said "Never" Shine those shoes Opportunity Or heard the word "No" This is your golden You've been a preacher Faced with disaster Opportunity Yes, I have His heart would beat faster You are the lightning You've been an author His smile would just grow And you're news Yes, I have And he'd say Wait 'til you see tomorrow You've been a killer Look on the bright side Tomorrow you won't be Yes, I have Look on the bright side ignored You could be an angel Sit on the right side You could be pardoned Yes, I could Of the Lord You could be president Just wait until tomorrow This is the land of Look on the bright side Tomorrow they'll all climb Opportunity I am going to the Lordy aboard He is your lightning Charlie Guiteau What if you never You His Sword Had a crowd at the scaffold Got to be president? Wait 'til you see tomorrow I am so glad You'll be remembered Tomorrow you'll get your Filled up the square Look on the bright side reward So many people Trust in tomorrow You can be sad That tickets were raffled And the Lord Or you can be president Shine on his shoes Look on the bright side Charlie mounted the stair

The Ballad of Sweeney Todd

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd His skin was pale and his eye was odd He shaved the faces of gentlemen Who never thereafter were heard of again He trod a path that few have trod Did Sweeney Todd The demon barber of Fleet street He kept a shop in London Town Of fancy clients and good renown And what if none of their souls were saved? They went to their maker impeccably shaved By Sweeney By Sweeney Todd The demon barber of Fleet street Swing your razor wide, Sweeney Hold it to the skies Freely flows the blood of those who moralize His needs were few, his room was bare A lavabo and a fancy chair A mug of suds and a leather strop An apron, a towel, a pail and a mop For neatness he deserved a nod Did Sweeney Todd The demon barber of Fleet street Inconspicuous, Sweeney was Quick and quiet and clean, he was Back of his smile, under his word Sweeney heard music that nobody heard Sweeney pondered and Sweeney planned Like a perfect machine, he planned Sweeney was smooth, Sweeney was subtle Sweeney would blink, and rats would scuttle Sweeney, Sweeney, Sweeney, Sweeney Sweeney Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd He served a dark and a vengeful god What happened then, well, that's the play And he wouldn't want us to give it away Not Sweeney Not Sweeney Todd The demon barber of Fleet street

Being Alive (Company) Somebody need me too much Somebody know me too well Someone to hold you too close Somebody pull me up short Someone to hurt you too deep And put me through hell Someone to sit in your chair And give me support And ruin your sleep For being alive Someone to need you too much Make me alive Someone to know you too well Make me alive Someone to pull you up short Make me confused To put you through hell Mock me with praise Someone you have to let in Let me be used Someone whose feelings you spare Vary my days Someone who, like it or not But alone Will want you to share Is alone A little a lot Not alive Someone to crowd you with love Somebody crowd me with love Someone to force you to care Somebody force me to care Someone to make you come through Somebody let come through Who'll always be there I'll always be there As frightened as you As frightened as you Of being alive To help us survive Being alive Being alive Being alive Being alive Being alive Being alive Somebody hold me too close Somebody hurt me too deep Somebody sit in my chair And ruin my sleep And make me aware Of being alive Being alive

Broadway Baby (Follies) I can get to strut my stuff, Work‐ing for a nice man I'm just a Broadway Baby, Like a Ziegfeld or a Weissman Walking off my tired feet, In a big‐time Pounding Forty Second Street Broadway show! To be in a show. Broadway Baby, Learning how to sing and dance, Waiting for that one big chance To be in a show. Gee, I'd like to be on some marquee, All twinkling lights, A spark to pierce the dark From Batt'ry Park to Washington Heights. Some day maybe, All my dreams will be repaid. I can get to strut my stuff, Working for a nice man Like a Ziegfeld or a Weissman In a big‐time Broadway show! Heck, I'd even play the maid To be in a show. Say, Mister producer, Some girls get the breaks. Just give me my cue, sir. I've got what it takes. Say, Mister Producer, I'm talkin' to you, sir. I don't need a lot, Only what I got, Plus a tube of greasepaint and a follow spot! I'm a Broadway Baby, Slaving at the five and ten, Dreaming of the great day When I'll be in a show. Broadway Baby, Making rounds all afternoon, Eating at a greasy spoon To save on my dough. At my tiny flat there's just my cat, A bed and a chair. Still I'll stick it till I'm on a bill all over Times Square. Some day maybe, If I stick it long enough,

By the Sea I'll warm me bones on the esplanade (Sweeney Todd) Have tea and scones with me gay young blade Then I'll knit a sweater Ooh, Mr. Todd While you write a letter I'm so happy Unless we've got better to do I could eat you up Anything you say I really could Think how snug it will be underneath our flannel You know what I'd like to do, Mr. Todd? When it's just you and me and the English What I dream? channel If the business stays as good In our cozy retreat kept all neat and tidy Where I'd really like to go We'll have chums over every Friday In a year, or so By the sea Don't you want to know? Don't you love the weather? Do you really want to know? By the sea Always had a dream We'll grow old together Ever since I was skinny little slip of a thing By the seaside And my rich Aunt Nettie used to take me to the By the beautiful sea seaside August bank holiday The pier... Oh, I can see us now Making little castles in the sand In our bathing dresses I can still feel me toes wiggling around in the You in a nice rich navy briney And me, stripes perhaps By the sea, Mr. Todd, that's a life I covet It'll be so quiet By the sea, Mr. Todd, oh, I know you'd love it That who'll come by it You and me, Mr. T, we could be alone Except a seagull, oh‐ooh In a house what we'd almost own We shouldn't try it Down by the sea Until it's legal for two Wouldn't that be smashing? But a seaside wedding could be devised With the sea at our gate we'll have kippered Me rumpled bedding, legitimized herring Me eyelids'll flutter What have swum to us straight from the I'll turn into butter Straights of Bering The moment I mutter, "I do" Everynight in the kip, when we're through our By the sea, in our nest kippers We could share our kippers I'll be there slipping off your slippers With the odd‐paying guests from the weekend By the sea trippers With the fishies splashing Have a nice, sunny sweet for the guests to rest in By the sea Now and then you could do the guest in Wouldn't that be smashing By the sea Down by the sea Married nice and proper Anything you say, anything you say By the sea I can see us waking Bring along your chopper The breakers breaking To the seaside The seagulls squawking By the beautiful sea Oh‐ooh Come on, darling I'll do me baking, then I'll go walking Give us a kiss With you, you Ooh, that was lovely 10

Children will Listen Sometimes the spell may last (Into the Woods) Past what you can see, And turn against you. Shhh, maybe I just wasn't meant to have Careful the tale you tell children. That is the spell, Don't say that. Of course you were meant to Children will listen have children. But how can I go about being a father when I had no father to show me? Just calm the child. Just calm the child. Look, tell him the story of how it all happened, Be father and mother you'll know what to do. Alone... Sometimes people leave you, halfway through the wood. Do not let it grieve you. No one leaves for good. You are not alone. No one is alone. Hold him to the light now, Let him see the glow. Things will be alright now. Tell him what you know. Once upon a time, In a far off kingdom, There lay a small village at the edge of the wood. Careful the things you say And in this village lived a young maiden (children will listen). A carefree young lad (children will see) And a childless baker(and learn) With his wife... Guide them along the way, Children will glisten Children will look to you for which way to turn To learn what to be Careful before you say, listen to me. Children will listen. Careful the wish you make, Wishes are children Careful the path you take, Wishes come true. No free. Careful the spell you cast, Not just on children 11

