Cute little lyrics you love

[zamedy]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 1:50pm

From "You're The Top" in ANYTHING GOES, I've always loved "You're sublime. You're a turkey dinner. You're the time.. of the Derby winner." Simple. Smart. Classic Cole Porter.

And from the "Good Morning Baltimore (Reprise)" in HAIRSPRAY, the line "I'll eat some breakfast then, change the world" always makes me smile. Perfectly fitting for Tracy.

Updated On: 6/19/13 at 01:50 PM

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 1:52pm

Pretty much any line in "Sunday" from Flower Drum Song.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 1:52pm

I've been going through a Darling of the Day phase (like you do), and I LOVE the line "don't be so uppity / the man who serves your cuppa tea" from A Gentleman's Gentleman.

[Broadway Geek2]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 1:56pm

"You'll 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 a shoe,
In a stew, in the goo,
And you've learned something, too,
Something you never knew"

(Into The Woods)

[madbrian]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:01pm

From 1776:

I cannot write with any style or proper etiquette
I don't know a participle from a predicate
I am just a simple cobbler from Connecticut

[artscallion]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:04pm

Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour out of ev'ry door?
No, it's just on the street where you live.

Updated On: 6/19/13 at 02:04 PM

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:08pm

madbrian, perfect call with etiquette/predicate/Connecticut. Why 1776 doesn't get more love is beyond me.

Also from 1776, I love:

Write to me with sentimental effusion
Let me revel in romantic illusion


From She Loves Me:

I love her, isn't that a wonder?
I wonder why I didn't want her.
I want her, that's the thing that matters,
And matters are improving daily.


(And all of A Trip to the Library.)

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:10pm

It's a lazy afternoon
And the beetle bugs are zooming
And the tulip trees are blooming
And there's not another human in view,
But us two
It's a lazy afternoon
And the farmer leaves his reaping
In the meadow cows are sleeping
And the speckled trout stop leaping up stream
As we dream
A fat pink cloud hangs over the hill
Unfolding like a rose
If you hold my hand and sit real still,
You can hear the grass as it grows
It's a hazy afternoon
And I know a place that's quiet, except for daisies running riot
And there's no one passing by it to see
Come spend this lazy afternoon with me

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:15pm

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

(City of Angels)

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:16pm

MILLIE:
They said I would sing the homesick blues

Granny dear, Mother mine
Old and gray at twenty-nine
Calloused hands, broken heart
Dreams that die before you start

I ain't got nothing, so I ain't got nothing to lose!
Who needs a hat? Who needs a purse?
And who needs you, mister whoever-you-are,
'cause I'm a pioneer woman, pal!
The Woolworth building! The Met Life Tower!
There's gold in them there hills, and I'm gonna get it or die trying!

Days of yore, kind and gentle
As me if I'm sentimental!
Not for the life of me
Boh-doh-dee-oh
Not for the life of
Not for the life of
Not for the life of me!

[jnb9872]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:17pm

Two simple gems I love, which admittedly are lifted by their context and musical setting, but I always adore every time:

My head started reeling
You gave me the feeling
The room had no ceiling or floor.

She loves me
True, she doesn't show it
How could she
When she doesn't know it!

[DrJekyll]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:17pm

"While her withers wither with her."

Into the Woods.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:19pm

ou'll wash my tender leaves
and smell my sweet perfume
you'll water me
and care for me
you'll see me bud and bloom


I'm feeling strangley happy now
contented and serene
O don't you see
finally I'll be
Somewhere that's green

[adam.peterson44]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:23pm

From City of Angels, It Needs Work:

And come to think of it,
Your writing always mirrors our relationship
With dangers cropping up
And sweet young strangers popping up like weeds

So if you wish official pardoning
You'd better do a little gardening
You know you needn't be so generous with your seed
Your fertile lies don't fertilize -
It needs work.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:27pm

Also, on the more intellectual side:

WOMAN
John Calhoun says...

CALHOUN
We need to find a scheme to keep the power
In the hands of the chosen few

WOMAN
John Quincy Adams says...

ADAMS
If my dad was President
Then I should get to be President too.

WOMAN
Henry Clay says...

CLAY
I'll make you President
If you make me Secretary of State.

WOMAN
Alexis de Tocqueville says something in French
That none of us can translate.

And, of course, the entirety of "Please, Hello!" from PACIFIC OVERTURES is a lyrical tour de force.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:34pm

Pretty much all of the group numbers in Oliver.

This one particularly comes to mind:

There's a little ditty
They're singing in the city
Espeshly when they've been
On the gin
Or the beer
If you've got the patience,
Your own imaginations
Will tell you just exactly what you want to hear...

[eperkins]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:37pm

Love is crazy,
Love is often boring,
Love stinks.
Love is very pretty often debris
When you find -
What you find -
Then never never never never never
Do it over again.

[quizking101]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:39pm

From WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN:

"I'd give up my sanity for just five minutes more of thinking you want me..."

[Kad]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:40pm

I thought the world,
Was sugar cake,
For so our master said;
But now I'll teach,
My hands to bake,
Our loaf of daily bread.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:48pm

Tell her I love her
Tell her I'll always be with her
And I will see her in a better place
Where hope is always new

Ours was a short time
Ours was a love that never bloomed
Yet in that love there lives
A brand new hope
It's calling out to you


Updated On: 6/19/13 at 02:48 PM

[Stevil907]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 2:55pm

From Sweeney Todd:

"The trouble with poet is how do you know it's deceased. Try the priest."

[Renart]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 3:32pm

It's the fragment, not the day.
It's the pebble, not the stream.
It's the ripple, not the sea
that is happening.

Not the building but the beam,
Not the garden but the stone,
Only cups of tea
and history
and someone in a tree.


My favorite line from "You're the Top" is probably

You're the nimble tread
of the feet of Fred
Astaire.

[Visceral_Fella]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 4:10pm

These aren't "cute", but I love almost every lyric from On the Steps of the Palace - Into the Woods, and "Covered with scars I did nothing to earn" from The Last Five Years is incredibly chilling to me.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 4:26pm

I flip when a fellow sends me flowers,
I drool over dresses made of lace,
I talk on the telephone for hours
With a pound and a half of cream upon my face!

It's extra fun when you do it in your bedroom and pretend you're Nancy Kwan!

Updated On: 6/19/13 at 04:26 PM

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 4:31pm

I'm currently very partial to Matilda.

From Loud:

No one's gonna tell you when to shake your tush.
Well, you've got a light; don't hide it under a bushel.
No one's gonna look if you don't stand out.
No one's gonna listen if you don't shout.
No one's gonna care if you don't care,
So go and put some highlights in your hair!
'Cause you've gotta highlight what you've got,
Even if what you've got is not a lot.

...

A little less bzzz, a lot more zing!
A little less pshh, a lot more schwang!
A little less dressing like your mum,
A lot more bum-ba, bum-bum, ba-da-bum!

And I know we're supposed to be annoying by the barrelina girl, but I love this from Miracle:

My mummy says I'm a precious barrelina.
She has never seen a prettier barrelina.
She says if I'm keen, I have to cut down on the cream,
But I'm a barrelina, SO GIVE ME MORE CAKE!

Take another picture of our angel in that costume that I made.
The role of tree has never been portrayed with such convincing sway.
That's right, honey, look at mummy!
Don't put honey on your brother.
Smile for mummy; smile for mother!
I think she blinked.
Well, take another!