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Sister Robert Anne, a nun who traded fame for the convent, sings about her love for the stage.
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Carmen, a producer, reminds her estranged daughter Bambi (real name Elaine) that her main goal is to draw a profit from shows.
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BAMBI Bambi
CARMEN Who pisses away a lot of her hard earned bucks [pause] Elaine
BAMBI Bambi
CARMEN But let's face it your coloratura sucks Bambi, Though it breaks your mother's heart, Forget about the part, It's time for you to know Why I really backed this show.
You ask me for my motives Well, you needn't be so smart, It's a business. It isn't making history, It isn't making art, It's a business.
Shaw and Ibsen take 'em away, And don't bother me with Molière, Those Russians never pay.
So go on criticize me, Please, proceed with your attack, It's a business
I put one million in And I expect two million back, It's a business
So, what crime have i committed If I'm putting up a fight? It's a business
And I want those paying suckers Out there giving me the business Every night
(spoken) Am I getting through to you, Elaine?
BAMBI I'm sorry mother, but to me the theatre is a temple.
CARMEN (spoken) What so it should only be filled on shabbat? Give me a hand fellas. [they clap] Very funny. You know what I mean. Back me up.
(sung) The not for profit theatres Don't need to turn a buck That's not business
GUYS That's not business
CARMEN So give them Lysistrata And I wish them lots of luck I do business
GUYS She does business
CARMEN Dorky schmorky Money misspent You won't survive Yom Kippur You'll never get through Lent
I once knew a producer Whose pretension knew no bounds In the business
GUYS In the business
CARMEN He mounted Samuel Beckett I don't mean it like it sounds It was business
GUYS It was business
CARMEN So now he's down the crapper While I'm working in my prime It's a business
GUYS It's a business
CARMEN And the shows I do do business 'Cause I really know my business And I'm giving them the business, honey All the time
BAMBI But what about the great poets of the stage?
CARMEN (spoken) Honey i put on the ice man cometh and nobody cameth
(sung) To stage hands To the dressers To musicians in the pit It's a business
GUYS It's a business
CARMEN The owner of this premiss cleans up if we're a hit He's in business
GUYS He's in business
CARMEN Union workers don't work for free Hey Harry on the spotlight Blink twice if you agree
See!
I'm not devoid of culture But my feet are on the floor It's a business
GUYS It's a business
CARMEN I do the Kama Sutra With a Richard Rogers score That's good business
GUYS That's good business
CARMEN Yes, green's my favorite color, And I don't mean on the grass It's a business
GUYS It's a business
CARMEN And the shows I do do business, Yes I'm good at doin' business, And if you don't like my business sweetie,
Blow it out your—
GUYS Business. It's a business
CARMEN Business
ALL It's a business It's a business It's a business
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Miss Minchin is jealous of Sara Crewe's privileged upbringing.
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Edie regrets failing to succeed in New York City, whereas her mother Edith regrets nothing and takes no blame for Edie’s shortcomings.
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EDIE (spoken) You had a rich husband; you should've stayed with him.
EDITH (spoken) I had a perfect marriage... beautiful children... terribly successful marriage, I never had a fight in my life.
EDIE (spoken) Ha!
EDITH (spoken) I had a very, very happy, satisfying life.
EDIE (spoken) Can't be done. You can't have your cake and eat it, too. You can't.
EDITH (spoken) Ohhhh yes you can. I most certainly did have my cake and eat it, down to the last crumb.
(sung) What good is cake You have but never eat? I never could Deny myself a sweet, So I sliced my life And licked my knife And ate the cake I had.
EDIE (spoken) Can't be done, I'm telling you...
EDITH Two perfect sons I thoroughly enjoyed An absent spouse And cats to fill the void, And the tri-state's best Accompanist Oh yes, I ate the cake I had.
EDIE (spoken) I'll probably be an old maid until I die. I'll sit around with cats the rest of my life.
EDITH (spoken) When are you gonna learn, Edie? You're in this world, you know! You're not out of the world!
(sung) The days are gone When money grew on trees. The money tree Came down with elm disease. But at my age, ducks, For my two bucks I'll eat the cake I have And like it. I'll eat the cake I have.
EDIE (spoken) I think the saddest thing was my not marrying. During the war, my best friend, she was a nurse with the Red Cross... she met somebody overseas in a hospital. A Marine. Lost both of his legs at Iwo Jima. Romance was inevitable, really, given the situation. But I couldn't travel. Mother wasn't well during the war, you see.
EDITH (spoken) Gerald Gettys worshipped you - and those two nice Rockefeller fellas-
EDIE (spoken) They were horrible! Horrible!
