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broadway baby - liz callaway lyrics

[verse 1]
i’m just a broadway baby
walkin’ off my tired feet
poundin’ forty*second street
to be in a show

[verse 2]
broadway baby
learnin’ how to sing and dance
waitin’ for that one big chance
to be in a show

[interlude]
the first broadway show i ever saw
was a musical written by stephen sondheim
directed by hal prince
playing at the alvin theatre
that show was company
i think i was nine or ten at the time
probably not the target age for that show
but i knew then and there that i wanted to be on broadway

[bridge]
gee
i’d like to be
on some marquee
all twinkle and lights
a spark
to pierce the dark
from battery park
to washington hеights
[verse 3]
someday, maybe
all my dreams will bе repaid
heck, i’d even play the maid
to be in a show

[interlude]
so, when i was eighteen years old
i left my hometown chicago
and moved to new york city to pursue my dream
now, new york was expensive
so in between going to classes and auditions
i got a job as a singing waitress
i was a horrible waitress
but at least it paid the bills

[verse 4]
i’m just a broadway baby
slavin’ at a five*and*ten
dreamin’ of the great day when
i’ll be in a show

[verse 5]
broadway baby
makin’ rounds all afternoon
eatin’ at a greasy spoon
to save on my dough
[bridge]
at
my tiny flat
there’s just my cat
a bed and a chair
still
i’ll stick it till
i’m on a bill
all over times square!

[interlude]
after what seemed like hundreds of auditions and hundreds of rejections
one day i got a call to audition for a new musical
called merrily we roll along
now, the breakdown was very specific
they were looking for young people under the age of twenty*one
so, i stapled my birth certificate to my resume and off i went
now that first audition led to another
and then another, and then another
finally, after five callbacks i got the job
i was gonna be on broadway!
and not only that, i was going to be making my broadway debut
in a musical written by stephen sondheim
directed by hal prince
and playing at the alvin theatre!
[verse 6]
someday maybe
if i stick it long enough
i may get to strut my stuff
working for two nice men
i’m with hal prince and steve sondheim
in a great big
broadway show!

- liz callaway lyrics

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