Your Favourite Lyrics From Musicals

[~*The Broadway Baby*~]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 11:29am

Has there been any lyric from any musical that has always stayed with you, or touched you or that you just seem to find amazing in any kind of way? If so, which one(s)?

[WillParker]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 11:34am

The ENTIRE score of tick..tick...BOOM!!

LOL

really, tho, one of my favorites recently is from HAIRSPRAY, a show that I didnt care for all that much (flame away), but the lyric has me laughing every time I hear it.....

I'LL EAT SOME BREAKFAST THEN CHANGE THE WORLD.

So optimistic & sincere & deluded--i love it!!!

[orion59]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 12:48pm

One song in Company that I have always loved because of the lyrics is "Sorry, Grateful". The entire song captures the feeling of ambivilence in a relationship but, there is one line in particular that strikes me and I have always loved

"You fear she's starting to slip away and scared she'll stay".

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 1:31pm

"On My Own" has always been my favorite song--the lyrics are just gorgeous. And lately "Unusual Way" has really touched me. But the lyrics that have probably made the biggest impression on my are from RENT. "Look I find some of what you teach suspect because I'm used to relying on intellect, but I try to open up to what I don't know. Because reason says I should've died three years ago." Don't know why, but it stuck with me.

[orion59]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 2:21pm

I've also always loved Unexpected Song and thought the lyrics to it were beautiful, even though a bit sappy and corny. I especially love the line "this is not like me at all, for once I'm lost for words, your smile has really thrown me". I really identify with taht line.

I want to have this song be the one I first dance to at my wedding.

[BudFrump23]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 2:22pm

"It's your father's fault that the curse got placed and the place got cursed in the first place." - Into The Woods

[Oscar Jaffee]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 3:50pm

Another Sondheim gem:

"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit, and it's filled with people who are filled with ****."
— "Sweeney Todd"

Posted: 12/10/03 at 4:02pm

"To Love Another Person is to see the Face of God." - Les Miz

[bob8rich]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 4:46pm

LOVE WITHOUT REASON
LOVE WITHOUT MERCY
LOVE WITHOUT PRIDE OR SHAME
LOVE UNCONCERNED WITH BEING RETURNED
NO WISDOM, NO JUDGMENT,
NO CAUTION, NO BLAME

............

NOT PRETTY OR SAFE OR EASY,
BUT MORE THAN I EVER KNEW
LOVE WITHIN REASON -
THAT ISN'T LOVE

(Stephen Sondheim, "Passion")

Other than that almost anything by Sondheim or William Finn - both of whom write lyrics at a level mere mortals can only dream of.

[dotmarie]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 4:48pm

Sondheim Sondheim and more Sondheim...

"She likes to moo in the moonlight,
When the moody moon appears
And when she moos in the moonlight,
Gosh, it's moosic to my ears.
She's so moosical."

[BudFrump23]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 6:56pm

How about:

"And then in bed, George.
I mean he kneeds me.
I mean like dough, George.
Hello, George...?"

[shermanslave]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 7:06pm

another sondheim: "Pardon me is everybody here, because if everybody's here I want to thank you all for coming to the wedding, I'd appreciate you going even more...."

From Company

That song is so funny to me and it can occupy my brain completely. At my Uncle's funeral many years ago, the only way I could keep myself from completely losing it was to utter those lyrics over and over again.

[dididda]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 7:13pm

"princes wait there in the world its true. princes, yes but wolves and humans too, stay with me..."

soooooo good so true and for some reason that lyric always sticks with me.

[DefyingGravity2]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 7:30pm

Well. i have a lot... i.e. the lyrics in my profile... but in addition to those:

*Thats what everyone does, blames the way it is on the way it was. On the way it never ever was.* -- Merrily We Roll ALong

ALL of the song, OUR TIME.

and lots more.. but, those are some of my fave.

[BroadwayGal]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 7:33pm

I have to say I loved some of the lyrics in Wicked. Ones especially from I'm Not That Girl, Defying Gravity, and For Good. Lyric wise I also love Not For the Life of Me (Millie), Unexpected Song (Song and Dance), One Day More (Les Miz) among others!

