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A CHORUS LINE 1.I Hope I Get It 2.I Can Do That 3.At the Ballet 4.Sing! 5.Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love 6.Nothing 7.The Music and the Mirror 8.Dance: Ten; Looks: Three 9.One 10.What I Did For Love 11.One (Reprise) - Finale 1.I Hope I Get It [ Top ] Again...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 touch, step, step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch... Got it? Going on, 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! God, I hope I get it, I hope I get it! How many people does he need? How many people does he need? God, I hope I get it! I hope I get it! How may boys, how many girls How many boys, how many... 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 ... I really need this job Please, God, I need this job I've got to get this job Stage left, boys. Let's do the ballet combination First group of girls, second group to follow. One, two, three, four, five, six... God, I really blew it, I really blew it! How could I do a thing like that? How could I do a thing like ...? 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 right, let me see the boys. [Instrumental] The whole group. Ready, A-five, six, seven, eight! [Instrumental] Okay, Girls, A-five, six, seven, eight! [Instrumental] God, I think I've got it, I think I've got it! I knew he liked me all the time What's coming next ? What's happening now? Still it isn't over I've gotta imagine what he wants it isn't over I've gotta imagine what he does 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 Please, God, I need this job I've got to get this show. I have to get any moment I knew I had it, from the start 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. 2.I Can Do That [ Top ] I'm watchin' Sis go pit-a-pat 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 stuffed 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. 3.At the Ballet [ Top ] 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 wanna discuss He wasn't warm, well, not to her ... well, not to us But ev'rything was beautiful at the ballet. Graceful men lift lovely girls in white. Yes, ev'rything was beautiful at ballet, Hey! I was happy at the ballet. That's why I started ballet class Up a steep and very narrow stairway To the voice like a metronome Up a steep and very narrow stairway It wasn't paradise, it wasn't paradise, It wasn't paradise, but it was home. 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 ev'ryone is beautiful at the ballet. Ev'ry prince has got to have his swan. Yes, ev'ryone is beautiful at the ballet, Hey! I was pretty at the ballet Up a steep and very narrow stairway To the voice like a metronome Up a steep and very narrow stairway It wasn't paradise, it wasn't paradise, It wasn't paradise, but it was home. 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 it 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!" Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo But it was clear when he proposed That I was born to help their marriage and when That's what he said, That's what she said, I used to dance around the living room He wasn't warm, not to her It was an Indian chief and he said "Maggie, do you wanna dance?" And I said, "Daddy, I would love to." Ev'rything was beautiful at the ballet. Raise your arms and someone's always there Yes, ev'rything was beautiful at the ballet At the ballet... At the ballet... Yes ev'rything was beautiful at the ballet Hey! I was pretty I was happy "I would love to..." At the ballet. 4.Sing! [ Top ] See, I really couldn't sing I could never really sing What I couldn't do was... - Sing! I have trouble with the... - Note! It goes all around my... - Throat! It's a terrifying... - Thing! See, I really couldn't hear Which note was lower or was... - Higher! Which is why I disappear If someone says, "Let's start a... - Choir!" Hey, when I begin to... - Shriek! It's a across between I... - Squeak! And a quiver or I... - Moan! It's a little like a... - Croak! Or the record player... - Broke! What it doesn't have is... - Tone! Oh, I know you're thinking what a crazy... - Ding-a-ling But I really couldn't... - Sing! I could never really... - Sing! What I couldn't do was... - Sing! -Three blind mice... Three blind mice... It isn't intentional! - She's doing her best - Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle bells, Jingle bells It really blows my mind - She gets depressed But what I lack in pitch I sure make up in... - Power And all my friends Say I am perfect for the shower Still, I'm terrific at a... - Dance! Guys are comin' in theirr... - Pants! I'm a birdie on the... - Wing! But when I begin to... - Chirp! They say, "Who's the little..." - Twerp! Goin' 'pong' instead of... - 'Ping'!" And when Christmas comes And all my friends go caroling It is so dishearten - ning! It is so disquiet - ting! It is so discourag - ging! Darling, please stop answer - ring! See, I really couldn't - sing! I could never really - sing! What I couldn't do was Do re mi fa sol la ti do Do re mi fa sol la ti do La la la la Sing, sing, sing Sing, sing, sing... SING! 5.Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love [ Top ] Hello, Twelve Hello, Thirteen Hello, Love Changes, Oh! Down below, up above. Time to doubt To break out It's a mess. (It's a mess.) Time to grow, time to go Adolesce (Adolesce.) Too young to take over Too old to ignore Gee, I'm almost ready But what for? There's a lot I am not certain of Hello, Twelve Hello, Thirteen Hello, Love Goodbye, Twelve Goodbye, Thirteen Goodbye, Love All down below up above Time to grow, time to go La la la Goodbye, Twelve Goodbye, Thirteen Hello, Love There's a lot I am not certain of Hello, Twelve Hello, Thirteen Hello, Love Goodbye, Twelve Goodbye, Thirteen Goodbye, Fourteen Goodbye, Fifteen Goodbye, Sixteen Goodbye, Seventeen Hello, love... Don't do it! Don't do it! And now life really begins... Don't do it! Don't do it! And now life really begins... 6.Nothing [ Top ] 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 our first day acting class and we're in the auditorium and the teacher, Mr. Karp, puts us upon the stage with our legs around everybody, one in back of the other, and he says: "Okay, we're gonna do improvisations...Now, you're on a bobsled and it's snowing out and it's cold... Okay, go!" Ev'ryday 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! And everybody goin' "Woosh... woosh ... 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?" 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 feelin' that this bullshit was absurd! But I said to myself, "Hey, it's only the first week. Maybe it's genetic, They don't have bobsleds in San Juan!" 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. 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 a 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. 7.The Music and the Mirror [ Top ] 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 someone 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 living By showing me how to begin. Play me the music, Give a chance to come through. All I ever needed was the music And the mirror and a chance to dance for you. Give 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, Help me to prove that I'm strong. Give me the chance to look forward to sayin' "Hey, listen they're playin' my song." Play me the music Give me a chance to come through All I ever needed was the music and the mirror And a chance to dance Play me the music! Play me the music! Play me the music! Give me a chance to come through All I ever needed was the music and the mirror And a chance to dance... 8.Dance: Ten; Looks: Three [ Top ] ...But after a while I caught on...I mean, I saw what they were hiring! I also swiped my dance card once after an audition, and on a scale of one to ten, they gave me for dance: TEN, for looks : THREE! Why? Dance Ten, Looks Three And I'm still on unemployment, Dancing for my own enjoyment. That ain't it, kid! That ain't it, kid! Dance Ten, Looks Three Is like to die! Left the the'ter 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! Fix the chassis, "How do you do!" Life turned into an 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 Have you got 'em, hey! Top to bottom, hey! It's a gas! Just a dash of silicone. Shake your new maracas and your 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 and balcony. What they want is what cha see. Keep the best of you, Do all 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! 9.One [ Top ] Chorus: One singular sensation Ev'ry little step she takes. One thrilling combination Ev'ry 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 Ooh! Sigh! Give her your attention. Do I really have to mention She's the one? Girls: One singular sensation Ev'ry little step she takes. One thrilling combination Ev'ry 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 Ooh! Sigh! Give her your attention. Do I really have to mention She's the one? One, two, shoulder up Singular sensation Point an' point Leap, step, kick Hat to the head Three, four Leap with the hip Follow through Up, down Feel the phrase Elbow right, down, point Step, brush, Three, four, suddenly nobody Step, flick, step, up Step an' step, slow Three, four, five, six, Hat, kick, step, brush, Five, six... Back, back! One singular sensation Ev'ry little step she takes One thrilling combination Ev'ry 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 Ooh! Sigh! Give her your attention Do I really have to mention She's the one? 10.What I Did For Love [ Top ] 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 What I did for love 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... What I did for love... What I did for love... 11.One (Reprise) - Finale [ Top ] One singular sensation Ev'ry little step she takes One thrilling combination Ev'ry 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? She walks into a room and you know She's uncommonly rare, very unique, peripatetic, Poetic and chic. She walks into a room and you know From her maddening poise, effortless whirl, She's the special girl strolling, Can't help all of her qualities extolling. Loaded with charisma is ma 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'lling! Oh, strut your stuff! Can't get enough of her. Love her! Love her! I'm a son of a gun, she is one of a kind. One singular sensation Ev'ry little step she takes One thrilling combination Ev'ry 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?

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