Comedy Tonight Something that's gaudy, (A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Something that's bawdy‐‐ Forum) Something for everybawdy! Comedy tonight! Something familiar, Nothing that's grim. Something peculiar, Nothing that's Greek. Something for everyone: She plays Medea later this week. A comedy tonight! Stunning surprises! Something appealing, Cunning disguises! Something appalling, Hundreds of actors out of sight! Something for everyone: Pantaloons and tunics! A comedy tonight! Courtesans and eunuchs! Nothing with kings, nothing with crowns; Funerals and chases! Bring on the lovers, liars and clowns! Baritones and basses! Old situations, Panderers! New complications, Philanderers! Nothing portentous or polite; Cupidity! Tragedy tomorrow, Timidity! Comedy tonight! Mistakes! Something convulsive, Fakes! Something repulsive, Rhymes! Something for everyone: Crimes! A comedy tonight! Tumblers! Something aesthetic, Grumblers! Something frenetic, Bumblers! Something for everyone: Fumblers! A comedy tonight! No royal curse, no Trojan horse, Nothing with gods, nothing with fate; And a happy ending, of course! Weighty affairs will just have to wait! Goodness and badness, Nothing that's formal, Panic is madness‐‐ Nothing that's normal, This time it all turns out all right! No recitations to recite; Tragedy tomorrow, Open up the curtain: Comedy tonight! Comedy Tonight! Something erratic, Something dramatic, Something for everyone: A comedy tonight! Frenzy and frolic, Strictly symbolic, Something for everyone: A comedy tonight! Something familiar, Something peculiar, Something for everybody: Comedy tonight! 12

Cool Breeze it, buzz it, Easy does it, (West Side Story) Turn off the juice, boy.

RIFF Go man, go, Boy, boy, crazy boy, But not like a yoyo schoolboy. Get cool, boy. Just play it cool, boy, Got a rocket Real cool. In your pocket, Keep coolly cool, boy.

Don't get hot, 'Cause man, you got Some high times ahead. Take it slow, And Daddy‐o, You can live it up and die in bed.

Boy, boy, crazy boy, Stay loose, boy. Breeze it, buzz it, Easy does it, Turn off the juice, boy.

Go, man, go, But not like a yoyo schoolboy. Just play it cool, boy, Real cool.

ICE Boy, boy, crazy boy, Get cool, boy. Got a rocket, In your pocket, Keep coolly cool, boy.

Don't get hot, 'Cause man, you got Some high times ahead. Take it slow And, Daddy‐o, You can live it up and die in bed!

Boy, boy, crazy boy, Stay loose, boy. 13

Do I hear a waltz? I want more than to hear a waltz: I want you to share it 'cause (Do I hear a Waltz) Oh, boy, do I hear a waltz?

Do I hear a waltz? I hear a waltz! Very odd, but I hear a waltz I hear a waltz! There isn't a band And I don't understand It at all

I can't hear a waltz Oh, my Lord, there it goes again! Why is nobody dancing in the street? Can't they hear the beat?

Magical, mystical, miracle Can it be? Is it true? Things are impossibly lyrical Is it me? No, it's you!

I do hear a waltz I see you and I hear a waltz! It's what I've been waiting for All my life: to hear a waltz!

Do you hear a waltz? Oh, my dear, don't you hear a waltz? Such love Blue Danube‐y Music, how can you be Still?

You must hear a waltz! Even strangers are dancing now An old lady is waltzing in her flat Waltzing with her cat

Roses are dancing with peonies Yes, it's true! Don't you see? Everything's suddenly Viennese Can't be you! Must be me!

Do I hear a waltz?

Everybody Says Don’t Loose Your Poise (Anyone Can Whistle) Fall If You Have To But Lady Make A Noise Yes! Everybody Says Don't Everybody Says Don't Everybody Says Don't Everybody Says Don't It Isn't Right Everybody Says Can't Don't Is Isn't Nice Everybody Says Wait Around For Miracles That's The Way The World Is Made Everybody Says Don't Everybody Says Don't i Insist On Miracles Everybody Says Don't Walk On The Grass If You Do The Miracles Nothing To Them Don't Disturb The Peace I Say Don't Don't Skate On The Ice Don't Be Afraid!

Well I Say Do I Say Walk On The Grass It Was Meant To Feel I Say Sail Till To The Windmill And If You Fail You Fail

Everybody Says Don't Everybody Says Don't Everybody Says Don't Get Out Of Line When They Say That Than Lady That's A Sign No Times Out Of Ten Lady You're Doing Just Fine

Make Just A Ripple Come On Be Brave This Time A Ripple Next Time A Wave Sometimes You Have To Start Small Climbing The Tiniest Wall Maybe You're Going To Fall But It Is Better Than Not Starting At All

Everybody says no Everybody says stop Everybody says mustn't rock the boat Mustn’t touch a thing

Everybody Says Don't Everybody Says Wait Everybody Says Can't Fight Cityhall Can't Upset The Court Can't Laugh At The King

Well I Say Try I Say Laugh At The King Or He'll Make You Cry 15

Everything’s Coming Up Roses (Gypsy)

I had a dream, a dream about you, baby. It's gonna come true, baby. They think that we're through, but baby,

You'll be swell! You'll be great! Gonna have the whole world on the plate! Starting here, starting now, honey, everything's coming up roses!

Clear the decks! Clear the tracks! You've got nothing to do but relax. Blow a kiss. Take a bow. Honey, everything's coming up roses!

Now's your inning. Stand the world on it's ear! Set it spinning! That'll be just the beginning! Curtain up! Light the lights! You got nothing to hit but the heights! You'll be swell. You'll be great. I can tell. Just you wait. That lucky star I talk about is due! Honey, everything's coming up roses for me and for you!

You can do it, all you need is a hand. We can do it, Mama is gonna see to it! Curtain up! Light the lights! We got nothing to hit but the heights! I can tell, wait and see. There's the bell! Follow me! And nothing's gonna stop us 'til we're through! Honey, everything's coming up roses and daffodils! Everything's coming up sunshine and Santa Claus! Everything's gonna be bright lights and lollipops! Everything's coming up roses for me and for you!

