A Chorus Line Soundtrack - Montage Iii

(Greg)
The worst thing in school was that everytime the teacher called on me
I’d be hard! I’d be hard!
Really!
I mean, I had to lean against the desk, like this. And the teacher would say
Stand up straight!
I can’t I have a pain in my... side!
Stand up straight!
Or walking down the halls, you’d have to walk, like this,
With all your books stacked up in front of you.
(Mike)
Yeah, I did too. I thought I was a sex maniac!
(Connie and Maggie)
You are!!
(Bobby)
Me too. It didn’t go down for three years.
(Greg)
Oh, and the bus. The bus was the worst. I’d take even one look at a bus and
Bingo!
And then there was the time I was making out with Sally Ketchum in the back seat of the car. We were kissing and necking and
I was feeling her boobs. And after about an hour or so,
she said,
Ohhh, don’t you wanna feel anything else?
And I suddenly thought to myself, ‘No, I don’t.’ Well, I guess yeah, because it was the first time I realized I was
homosexual. And I got so depressed, because I thought being gay meant being a bum all the rest of my life.
(All)
Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen,
Hello love
(Val)
Shit! Made it through high school without growing tits!
(Random voices)
Doubt, to break out
It’s a mess
Time to grow, time to go
(Paul)
What am I gonna say when he calls on me?!!
(Random voices until all join in)
My only adolesence
Where did it go it was so
Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen
Suddenly I’m seventeen and
(All)
Suddenly I’m seventeen and
Suddenly I’m seventeen and
Suddenly
There’s a lot I am not
Certain of
Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen
Hello
(Boys I)
Wah, wah wah wah wah, wah wah wah wah
(Boys II)
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah
(Girls I)
Doo dit, dit doo dit, dit doo dit, dit doo dit
(Girls II)
Du de du de du de du de doo dit
(Richie)
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball
Yeah!
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball
Yeah!
I was always running around shouting
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball
Yeah!
I was so enthusiastic I was into everything
The yearbook was filled with my picture
And I was lucky cause I got
A scholarship to college!
A scholarship to college!
So I went (so he went)
Yes I went (yes he went)
So I’m gonna be this kindergarten teacher-
Can you imagine me this kindergarten teacher?
And I thought Shit (Shit, Richie)
Shit! (shit, Richie)
What are you gonna be (shit, Richie, shit Richie)
When you get shoved outta here (shit, Richie, shit, Richie)
Honey, ain’t nobody gonna be standing there (shit, Richie, shit, Richie)
With no scholarship to life
And I was scared (shit, Richie) scared (shit, Richie)
Scared (shit, Richie) Scared!! (shit, Richie!)
(Girls)
My braces gone,
(Boys)
my pimples gone
(All)
My childhood gone goodbye
Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen
Goodbye fourteen, goodbye fifteen
Goodbye sixteen, goodbye seventeen
Hello love
Go to it, go to it
Go to it, go to it
Go to it, go to it
(All)
And now life really begins (go to it)
And now life really begins (go to it)
And now life really begins (go to it)
And now life really begins (go to it)
Go to it!

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - Nothing

[DIANA]
I'm so excited because I'm gonna go
to the High School of Performing Arts!
I mean, I was dying to be a serious actress.
Anyway, it's the first day acting class-
and we're in the auditorium and the teacher,
Mr. Karp... Oh, Mr. Karp...
Anyway, he puts us up on the stage with
our legs around each other,
one in back of the other and he says:
"Okay... we're going to do improvisations.
Now, you're on a bobsled. It's snowing out.
And it's cold...Okay...GO!"

Ev'ry day for a week we would try to
Feel the motion, feel the motion
Down the hill.

Ev'ry day for a week we would try to
Hear the wind rush, hear the wind rush,
Feel the chill.

And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
To see what I had inside.
Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
And I tried, I tried.

[Spoken]
And everybody's goin' "Whooooosh, whooooosh ...
I feel the snow... I feel the cold... I feel the air."
And Mr. Karp turns to me and he says,
"Okay, Morales. What did you feel?"

[sings]
And I said..."Nothing,
I'm feeling nothing,"
And he says "Nothing
Could get a girl transferred."

