Lyrics You Love- Page 4

[junglered]

Posted: 7/14/04 at 11:22pm

Gee, Officer Krupke,
We're down on our knees,
'Cause no one wants a fellow with a social disease.
Gee, Officer Krupke,
What are we to do?
Gee, Officer Krupke,
Krup you!

- Stephen Sondheim (West Side Story)

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 12:02am

Jonathan Larson was so talented. tick tick Boom has amazing lyrics, especially Louder Than Words. Its too bad he died so young. I can only imagine the amazing shows he would of written. Does anyone know if there are plans of a production of Suberbia or whatever his other show is called?

[boborunstheshow]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 12:13am

"i dont have any friends"

"yes you do, you just haven't met them yet"

-assassins

Its on a track, its a lyric

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 12:17am

- all the Millie songs

- all the lyrics to "Timeless to Me"

- all the 42nd Street songs

- "My Strongest Suit" lyrics

- "Wizard and I" lyrics

- "And if you're real good...we'll have a real good time!"

..and much more

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 12:17am

- all the Millie songs

- all the lyrics to "Timeless to Me"

- all the 42nd Street songs

- "My Strongest Suit" lyrics

- "Wizard and I" lyrics

- "And if you're real good...we'll have a real good time!"

..and much more

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 1:03am

"Hmm. Is that the best line in RENT? It's hard to try to ignore the melody when you're thinking abous lyrics. "Because reason . . ." is one of my favorite parts as far as music , not lyrics."

I didn't say it was the best line in RENT, but it certainly is one of my favorites. As far as RENT goes, another one of my favorites is Mark's whole bit during Halloween.
"How could a night so frozen be so scalding hot?
How can a morning this mild be so raw?
Why are entire years strewn
On the cutting room floor of memory
When single frames from one magic night
Forever flicker in close-up
On the 3D Imax of my mind
That's poetic
That's pathetic"

So on and so forth. RENT is full of little lyrics that either a) make me cry or b) give me chills.

There are tons of others from other musicals, but I'm just too lazy. Hahaha.

[ilurveJRB]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 1:09am

man! i see a lot of my favorites popping up all over the place...

i used this from L5Y in a paper for school, i think JRB is a genius:
"We build a treehouse
I keep it from shaking
Little more glue every time that it breaks
Perfectly balanced
And then I start making
Conscious, deliberate mistakes"


and from rent, i second "Because reason..." and add:
"So lets find a bar
So dark we forget who we are
And all the scars of the
Nevers and maybes die"

those are just the first ones i thought of!
-car

[Plum]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 1:27am

"If the end is right/ it justifies the beans!"

-Into the Woods

And the entirety of A Little Priest.

[dramafreak13]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 2:31am

hey finn fanatic, and anyone else
is it just me or does christian sound a little out of tune at the beginning of his version of "world stopped turning"? i definitely think it is supposed to sound a bit dissonent but i have listened to both versions carefully and i dont think that the arrangement of the song is any different. just thought i'd ask your opinion

[FinnFanatic]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 9:24am

dramafreak13-

I just relistened to Christian's version of the song, and yes, he does sound a bit out of tune. He makes up for it though, in my opinion, later in the song. It is one of the most beautiful and touching songs I've ever heard, especially since Finn wrote it after the death of his mother. I recently saw "Elegies" in Boston, and it was amazing. The man who sang "When the Earth Stopped Turning" almost made me burst into tears. He just stood there, staring, and singing. It was so incredibly moving and powerful.

(also, Carolee is a Goddess, so it's hard to compare people to her...in my opinion). Updated On: 7/15/04 at 09:24 AM

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 9:38am

castalbumfan - you got it! I love the quote from Camelot - I played Sir Dinadan about two thousand years ago and that was my line "I'll Vivisect him!" god I love that show....

[dramafreak13]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 10:14am

finn-

good, its not just me :op i just love carolee's version so much more. i was going to come up for Elegies in boston as well, but it was right during finals for me and i had to pack to go home so i didnt get up there :0( oh well

[NativeNewYorker]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 10:21am

Nothing is an accident
We are free to have it all
We are what we want to be
It's in ourselves to rise or fall! Radames/Aida

Sometimes people leave you
Halfway through the wood
Do not let it grieve you
No one leaves for good-Into the Woods

Modest and pure
Polite and refined
Well-bred and mature
and out of her mind! West Side Story

[robbiej]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 10:41am

Two things.

