Inspiring Broadway lyrics

[wickedbway]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 7:15pm

I'm trying to get a collection of "inspiring" broadway lyrics. Something along the lines of A Chorus Line "I Hope I Get it" or Thoroughly Modern Millie "Not for the Life of Me". I have a friend who's graduating and she loves broadway, so I wanna use some inspiring lyrics on a gift I'm making for her. Got any suggestions?

[pab]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 7:21pm

To love another person is to see the face of God

[Jwaa]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 7:51pm

look in Sondheim/JRB/william finn are my favourites for inspiring broadway lyrics...check there stuff out!
Xxx

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 8:05pm

No one is alone.

[Jimmyojimmy]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 8:08pm

I am what I am from La cage

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 8:34pm

Defying Gravity - WICKED. If you really look into it it's not about flying, it's aobut being different. And brooklyn, you can change the world by chaning someone.

[Kevo711]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 8:37pm

To add to My Fair Lady- "Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood. Do not let it grieve you, no one leaves for good. You are not alone. No one is alone."

[DoogieB]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 8:37pm

"Each moment opens like a flower.
The age of miracles comes
Every hour on the hour.
Turn any corner,
There's something new
And nothing is too wonderful
To be true." -DRS

"I am what I am
I am my own special creation.
So come take a look,
Give me the hook or the ovation.
It's my world that I want to take a little pride in,
My world, and it's not a place I have to hide in.
Life's not worth a damn,
'Til you can say, "Hey world, I am what I am."" -LA CAGE

"We can do it, we can do it
We can make our dreams come true
Everything you've ever wanted
Is just waiting to be had" -PRODUCERS

Updated On: 6/21/05 at 08:37 PM

[suddenlyseymour]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 8:41pm

Astonishing and the Fire Within Me from Little Women

[i*heart*fame]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 8:45pm

bring on tomorrow from fame, the song itself is a graduation anthem

[Kevo711]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 8:49pm

if its for a friend then For Good from Wicked- "Who can say if i've been changed for the better, but because i knew you i have been changed for good"

[Kevo711]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 8:50pm

and if its for a REALLY GOOD FRIEND! then (also from for good)-So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 8:52pm

"Children will Listen"

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 9:45pm

Don't Rain on My Parade is the ULTIMATE

[zoran912]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 9:50pm

"You'll Never Walk Alone" from CAROUSEL

[Sporti2005]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 10:09pm

i also think "no day but today" is a good one. (RENT)

along with "cages or wings, which do you prefer, ask the birds" -i like how it's giving the message that you have a choice. (tick, tick...BOOM!)

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 10:13pm

Currently, "Fable" and "Dividing Day" from The Light in the Piazza.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 10:13pm

the whole score of ragtime!! especially make them hear you and wheels of a dream and back to before and buffalo nickel and our children and god... just the whole score.

[hyperchet]

Posted: 6/21/05 at 10:23pm

"Cages or wings, which do you prefer? Ask the birds".
tick tick Boom...

Um, Defying Gravity & For Good from Wicked, I Am What I Am from La Cage..

[singingwendy]

Posted: 6/22/05 at 12:44am

I Sing The Body Electric from Fame
You'll Never Walk Alone from Carousel
Climb Every Mountain from Sound of Music
Corner of the Sky from Pippin
Any Dream Will Do from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/22/05 at 12:46am

I think the Weekly Volcano Press is pretty...inspiring. But yep, Astonishing is as inspiring as you'll get.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 6/22/05 at 1:00am

"Take wing fly to glory,
Dance, sing tell your story,
You bring to those you've known,
Take flight, take wing"
~Say Goodbye To The Freak Show from SideShow~

"I will not be the girl,
Stuck at home in the burbs,
With the baby, the dog, and the garden of herbs,
I will not be the girl,
In the senseible shoes,
Pushing burgers, and beer nuts, and missign the cues
I will not be the girl,
Who gets asked how it feels,
To be trotting along at the geniuses heels
I will not be the girl,
Who requires a man to get by"
~ Climbing Uphill from The Last 5 Years~

Rose's Turn from Gypsy

[zoran912]

Posted: 6/22/05 at 2:27am

I love that you mention Side Show. Brings back sweet memories.

Rodgers & Hammerstein have plenty of inspiring songs. Look to them.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:44am

Call me crazy, but if you get part the apparent campiness of Spamalot, I think "Find your Grail" inspirational, atleast it has the potential to be. When I saw it at the tony awards I had a different impression of it than I did when I listened to the CD.

[tim10086]

Posted: 6/22/05 at 6:03am

"Never hold back your step for a moment,
LOOK ALIVE, oh, your courage will grow!
YES its Higher and HIGHER and INTO the FIRE we go!"

Into the Fire; The Scarlet Pimpy.