They all felt something,
But I felt nothing
Except the feeling
That this bullshit was absurd!

[Spoken]
But I said to myself, "Hey, it's only the first week.
Maybe it's genetic.
They don't have bobsleds in San Juan!"

[sings]
Second week, more advanced, and we had to
Be a table, be a sportscar...
Ice-cream cone.

Mister Karp, he would say,"Very good,
except Morales. Try, Morales,
All alone."

And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
To see how an ice cream felt.
Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
And I tried to melt.

The kids yelled, "Nothing!"
They called me "Nothing"
And Karp allowed it,
Which really makes me burn.

The were so helpful.
They called me "Hopeless",
Until I really didn't know
Where else to turn.

[Spoken]
And Karp kept saying,
"Morales, I think you should transfer to Girl's High,
You'll never be an actress, Never!" Jesus Christ!

Went to church, praying, "Santa Maria,
Send me guidance, send me guidance,"
On my knees.

Went to church, praying, "Santa Maria,
Help me feel it, help me feel it.
Pretty please!"

And a voice from down at the bottom of my soul
Came up to the top of my head.
And the voice from down at the bottom of my soul,
Here is what it said:

"This man is nothing!
This course is nothing!
If you want something,
Go find another class.

And when you find one
You'll be an actress."
And I assure you that's what
Fin'lly came to pass.

Six months later I heard that Karp had died.
And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul...
And cried.
'Cause I felt... nothing.

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - One (Finale)

[Boys]
One singular sensation
Every little step he takes.
One thrilling combination
Every move that he makes.
One smile and suddenly nobody else will do;
You know you'll never be lonely with you know who.
One moment in his presence
And you can forget the rest.
For the guy is second best
To none,
Son.
Ooooh! Sigh! Give him your attention.
Do...I...really have to mention?
He's the One?
She walks into a room
And you know
[Girls]
She's un-
Commonly rare, very unique,
Peripatetic, poetic and chic.
[All]
She walks into a room
And you know from her
Maddening pose, effortless whirl,
She's the special girl.
Stroll-ing,
Can't, help,
All of her qualities extol-ling.
Loaded with charisma is my
Jauntily sauntering, ambling shambler.
She walks into a room
And you know you must
Shuffle along, join the parade.
She's the quintessence of making the grade.
This is whatcha call
Trav-ling.
Oh, strut your stuff!
Can't get enough
Of her.
Love her.
I'm a son of a gun,
She is one of a
Kind...
[Boys & Girls parts simultaneously]
[Boys]
One singular sensation
Every little step she takes.
One thrilling combination
Every move that she makes.
One smile and suddenly nobody else will do;
You know you'll never be lonely with you know who.

One moment in her presence
And you can forget the rest.
For the girl is second best
To none,
Son.
Ooooh! Sigh! Give her your attention.
Do...I...really have to mention?
She's the One?

[Girls]
She walks into a room
And you know from her
Maddening pose, effortless whirl,
She's the special girl.
Stroll-ing,
Can't, help,
All of her qualities extol-ling.
Loaded with charisma is my
Jauntily sauntering, ambling shambler.
She walks into a room
And you know you must
Shuffle along, join the parade.
She's the quintessence of making the grade.
This is whatcha call
Trav-ling.
Oh, strut your stuff!
Can't get enough
Of her.
Love her.
I'm a son of a gun,
She is one of a
Kind...
[All]
One singular sensation
Every little step she takes.
One thrilling combination
Every move that she makes.
One smile and suddenly nobody else will do;
You know you'll never be lonely with you know who.
One moment in her presence
And you can forget the rest.
For the girl is second best
To none,
Son.
Ooooh! Sigh! Give her your attention.
Do...I...really have to mention?
She's the...
She's the...
She's the...
One!

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - Sing

[KRISTINE]
See I really couldn't sing
I could never really sing

[AL]
...Sing!
..Note.
..Throat.
...Thing.

[KRISTINE]
What I couldn't do was...
I have trouble with a...
It goes all around my...
It's a terrifying...
See, I reall couldn't hear
Which not was lower or was...
If someone says, "Let's start a...