Giants in the Sky And the world you've left (Into the Woods) And the little you own The fun is done There are giants in the sky! You steal what you can and run There are big, tall, terrible giants in the sky! And you scramble down When you're way up high And you look below And you look below And the world you know At the world you've left Begins to grow And the things you know The roof, the house and your Little more than a glance Mother at the door Is enough to show The roof, the house and the world you never You just how small you are thought to explore When you're way up high And you think of all the things you've seen And you're on your own And you wish that you could live in between In a world like none And you're back again That you've ever known Only different than before Where the sky is lead After the sky And the earth is stone There are giants in the sky! You're free to do There are big, tall, terrible, awesome, scary, Whatever pleases you wonderful Exploring things you'd never dare Giants in the sky 'Cause you don't care When suddenly there's A big, tall, terrible giant at the door (A giant?) A big, tall, terrible, lady giant sweepin' the floor And she gives you food And she gives you rest And she draws you close To her giant breast And you know things now That you never knew before Not 'til the sky Only just when you've made A friend and all And you know she's big But you don't feel small Someone bigger than her Comes along the hall To swallow you for lunch And your heart is lead And your stomach stone And you're really scared Being all alone And it's then that you miss All the things you've known 17

Good Thing Going (Merrily We Roll Along)

It started out like a song We started quiet and slow, With no surprise. And then one morning I woke to realize We had a good thing going It's not that nothing went wrong Some angry moments Of course but just a few And only moments, no more Because we knew We had this good thing going And if I wanted too much Was that such, A mistake At the time You never wanted enough All right tough, I dont make That a crime And while it's going along You take for granted some love Will wear away We took for granted a lot But still I say It could have kept on going Instead of just kept on We had a good thing going Going Going Gooooone

Hello, Little Girl To describe what you feel When you're talking to your meal (Into the Woods) Mother said not to stray Still, I suppose a small delay... Granny might like a fresh bouquet Mmmm... Goodbye, Mr. Wolf Look at that flesh Goodbye, little girl Pink and plump And hello Hello, little girl Aooo! Tender and fresh Not one lump Hello, little girl This one's especially lush Delicious Mmmm... Hello, little girl What's your rush? You're missing all the flowers The sun won't set for hours Take your time Mother said, "Straight ahead" Not to delay or be misled But slow, little girl Hark and hush The birds are singing sweetly You'll miss the birds completely You're traveling so fleetly Grandmother first Then Miss Plump What a delectable couple Utter perfection One brittle, one supple One moment, my dear Mother said, "Come what may Follow the path and never stray" Just so, little girl Any path So many worth exploring Just one would be so boring And look what you're ignoring Think of those crisp Aging bones Then something fresh on the palate Think of that scrumptious carnality Twice in one day There's no possible way 19

I am Unworthy of your Love You would be queen to me, not wife... (Assassins) [FROMME] [HINCKLEY] I would crawl belly deep through hell... I am nothing You are wind and water and sky [HINCKLEY] Jodie Baby, I'd die for you... Tell me, Jodie How I can earn your love [FROMME] I would swim oceans Baby, I'd die for you... I would move mountains I would do anything for you [HINCKLEY] What do you want me to do? Even though—

I am unworthy of your love [FROMME] Jodie, Jodie Even though— Let me prove worthy of your love Tell me how I can earn your love [BOTH] Set me free I will always know: How can I turn your love I am unworthy of To me? Your love Jodie darlin' (Charlie darlin') [FROMME] Let me prove worthy of your love I am nothing I'll find a way to earn your love You are wind and devil and God Wait and see Charlie Then you will turn your love to me Take my blood and my body Your love to me... For your love Let me feel fire Let me drink poison Tell me to tear my heart in two If that's what you want me to do...

I am unworthy of your love Charlie darlin' I have done nothing for your love Let me be worthy of your love Set you free—

[HINCKLEY] I would come take you from your life...

[FROMME] I would come take you from your cell...

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I Feel Pretty Should be organized to honor me. (West Side Story) I feel dizzy, I feel sunny, I Feel Pretty I feel fizzy and funny and fine, Maria: And so pretty, Miss America can just resign! I feel pretty, Girls: Oh so pretty, See the pretty girl in that mirror there: What I feel pretty and witty and bright, mirror where? And I pity Any girl who isn't me tonight. Who can that attractive girl be? Which? What? I feel charming, Where? Oh so charming, Whom? It's alarming how charming I feel, Such a pretty face, Such a pretty dress, And so pretty That I hardly can believe I'm real. Whommm? Whommm? Such a pretty smile, Such a pretty me! See the pretty girl in that mirror there: Whommm? Who can that attractive girl be? Such a pretty face, Such a pretty dress, I feel stunning Such a pretty smile, Such a pretty me! And entrancing, Feel like running and dancing for joy, I feel stunning For I'm loved By a pretty wonderful boy! And entrancing, Feel like running and dancing for joy, For I'm loved By a pretty wonderful boy!

Girls: Have you met my good friend Maria, The craziest girl on the block? You'll know her the minute you see her, She's the one who is in an advanced state of shock. She thinks she's in love. She thinks she's in Spain. She isn't in love, She's merely insane. It must be the heat Or some rare disease, Or too much to eat Or maybe it's fleas.

Keep away from her, Send for Chino! This is not the Maria we know! Modest and pure, Polite and refined, Wellbread and mature, And out of her mind!

Miss America! Speech! Speech!

Maria: I feel pretty, Oh so pretty That the city should give me its key. A committee 21

I Know Things Now The way that they should (Into the Woods) And take extra care with strangers Mother said, "Straight ahead" Even flowers have their dangers Not to delay or be mislead And though scary is exciting I should have headed her advice Nice is different than good But he seemed so nice Now I know: Don't be scared And he showed me things Granny is right, Just be prepared Many beautiful things Isn't it nice to know a lot! That I hadn't thought to explore And a little bit not They were off my path So I never had dared I had been so careful I never had cared And he made me feel excited Well, excited and scared

When he said, "Come in!" With that sickening grin How could I know what was in store? Once his teeth were bared Though, I really got scared Well, excited and scared

But he drew me close And he swallowed me down Down a dark slimy path Where lie secrets that I never want to know And when everything familiar Seemed to disappear forever

At the end of the path Was Granny once again So we lay in the dark 'Til you came and set us free And you brought us to the light And we're back at the start

And I know things now Many valuable things That I hadn't known before Do not put your faith In a cape and a hood They will not protect you

