#26
Posted: 7/27/10 at 1:15pm
Look at what you want,
Not at where you are,
Not at what you'll be.
MOVE ON
Not at where you are,
Not at what you'll be.
MOVE ON
Favorite Sondheim Lyrics — Page 2
#27
Posted: 7/27/10 at 1:19pm
I'll go with:
"Shut up I'm Rich - not some platinum blond bitch - I own so many apartments I've forgotten which is which"
Or maybe just: "a person should celebrate what passes by."
"Shut up I'm Rich - not some platinum blond bitch - I own so many apartments I've forgotten which is which"
Or maybe just: "a person should celebrate what passes by."
#28
Posted: 7/27/10 at 4:11pm
I posted some lyrics from A Weekend In The Country on another thread along with the lyrics from A Little Priest so just to change my mind ...
"She's tall enough to be your mother."
Company
"She's tall enough to be your mother."
Company
#29
Posted: 7/27/10 at 4:14pm
Wait, I'm first with "look I made a hat where there never was a hat"? Sweet!
Also: "White. A blank page or canvas. His favourite. So many possibilities."
Also: "White. A blank page or canvas. His favourite. So many possibilities."
#30
Posted: 7/27/10 at 4:31pm
From Move On:
"Stop worrying if your vision is new,
Let others make that decision,
they usually do,
Just Keep Moving On"
"Stop worrying if your vision is new,
Let others make that decision,
they usually do,
Just Keep Moving On"
#31
Posted: 7/27/10 at 8:43pm
"Ta ta, goodbye, you'll find us at Tony's"- Waiting for the Girls Upstairs
#32
Posted: 7/27/10 at 9:47pm
The cleverness of "A Little Priest" gets me every time. Also some of my favorites are from "Later": "How can I wait around for later? I'll be 90 on my deathbed, and the late - or rather later - Henrik Egerman."
I also love "I mean he kneads me...I mean like dough, George!" from Sunday.
In terms of sheer beauty, I think the lyric for "Finishing the Hat" is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard, particularly the "And when the woman that you wanted goes, you can say to yourself 'well, I give what I give,' but the woman who won't wait for you knows that however you live there's a part of you always standing by, mapping out a sky" bit...so stunning.
He's such a brilliant lyricist it's hard to choose a favorite, but I love many of the lyrics that others have already listed.
I also love "I mean he kneads me...I mean like dough, George!" from Sunday.
In terms of sheer beauty, I think the lyric for "Finishing the Hat" is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard, particularly the "And when the woman that you wanted goes, you can say to yourself 'well, I give what I give,' but the woman who won't wait for you knows that however you live there's a part of you always standing by, mapping out a sky" bit...so stunning.
He's such a brilliant lyricist it's hard to choose a favorite, but I love many of the lyrics that others have already listed.
#33
Posted: 7/27/10 at 9:54pm
All of Someone in a Tree, and I definitely agree with Please, Hello.
And, of course, the lyrics that gave me my username:
"Loving you is not a choice,
It's who I am.
Loving you is not a choice
And not much reason to rejoice,
But it gives me purpose
Gives me voice to say to the world:
This is why I live
You are why I live."
And, of course, the lyrics that gave me my username:
"Loving you is not a choice,
It's who I am.
Loving you is not a choice
And not much reason to rejoice,
But it gives me purpose
Gives me voice to say to the world:
This is why I live
You are why I live."
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#34
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:19pm
I agree with previously posted: "You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have"
Also one of my favorites: "What's my secret? Frankly dear,forgive my candor family secret,all to do with herbs. Things like being careful with your coriander, thats what makes the gravy grander!"
Also one of my favorites: "What's my secret? Frankly dear,forgive my candor family secret,all to do with herbs. Things like being careful with your coriander, thats what makes the gravy grander!"
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You gotta hope even more, and cover your ears and go 'bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla!
- Phillip J. Fry
#35
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:33pm
Men are stupid, men are vain.
Love's disgusting, love's insane.
Love's disgusting, love's insane.
#36
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:41pm
givesmevoice, those are some of my favorites too...so simple and so, so effective. :)
#37
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:46pm
Pretty much the entirety of "Cinderella's Lament". Just a perfectly crafted song. And it reminds me of my ex, "Knowing this time I'd run from him/He spread pitch on the stairs"!
#38
Posted: 7/27/10 at 10:53pm
There are Louises,
And there are Georges.
Well, Louises and George.
And I hate how I am so uncomfortable writing that line because there is no good way to pluralize Louis.
And for humor,
"She's tall enough to be your mother!"
And there are Georges.
Well, Louises and George.
And I hate how I am so uncomfortable writing that line because there is no good way to pluralize Louis.
And for humor,
"She's tall enough to be your mother!"
#39
Posted: 7/28/10 at 12:19am
Okayfine - that song is called "On the Steps of a Palace." I also think some of the lines on this thread are attributed to the book writers, not Sondheim himself...
So many great choices, many listed here. My favorite image, though, is:
"I remember trees,
Bare as coat racks, spread like broken umbrellas"
As a writer, I think my favorite lyric because it speaks to me so much is:
"Stop wondering if your vision is new
Let others make that decision, they usually do,
You have to move on"
So many great choices, many listed here. My favorite image, though, is:
"I remember trees,
Bare as coat racks, spread like broken umbrellas"
As a writer, I think my favorite lyric because it speaks to me so much is:
"Stop wondering if your vision is new
Let others make that decision, they usually do,
You have to move on"
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#40
Posted: 7/28/10 at 12:38am
^ a beautiful lyric
also-
"I remember snow,
Soft as feathers,
Sharp as thumbtacks"
also-
"I remember snow,
Soft as feathers,
Sharp as thumbtacks"
#41
Posted: 7/28/10 at 7:28am
"But it's warm inside his eyes
And it's soft inside his eyes
And he burns you with his eyes...
And you're studied like the light
And you look inside the eyes
And you catch him here and there
But he's never really there
So you want him even more
I could look at him forever
/
Look at her looking
Forever with that mirror
What does she see?
The wide eyes, studying the round face
The tiny pout...
Seeing all the parts and none of the whole.
But the way she catches light...
And the color of her hair...
I could look at her forever."
- Color and Light
And it's soft inside his eyes
And he burns you with his eyes...
And you're studied like the light
And you look inside the eyes
And you catch him here and there
But he's never really there
So you want him even more
I could look at him forever
/
Look at her looking
Forever with that mirror
What does she see?
The wide eyes, studying the round face
The tiny pout...
Seeing all the parts and none of the whole.
But the way she catches light...
And the color of her hair...
I could look at her forever."
- Color and Light
#42
Posted: 7/28/10 at 11:03am
BEST LINE EVER! "To Flirt with Rescue when one has no intention of being saved" from A Little Night Music.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#43
Posted: 7/28/10 at 3:40pm
Louis isn't the smartest-
Louis' popular.
Sondheim does in two lines what Schwartz takes a whole song over.
Louis' popular.
Sondheim does in two lines what Schwartz takes a whole song over.
#44
Posted: 7/28/10 at 5:04pm
"BEST LINE EVER! "To Flirt with Rescue when one has no intention of being saved" from A Little Night Music."
Too bad Sondheim didn't write it. Or any of the books for any of his shows.
Too bad Sondheim didn't write it. Or any of the books for any of his shows.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
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