A Chorus Line movie - At the Ballet lyrics
rate me<br>
[SHEILA]<br>
Daddy always thought that he married beneath him.<br>
That's what he said, that's what he said.<br>
When he proposed he informed my mother<br>
He was probably her very last chance.<br>
And though she was twenty-two, <br>
Though she was twenty-two,<br>
Though she was twenty-two,<br>
She married him.<br>
<br>
Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic<br>
More like a "Come as you are."<br>
When I was five I remember my mother<br>
Dug earrings out of the car<br>
I knew they weren't hers, But it wasn't <br>
Something you'd want to discuss.<br>
He wasn't warm.<br>
Well, not to her.<br>
Well, not to us<br>
<br>
But <br>
Everything was beautiful at the ballet.<br>
Graceful men lift lovely girls in white.<br>
Yes, <br>
Everything was beautiful at ballet.<br>
Hey!<br>
I was happy... at the ballet.<br>
<br>
That's why I started class...<br>
<br>
Up a steep and very narrow stairway.<br>
<br>
[SHEILA AND BEBE]<br>
To the voice like a metronome.<br>
Up a steep and very narrow stairway.<br>
<br>
[SHEILA]<br>
It wasn't paradise... <br>
<br>
[BEBE]<br>
It wasn't paradise...<br>
<br>
[SHEILA AND BEBE]<br>
It wasn't paradise...<br>
<br>
[SHEILA]<br>
But it was home.<br>
<br>
[BEBE]<br>
Mother always said I'd be very attractive<br>
When I grew up, when I grew up.<br>
"Diff'rent," she said, "With a special something<br>
And a very, very personal flair."<br>
And though I was eight or nine,<br>
Though I was eight or nine,<br>
Though I was eight or nine,<br>
I hated her.<br>
Now,<br>
<br>
"Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty.<br>
"Pretty" is what it's about.<br>
I never met anyone who was "diff'rent"<br>
Who couldn't figure that out.<br>
So beautiful I'd never lived to see.<br>
But it was clear, <br>
If not to her,<br>
Well, then... to me...<br>
That ...<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE AND BEBE]<br>
Everyone is beautiful at the ballet.<br>
Every prince has got to have his swan.<br>
Yes, <br>
Everyone is beautiful at the ballet.<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE]<br>
Hey!...<br>
<br>
[BEBE]<br>
I was pretty... <br>
<br>
[SHEILA]<br>
At the ballet<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE]<br>
Up a steep and very narrow stairway<br>
To the voice like a metronome.<br>
Up a steep and very narrow stairway<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE]<br>
It wasn't paradise... <br>
<br>
[BEBE]<br>
It wasn't paradise...<br>
<br>
[SHEILA]<br>
It wasn't paradise...<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE]<br>
But it was home.<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE (Spoken)]<br>
I don't know what they were for or against, really,<br>
except each other. <br>
I mean I was born to save their marriage<br>
but when my father came to pick my mother up<br>
at the hospital<br>
he said, "Well, I thought this was going to help. <br>
but I guess it's not..." <br>
Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life.<br>
I used to dance around the living room <br>
with my arms up like this<br>
My fantasy was that I was an Indian Chief...<br>
And he'd say to me,<br>
"Maggie, do you wanna dance?" <br>
And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance!"<br>
<br>
[SHEILA AND MAGGIE]<br>
Doo-doo-doo-doo<br>
<br>
[BEBE]<br>
But it was clear... <br>
<br>
[BEBE AND MAGGIE]<br>
Doo-doo-doo<br>
<br>
[SHEILA]<br>
When he proposed...<br>
<br>
[SHEILA AND BEBE]<br>
Doo-doo-doo<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE]<br>
That I was born to help their marriage and when<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE AND BEBE]<br>
Doo-doo-doo-doo<br>
<br>
[SHEILA]<br>
That's what he said...<br>
<br>
[SHEILA AND MAGGIE]<br>
Doo-doo-doo<br>
<br>
[BEBE]<br>
That's what she said...<br>
<br>
[BEBE AND SHEILA]<br>
Doo-doo-doo<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE]<br>
I used to dance around the living room...<br>
<br>
[BEBE AND SHEILA]<br>
Doo-doo-doo-doo<br>
<br>
[SHEILA]<br>
He wasn't warm... <br>
<br>
[SHEILA AND MAGGIE]<br>
Doo-doo-doo<br>
<br>
[BEBE]<br>
Not to her...<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE]<br>
It was an Indian chief and he'd say:<br>
"Maggie, do you wanna dance?"<br>
And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to..."<br>
<br>
Everything was beautiful at the ballet,<br>
Raise your arms and someone's always there.<br>
Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet,<br>
At the ballet,<br>
At the ballet!!!<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE]<br>
Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet.<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE]<br>
HEY!...<br>
<br>
[BEBE]<br>
I was pretty...<br>
<br>
[SHEILA]<br>
I was happy...<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE]<br>
"I would love to..."<br>
<br>
[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE]<br>
At...the...ballet.<br>
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