I’m Still Here Then someone's mother, then you're camp Then you career from career to career (Follies) I'm almost through my memoirs, and I'm here I've gotten through, "Hey, lady, aren't you Good times and bum times, I've seen them all whoozis? And, my dear, I'm still here Wow, what a looker you were" Plush velvet sometimes Or better yet, "Sorry, I thought you were whoozis Sometimes just pretzels and beer, but I'm here Whatever happened to her?" I've stuffed the dailies in my shoes Good times and bum times, I've seen 'em all Strummed ukuleles, sung the blues And, my dear, I'm still here Seen all my dreams disappear but I'm here. Flush velvet sometimes I've slept in shanties, guest of the W.P.A., but I'm Sometimes just pretzels and beer, but I'm here here I've run the gamut, A to Z Danced in my scanties Three cheers and dammit, C'est la vie Three bucks a night was the pay, but I'm here I got through all of last year, and I'm here I've stood on bread lines with the best Lord knows, at least I was there, and I'm here Watched while the headlines did the rest Look who's here, I'm still here In the depression was I depressed? Nowhere near, I met a big financier and I'm here I've been through Gandhi, Windsor and Wally's affair, and I'm here Amos 'n' Andy, Mah‐jongg and platinum hair, and I'm here I got through Abie's, Irish Rose, Five Dionne babies, Major Bowes Had heebie‐jeebies for Beebe's, Bathysphere I got through Shirley Temple, and I'm here I've gotten through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover Gee, that was fun and a half When you've been through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover Anything else is a laugh I've been through Reno, I've been through Beverly Hills, and I'm here. Reefers and vino, rest cures, religion and pills, and I'm here Been called a 'Pinko', commie tool, got through it stinko by my pool I should've gone to an acting school, that seems clear Still someone said, "She's sincere", so I'm here Black sable one day, next day it goes into hock, but I'm here Top billing Monday, Tuesday, you're touring in stock, but I'm here First you're another sloe‐eyed vamp 23

I remember sky (Evening Primrose)

I remember sky It was blue as ink Or at least I think I remember sky I remember snow Soft as feathers Sharp as thumb tacks Coming down like lint And it made you squint When the wind would blow And ice like vinyl On the streets Cold as silver White as sheets Rain like strings And changing things Like leaves I remember leaves Green as spearmint Crisp as paper I remember trees Bare as coat racks Spread like broken umbrellas And parks and bridges Ponds and zoos Ruddy faces Muddy shoes Light and noise and Bees and boys And days I remember days Or at least I try But as years go by They're sort of haze And the bluest ink Isn't really sky And at times I think I would gladly die For a day of sky

It Takes Two It's because I'm becoming (Into the Woods) Aware of us As a pair of us, You've changed, Each accepting a share. You're daring, What's there, You're different in the woods. We've changed, More sure, We're strangers, More sharing, I'm meeting you in the woods. You're getting us through the woods. Who minds If you could see, What dangers You're not the man who started I know we'll get passed the woods. And much more open‐hearted And once we're passed, Than I knew you to be. Let's hope that changes last It takes two. Beyond woods, I thought one was enough, Beyond witches and slippers and hoods, It's not true. Just the two of us, It takes two of us. Beyond lies She came through. Safe at home with our beautiful prize, When the journey was rough Just the few of us, It took you. It takes trust, It took two of us. It takes just a bit more and we're done. It takes care, We want four, we had none, we've got three, It takes patience and fear and despair We need one, To change. It takes two. Though you swear to change You can tell if you do. It takes two. You've changed. You're thriving. There's something about the woods. Not just Surviving You're blossoming in the woods. At home I'd fear We'd stay the same for ever And then out here You're passionate, charming, considered, clever. It takes one To begin But then once you begun. It takes two of you. It's no fun But what needs to be done You can do When there's two of you. If I dare 25

It Would Have Been Wonderful It would have been wonderful. (A Little Night Music) If...if... If she'd tried to be clever, FREDRIK: If she'd started to flinch, I should never have gone to the theatre. If she'd cried or whatever Then I'd never have come to the country. A woman would do in a pinch, If I never had come to the country, If I'd been certain she never Matters might have stayed as they were. Again could be trusted an inch, It would have been wonderful. CARL‐MAGNUS: But the woman was perfection, Sir... Not an action denied, The kind of perfection FREDRIK: I cannot abide. Sir... If the woman were perfection She'd have simply lied, If she'd only been faded, Which would have been wonderful. If she'd only been fat, If she'd only been jaded FREDRIK: And bursting with chat, If she'd only been vicious... If she'd only been perfectly awful It would have been wonderful. CARL‐MAGNUS: If...if... If she'd acted abused... If she'd been all a‐twitter Or elusively cold, FREDRIK: If she'd only been bitter, Or a bit too delicious... Or better, looked passably old, If she'd been covered with glitter CARL‐MAGNUS: Or even been covered with mold, Or been even slightly confused... It would have been wonderful. But the woman was perfection, FREDRIK: To my deepest dismay. If she had only been sulky‐‐ Well, not quite perfection, I'm sorry to say. CARL‐MAGNUS: If the woman were perfection, Or bristling‐‐ She would go away, And that would be wonderful. FREDRIK: Sir... Or bulky‐‐

CARL‐MAGNUS: CARL‐MAGNUS: Sir... Or bruised‐‐

If she'd only looked flustered BOTH: Or admitted the worst, It would have been wonderful. If she only had blustered Or simpered or cursed, CARL‐MAGNUS: If she weren't so awfully perfect If... 26

BOTH: BOTH: It would have been wonderful. Last Update: If...

FREDRIK: If she'd only been wilful...

CARL‐MAGNUS: If she only had fled...

FREDRIK: Or a little less skillful...

CARL‐MAGNUS: Insulted, insisting‐‐

FREDRIK: In bed‐‐

CARL‐MAGNUS: If she had only been fearful‐‐

FREDRIK: Or married‐‐

CARL‐MAGNUS: Or tearful‐‐

FREDRIK: Or dead‐‐

BOTH: It would have been wonderful. But the woman was perfection, And the prospects are grim; That lovely perfection That nothing can dim. Yes, the woman was perfection, So I'm here with him!

CARL‐MAGNUS: Sir...

FREDRIK: Sir...

Johanna (Sweeney Todd)

I feel you, Johanna I feel you, I was half convinced I'd waken, Satisfied enough to dream you Happily i was mistaken Johanna I'll steal you, Johanna I'll steal you Do they think that walls can hide you? Even now I'm at your window I am in the dark beside you Buried sweetly in your yellow hair I feel you, Johanna And one day, I'll steal you, 'Til I'm with you and I'm with you there, Buried sweetly in your yellow hair

Ladies who Lunch know (Company) Everybody dies A toast to that invincible bunch Here's to the ladies who lunch The dinosaurs surviving the crunch Everybody laugh Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch Lounging in their caftans and planning a brunch Everybody rise On their own behalf Rise Off to the gym, then to a fitting Rise, rise Claiming they're fat Rise, rise And looking grim 'cause they've been sitting Rise, rise Choosing a hat Rise Does anyone still wear a hat? I'll drink to that Here's to the girls who stay smart Aren't they a gas? Rushing to their classes in optical art Wishing it would pass Another long exhausting day Another thousand dollars A matinee, a Pinter play Perhaps a piece of Mahler's I'll drink to that And one for Mahler Here's to the girls who play wife Aren't they too much? Keeping house but clutching a copy of life Just to keep in touch The ones who follow the rules And meet themselves at the schools Too busy to know that they're fools Aren't they a gem? I'll drink to them Let's all drink to them And here's to the girls who just watch Aren't they the best? When they get depressed, it's a bottle of Scotch Plus a little jest Another chance to disapprove Another brilliant zinger Another reason not to move Another vodka stinger Ah! I'll drink to that So here's to the girls on the go Everybody tries Look into their eyes and you'll see what they 29