[AL]
...Higher
...Choir.

[KRISTINE]
Hey, when I begin to...
It's a cross between a...
And a quiver or a...
It's a little like a...
Or the record player...
What its doesn't have is...

[AL]
...Shreik.
...Squeak.
...Moan.
...Croak.
...Broke.
...Tone.

[KRISTINE]
Oh I know you're thinking
What a crazy...
But I really couldn't...
I could never really...
What I couldn't do was...

[AL]
...Dingaling.
...Sing.
...Sing.
...Sing!

[AL]
Three blind mice.

[KRISTINE (Off-Key)]
Three blind mice.
[Spoken]
It isn't intentional...

[AL (Spoken)]
She's doing her best,

Jingle bells, jingle bells...

[KRISTINE]
Jingle bells, jingle bells...
[Spoken]
It really blows my mind

[AL (Spoken)]
She gets depressed

But what I lack in pitch I sure

[AL]
Make up in...
...Power.
And all my friends say I am

[KRISTINE]
Perfect for the
Shower.

Still,
I'm terrific at a...
Guys are comin' in their...
I'm a birdie on the...
But when I begin to...
They say, "who's the little...
...Goin' 'pong' instead of...

[AL]
...Dance.
...Pants.
...Wing.
...Chirp.
...Twerp
...Ping.

And when Christmas comes ans
All my friends go...

[ALL]
Caroling,

[KRISTINE]
It is so dishearten...
It is so disquiet...
It is so discourag...
Darling, please stop answer...

[AL]
...-Ning.
...-Ting.
...-Ging.
...-Ring!

...Sing.
...Sing.

[KRISTINE]
See, I really couldn't...
I could never really...
What I couldn't do was...

[ALL (In parts with Al conducting)]
Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do
Do, ti, la, sol, fa, mi, re, do
La

[KRISTINE (Off Key)]
La...

[ALL]
La

[KRISTINE]
La...

[GIRLS]
Sing, sing
Sing a sing a sing sing
Sing, sing

Sing, Sing

[BOYS]
Never sing a note.
Please never,
Never sing a note,
Don't ever...

[KRISTINE (Off key)]
...Sing.

[ALL]
Sing!

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - The Music and the Mirror

[CASSIE]
Give me somebody to dance for,
Give me somebody to show.
Let me wake up in the morning to find
I have somewhere exciting to go.

To have something that I can believe in.
To have something to be.
Use me... Choose me.

God, I'm a dancer,
A dancer dances!

Give me somebody to dance with.
Give me a place to fit in.
Help me return to the world of the living
By showing me how to begin.

Play the music.
Give me the chance to come through.
All I ever needed was the music, and the mirror,
And the chance to dance for you.

Give me a job and you instantly get me involved.
If you give me a job,
Then the rest of the crap will get solved.
Put me to work,
You would think that by now I'm allowed.
I'll do you proud.

Throw me a rope to grab on to.
Helpome to prove that I'm strong.
Give me the chance to look forward to sayin':
"Hey. listen, they're playing my song."

Play me the music.
Give me the chance to come through.
All I ever needed was the music, and the mirror,
And the chance to dance...

Play me the music,
Play me the music,
Play me the music.
Give me the chance to come through.
All I ever needed was the music, and the mirror,
And the chance to dance...

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - What I Did for Love

[Diana]
Kiss today goodbye,
The sweetness and the sorrow.
Wish me luck, the same to you.
But I can't regret
What I did for love, what I did for love.
Look my eyes are dry.
The gift was ours to borrow.
It's as if we always knew,
And I won't forget what I did for love,
What I did for love.
Gone,
Love is never gone.
As we travel on,
Love's what we'll remember.
Kiss today goodbye,
And point me t'ward tomorrow.
We did what we had to do.
Won't forget, can't regret
What I did for
Love
[All]
What I did for
Love
[Diana]
What I did for...
[All (adding more voices each phrase)]
Love
Love is never gone
As we travel one
Love's what we'll remember
Kiss today goodbye.
[Diana]
And point me t'ward tomorrow.
[All]
Point me t'ward tomorrow
We did what we had to do.
Won't forget, can't regret
What I did for love.
What I did for love.
[Diana]
What I did for love
[All]
Love

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - Montage I

[VAL]
Hello twelve,

[RICHIE]
Hello thirteen,

[MAGGIE]
Hello Love.

