It Depends On What You Pay lyrics

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 8/19/06 at 9:23pm

I'm asking all the "Fantasticks" enthusiasts out here:

Does anyone have the old and new lyrics to "It Depends On What You Pay?" I would like to see how they compare, since the "r" word has been changed in the new production.

[SoulMadeOfSong]

Posted: 8/19/06 at 9:46pm

The "r" word- why are you saying it like that, I'm trying to cooperate- was changed? Why?!

These are the old ones- I havent gotten to the knew show yet.
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thefantasticks/rapesong.htm

I don't like when they change my Fantastiks.

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 1:50am

What?! They aren't using it? Why the hell not?

Sorry. Am I overeacting?

[temms]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 4:37am

I do know that they have sometimes replaced "It Depends On What You Pay" with a new song called "Abductions", that has basically the melody of the "Rape Ballet" with lyrics like :
"Abductions, abductions, theatrical productions"
I can't remember the rest.

Alternately, sometimes the lyric:
"You can get the rape emphatic
You can get the rape polite"

is changed to:
"An abduction that's emphatic
An abudction that's polite"

but the line "So you see the sort of rape depends on what you pay" stays. There is some extra dialogue that explains that by "rape" they mean in the classical sense. I haven't heard what they do in the new production. I do think "It Depends On What You Pay" is the far better song, and a terrific song in general. I do understand how the original lyric can unfortunately alter the meaning, though...

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 9:42am

It's still called "It Depends on What You Pay," but they use the new lyrics. The word rape only appears when they're speaking. The "Rape Ballet" is now called the "Abduction Ballet."