Last Midnight You're the world (Into the Woods) Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm the hitch I'm what no one believes It's the last midnight I'm the Witch It's the last wish You're all liars and theives It's the last midnight Like his father Soon it will be boom‐ Like his son will be, too‐ Squish! Oh, why bother? Told a little lie You'll just do what you do Stole a little gold Broke a little vow It's the last midnight Did you? So, goodbye all Coming at you fast, midight‐ Had to get your Prince Soon you'll see the sky fall Had to get your cow Have to get your wish Here, you want a bean? Doesn't matter how‐ Have another bean Anyway, it doesn't matter now Beans were made for making you rich! Plant them and they soar‐ It's the last midnight Here, you want some more? It's the boom‐ Splat! Listen to the roar... Nothing but a vast midnight Giants by the score‐! Everybody smashed flat! Oh well, you can blame another witch

Nothing we can do It's the last midnight Not exactly true: It's the last verse We can always give her the boy... Now, before it's past midnight I'm leaving you my last curse: No? No, of course what really matters Is the blame I'm leaving you alone Somebody to blame You can tend the garden, it's yours Fine, if that's the thing you enjoy Separate and alone Placing the blame Everybody down on all fours If that's the aim Give me the blame‐ All right, mother, when? Just give me the boy Lost the beans again! Punish me the way you did then! You're so nice Give me claws and a hunch You're not good Just away from this bunch You're not bad And the gloom You're just nice And the doom I'm not good And the boom I'm not nice Cruuunch! I'm just right I'm the Witch 30

Let Me Entertain You And well have a real good time, yes, sir (Gypsy) We'll have A real good time Let me entertain you Let me make you smile Let me do a few tricks Some old and then some new tricks I'm very versatile And if you're real good I'll make you feel good I'd want your spirit to climb So let me entertain you We'll have a real good time Yes sir We'll have A real good time Hello! Hello everybody My name is Gypsy Rose Lee ‐ what's yours? Mr. Conductor, if you please So, let me entertain you And we'll have a real good time, yes, sir We'll have A real good time Gypsy Rose Lee Pick up your apples girls and back to the trees Bon soir, monsieur et monsieur Je m'appelle Gypsy Rose Lee And that concludes my entire performance in French I've been too busy learning Greek Where were you last night? Some men accused me of being an ecdysiast Do you know what that means? Do you? Do you? Oh, you do Aha! He's embarrassed Don't be embarrassed I like man without hair An ecdysiast is one who or that which Sheds its skin In vulgar parlance a stripper But I'm not a stripper At these prices, I'm an ecdysiast And if you're real good I'll make you feel good I want your spirit to climb Let me entertain you 31

Little Lamb (Gypsy)

Little lamb, little lamb My birthday is here at last Little lamb, little lamb My birthday goes by so fast Little bear, little bear You sit on my right Right there Little hen, little hen What game should we play and when? Little cat, little cat Oh, why do you look so blue? Did somebody paint you like that, Or is your birthday too? Little fish, little fish Do you think I'll get my wish? Little lamb, little lamb I wonder how old I am I wonder how old I am Little lamb Last Upda

Losing My Mind

(Follies)

The sun comes up ‐ I think about you The coffee cup ‐ I think about you I want you so, it's like I'm losing my mind The morning ends ‐ I think about you I talk to friends and think about you And do they know it's like I'm losing my mind? All afternoon doing every little chore The thought of you stays bright Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor Not going left ‐ not going right I dim the lights and think about you Spend sleepless nights to think about you You said you loved me, or were you just being kind? Or am I losing Losing my mind? All afternoon doing every little chore The thought of you stays bright Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor Not going left ‐ not going right I dim the lights and think about you Spend sleepless nights to think about you You said you loved me Or were you just being kind? Or am I losing my mind? Or am I losing my mind? You said you loved me Or were you just being kind? Or am I losing my mind? Or were you just being kind? Or am I losing my mind? Losing my mind? Losing my mind? Losing my mind? Losing my mind? Losing my mind?

Love, I Hear

(A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)

Now that we're alone May I tell you I've been feeling rather strange Either something's in the air Or else a change is happening in me I think I know the cause I hope I know the cause From everything I've heard, There's only One cause it can be Love, I hear, makes you smile alot Also Love, I hear, Leaves you weak Love, I hear, makes you blush and turns you ashen You try to speak with passion, and squeak . . I hear Love, they say, makes you pine away But you pine away, with an idiotic grin I pine, I blush, I squeak, I squawk Today I woke too weak to walk What's love I hear, I feel. I fear, I'm in. See what I mean I hum alot too I'm dazed, I'm pale, I'm sick, I'm sore I've never felt so well before What's love I hear I feel, I fear I know I am I'm sure, I mean I hope, I trust, I pray, I must be in. Forgive me if I shout Forgive me if I crow I've only just found out, and Well I thought You ought to know

Maria

(West Side Story)

Maria... The most beautiful sound I ever heard: Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . . All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word . . Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . . Maria! I've just met a girl named Maria, And suddenly that name Will never be the same To me. Maria! I've just kissed a girl named Maria, And suddenly I've found How wonderful a sound Can be! Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing, Say it soft and it's almost like praying. Maria, I'll never stop saying Maria! The most beautiful sound I ever heard. Maria.

Multitudes of Amys What can it mean? (Company) What can it mean?

Multitudes of Amys I've caught a stadium of amys crowd the streets below Standing up to cheer, Choruses of amys, Avenues of amys, Symphonies of amys officefuls of amys Ringing in my ear. Everywhere I go. I know what it means. Wonder what it means, I'm ready, Ho‐ho, I'm ready, I wonder what it means. I'm ready now!

I see them waiting for the lights, All that it takes is two, Running for the bus, Amy, me Milling in the stores Amy, you, And hailing cabs Amy. And disappearing Through revolving doors. I know what it means. Hey, amy, Multitudes of amys, I know what it means. Everywhere I Look. Oh, wow!

Sentences of amys, I'm ready, Paragraphs of amys, I'm ready, Filling every book. I'll say it Marry me now! Wonder if it means I've gone to pieces.

Every other word I speak Is something she says.

Walls hang with pictures of amys, Galaxies of amys Dot the night skies, Girls pass and look at me With amy's eyes.

I've seen an audience of amys Watch a cast of amys Act in a play. Seems there are more of her Every day.