[AL]
Changes, Oh!

[BEBE]
Down below.

[DIANA]
Up above.

[VAL]
Time to doubt,

[MIKE]
To break out'

[RICHIE]
It's a mess,

[MAGGIE]
It's a mess.

[PAUL AND JUDY]
Time to grow.

[MAGGIE AND AL]
Time to go

[CONNIE, BOBBY AND RICHIE]
Adolesce,

[ALL]
Adolesce.
Too young to take over,
Too old to ignore.

[AL]
Gee, I'm almost ready,

[ALL]
But...what...for?

There's a lot
I am not
Certain of.
Hellot twelve
Hello thirteen
Hello love.

[ALL (except Connie)]
Goodbye twelve
Goodbye thirteen
Hello love...

[BEBE ]
Robert Goulet, Robert Goulet
My God, Robert Goulet!

[ALL]
...Oh!
Down below
Up above...

[DON]
Playing Doctor with Evelyn

[ALL]
La la la

[RICHIE]
I'll show you mine

[ALL]
La la

[RICHIE]
You show me yours

[ALL]
La la

[KRISTINE]
Seeing Daddy...naked!

[ALL]
Time to grow,
Time to go...

[SHEILA]
Surprise!

[ALL]
La la la

[SHEILA]
Mom and Dad were doing it.

[BOBBY]
I'm gonna be a movie star.

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - Montage Ii

[ALL]
Goodbye twelve,
Goodbye thirteen,
Hello love.

[MAGGIE]
Why do I pay for all those lessons?
Dance for Gran'ma! Dance for Gran'ma!

[BEBE]
My God, that Steve McQueen's reall sexy,
Bob Goulet out,
Steve McQueen in!

[CASSIE]
You cannot go to the movies
Until you finish your homework.

[AL]
Wash the car,

[MIKE]
Stop pickin' your nose.

[MAGGIE]
Oh, darling, you're not old enough to wear a bra.
You've got nothing to hold it up.

[MARK]
Locked in the bathroom with Peyton Place.

[VAL]
Tits! When am I gonna grow tits?

[BOBBY]
If Troy Donahue can ne a movie star,
Then I could be a movie star.

[JUDY]
But the thing that made my Daddy laugh so much
Was when I used to jump and dance around the living room...

[MAGGIE]
Please take this message
To Mother from me.

Carry it with you
Across the blue sea.
"Mother, oh, Mother,
Wherever I go
Your Maggie is missin' you so."

"Mother, oh, Mother,
Wherever I go
Your Maggie is missin' you so."

[AL]
Dad would take Mom to Roseland.
She'd come home with her shoes on her hand.

[DIANA]
Mama fat,
Always in the kitchen cooking all the time.

[SHEILA]
Darling, I can tell you now,
Your father went through life with an open fly.

[VAL]
Tits! Where are my tits?

[CASSIE]
Listen to your mother.
those stage and movie people got there
Because they're special.

[GREG]
You take after your father's side of the family,
The ugly side.

[PAUL]
Wait until your father gets home.

[DON]
Swear to God and hope to die.

[CHORUS]
Goodbye twelve
Goodbye thirteen
Hello La-a-a-ove.

[AL]
Early to bed,
Early to rise.
Your broad goes out
Other guys.

[CASSIE]
A diaphragm, a diaphragm.
I thought a diaphragm was up
Here,
Where you breathe.

[DON]
I bought a car.
I bought my first car.

[MIKE (Spoken)]
Padiddle.

[CHORUS]
Changes, oh,
Up a-...

[MARK]
Ev'ry girl I know has lockjaw of Down below.
The legs.

[CONNIE]
You're not leaving this house
'Til you're
Twenty-one.

[KRISTINE]
The ugliest boy asked me to the
Prom,
I stayed home.

[MAGGIE]
Life is a ashtray.

