"Dont breathe too deep dont think all day, dive into work, drive the other way" -RENT
"How could a night so frozen be so scalding hot, how can a morning this mild be so raw" -RENT Chorus Line "Dance ten looks three, and Im still on unemployment, dancing for my own enjoyment, That aint it kid, That aint it kid" -
"In my ivory tour life was just a hostess snack, but now Ive tasted chocolate and Im never goin back" -Hairspray "Our bodies entwining defenseless and silent, no second thoughts, Ive decided" Phantom
"Believe in yourself right from the start, believe in the magic thats inside your heart" The Wiz
"Dreams were all I ever knew, Dreams, you wont need them when Im through" Miss Saigon
"Dont Wish, dont start, wishing only wounds the heart" Wicked
Those are a few of my faves....Dont worry, Ill remember some more and post them later :)
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You Can Always Count on Me (the whole song is filled with them)
But, my favorite is...
I don't need a map, I naturally head for the dead end street, You can always count on me...
and also...
Though my kind of dame no doubt will die out like the dinosaurs, You can always count on me, I'm solely to blame, My head gives advice that my heart ignores, I'm my only enemy
If life is a school, I'll pass every test If life is a game, I'll play it the best I won't give in, and I'll never bend and I Am My Own Best Friend.. - CHICAGO wonderful lyrics
"Kiss of the Spider Woman" "Into the Woods" "The Rink" "Sweeney Todd" "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" "Les Miz" and probably "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" with ALL it's endings!
"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." -
Elizabeth Taylor
There so many that I can't possibly pick but one of the best is "Shes the climax of your technicolor dreams" from Kiss of the Spider Woman. Most of Sweeney and Rent are great as well but I don't think you can pick just one lyric.
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
Anything Sondheim, PORTER, Finn, Brown, or LaChiusa...or City of Angels... Chicago, A Chorus Line... and whoever said Drood, thank you (the confessions and "Both Sides of the Coin" are so great!)!
Thesbijean, I have had that song on a constant repeat for the past few days! My personal favorite is "I'm no femme fatale, but faithful and true as a saint bernarnd, barkin' up the wrong damn tree."
Also every single word in A Little Priest. "Here's a politician so oily it's served with a doily. Have one. Put it on a bun. Well, you never know if it's going to run."
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
I agree. Nothing against Rent, but we're talking best lyrics of ALL TIME.
I second "A Little Priest" - that song's about as good as it gets.
Also from Sweeney Todd: "There's a hole in the world like a great black pit and the vermin of the world inhabit it, and its morals aren't worth what a pit could spit..."
Thesbijean -- for me, you have the right show, but the wrong song (not to disparage that one, but it's not my favorite from CoA):
And come to think of it Your writing always mirrored our relationship With dangers popping up And sweet young strangers popping up like weeds 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.
My second favorite lyric, also from CoA:
You drool at my adventures Your broads in bed are bored Go home and soak your dentures Your pen is no match for my sword
OK, not to be a party crasher, but this thread is about specific Broadway lyrics, right? So pick a lyric or 100, but saying "Anything from RENT, SWEENEY, WICKED..." doesn't really answer the question. If you want to start a Best Score thread, go right ahead.
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