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 12/10/03 at 8:56pm

LOVE THE MIDGET
THE STRIPPER
WAYNE THE SNAKE
-The Last 5 Years

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
SQUEEZE YOUR LITTLE FINGER
EASE YOUR LITTLE FINGER BACK
YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
WHATEVER ELSE IS TRUE
YOU TRUST YOUR LITTLE FINGER
JUST A SINGLE LITTLE FINGER CAN
CHANGE THE WORLD
-Assassins

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/11/03 at 1:48pm

City of Angels:

No, I'ver never seen her.
I've seen girls like this
So young and ripe
You're missing Miss is not the type
To miss a misdemeanor.

Into the Woods:

Although how can you know who you are
'Till you know what you want
(Which you don't)
So then which do you pick?

Where you're safe out of sight
In yourself, but where everything's wrong.
Or where everything's right
But you know that you'll never belong.

And whichever you pick
Do it quick
'Cause you're starting to stick to the steps of the palace

[MusicMan]

Posted: 12/11/03 at 2:22pm

"...When did your sparkle turn to fire
And your warmth become desire?
Oh, what miracle has made you the way you are?"
---GIGI from Gigi (Lerner/Loewe)


"...She'll grow older
By the hour
And be hopelessly shattered
By Saturday night."
---A WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY from A Little Night Music
(Sondheim)


"...It happens very softly
With no apparent cause
The little imperfections
No longer give you pause.
The traits you thought peculiar
You managed to acquire
And what you didn't understand
You gradually desire..."
---IT HAPPENS VERY SOFTLY from Nefertiti (Spangler/Gore)

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 12/11/03 at 2:43pm

"freight is great" from Starlight Express.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 12/11/03 at 3:08pm

"Tea for two
And two for tea
And me for you
And you for me
Can't you see
How happy
We will be?"

and so on for the entire song--perfectly direct and simple.

"This is how Sampson was shorn,
Each in her style a Delilah reborn..."

Perfect inner rhyme

The Man That Got Away: It wasn't until I saw the lyric written out that I realized this song had verses and a real rhyme scheme. Its terrifically subtle in the writing.

And to reiterate:
"Wear you hair down
And a flower.
Don't use make-up.
Dress in white.
She'll grow older
By the hour,
And be hopelessly shattered
By Saturday night."

[BudFrump23]

Posted: 12/11/03 at 3:11pm

"No, not even figs. Raisins. Or liasons."
A Little Night Music

"If I were you, and I'd done what I'd done, I'd do what I did when I gave you the ring, having said what I said."
tick, tick...BOOM!

"I know Seymour's the greatest. But I'm dating a semi-sadist."
Little Shop of Horrors

"Work together, sweat together, shower together, that's how it should be!"
Zanna, Don't!

"I...(she)...I am a girl...(she is a lass)..."
The Secret Garden

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 12/11/03 at 4:49pm

"Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world! Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before! Let your soul Take you where you long to be! Only then can you belong to me . . .

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication! Touch me, trust me savour each sensation! Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
to the power of the music that I write -the power of the music of the night . . ."
Basically I love "Music of the Night"!!

I also love this POTO song, it's always stuck in my head!
"Wishing you were somehow here again . . .knowing we must say goodbye . . .Try to forgive . . .teach me to live . . .give me the strength to try . . ."

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 12/11/03 at 6:02pm

"I'm through accepting limits cause' someone says they're so. Somethings I cannot change, but till' I try, I'll never know."-Wicked

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 12/11/03 at 7:42pm

The lyrics to "Defying Gravity" are absolutely magnificently written, and almost everyone can relate. The ones written above and wonderful as well as:
"Something has changed within me; Something is not the same. I'm sick of playing by the rules of someone else's game."

[Albin]

Posted: 12/11/03 at 8:15pm

If driving fast cars you like,
If low bars you like,
If old hymns you like,
If bare limbs you like,
If Mae West you like,
Or me undressed you like,
Why, nobody will oppose.
When ev'ry night the set that's smart is in-
Truding in nudist parties in
Studios.
Anything goes.

"Anything Goes" by Cole Porter