[VAL]
Shit.
Made it through High School
Without
Growing tits.

[CHORUS]
...Doubt,
To break out
It's a mess.

[RICHIE]
My trouble is wine, women, and
Song.
I can't get any of 'em.

Time to grow,
Time to go,
A-do...

[MIKE]
Your brother's going to
Medical School,

And you're dropping out to be a
Chorus boy.
Nothing!

[BEBE]
Steve McQueen out.
Nureyev in!

[DIANA]
You gotta know somebody to be
Somebody.

[MAGGIE]
Gra-du-a-tion!

[SHEILA]
All you run around with are
Bums.

[AL]
I got nancy's picture, Annabelle's
Locket,
Cynthia's ring and Lucy's pants.
Head-on collision!
Eddie got killed...

[RICHIE]
Let's dance, let's dance.

[PAUL]
What am I gonna say when he calls on me?

[JUDY]
My only adolescence, my only adolescence
My only adolescence.

[JUDY AND KRISTINE]
My only adolescence.

[KRISTINE]
My only adolescence...

[DIANA AND BEBE]
Where did it go? It was so...
Where did it go? It was so...

[VAL, DIANA AND BEBE]
Where did it go? It was so...
Where did it go? It was so...

[GREG, BOBBY AND MIKE]
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior,
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior.

[SHEILA, MAGGIE AND DON]
Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen,
Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen.

[MARK, CONNIE, CASSIE, RICHIE, MAGGIE, JUDY, PAUL, LARRY AND AL]
Suddenly I'm Seventeen and

[ALL]
Suddenly I'm Seventeen and...
Suddenly I'm Seventeen and...
Suddenly,

There's a lot
I am not
Certain of,

Goodbye twelve,
Goodbye thirteen,
Hello...

[Break into 4 groups and Scat counterpoint]
[GIRLS]
Doo,
Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo,
Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo,
Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo,
Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo,

[GIRLS]
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du.

[BOYS]
Wah, wah wah wah wah wah wah wah,
Wah, wah wah wah wah wah wah wah,
Wah, wah wah wah wah wah wah wah,
Wah, wah wah wah wah wah wah wah.

[BOYS]
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,

[RICHIE]
Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball. Yeah!

Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball. Yeah!

I was always runnin' around shoutin',
"Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball. Yeah!"

I was so enthusiastic.
I was in to ev'rything.
The yearbook is filled wiht my pictures,
And I was lucky 'cause I got

A scholarship to college.
A scholarship to college!

[ALL (Chorus plus offstage voices)]
So he went.

[RICHIE]
Yes, I went.

[ALL]
Yes, he went.

[RICHIE]
So I'm gonna be this kindergarten teacher...

[spoken]
Imagine me- this kindergarten teacher? And I thought...

[Sings]
Shit.

[ALL]
Shit, Richie.

[RICHIE]
Shit.

[ALL]
Shit, Richie.

[RICHIE]
What are you gonna be?
[ALL]
Shit, Richie,Shit, Richie.
[RICHIE]
When you get shoved
[ALL]
Shit, Richie,Shit, Richie.
[RICHIE]
Outta here,
Honey, ain't nobody
[ALL]
Shit, Richie, Shit, Richie
[RICHIE]
Gonna be standin' there
With no scholarship to life.
[ALL]
Shit, Richie, Shit, Richie.

[RICHIE]
And I was scared.

[ALL]
Shit, Richie.

[RICHIE]
Scared.

[ALL]
Shit, Richie.

[RICHIE]
Scared!!

[ALL]
Shit, Richie.

[GIRLS (Chorus & all offstage voices 'til end)]
My braces gone

[BOYS]
My pimples gone.

[ALL]
My childhood gone,
Goodbye

Goodbye twelve.
Goodbye thirteen.
Goodbye fourteen.
Goodbye fifteen.
Goodbye sixteen.
Goodbye seventeen.
Hello love.

Go to it.
Go to it.
Go to it.
Go to it.
Go to it.
Go to it.

[BOYS]
And now life really begins.

[GIRLS]
Go to it.

[BOYS]
And now life really begins.

