Some People - Live

Some people can get a thrill, knitting sweaters and sitting still
 That's okay for some people don't know they're alive
 Some people can thrive and bloom, living life in a living room
 That's perfect for some people 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'd'ya say?
 Some people can be content, playin' bingo and payin' rent
 That's livin' for some people, for some hum-drum people - to-oo be
 But some people - ain't me
 I had a dream, a wonderful dream, papa
 All about June in the Orpheum circuit
 Give me a chance, I know I can work it, Uhh, what a dream
 And it was just as real as could be, papa
 Well just listen to me, there I was in Mr Orpheum's office
 And he was sayin' to me - Rose!
 Get yourself some new orchestrations, new routines and red velvet curtains
 Get a feathered hat for the baby, photographed in front of the theatre
 Get an agent and in jig time, you'll be bein' 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 it
 That's what he said papa, only eighty-eight bucks, papa
 It's uh, yeah, but it's only eighty-eight bucks
 It's not like I'm askin' for a second mortgage on this place
 What d'ya gettin so crick, why you gettin' crazy, it's eighty-eight lousy bucks
 What do you mean I ain't gettin' eighty-eight cents outta you
 Well, I'll get it, and I'll get my kids - OUT - NOW
 Goodbye, to blueberry pies, good ridance to all the socials I had to go to
 All the lodges that I had to play, all the shriners I said hell