Some people can get a thrill

Knitting sweaters and sitting still

That's OK for some people

Who don't know they're alive

Some people can thrive and bloom

Living life in the living room

That's perfect for some people

Of one hundred and five

But I at least gotta try

When I think of

All the sights that I gotta see

All the places I gotta play

All the things I gotta be at

Come on Papa

What do you say?

Some people can be content

Playing bingo and paying rent

That's peachy for some people

For some hum-drum people to be

But some people ain't me!

I had a dream

A wonderful dream, Papa

All about June in the Orpheum Circuit

Gimme a chance and I know I can work it! I had a dream

Just as real as can be, Papa

There I was in Mr. Orpheum's office

And he was saying to me

"Rose, get yourself some new orchestrations

New routines and red velvet curtains

Get a feathered hat for the baby

Photographs in front of the theater

Get an agent and in jig time

You'll be being booked in the big time!"

Oh, what a dream!

A wonderful dream, Papa!

And all that I need is eighty-eight bucks, Papa

That's what he said

Only eighty-eight bucks

**"you ain't getting eighty-eight cents from me, Rose"

Well I'll get it someplace else! But I'll get it! And I'll get my kids out!"**

Goodbye to blueberry pie!

Good riddance to all the socials I had to go to

All the lodges I had to play

All the shruners I said hello to

Hey L.A. I'm comin' your way!

Some people sit on their butts

Got the dream, Yeah, but not the guts

That's living for some people

For some hum-drum people

I suppose

Well, they can stay and rot!

But not Rose!!!



**- Isn't said or sung in the song, but in the lyrics




» A Little Bit of Heaven
» A New Life
» A New Life From Jekyll Hyde
» Across The Water
» After All
» All The Way
» And So Much More
» Anthem
» Anthem (from Chess)
» Anything Can Happen
» As The River Runs
» Before I Fall
» Big Time
» Bridge Over Troubled Water
» Bring On The Men
» 'till You Come Back To Me
» Candle In The Window
» Candle in the Window from the Civil War
» Christmas Stays The Same
» Dangerous Game
» Don-t Ask Me Why
» Don't Ask Me Why
» Drift Away
» Edelweiss From The Sound of Music
» Even Now
» Every Little Thing
» Everything That-s Wrong
» Everything That's Wrong
» From This Moment On
» Gently Break My Heart
» Gold
» Gold From Camille Claudel
» Havana
» Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
» Her Gypsy Heart
» Here Comes Santa ClausSanta Claus Is Coming To Town
» Here Comes The Sun
» How in the World
» How Little We Know
» I Am What I Am
» I Am What I Am (La Cage Aux Folles)
» I Don Quixote (Man Of La Mancha)
» I Don't Know How To Say Good-Bye
» I Don't Remember
» I Dont Know How to Say Goodbye
» I Dont Remember
» I Guess I Love You
» I Never Knew His Name
» I Never Knew Love Could Be Like This
» I Want More
» I'll Be Seeing You
» I-ll Be Seeing You
» I-ll Forget You
» I-m Afraid This Must Be Love
» I'll Forget You
» I'm Afraid This Must Be Love
» If He Never Said Hello
» If I Had My Way
» If I Should Lose My Way
» In His Eyes
» In The Cool Dark Night
» Is This Any Way To Fall In Love
» Is This Anyway to Fall in Love
» It-s No Secret Anymore
» It-s Time
» It's No Secret Anymore
» It's Time
» Let Him Fly
» Little Things
» Looks Likeyou Started Something
» Love Is Forever
» Man Of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)
» Never Dance
» Next Time I Love
» Now When The Rain Falls
» O Holy Night
» On The Street Where You Live
» On The Street Where You Live (from My Fair Lady)
» Once Upon A Dream
» One Bad Habit
» One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
» Only Love
» Only Love from the Scarlet Pimpernel
» Over The Rainbow
» Please Don't Make Me Love You (From Dracula The M
» Please Don-t Make Me Love You (From Dracula The M
» Rescue Me
» Romancin-The Blues
» Romancin' The Blues
» Silent Night
» Smile
» Some People
» Some People From Gypsy
» Someone
» Someone Like You
» Someone Like You (Alternate Version)
» Someone Like You from Jekyll and Hyde
» Something To Believe In
» Son Of A Preacher Man
» Storybook
» Sympathy, Tenderness
» Take Me As I Am
» The Bells Of St. Paul
» The Children Of Eve
» The Christmas Song
» The Impossible Dream
» The Impossible Dream From Man of la Mancha
» The Last Tango
» The Little Drummeer Boy Carol Of The Drum
» The Little Drummer Boy
» The Man That Got Away
» This Time Around
» Til You Come Back To Me
» till You Come Back To Me
» Until I Don-t Love You Anymore
» Until I Don't Love You Anymore
» Unusual Way
» Unusual Way from Nine
» Vienna
» We-re All Along
» We're All Along
» What Kind Of Fool Am I
» When Autumn Comes
» When I Look At You
» When I Look In Your Eyes
» Where Are You Now
» Why Do People Fall In Love
» You Never Remind Me

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