No One Is Alone Our side Our side (Into the Woods) Maybe we forgot They are not alone Mother cannot guide you No one is alone Now you're on your own Someone is on your side Only me beside you No one is alone Still, you're not alone No one is alone. Truly No one is alone I wish I know Mother isn't here now Wrong things, right things Who knows what she'd say? Who can say what's true? Nothings quite so clear now Do things, fight things Feel you've lost your way? You decide, but You are not alone Believe me No one is alone No one is alone Believe me Truly People make mistakes Fathers Mothers People make mistakes Holding to their own Thinking they're alone Honor their mistakes Fight for their mistakes Everybody makes One another's terrible mistakes Witches can be right, Giants can be good You decide what's right you decide what's good Just remember Just remember Someone is on your side Our side Our side Someone else is not While we're seeing our side

Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along)

Not a day goes by Not a single day But you're somewhere a part of my life And it looks like you'll stay As the days go by I keep thinking when does it end Where's the day I'll have started forgetting But I just go on thinking and sweating And cursing and crying And turning and reaching And waking and dying And no, not a day goes by Not a blessed day But you're still somehow part of my life And you won't go away So there's hell to pay And until I die I'll die day after day after day After day After day after day after day Til the days go by Til the days go by Til the days go by

Not Getting Married Today Go have lunch, 'cause I'm not getting married (Company) You've been grand, but I'm not getting married Don't just stand there, I'm not getting married Bless this day And don't tell Paul, but I'm not getting married Pinnacle of life today. Husband joined to wife Go! Can't you go? The heart leaps up to behold Why is nobody listening? This golden day. Goodbye! Go and cry Today is for Amy At another person's wake. Amy, I give you the rest of my life If you're quick, for a kick To cherish and to keep you You could pick up a christening To honor you forever But please, on my knees, Today is for Amy There's a human life at stake! My, happily, soon‐to‐be wife. Listen everybody, I'm afraid you didn't hear Pardon me, is everybody here? Or do you want to see a crazy lady fall apart in Because if everybody's here front of you? I'd like to thank you all It isn't only Paul who would be ruining his life For coming to the wedding. You know, we'll both of us be losing our I'd appreciate you going even more identities I mean, you must have lots of better things to do I telephoned my analyst about it, and he said to And not a word of it to Paul see him Monday Remember Paul? You know, the man I'm going to But by Monday I'll be floating in the Hudson with marry the other garbage. But I'm not, because I wouldn't ruin anything I'm not well, so I'm not getting married As wonderful as he is. You've been swell, but I'm not getting married Thank you all for the gifts and the flowers, Clear the hall, 'cause I'm not getting married Thank you all, now it's back to the showers Thank you all, but I'm not getting married Don't tell Paul, but I'm not getting married today. And don't tell Paul, but I'm not getting married Bless this day today. Tragedy of life Bless this bride Husband bound to wife Totally insane The heart leaps up Slipping down the drain And feels dead And bless this day in our hearts This dreadful day. As it starts Listen everybody, look, I don't know what you're To rain. waiting for Today is for Amy A wedding. What's a wedding? It's a prehistoric Amy, I give you the rest of my life ritual To cherish and to keep you Where everybody promises fidelity forever, To honor you forever Which is maybe the most horrifying word I ever Go! Can't you go? heard of, Look, you know I adore you all Which is followed by a honeymoon, where But why watch me die suddenly he'll realize Like Eliza on the ice? He's saddled with a nut, and want to kill me, Look, perhaps I'll collapse which he should. In the apse right before you all Thanks a bunch, but I'm not getting married 39

So take back the cake Burn the shoes, and boil the rice. Today is for Amy, My, happily, soon‐to‐be wife My adorable wife... Look, I didn't want to have to tell you, But I may be coming down with hepatitis, and I think I'm gonna faint So if you want to watch me faint, I'll do it happily But wouldn't it be funnier to go and watch a funeral? So thank you for the twenty‐seven dinner plates Thirty‐seven butter knives Forty‐seven paperweights Fifty‐seven candle holders One more thing... I'm not getting married. Amen! Softly said... But I'm not getting married. Amen! With this ring... See, I'm not getting married! Amen! I thee wed. Still, I'm not getting married! Amen! Let us pray that we are getting married Let us pray that we're not getting married Today!

Not While I’m Around Nothing's gonna harm you (Sweeney Todd) Not while im around Nothing's gonna harm you toby Nothing's gonna harm you Not while im around Not while im around Demons'll charm you with a smile Nothing's gonna harm you For a while No sir But in time Not while im around Nothing's gonna harm you Demons are prowling everywhere While im around Nowadays Ill send 'em howling I don't care, i got ways No one's gonna hurt you No one's gonna dare Others can desert you Not to worry, whistle, Il be there Demons'll charm you with a smile For a while But in time Nothing can harm you Not while im around Not to worry Not to worry I may not be smart but I ain't dumb I can do it Put me to it Show me somehing i can overcome Not to worry mum Being close and being clever Ain't like being true I don't need to, i would never Hide a thing from you Like some (Conversation)

Now You Know You're right, nothing's (Merrily We Roll Along) fair and it's all a plot And tomorrow doesn't look so hot All right, now you know Well, you better look at what you've got Life is crummy, well, now you know And enjoy the show Okay, now you know I mean, big surprise Right?

People love you and tell you lies Just go with the flow, Bricks can tumble from clear blue skies then forget it, Put your dimple down, don't fall apart at the seams now you know It's called letting go your illusions And don't confuse them with dreams So life lays you low, If the going's slow Don't regret it, learn to live with it, now you know And don't let's go to extremes It's called flower's wilt, it's called apple's rot I mean, socks have holes It's called thieves get rich and saints get shot I mean, roads have bumps It's called god don't They make meatheads champs, answer prayers a lot nice guys chumps Okay, now you know I mean, even cream of wheat has lumps, gotta let it go Okay, now you know, Cause now you grow, now forget it Don't fall apart at the seams that's the killer, is It's called letting go your illusions now you grow And don't confuse them with dreams You're right, nothing's If the going's slow fair and it's all a plot Don't regret it, And tomorrow doesn't look so hot And don't let's go to extremes Right, you better look It's called what's your choice? at what you've got It's called count to ten Over here! Hello? It's called burn your bridges, Alright now you know start again Now you know! You should burn them every now and then Right!

Or you'll never grow

Because now you grow

That's the killer, is Now you grow 42

One Hand, One Heart

(West Side Story)

TONY: (Spoken) I, Anton, take thee, Maria . . . MARIA: (Spoken) I, Maria, take thee, Anton . . . TONY: For richer, for poorer . . . MARIA: In sickness and in health . . . TONY: To love and to honor . . . MARIA: To hold and to keep . . . TONY: From each sun to each moon . . . MARIA: From tomorrow to tomorrow . . . TONY: From now to forever . . . MARIA: Till death do us part. TONY: With this ring, I thee wed. MARIA: With this ring, I thee wed.

Make of our hands one hand, Make of our hearts one heart, Make of our vows one last vow: Only death will part us now. Make of our lives one life, Day after day, one life. Now it begins, now we start One hand, one heart; Even death won't part us now. Make of our lives one life, Day after day, one life. Now it begins, now we start One hand, one heart, Even death won't part us now.

