Favorite Sondheim Intricate Rhyming Lyrics — Page 2

You folks have brought back some delightful Sondheim memories. Please keep them coming! I love this thread.

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Have you explored the town?
It is remote isn't it?
And provincial, don't you think?
And everything so brown!
The streets, the trees, the rivers even
Though there are some lovely gardens.
Oh, I could show you gardens!

"Don't take away the baby they shreaked and screamed. But I did and I hid her where she'll never be reached. Your mother cried, your father died and for extra measure, I admit it was a pleasure. I said, sorry I'm still not molified and I laid a little spell on them. Poo..you too son. That your family tree would always be a barren one. (laughter). So there's no more fuss and there's no more scenes..and my garden thrives. You should see my nectarines. But I'm telling you the same I tell kings and queens. Don't ever never ever mess around with my greens. Especially the beans."
Whew.

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By the sea, in our nest,
We could share our kippers
With the odd paying guest
From the weekend trippers,
Have a nice sunny suite
For the guest to rest in —
Now and then, you could do the guest in —
By the sea.
Married nice and proper,
By the sea —
Bring along your chopper

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Such lovely Blue Danube-y music
How can you be still? -- Do I Hear a Waltz?

And, though not exactly intricate, one of my favorites from the same show:

The shiny stuff is tomatoes
The salad lies in a group
The curly stuff is potatoes
The stuff that moves is soup
Anything that is white is sweet
Anything that is brown is meat
Anything that is gray, don't eat

Gosh I loooooooooove this thread.......thanks so much folks.................you are bringing lots of joy into my household by refreshing us with some amazing Sondheim lyrics...........

Thanks so much.........Please keep em coming!

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What More Do I Need?

Once I hated this city
Now it can't get me down
Slushy, humid and gritty
What a pretty town

What, thought I, could be duller
More depressing, less gay?
Now my favorite color
Is gray

A wall of rain as it turns to sleet
The lack of sun on a one-way street
I love the grime all the time
And what more do I need?

My window pane has a lovely view
An inch of sky and a flay or two
Why, I can see half a tree
and what more do I need?

Etc,etc...

One of Sondheim's best, in my opinion, yet hardly known.
A GREAT audition song for females with a Liz Callaway-esque voice.

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There's Something About a War
A GREAT song. Too bad it was cut.
I had to include the whole song 'cause its all hysterical.

I don't know how to say it but
There's something about a war
Mere words cannot convey it but
There's something about a war
It's noisy and its crowded
And you have to stand in line
But there's something about a war
That's divine

You march until your bleary but
There's something about a war
The company is dreary but
There's something about a war
Your fungernails get broken
and the food is often vile
Still there's something about a war
Makes you smile

The rain may rust your armor
Your straps may be too tight
But decapitate a farmer and your heart feels light
But there's something about a war
There's somethinga war
There's someting about a war
That makes this little old world all right

Oh, its tread, tread tread
Through the mud, mud, mud
And its shed, shed, shed
All the blood, blood, ugh
There's something about a war

Oh its plunge, plunge, plunge
Through the dust, dust, dust
And its lunge, lunge, lunge
And its thrust, thrust, ughhh
There's something about a war

You know it isnt massacres
And luaghter all day long
Still there's something about a war
Like a song

A warriors' work is never done
He never can take a rest
There's a land too overrun
And people to be opressed

There's always a town to pillage
And a city to be laid waste
There's always a little village
Entirely to be erased
And centinels to sack, of course
And temples to attack, of course
And children to annihilate
Priestesses to violate
Houses to destroy-HEY!
Women to enjoy-HEY!
Statues to deface-HEY!
Others to debase-HEY!
Virgins to assualt-HEY!
HALT!
HEY!!!

It's hurry, hurry, hurry
But there's something about a war
It's worry after worry
But there's something about a war
It isn't all the drama and heroics it may seem
But there's something about a war
That's a scream

Ther'e never time for reading
But there's something about a war
And elephants keep breeding
But there's something about a war
You frequently feel lonely when the enemy has gone
Still there's something about a war
That goes on
And on
And on

You sulk when someone's suing
For temporary truce
Then another war starts brewing
And soon breaks loose
There's something about a war
Something about a war
Something about a war

it isn't just the glory
Or the gorier details that cause a warrior to smirk
Its the knowledge that you'll never be out of work

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Updated On: 2/20/05 at 03:19 PM

i love hearing this stuff, you have intro'd me to some lyrics I have never heard before....Thanks so very much and please keep em coming!

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keatonbynumber, i love it! thanks!

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I just love this thread

By the way: Mallardo, what are the lines from that you quoted (the "too Fosse" bit)? I don' recall having heard them before.

Mallardo's lyric is "Dress Big" from THE FROGS

Her's an oldie but a goodie:

My father is a bastard, my ma's an S.O.B.
My grandpa's always plastered, my grandma pushes tea
My sister wears a moustache, my brother wears a dress
Leapin' lizards, that's why I'm a mess!