Any Three Favorite Musical Lyrics

It doesn't have to be funny, it doesn't have to be dramatic or even meaningful but what are three of your favorite Musical lyrics?


"There's people who freeze
While they wait on their knees
and they don't know for what
and they've just been forgotten,
I ain't waitin no more..." -Caroline or Change

"Flushed and Rushed and Razzle-Dazzled" - Pippin

"It's the fragment, not the day.
It's the pebble, not the stream.
It's the ripple, not the sea.
Not the building but the beam,
Not the garden but the stone,
Not the treaty house,
Someone in a tree." - Pacific Overtures

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"We'll not discriminate great from small.
No, we'll serve anyone -
Meaning anyone -
And TO anyone -
At all!" ---"A Little Priest" from Sweeney Todd


"Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Losing my timing this late in my career.
But where are the clowns?
They're ought to be clowns.
Well, maybe next year." ---"Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music



"The sun comes up -
I think about you.
The coffee cup -
I think about you.
And do they know
It's like I'm losing my mind?" ---"Losing My Mind" from Follies


I wonder why I won the cast award entitled, "Stephen Sondheim's Lover" Award? :)

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"Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?"- RENT

"Now I know where I belong, a live of taste and class, with culture and sophistication...pouring out my ASS!"- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

"Look at me one last time, and don't forget what you see. One more kiss, and say good bye..."- Miss Saigon

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Updated On: 7/24/05 at 10:32 PM

Funny - I was JUST thinking about this other night.
I agree with an earlier poster who said:

"We'll not discriminate great from small
No we'll serve anyone
Meaning anyone
And to anyone
At all"
-- "A Little Priest"Sweeney Todd

"You've got to be taught
To be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made
And people whose skin is a different shade
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six
Or seven
Or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught."
-- "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught," South Pacific

And my all time favorite just for the rhymes and sheer cleverness:

"You had to ruin it
This plot has got a lot of deja vu in it
Familiarity
And in this case we both know what that breeds
So if you wish official pardoning
You better do a little gardening
You know you needn't be so generous with your seeds.
Your fertile lies don't fertilize
It needs work."
-- "It Needs Work", City of Angels

I know it asks for three, but my runner up:

"And then from out of the bluie
And without any guide
You know what your decision is
Which is not to decide
You'll just leave him a clue
For example: a shoe
And then see what he'll do
Now it's he and not you
Who is stuck with the shoe
In a stew
In the goo
And you've learned something too
Something you never knew..."
-- "On the Steps of the Palace" Into the Woods

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I can't think of 3. But one of my favorites (rhyme wise) "...how many years my heart has waited - who knew love could be so caffinated" -- Taylor the Latte Boy

I'm not about to type them all out, but all of my favorite lyrics come from these shows:

Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd
A Little Night Music
Pacific Overtures
Into the Woods
Company
Follies
The Last 5 Years
Rent

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"beacuse i was born too soon and i started too late...thats why"
-gypsy of course

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I am bumping this thread since a similar thread was started today.

Updated On: 9/6/05 at 11:39 AM

"Damn, damn, damn, DAMN! ... I've grown accustomed to her face."
~if-you-don't-know-what-this-is-from-you-don't-deserve-to-be-a-musical-theatre-fan.

"We build a treehouse,
I keep it from shaking,
A little more glue ev'ry time that it breaks.
Perfectly balanced,
Then I start making
Conscious, deliberate mistakes..."
~ "Nobody Needs To Know", The Last Five Years

"Let the moment go.
Don't forget it for a moment though.
Just remembering you've had an 'and'
When you're back to 'or'
Makes the 'or' mean more
Than it did before."
"Moments In The Woods", Into the Woods

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