Our Time And yesterday is done (Merrily We Roll Along) Feel the flow, hear what's happening We're what's happening Something is stirring, shifting ground Don't you know, we're the movers and we're the It's just begun shapers Edges are blurring, all around We're the names in tomorrow's papers And yesterday is done Up to us now to show 'em Feel the flow, hear what's happening It's our time, breathe it in We're what's happening Worlds to change, and worlds to win Don't you know, we're the movers and we're the Our turn, coming through shapers Me and you pal, me and you We're the names in tomorrow's papers Years from now, we'll remember and we'll come Up to us man, to show 'em back It's our time By the rooftop and hang a plaque Breathe it in This is where we began Worlds to change, and worlds to win Being what we can Our turn, coming through It's our heads on the block Me and you man, me and you Give us room, and start the clock Feel how it quivers, on the brink Our dream, coming true What? Me and you pal, me and you Everything Me and you Gives you the shivers, makes you think Me and you There's so much stuff to sing Me and you And you and me, we'll be singing it like the birds Me and you Me with music and you the words Me and you Tell 'em things they don't know Me and you Up to us pal, to show 'em Me and you Our time, breathe it in Worlds to change, and worlds to win Our turn, we're what's new Me and you pal, me and you Feel the flow (feel the flow) Hear what's happening We're what's happening Long ago, all we had was that funny feeling Saying someday we'd send them reeling Now it looks like we can Someday just began It's our heads on the block Give us room, and start the clock Our time, coming through Me and you pal, me and you Me and you Something is stirring, shifting ground It's just begun Edges are blurring, all around 44

Pretty Women Pretty women . . . Fascinating . . . (Sweeney Todd) Sipping coffee . . . Dancing...! What can I do for you today sir? Pretty women . . . Stylish trimming of the hair? Are a wonder. . . Soothing skin massage. Pretty women! Sit sir, sit. Sitting in the window! Or You see sir a man infatued with love! Standing on the stair! Her ardent and eager slave! Something in them cheers the air . . .! So fetch the pomade and pumice stone, Pretty women . . . And lend me a more seductive tone! Silhouetted . . . A sprinkling perhaps of French cologne! Stay within you . . . But first sir I think . . . Glancing...! A shave . . .! Stay forever Breathing lightly... The closest I ever gave! Pretty women! In a merry mood today Mr. Todd? Pretty women! 'Tis your delight sir catching fire Blowing out their candles! or From one man to the next! Combing out their hair! 'Tis true sir love can still inspire Even when they leave The blood to pound the heartly pyre! They still are there! What more? They're there What more? Ah! Pretty women, Can man require At their mirrors! Than love sir! In their gardens! More than love sir! Letter‐writing! What sir? Flower‐picking! Women! Weather‐watching! Ah yes women . . . How they make a man sing! Pretty women . . . Proof of heaven as you're living, Now then my friend . . . Pretty women! Sir, pretty women! Now to your purpose . . . Yes pretty women, Patience, enjoy it Here's to! pretty women, Revenge can't be taken in haste. Pretty women, Make haste and if we wed you'll be commended, Pretty women sir! My lord! And who may it be said is your intended sir? My ward! Pretty as a rose bud . . . Pretty as her mother? Huh? What was that? Nothing, sir! Nothing!

Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music)

Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, You in mid‐air, Where are the clowns? Isn't it bliss? Don't you approve? One who keeps tearing around, One who can't move, Where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns? Just when I'd stopped opening doors, Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours Making my entrance again with my usual flair Sure of my lines No one is there Don't you love farce? My fault, I fear I thought that you'd want what I want Sorry, my dear! But where are the clowns Send in the clowns Don't bother, they're here Isn't it rich? Isn't it queer? Losing my timing this late in my career But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns Well, maybe next year

So Many People (Saturday Night the Musical)

I said the man for me must have a castle A man of means he'd be, a man of fame And then I met a man who hadn't any Without a penny to his name I had to go and fall For so much less than What I had planned from All the magazines I should be good and sore What am I happy for I guess the man means more than the means So many people in the world And what can they do They'll never know love Like my love for you So many people laugh At what they don't know But that's their concern If just a few say Half a million or so Could see us They'd learn So many people in the world Don't know what they've missed They'd never believe Such joy could exist And if they tell us Its a thing without growth They're jealous as they can be That with so many people In the world You love me

Some People Goodbye to blueberry pie. Good ridance to all the socials I had to go to, (Gypsy) All the lodges I had to play, All the shriners I said hello to. Some people can get a thrill Hey, L.A., I'm comin' your way! Knitting sweaters and setting still. Some people sit on their butts; That's okay for some people Got the dream, yeah, but not the guts. Who don't know they're alive. That's living for some people, Some people can thrive and bloom For some hum‐drum people I suppose. Living life in the living room. Well, they can stay and rot! That's perfect for some people But not Rose! Of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try When I think of all the sights that I gotta see And all the places I gotta play, All the things that I gotta be at. Come on, papa, what do you say? Some people can be content Playing bingo and paying rent. That's peachy for some people, For some hum‐drum people to be, But some people ain't me! I had a dream, A wonderful dream, papa, All about June in the Orpheum circuit. Gimme a chance and I know I can work it. I had a dream. Just as real as can be, papa. There I was in Mr. Orpheum's office And he was saying to me, "Rose, Get yourself some new orchestrations, New routines and red velvet curtains. Get a feathered hat for the baby; Photographs in front of the theatre. Get an agent and in jig time You'll be being booked in the big time." Oh, what a dream. A wonderful dream, papa. And all that I need is eighty‐eight bucks, papa. That's what he said, papa. Only eighty‐eight bucks. "You ain't gettin' eighty‐eight cents from me, Rose." "Well, I'll get it someplace else! But I'll get it! And get my kids out!"

Somethings Coming (West Side Story)

Could be, who knows? There's something due any day I will know right away, soon as it shows It may come cannonballing down through the sky Gleam in its eye, bright as a rose Who knows? It's only just out of reach Down the block, on a beach, under a tree I got a feeling there's a miracle due Gonna come true, coming to me Could it be? Yes, it could Something's coming, something good, if I can wait Something's coming, I don't know what it is But it is gonna be great With a click, with a shock Phone'll jingle, door'll knock, open the latch Something's coming, don't know when But it's soon, catch the moon, one‐handed catch Around the corner Or whistling down the river Come on, deliver to me Will it be? Yes, it will Maybe just by holding still, It'll be there Come on, something, come on in, don't be shy Meet a guy, pull up a chair, the air is humming And something great is coming Who knows? It's only just out of reach Down the block, on a beach, maybe tonight

Somewhere (West Side Story)

There's a place for us, Somewhere a place for us. Peace and quiet and open air Wait for us Somewhere. There's a time for us, Some day a time for us, Time together with time to spare, Time to look, time to care, Someday! Somewhere. We'll find a new way of living, We'll find a way of forgiving Somewhere.

There's a place for us, A time and place for us. Hold my hand and we're half way there. Hold my hand and I'll take you there Somehow, Someday, Somewhere!

