One / Better (Reprise) / I Choose You / Light on My Feet (Reprise)
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All right, listen up everybody! Now, the title is not gonna be "Chorus Line" It's gonna be "A Chorus Line" Which will put us first in the ABC listings of Broadway shows And we just may get there If you kids dance your feet off And don't fuck it up! Places, first preview Five, six, a-five-six-seven-eight! One Moment in her presence And you can't forget the rest For the girl is second best To none Son Ooh! Sigh! Give her your attention Do I really have to mention She's the She's the He's the one Eddie, I'm so proud! One! That's my guy! One! You're the best! One! I slept with him! One! My favorite student! One! Thanks, Ed One! So, I was wrong One! My God! Okay, so are you happy? And the Tony for best score goes to Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban, "A Chorus Line"! I have lost and I have won Losing isn't any fun Rain is fine, but when it's done Sun is better Because of Ed my book on writing musicals is a best-seller! Because of Ed I love musicals! I'm producing a musical Go improve on better Put it to the test When you need a rest Better look me up And settle for the best Lucy? Out of all the people in this world I choose you Would you promise to live with me five - Sorry, four days a week? Out of all the people in this world Which amounts to quite a few Would you promise to listen when I play the same song Hour after hour and never fall asleep? Whether we're wrong or right Whether it's bliss or blight And do you promise not to spend all the money I made from "Chorus Line" 'Cause I'm terrified I'll end up in the poorhouse? I do! Out of all the people in this world, you Out of all the blossoms on the vine, you pick me Out of all the heroes firm and fine And the ones you can't foresee Edward, do you promise not to break up with me More than twice a week? Whether it's good or bad Whether we're made or had And do you promise not to fool around on the side Even on the two days a week that we break up? Maybe I should talk to my lawyer Goodbye, Ed No, wait! I do! Scary! Out of all the people in this world You Ed, darling, you know, gallery just is not my thing I'm doing a show about ballroom dancers You're - what? Ah, forget it Joe Pap'll give me a workshop at the Public Theater I stay light on my feet I stay light on my feet And give 'em that da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da (So, the gallery workshop flopped) Go sloughing Then write a new show! I will, Lehman Neil Simon asked me to muscalize One of his comedies on spec! I land right on my feet I land right on my feet And go with that shoo-bop-shoo-wop Shoo-bop-shoo-wop (Hey, your work on the Simon project was terrific, Ed) I sent Doc Simon five songs He never even responded! When Dame Fortune tosses me a curve I never give away to despair Ah, a musical about the BMI workshop? Good idea I was about to think of it myself Some wonderful songs, Ed But the show just doesn't work I land right on my feet I land right on my - And go with that- da da da da Hey, Ed, darling, ballroom was a bust You wanna write a new show together? Your music this time Gallery? No! No, maybe next year This one's about free love Orgies I'll try No, no, I can't, Michael Orgies just aren't my thing I land right on my feet I - I land - right - Going da-da-da-da, da-da I always thought we'd write another show together You know, composer and lyricist They're like husband and wife We did get an Oscar nomination for the movie of "Chorus Line" Ed got on a plane to fly out for the awards But he freaked Made them let him off on the runway Maybe he wasn't so crazy We didn't win
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- Duration
- 05:05
- Key
- 9
- Tempo
- 77 BPM