EDITH (spoken) You just didn't want to get married. Now it's all blamed on me.
EDIE (spoken) I missed out on everything.
EDITH Gripe. Groan. Point the famous finger. Life is disappointing, Put the parent through the wringer.
EDIE (spoken) I met a Count, in Greenwich Village. He was a poet and a playwright, and he said, "Edith, I want to make an honest woman out of you." I thought that was very decent.
EDITH (spoken) He didn't have a nickel in his trousers! Not a nickel!
EDIE (spoken) Mother despised him. Gave him the pink slip. To think, I coulda been a Countess - Countess Edith!
EDITH Enough with all Your celebrated loves. You had two hands. You could have modeled gloves. Is it my fault that Your cake fell flat? That you're unmarried, Bald and fat?
EDIE (spoken) Sometimes I think I have the saddest life...
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After Michael criticizes Agnes’ expensive shopping habits, the wife contemplates being a saucy divorcee.
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That pompous, pompous, pompous, pompous ass!! Now's the time for that hat. The one I've been saving for all these years.
An eighty-five dollar hat! What do you think of that! Thirteen feathers of the pigeon family! And a bird of paradise plume!
I hid this hat for four whole years. In this great big box at the foot of the bed - Right here in this very same room! But now, my spouse, it's out of the box, And I'm gonna tell you what; If I am going to go to pot - This pot is gonna be HOT!
Say - who's that racy, middle-aged lady, Peeking underneath her veil? Why, don't you know? That's Flaming Agnes. (Her husband up and left her)
Who's that pale, available matron? Underneath the peacock's tail? Why, can't you guess? That's Flaming Agnes. (Emancipated lady!)
Used to find her sittin' in the kitchen. Mousy housewife was her name. But the day her husband up and left her - Agnes started to flame!
Now they say that nothing can save her - And they blame her husband for the blazing shame of Flaming Agnes! (vulgar dance) Fresh!
Used to find her tendin' to the kiddies; Up to here in Cream of Wheat! But the day her husband up and left her, That's the day that Agnes turned the heat one! Now she flames from night till early mornin'! While he slaves to raise the alimony He must pay, to Flaming Agnes!
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Aurora, a diva whose role as the Spider Woman intimidates her lover Molina, gives her deadly kiss as the curtain closes.
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Lucy the Slut makes her seductive entrance at a nightclub show.
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The schoolteacher Miss Thorn is comforting Tina’s mother, Judy, over Tina’s disappointment in being the understudy in the school play.
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Sarah Crewe vents her frustration about her caretaker Miss Minchin.
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Don’t want to be alone in the crowd Don’t want to seem peculiar and proud I need to be as free As I know how to be I want to live out loud
Every day – sleep, walk, lock, step No one dares to stray Though they may – straightlaced, shamefaced Long to break away They’re as lonely as can be Is that what they want from me?
I don’t want to go along with the crowd Don’t want to live life under a cloud Give me some air and space And sun on my face I want to live out loud
Don’t want to be alone in the crowd Don’t want to seem peculiar and proud Nobody wants me here But I won’t be disappear I want to live out loud
I want to run down an open shoreline I want to join in a moonlit dance I want to swing from the branches of a tree I wanna bathe in a hidden inlet And let the breeze come and dry my hair I want the life they took away from me
If they makes me headstrong – fine! That’s a fault I’m glad is mine.
I don’t want to go along with the crowd Don’t want my spirit broken and bowed Why do I have to hide what I’m feeling inside I want to live out loud
Don’t want to be alone in the crowd I only want what I’m not allowed Give me the wings of a bird I’ll be seen and be heard
I want to sing when my heart is full I want to sing and I want to fly I want to soar the sky without a cloud I want to live out loud.
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Marcy tells Austin that in spite of his many flaws, she still loves him.
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Something, so that I couldn`t live without you And even though you`re just a little bit pretentious Even though you`re more traditional than my dad Even though you drove me crazy from hello You touch a part of me I didn`t even know I had
And so, I need to say I want you anyway I want you anyway Even though this might not be the perfect way to tell you But, perfection never was what I did best Two months ago, I never would have guessed That I`d compare to `you know who` But now I know I belong with you
And even though I think your way of life is different Even though there`s not a single thing we share Even though you`re not like anyone I know You take me to a place I didn`t even know was there
And so, I need to say I choose you anyway I choose you anyway Even though the night when I first met you You were freakish Now look at us, we both have come so far You`re not different I`m not different But, it`s all together different `Cause I love you in spite of who you are
And even though you`re so much paler than my dream man Even though you`re such a dork and I don`t feel the way I should Even though I should stop, well here I go I love you in a way I didn`t even know I could
And so, I need to say I love you anyway I love you anyway Even though
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Kate, Queenie's friend, reveals that she knows that Black is trying to use her, but she doesn't mind.