[GIRLS]
Go to it.

[BOYS]
And now life really beigins.

[GIRLS]
Go to it.

[BOYS]
And now life really begins.

[GIRLS]
Go to it.

[BOYS]
Go to it.

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - I Can Do That

[MIKE]
I'm watchin' Sis
Go pitterpat.
Said,
"I can do that,
I can do that."

Knew ev'ry step
Right off the bat.
Said,
"I can do that,
I can do that."

One morning Sis won't go to dance class
I grabbed her shoes and tights and all,
But my foot's too small,
So,
I stuff her shoes
With extra socks,
Run seven blocks
In nothin' flat.
Hell,
I can do that,
I can do that.

I got to class
And had it made,
And so I stayed
The rest of my life.
All thanks to Sis
(Now married and fat),

I can do this.

That I can do!
I can do that.

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - I Hope I Get It

[ZACH]
Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch...Again!
Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch...Again!
Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch...Again!
Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch...Right!
That connects with...
Turn, turn, out, in, jump, step,
Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch.
Got it?... Going on. And...
Turn, turn, touch, down, back, step,
Pivot, step, walk, walk, walk.

Right! Let's do the whole combination,
Facing away from the mirror.
From the top. A-Five, six, seven, eight!

[ALL]
God, I hope I get it.
I hope I get it.
How many people does he need?

[BOYS]
How many people does he need?

[GIRLS]
God, I hope I get it.

[ALL]
I hope I get it.
How many boys, how many girls?

[GIRLS]
How many boys, how many...?

[ALL]
Look at all the people!
At all the people.
How many people does he need?
How many boys, how many girls?
How many people does he...?

[TRICIA]
I really need this job.
Please God, I need this job.
I've got to get this job.

[ALL]
God, I really blew it!
I really blew it!
How could I do a thing like that?

[BOYS]
How could I do a thing like...

[ALL]
Now I'll never make it!
I'll never make it!
He doesn't like the way I look.
He doesn't like the way I dance.
He doesn't like the way I...

[ALL]
GOD, I think I've got it.
I think I've got it.
I knew he liked me all the time.
Still it isn't over.

[MAGGIE]
What's coming next?

[ALL]
It isn't over.

[MIKE]
What happens now?

[ALL]
I can't imagine what he wants.

[GIRLS]
I can't imagine what he...

[ALL]
God, I hope I get it!
I hope I get it.
I've come this far, but even so
It could be yes, it could be no,
How many people does he...?

I really need this job.

[A FEW VOICES]
My unemployment is gone.

[ALL]
Please, God, I need this job.

[A FEW VOICES]
I knew I had it from the start.

[ALL]
I've got to get this show.

[PAUL]
Who am I anyway?
Am I my resume?
That is a picture of a person I don't know.

What does he want from me?
What should I try to be?
So many faces all around, and here we go.
I need this job, oh God, I need this show.

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - Dance: Ten; Looks: Three

[VAL]
Dance: ten; Looks; three.
And I' still on unemployment,
Dancing for my own enjoyment.
That ain't it, kid. That ain't it, kid.

"Dance: ten; Looks; three,"
I like to die!
Left the theatre and
Called the doctor for
My appointment to buy...

Tits and ass.
Bought myself a fancy pair.
Tightened up the derriere.
Did the nose with it.
All that goes with it.

Tits and ass!
Had the bingo-bongos done.
Suddenly I'm getting nash'nal tours!
Tits and ass won't get you jobs
Unless they're yours.

Didn't cost a fortune neither.
Didn't hurt my sex life either.

Flat and sassy,
I would get the strays and losers.
Beggars really can't be choosers.
That ain't it, kid. That ain't it, kid.

Fised the chassis.
"How do you do!"
Life turned into and
Endless medley of
"Gee it had to be you!"
Why?

Tits and ass!
Where the cupboard once was bare
Now you knock and someone's there.
You have got 'em, hey.
Top to bottom, hey.

It's a gas!
Just a dash of silicone.
Shake your new maracas and you fine!
Tits and ass can change your life.
They sure changed mine.

