What You Want

Wait a sec!
 This is the kind of girl Warner wants
 Someone serious
 Someone lawyerly
 Someone who wears black when nobody's dead!
 Girls, I have a completely brilliant plan!
 What you want, Warner, what you want is me
 But you need to see me in a brand-new domain
 Well it's plain, Warner, in a different setting
 You will see you're getting all of this, plus a brain!
 I'll meet you there at Harvard with a book in my hand
 Big sturdy book, big wordy book
 Full of words I'll understand
 And right there is where you'll see it too
 Warner, what you want is right in front of you
 What you want
 It's clear
 What you want
 Right here
 What you want
 Is right in front of you, front of you
 What you want
 It's clear
 What you want
 Right here
 What you want
 Is right in front of you, front of you
 Step one, he's off to Harvard Law
 So I get in there, too
 (Step two!)
 Make Warner reassess
 Impress him with my high IQ
 (Step three!)
 We throw a great big wedding
 And invite all Delta Nu!
 That's great, nice plan
 Now, we can think this through?
 Harvard Law School?
 I have a 4.0 average
 Yeah, in Fashion Merchandising
 What makes you think you can do this?
 Love! I'm doing this for love
 And love will see me through
 Yes, with love on my side, I can't lose
 And Harvard can't refuse
 A love so pure and true
 Don't lawyers feel love too?
 Even if they do
 What you want, sweetheart, is no easy thing
 If you're going to swing it
 It will wreck your senior spring
 Yeah, it's true
 First, you'll need an LSAT score
 Of more than 174
 So no more parties for you
 You'll need a killer essay or do not even hope
 And glowing letters from your betters
 Any chance you know the Pope?
 Uh, nope
 Too bad, 'cause that would be a coup
 And you've got a lot of work in front of you
 What you want
 Yes I know
 What you want
 Even so
 What you want
 Is right in front of you, front of you
 What you want
 (Girl, you go!)
 What you want
 No, really, go!
 What you want
 Is right in front of you, front of you
 Law school?
 Yes, Daddy, law school!
 Good God, why?
 Law school is for boring, ugly, serious people!
 And you, Button, are none of those things
 What you want, Button, hey, you just say the word
 But what you want's absurd!
 And costs a whole lot of swag
 And hell why, Button, when you can stay right here
 Pursue a film career?
 (How 'bout a nice Birkin bag?)
 Yes, the east coast is foreign, there's no film studios
 It's cold and dark, no valet parking
 All the girls have different noses!
 Christ, Button!
 It's like the damned frontier
 Tell me what's out there that you can't get right here?
 Guys, love!
 Love?
 I'm going there for love
 A love I have to win (ah)
 I can live without sun or valet
 I can't just walk away
 Betray what might have been
 Fine, okay, I'll pay your way if you get in
 What you want
 Make good grades
 What you want
 And it's paid
 What you want
 Is right in front of you, front of you
 Hey, everybody!
 It's the spring fling beer bash extreme!
 (Extreme!)
 Not for you, time to study
 Go!
 This year's theme: Jamaican me crazy!
 (Oh!)
 What you want
 You wanna be out because the sun she warm?
 What you want
 You wanna be study, stuck inside your dorm?
 What you want
 You wanna be party with us all night long?
 What you want
 You wanna be strong?
 (Be strong!)
 (Whoa-oh)
 134, not good enough
 Try again
 Go!
 What you want
 You wanna be groovin', bumpin', shake da room?
 What you want
 You wanna be provin' somethin' and to whom?
 What you want
 You wanna be wonderin' where your youth is gone?
 What you want
 You wanna hold on?
 Hold on!
 (Oh-oh)
 151, still not Harvard material
 Once again
 Go!
 Love!
 (What you want, you wanna be breathin' in the healthy air?)
 I'm doing this for love
 (What you want, you wanna be chasin' him and he don't care?)
 And that's how I'll survive
 (What you want, you wanna ignore the pity in their looks?)
 Here you go, I said no
 (What you want, you wanna say, "Sorry, gotta hit me books")
 Go away
 (What you want, you wanna sittin' like a lonely child)
 Right here is where I'll stay
 (What you want, you wanna be drivin' all the fellas wild)
 Until that happy day
 (What you want, you wanna be feelin' good to be alive)
 That day I hear them say
 175!
 (175!)
 175?
 (175, 175!)
 So, gentlemen
 Harvard Law grants admission to Adam Cohen
 And Sundeep Padamadan (outstanding)
 And now, Ms. Elle Woods
 Who was kind enough to send in a headshot
 We should admit her, for reasons of, um
 Multiculturalism! (Multiculturalism!)
 Oh gentlemen, please, get a hold of yourselves
 Oh, look at that, oh, what a shame
 She didn't bother sending in a personal essay!
 How's this for a personal essay?
 What you want
 Goodness me!
 What you want
 Security!
 What you want is right in-
 Who are you?
 I'm
 What you want, Harvard
 I'm the girl for you
 And to prove it's true
 We all flew here on Jet Blue
 Thank you! (Thank you!)
 This is what Elle Woods inspires
 Everyone admires her
 And Harvard should too
 This is not a personal essay!
 Nope!
 An essay's so boring and so much does not fit
 So we're appearing live, right here
 Making clear you must admit
 That Elle Woods should join the chosen few
 Harvard, what you want is right in front of-
 May I approach?
 Uh-huh!
 Oh, yeah!
 Go Elle!
 Ho!
 Now see here, Ms. Woods!
 You can't just barge in here
 With singing and dancing and ethnic movement
 This is a very flashy presentation
 But I still don't see one reason to admit you
 How about love?
 You ever been in love?
 'Cause if you have, you'll know
 That love never accepts a defeat
 No challenge it can't meet
 No place it cannot go
 Don't say no to a woman in love
 Don't laugh when I say love (ooh)
 Don't think that I'm naive (ooh)
 Because even a person who's smart (ooh)
 Can listen to their heart (ooh)
 Can listen and believe (ooh)
 So believe in what love can achieve (ooh, ah)
 Do you believe?
 I do!
 Do you believe?
 Me too!
 Yes, we believe in love!
 How 'bout you?
 Welcome to Harvard!
 What you want
 (Now we're set!)
 What you want
 (Let's go get!)
 What you want
 Is right in front of you, front of you
 What you want
 (Now we're done!)
 What you want
 (With step one!)
 What you want
 Is right in front of you, front of you
 What you want
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 What you want!