Just cause it's on a track does not mean it's a 'lyric'. Weidman wrote those words, which are part of the book, so it's a 'line'. When we have a favorite 'line' thread, please feel free to insert it there.

And, just to be really picky, the 'v' in 'Valentine' from 'My Funny Valentine' should be capitalized. It is the proper name of the character being sung about.

[TheGirlinTheFrock]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 11:39am

I Got a Tweed
from a Greedy
Broker who when broke
And then broke down. -- RENT

When you're alone inside
Are you full of pride
Or just petrified? -- TABOO

Sometimes in my darkest thoughts
I wished I'd never learned
What it is to be in love
And have that love returned -- AIDA

[BakersWife3]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 4:20pm

I will never understand
How all the world misjudged you
When I have always known
How lucky I must be
I will never understand
How I kept from going crazy
Just waiting there till you came home to me
~Parade

Why not both instead?
There's the answer if your clever
Have a child for warmth
And a baker for bread
And a prince for...whatever!
NEVER!
it's these woods.
~Into the Woods

and I love the endings of "Nothing" (Chorus Line) and The Stars and The Moon (Songs for a new world) - in reality my list is pretty darn endless but these were the only ones I could think of :)

[suddenlyseymour]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 4:53pm

"okay okay okay okay okay
right right right mother you're right right
still kinda sad that my dad lost what marbles he had
but we're free free i'll get a brand new fake id"

and

"we'll make sweet love in front of you tonight"
"ew!"

haha gotta love kerry in batboy! and oh yeah love the lyrics to suddenly seymour

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 5:05pm

haha those are some of my favorite lyrics from bat boy. hm.. what else can i add? oh!

'thank you all for listening, that's all i have to say.'-the only reason i like this part is b/c of Deven's high squeeky voice.

'bobby think, you're standing on the brink. you'll be arrested soon perhaps as soon as noon, and i could never bare to see you taken where the guilty pee-ers meet: THE TOILET JUDGEMENT SEAT!'

'the trouble with school is they always try to teach the wrong lesson. believe me, i've been kicked out of enough of them to know. they want you to become less callow less shallow, so i say why invite stress in? stop studying strife, and learn to live the unexamined life....'-god i wish that was my philosophy!

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 5:15pm

(deleted... this deserves it's own thread.)
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=237091&dt=071504055850

Updated On: 7/15/04 at 05:15 PM

[ItSucks2BAveQ]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 5:27pm

poopy!

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 5:55pm

I recently listened to my Company cd again, and one of my favorite lyrics in that is:

"Marriage may be where it's been, but it's not where it's at."

[Taryn]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 5:58pm

Ooh, I thought of another favorite.

"And I said...okay
And I got my yacht
And the years went by
And it never changed
And it never grew
And I never dreamed
And I woke one day
And I looked around
And I thought...my God
I'll never have the moon"

And all of the rest of the "Stars and the Moon" lyrics, but the ending just makes me choke up.

[kgee30]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 9:54pm

For me, it begins & ends with the master:

For sheer loveliness:

I chose and my world was shaken--so what?
The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not.
You have to move on.
(Stephen Sondheim, Move On, Sunday in the Park with George)

For the rhyme of it:

With riotous laughter we quietly suffer
This season in town which is reason enough for
A weekend in the country…
(Stephen Sondheim, A Weekend in the Country, A Little Night Music)

For the character it reveals:

An efficient little kingdom, the dominion of the queen,
where at any given moment the ashtrays are clean.
There are many little battles which never are fought,
and if, on occasion, I think about you,
it’s a pleasant little thought.
(Stephen Sondheim, Pleasant Little Kingdom, Follies)

For all its delicious low humor:

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.
(Stephen Sondheim, By the Sea, Sweeney Todd)

[mikelg80]

Posted: 7/15/04 at 9:59pm

who ever told you that these were the days of our lives?
the week boys they crumble, the wicked ones rise and survive, and theyre running our lives......you always knew didnt you mother!

[jezzebelle]

Posted: 7/16/04 at 2:15am

Most of tick...tick...BOOM ! , but especially, "We've only so much time to spend, don't want to waste the time I am given. Have it all, play the game, some recommend. I'm afraid it just may be time to give in." Kills me, because it absolutely true.

Need to go to sleep and think of more...



-Jess