Have it all done.
Honey, take my word.
Grab a cab, c'mon.
See the wizard on
Park and Seventy-Third
For

Tits and ass.
Orchestra or balcony.
What they want is whatcha see.
Keep the best of you.
Do the rest of you.

Pits or class.
I have never seen it fail.
Debutante or chorus girl or wife.

Tits and ass,
Yes, tits and ass
Have changed...
My...
Life...!

A Chorus Line Soundtrack - At the Ballet

[SHEILA]
Daddy always thought that he married beneath him.
That's what he said, that's what he said.
When he proposed he informed my mother
He was probably her very last chance.
And though she was twenty-two,
Though she was twenty-two,
Though she was twenty-two,
She married him.

Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic
More like a "Come as you are."
When I was five I remember my mother
Dug earrings out of the car
I knew they weren't hers, But it wasn't
Something you'd want to discuss.
He wasn't warm.
Well, not to her.
Well, not to us

But
Everything was beautiful at the ballet.
Graceful men lift lovely girls in white.
Yes,
Everything was beautiful at ballet.
Hey!
I was happy... at the ballet.

That's why I started class...

Up a steep and very narrow stairway.

[SHEILA AND BEBE]
To the voice like a metronome.
Up a steep and very narrow stairway.

[SHEILA]
It wasn't paradise...

[BEBE]
It wasn't paradise...

[SHEILA AND BEBE]
It wasn't paradise...

[SHEILA]
But it was home.

[BEBE]
Mother always said I'd be very attractive
When I grew up, when I grew up.
"Diff'rent," she said, "With a special something
And a very, very personal flair."
And though I was eight or nine,
Though I was eight or nine,
Though I was eight or nine,
I hated her.
Now,

"Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty.
"Pretty" is what it's about.
I never met anyone who was "diff'rent"
Who couldn't figure that out.
So beautiful I'd never lived to see.
But it was clear,
If not to her,
Well, then... to me...
That ...

[MAGGIE AND BEBE]
Everyone is beautiful at the ballet.
Every prince has got to have his swan.
Yes,
Everyone is beautiful at the ballet.

[MAGGIE]
Hey!...

[BEBE]
I was pretty...

[SHEILA]
At the ballet

[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE]
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
To the voice like a metronome.
Up a steep and very narrow stairway

[MAGGIE]
It wasn't paradise...

[BEBE]
It wasn't paradise...

[SHEILA]
It wasn't paradise...

[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE]
But it was home.

[MAGGIE (Spoken)]
I don't know what they were for or against, really,
except each other.
I mean I was born to save their marriage
but when my father came to pick my mother up
at the hospital
he said, "Well, I thought this was going to help.
but I guess it's not..."
Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life.
I used to dance around the living room
with my arms up like this
My fantasy was that I was an Indian Chief...
And he'd say to me,
"Maggie, do you wanna dance?"
And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance!"

[SHEILA AND MAGGIE]
Doo-doo-doo-doo

[BEBE]
But it was clear...

[BEBE AND MAGGIE]
Doo-doo-doo

[SHEILA]
When he proposed...

[SHEILA AND BEBE]
Doo-doo-doo

[MAGGIE]
That I was born to help their marriage and when

[MAGGIE AND BEBE]
Doo-doo-doo-doo

[SHEILA]
That's what he said...

[SHEILA AND MAGGIE]
Doo-doo-doo

[BEBE]
That's what she said...

[BEBE AND SHEILA]
Doo-doo-doo

[MAGGIE]
I used to dance around the living room...

[BEBE AND SHEILA]
Doo-doo-doo-doo

[SHEILA]
He wasn't warm...

[SHEILA AND MAGGIE]
Doo-doo-doo

[BEBE]
Not to her...

[MAGGIE]
It was an Indian chief and he'd say:
"Maggie, do you wanna dance?"
And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to..."

Everything was beautiful at the ballet,
Raise your arms and someone's always there.
Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet,
At the ballet,
At the ballet!!!

[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE]
Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet.

[MAGGIE]
HEY!...

[BEBE]
I was pretty...

[SHEILA]
I was happy...

[MAGGIE]
"I would love to..."

[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE]
At...the...ballet.