Sooner or Later (Dick Tracy)

Sooner or later you're gonna be mine Sooner or later you're gonna be fine Baby, it's time that you faced it I always get my man Sooner or later you're gonna decide Sooner or later there's nowhere to hide Baby, it's time, so why waste it in chatter Let's settle the matter Baby, you're mine on a platter I always get my man But if you insist, babe The challenge delights me The more you resist, babe The more it excites me And no one I've kissed, babe Ever fights me again If you're on my list It's just a question of when When I get a yen Then baby, amen I'm counting to ten And then I'm gonna love you like nothing you've known I'm gonna love you, and you all alone Sooner is better than later but lover I'll hover, I'll plan This time I'm not only getting, I'm holding my man

Sunday (Sunday in the Park with George)

Sunday, by the blue purple yellow red water On the green purple yellow red grass Let us pass through our perfect park Pausing on a Sunday

By the cool blue triangular water On the soft green elliptical grass As we pass through arrangements of shadow Toward the verticals of trees Forever

By the blue purple yellow red water On the green orange violet mass of the grass In our perfect park

Made of flecks of light And dark And parasols Bum bum bum bum bum bum Bum bum bum

People strolling through the trees Of a small suburban park On an island in the river On and ordinary Sunday Sunday Sunday

Take Me to the World A world of skies (Evening Primrose) That's bursting with surprise To open up your eyes for joy Let me see the world with clouds We shall see the world come true Take me to the world We shall have the world Out where I can push through crowds I won't be afraid with you Take me to the world We shall have the world A world that smiles You'll hold my hand and know you're not alone With streets instead of aisles You shall have the world to keep Where I can walk for miles with you Such a lovely world you'll weep Take me to the world that's real We shall have the world forever for our own Show me how it's done Teach me how to laugh, to feel Move me to the sun Just hold my hand whenever we arrive Take me to a world where I can be alive Him: The world is better here. I know I've seen them both. Let me see the world that smiles Him: A poet doesn't count for much out there Take me to the world Him: We'd be cold and hungry in the winter Somewhere I can walk for miles Him: A shabby room with cracked plaster Take me to the world Him: You couldn't get a job With all around things growing in the ground Him: We'd end up hating each other. We'd have fights. You'd cry. Where birds that make a sound are birds Let me see the world that's real Him: I have seen the world Show me how it's done Him: And it's mean and ugly Teach me how to laugh, to feel Him: We could laugh together Move me to the sun Him: Stay here with me Just hold my hand whenever we arrive Him: Stay here. I love you. But we're happy here Let it be a world with you Him: Stay with me Any other world with you Take me to a world where I can be alive Do you want the world? Well then, you shall have the world Ask me for the world again You shall have the world

That'll Show Him

(A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)

Let the Captian wed me and woo me I will play my part Let him make his mad passion to me You will have my heart He can have the body he paid for Nothing but the body he paid for When he has the body he paid for Our revenge will start When I kiss him, I'll be kissing you So I'll kiss him morning and night That'll show him When I hold him, I'll be holding you So I'll hold him ten times as tight That'll show him too I shall coo and tenderly stroke his hair Wish that you were there You'd enjoy it When its evening and we're in our tent or two I'll sit on his knee, get to know him intimately That'll show him how much I really love you

What Can You Lose?

(Dick Tracy)

What can you lose? Only the blues Why keep concealing everything you're feeling? Say it to her, what can you lose? Maybe it shows She's had clues, which she chose to ignore Maybe though she knows And just wants to go on as before As a friend, nothing more So she closes the door Well, if she does Those are the dues Once the words are spoken Something may be broken Still, you love her What can you lose? But what if she goes? At least now, you have part of her What if she had to choose? Leave it alone Hold it all in Better a bone Don't even begin With so much to win There's too much to lose

What More Do I Need? The neighbors yell in the summer The landlord yells in the fall (Saturday Night) So loud I can't hear the plumber Pound the wall An aeroplane roars across the bay Once I hated this city But I can hear you as clear as day Now it can't get me down You said you loved me Slushy, humid and gritty Above the sound and speed What a pretty town With your love what more do I need? What thought I could be duller More depressing, less gay Now my favorite color Is gray A wall of rain as it turns to sleep The lack of sun on a one‐way street I love the grime all the time And what more do I need? My window pane has a lovely view An inch of sky and a fly or two Why I can see half a tree And what more do I need? The dusk is thick and it's galling It simply can't be excused In winter even the falling snow looks Used My window pane may not give much light But I see you, so the view is bright If I can love you, I'll pay the dirt no heed With your love what more do I need? Someone shouting for quiet Someone starting a brawl Down the block there's a riot And I'll buy it all Listen now, I'm ecstatic Hold me close and be still Hear the lovely pneumatic Drill A subway train thunders through the Bronx A taxi horn on the corner honks But I adore every roar And what more do I need? I hear a crane making street repairs A two ton child running wild upstairs Steam pipes bang, sirens clang And what more do I need?

With so little to be sure of, Being sure enough of you (Anyone Can Whistle) Made me sure enough of me.

HAPGOOD: HAPGOOD: With so little to be sure of, Come with me, Fay. If there's anything at all. (The following is sung If there's anything at all. SIMULTANEOUSLY) I'm sure of here and now and us together. All I'll ever be I owe you, FAY: If there's anything to be. Thanks for everything we did, Being sure enough of you Everything that's past, Makes me sure enough of me. Everything's that's over Thanks for everything we did, Too fast. Everything that's past, None of it was wasted. Everything's that's over too fast. All of it will last: None of it was wasted, All of it will last: HAPGOOD: Everything that's here and now and us together! There's more to love It was marvelous to know you In me right now And it isn't really through. Than all the bit of love Crazy business this, this life we live in‐ I've known before. Can't complain about the time we're given‐ None of it was wasted. With so little to be sure of in this world, All of it will last: We had a moment! A marvelous moment! BOTH: Everything that's here and now and us together! FAY: It was marvelous to know you A marvelous moment! And it's never really through. A beautiful time. Crazy business this, this life we live in‐ Can't complain about the time we're given‐ I need you more than I can say. With so little to be sure of in this world, I need you more than just today. I guess I need you more than you need me. FAY: And yet I'm happy. Hold me. All I'll ever be I owe you. Hold me. Last Update: June, 10th 2013

HAPGOOD: The more I memorize your face,

FAY: If there's anything to be.

HAPGOOD: The more I never want to leave.

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You'll never get away from me. True, you could say, "Hey, here's your hat." (Gypsy) But a little thing like that Couldn't stop me now. You'll never get away from me. I couldn't get away from you, You can climb the tallest tree. Even if I wanted to. I'll be there somehow. Well, go on and try. True, you could say, "Hey, here's your hat." Just try But a little thing like that and you're gonna see Couldn't stop me now. how you're gonna not at all I couldn't get away from you, get away from me. Even if you told me to, So go on and try. Just try and you're gonna see How you're gonna not at all Get away from me.

Herbie: Rose, I love you, but don't count your chickens.

Rose: Come dance with me.

Herbie: I warn you that I'm no Boy Scout.

Rose: Relax awhile, come dance with me.

Herbie: So don't think that I'm easy pickin'.

Rose: The music's so nice.

Herbie: Rose, 'cause I just may some day pick up and pack out.

Rose: Oh, no you don't. No, not a chance. No arguments, shut up and dance.

Rose: You'll never get away from me. You can climb the tallest tree. I'll be there somehow. 58