Song Lyrics – In Alphabetical Order
ALL I CARE ABOUT IS LOVE Ladies and Gentlemen Presenting the silver tounged prince of the courtroom The one, the only Billy Flinn I don't care about expensive things Cashmere coats, diamond rings Don't mean a thing All I care about is love That's what I'm here for I don't care for wearin' silk cravats Ruby studs, satin spats Don't mean a thing All I care about is love (All he cares about is love) Give me two eyes of blue Softly saying, "I need you" Let me see her standin' there And honest, mister, I'm a millionaire I don't care for any fine attire Vanderbilt might admire No, no, not me All I care about is love (All he cares about is love) Show me long, long raven hair Flowin' down, about to there When I see her runnin' free Keep your money, that's enough for me I don't care for drivin' Packard cars Or smoking long buck cigars No, no, not me All I care about is Doin' the guy in who's pickin on you Twistin' the wrist that's turnin' the screw All I care about is love
AS WE STUMBLE ALONG As we stumble along On life's funny journey As we stumble along into the blue We look here, and we look there Seeking answers anywhere Never sure of where to turn or what to do. Still we bumble our way Through life's crazy labrynth. Barely knowing left from right Nor right from wrong. And the best that we can do Is hope a blue bird, Will sing his song As we stumble along. It's a dismal little world in which we live. It can bore you till you've nothing left to give. Seven overrated wonders, sever underwhelming seas. Six excruciating continents. Antarctica. Oh please! Yet you musn't let it lick you This planet oh so bland. Keep your eyeball on the highball In your hand. As we stumble along 'Cross life's crowded dance floors. As we push and we shove We live and we learn. And when we finally leave the bar, And we see that morning star, We pull our boot straps up And homeward turn. Then we stumble away Through dawn's blinding sunbeams. Barely knowing right from right nor left from wrong. But as long as we can hear that little blue bird There'll be a song as we stumble along. As we stumble, Bumble, Fumble, Plumble, As we stumble along.
BEFORE THE PARADE PASSES BY Before the Parade Passes By Before the parade passes by I've gotta go and taste Saturday's high life Before the parade passes by I've gotta get some life back into my life I'm ready to move out in front I've had enough of just passing by life With the rest of them With the best of them I can hold my head up high For I've got a goal again I've got a drive again I wanna feel my heart coming alive again Before the parade passes by When the parade passes by Listen and hear that brass harmony growing When the parade passes by Pardon me if my old spirit is showing All of those lights over there Seem to be telling me where I'm going When the whistles blow And the cymbals crash And the sparklers light the sky I'm gonna raise the roof I'm gonna carry on Give me an old trombone Give me an old baton Before the parade passes by!
BE OUR GUEST Be our guest Be our guest Put our service to the test Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie And we provide the rest Soup du jour Hot hors d'oeuvres Why, we only live to serve Try the grey stuff, it's delicious Don't believe me? Ask the dishes They can sing They can dance After all, Miss, this is France And a dinner here is never second best Go on, unfold your menu Take a glance and then you'll Be our guest Oui, our guest Be our guest... Life is so unnerving For a servant who's not serving He's not whole without a soul to wait upon Ah, those good old days when we were useful Suddenly those good old days are gone Ten years we've been rusting Needing so much more than dusting Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills Most days we just lay around the castle Flabby, fat and lazy You walked in and oops-a-daisy! Course by course One by one 'Til you shout, enough, I'm done Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest Tonight you'll prop your feet up But for now, let's eat up Be our guest Be our guest Be our guest Please, be our guest!
DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE Don't tell me not to live Just sit and putter Life's candy and the sun's A ball of butter Don't bring around a cloud To rain on my parade Don't tell me not to fly I've simply got to If someone takes a spill It's me and not you Who told you you're allowed To rain on my parade I'll march my band out I'll beat my drum And if I'm fanned out Your turn at bat, sir At least I didn't fake it Hat, sir, I guess I didn't make it But whether I'm the rose Of sheer perfection Or freckle on the nose Of life's complexion The cinder or the shiny apple of its eye I gotta fly once I gotta try once Only can die once, right, sir? Ooh, life is juicy Juicy, and you see I gotta have my bite, sir Get ready for me, love 'Cause I'm a commer I simply gotta march My heart's a drummer Don't bring around a cloud To rain on my parade I'm gonna live and live now Get what I want, I know how One roll for the whole show bang One throw, that bell will go clang Eye on the target and wham One shot, one gun shot, and bam Hey, Mister Arnstein Here I am I'll march my band out I will beat my drum And if I'm fanned out Your turn at bat, sir At least I didn't fake it Hat, sir, I guess I didn't make it Get ready for me, love 'Cause I'm a commer I simply gotta march My heart's a drummer Nobody, no, nobody Is gonna rain on my parade
HEY THERE Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes Love never made a fool of you You used to be too wise Hey there, you on that high flying cloud Though she won't throw a crumb to you You think someday she'll come to you Better forget her Her with her nose in the air She has dancing on a string Break it and she won't care Won't take this advice I hand you like a brother Or are you not seeing things too clear Are you too much in love to hear Is it all going in one ear And out the other Better forget her Her with her nose in the air She has you dancing on a string Break it and she won't care
Won't you take this advice I hand you like a brother Or are you not seeing things too clear Are you too much in love to hear Is it all going in one ear and out the other
I AM WHAT I AM I am what I am I am my own special creation So come take a look Give me the hook or the ovation It's my world that I want to have a little pride in My world, and it's not a place I have to hide in Life's not worth a damn 'Till you can say "Hey World, I am what I am." I am what I am I don't want praise I don't want pity I bang my own drum Some think it's noise I think it's pretty And so what if I love each feather and each spangle Why not try to see things from a different angle Your life is a sham Till you can shout out, “I am what I am!” I am what I am And what I am needs no excuses I deal my own deck Sometimes the ace sometimes the deuces It's one life and there's no return and no deposit One life so it's time to open up your closet Life's not worth a damn till you can say, “Hey, world! I am what I am!