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I like him the way that he is He is no’innocent And Christ. He’s guilty where it counts I use him daily in increasin’ amounts And I like it like that Un-huh Un-huh Un-huh Un-huh And I like it like that Mmmhm mmmhm’ I like it like
In the morning light when he rubs his beard Then he touches me; In the afternoon. when he draws my bath Then undresses me; Come round curtain time, when he spends my dough Then he cheats on me; Come the quarter-moon; when he drinks too much Then he cries for me; Breaking a stray in ain’t so hard; Had ta teach him to play in my backyard
Black is a liar And I like it like that Thinks with his wire And I like it like that I’m in for the thrill of the kill’ If I can’t have him Then nobody will.
All I need what I need
Kate I need to feel his touch
All I need I need
Kate I need to feel his sex
All I need to feel your sex I need to hear your name I need your fire I need your breath I need your lust Lust! Lust! Lust!
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The emcee Mick uses the vocal talents of Shelby, a former cook, to publicize a marathon.
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I truly believe That i am a modern day Carmen In spite of the fact I do not habla espanol
That girl was exactly like me We share this philosophy Ole, I say
I'm not the type who's ready For datin' someone steady I'm everybody's girl
On Sunday night it's Danny On Monday, maybe Nanny I'm everybody's girl
There's a point to my behavior Which is: Smart girls always share their riches
So, if your heart succumbs Don't let it You're certain to regret it All others, come and get it I'm everybody's girl.
I could never be a cowhand's girl
La la la la la la
And you wanna know why?
ALL: Why?
SHELBY: I just can't keep my calves together.
I'm everybody's girl Some old greek called Aristotle said it: If you got it, why not spread it? So don't go rattling any sabres Exerting any labors Just share me with the neighbors I'm everybody's girl
In case your passion rages, (I'm in the yellow pages) I'm... Girl.
You won't be disappointed I'm also double-jointed I'm everybody's girl Though it leaves a lot of fellas Cursin' I'm a person Needs disbursin'
And so to reaffirm my status It's absolutely gratis To use my apparatus I'm everybody's girl
Men and me are like pianos. When they Get upright, i feel grand!
Everybody's girl!
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A woman sings a tongue-in-cheek tribute to her boyfriend, a jazz bassist.
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My baby plays a line that subtle Yet it makes the strongest case An argument with no rebuttal Got me back on base.
When his fingers touch my strings I tingle to my teeth I seem to sing the wildest things When he is underneath.
The only worm that's in this eden The only snag in all this lace Is where i stand ain't easy reading When he's back on base.
(scat)
At times he seems a bit elusive Way off in his private place I guess he can't be mine exclusive When he's back on base.
He's got eyes for something tall So maybe i should go Then once more my defences fall When he gets down below oh oh oh oh oh oh
So what if he don't feel like talkin' I'll just let him play his ace And let his fingers do the walkin' 'Til i'm back on...
Always back on... So happy back on base. (scat) We make sweet music when we're both back on base
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A woman who is bittersweet with her life surrenders to her circumstances without complaining.
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I didn't ask him for a penny I'd had my liberated training
So off he went with his hair of bronze To find a life like Khalil Gibran's I got my rest from the drugs he did He got his quest, I got the kid
And oh, I'm not complaining
So I set off to be a writer, A modern mother on her own I wrote up happenings at galleries Turned down jobs with salaries Stayed freelance and alone
I fought the battles of the sixties Which you recall were rather draining When men were thick, I hit the fray Became a prick Got equal pay I faced down chauvinistic slobs I won the fights Improved the jobs
And oh, I'm not complaining
My husband found himself his ashram Lost forty pounds and went through hell Then one day he came back from limbo Found himself some bimbo And moved to New Rochelle
I raised my son and I had lovers My choices sometimes take explaining I'd meet some jock My friends would scoff He'd stay a while I'd drive him off I kept my space Preserved my turf Six months I'd send him back to surf
And oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, I was not complaining
So now my son's half way through college I pay tuition like a fine I'm still this feisty freelance writer Resume well honed At a well toned forty-nine
I find that getting work is harder Each job I want takes more campaigning And those sweet young things who hire me now Those MBAs making fifty thou Who smile and ask what I have done When they got their jobs from the fights I won
Ah, they should all stay home and have babies
But I'm not complaining
And in the evening at my window As I watch Jersey growing dim I feel a troubling emotion Summed up in this notion I wish I'd stayed with him
Lord knows each day with him was madness As I have spent my life maintaining
But more and more I recall the joy My golden dreamer My lost boy Our life was life in the twilight zone But no worse than a life alone
And oh, Well I chose my way And I'm not complaining
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A seemingly introverted woman reveals that there's more to her than meets the eye.