IF EVER I WOULD LEAVE YOU If ever I would leave you It wouldn't be in summer. Seeing you in summer I never would go. Your hair streaked with sunlight, Your lips red as flame, Your face with a lustre That puts gold to shame! But if I'd ever leave you, It couldn't be in autumn. How I'd leave in autumn I never will know. I've seen how you sparkle When fall nips the air. I know you in autumn And I must be there. And could I leave you Running merrily through the snow? Or on a wintry evening When you catch the fire's glow? If ever I would leave you, How could it be in springtime? Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so? Oh, no! not in springtime! Summer, winter or fall! No, never could I leave you at all!
LITTLE GIRLS Little girls, little girls Everywhere I turn I can see them Ugh Little girls, little girls Night and day I eat, sleep, and breathe them Get out of here I should be anywhere but here On the planes, on the stage or on TV But I find myself here at the Snot House Little shoes, little socks Please kill me, I'm serious Please kill me, I'm not singing, I'm asking Locked in a cage with all the rats I've slipped in the cracks And now I'm stuck with the scraps and I can't seem to find my way back Get me out, get me out of here I'm ready to start 'em after all these years I'm done with little girls I wanna be someone in this world Little girls, little girls Everywhere I turn I can see them Ugh Little girls, little girls Night and day I eat, sleep and breathe them Get out of here! Yes, I wanna tear my hair out I should be famous and part of history But I find myself here at the snot house Little shoes, little socks Please kill me, I'm serious Please kill me, I'm not singing, I'm asking Locked in a cage with all the rats I've slipped in the cracks And now I'm stuck with the scraps and I can't seem to find my way ba-ack Oh get me out, get me out of here I'm ready to start 'em after all these years I'm ready to start 'em after all these years I'm done with little girls I wanna be someone in this world Little girls, little girls Ugh
NEVER NEVER LAND I know a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It's not on any chart, You must find it with your heart. Never Never Land. It might be miles beyond the moon, Or right there where you stand. Just keep an open mind, And then suddenly you'll find Never Never Land. You'll find a treasure if you stay there, More precious far than gold. For once you have found your way there, You can never, never grow old. And that’s the home where dreams are born, And time is never planned. Just think of lovely things. And your heart will fly on wings, Forever in Never Never Land.
THE SADDER BUT WISER GIRL No wide-eyed, eager, Wholesome, innocent Sunday-school teacher for me. That kinda girl spins webs no spider ever-- Listen boy-- A girl who trades on all that purity Merely wants to trade my independence for her security. The only affirmative she will file Refers to marching down the aisle. No golden, glorious, gleaming pristine goddess-- No sir! For no Diana do I play faun, I can tell you that right now. I snarl, I hiss, how can ignorance be compared to bliss? I spark, I fizz, for the lady who knows what time it is. I cheer, I rave, for the virtue I'm too late to save. The sadder but wiser girl for me. No bright-eyed, blushing, breathless baby-doll baby, No sir! That kinda child ties knots no sailor ever knew. I prefer to take a chance on a more adult romance. No dewy young miss who keeps resisting All the time she keeps insisting! No wide-eyed, wholesome, innocent female, No sir! Why, she's the fisherman, I'm the fish, you see?-- Plop! I flinch, I shy when the lass with the delicate air goes by. I smile, I grin when the gal with a touch of sin walks in. I hope, I pray for Hester to win just one more 'A.' The sadder but wiser girl's the girl for me. The sadder but wiser girl for me.
TOMORROW The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun! Just thinkin' about Tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs And the sorrow 'Til there's none! When I'm stuck with a day That's grey And lonely I just stick out my chin And grin And say Oh! The sun'll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on 'Til tomorrow Come what may Tomorrow, tomorrow! I love ya tomorrow! You're always A day Away!