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I sit here at my desk And no one knows Not twenty minutes ago I was not wearing clothes I was in someone's arms, in someone's bed Oh what the thought of it does to my head
If it's true a bird makes music When her heart takes wing This bird is singing Miss byrd is singing I'm singing I'm in love But I'm not saying a thing
Uh uh Oooh oooh
Down in apartment a The super's aptly named Last week I went to the basement More hours than i claimed He says i'm super too He calls me hot I show those basement apartments a lot
Back at work i'm crisp and fresh Reliable Miss Byrd Seals are dancing in my flesh But I don't say a word
I'm showing penthouse c As i begin I still feel his hands sliding over my skin My nipples start to throb Inside my bra That's when I start to go la-dah-di-dah
If you've never felt the lift A little lunch can bring This bird is singing Miss Byrd is singing I'm singing I'm on fire But i'm not saying a thing
No no no no oh oh oh...
This is a floor thru five I call it more a six The broken kitchenette tiles they will fix
Lots of girls who first seems shy Have secrets I have found If you think I'm special I suggest you look around
That little office temp Who seems so dumb How come a trip to mcdonald's Is making her hum?
And Mrs. Smith in sales Who's turning grey Why is she smiling that curious way?
If it's true the drabbest songbirds Come alive in spring The birds are singing Miss Byrd is singing I'm singing I'm in love But I'm not saying a thing
No no no no no no no no
Mum's the word
La la la la Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard...oo-wee
La la la la... Shh.....
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A woman discovers that her lover has been cheating on her, so she walks out.
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You must be mistaken I'm sure that you are! There's more than one car with stickers on. And lots of young guys wear corduroy pants. And I'd know if he hadn't gone
Take that look off your face (Take that look off your face) I can see through your smile (I can see through your smile) You would love to be right, I bet you didn't sleep good last night Couldn't wait to bring all of that bad news to my door. Well, I've got news for you: I knew before.
If I'm not mistaken, it started last year.
I'm not very clear how it began I noticed a change, but I just closed my eyes As only a woman can.
No, I didn't dig deep. (No, I didn't dig deep.) I did not want to know. (I did not want to know.) Well, you don't interfere when you're scared of the things you might hear. When he's back, you think I will end it right there and then? Well, my fair weather friend: you're wrong again!
Take that look off your face (Take that look off your face) I can see through your smile (I can see through your smile) You would love to be right, I bet you didn't sleep good last night Couldn't wait to bring all of that bad news to my door. Well, I've got news for you: I knew before.
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Daisy Gamble, a quirky girl, describes her gardening talents and psychic abilities.
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Fay tells her friend Teddy about how much she loves to flirt.
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You don't buy the first pair of shoes from the clerk, You don't buy perfume till you spray it. You don't buy a clock till you're sure it will work, You don't buy a piano till you play it. A new vacuum cleaner may be a sensation, But ladies, always get a free trial demonstration.
So while there's a chance, I'm sampling, I'm taking romance In the smorgasbord way. From the last organ note, Love is all table d'hote,
So you must choose the best to be found. That's why I keep shopping, Leisurely shopping, Not buying, Just shopping around.
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Trina is struggling to cope with Whizzer's mysterious illness.
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I'm trying to keep sane as the rules keep changing Families aren't what they were Thank God there's a husband and a child whom I adore But then there's more So many more There's always more
Life is never what you planned Life is moments you can't understand And that is life I'm plain I don't astound
I hold to the ground As the ground keeps shifting Keeping my balance square Trying not to care about this man who Marvin loves But that's my life He shared my life Yes, that's my life
Life is never what you planned Life is moments you can't understand And that is life
Holding to the ground As the ground keeps shifting Trying to keep sane As the rules keep changing Keeping up my head As my heart falls out of sight Everything will be all right Everything will be all right
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This song is the culmination of Samantha’s high school experience as she plans the next step for her future.
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Your hand might shake as the ignition lights. You might not know what road you’ll take. But now the gear is shifting. Your foot is lifting off the brake. Remember this. Remember this. Remember this. Remember freedom.
Freedom. Freedom. Freedom. Freedom. Freedom.
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Sister Robert Anne, a nun who traded fame for the convent, sings about her love for the stage.
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No lyrics at this time, if you would like to submit please email [email protected]Watch / Listen
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