The Producers movie - The King of Broadway lyrics
rate me<br>
MAX:<br>
I used to be the king, the king of old Broadway<br>
The best of ev'rything was mine to have each day <br>
I always had the biggest hits<br>
The biggest bathrooms at the Ritz<br>
My showgirls had the biggest tits!<br>
I never was the pits in any way! <br>
WORKMAN, BUM, BAG LADY:<br>
We believe you, thousands wouldn't<br>
We believe you, ev'ry word<br>
We believe you, thousands couldn't<br>
We believe each word we've heard <br>
MAX:<br>
I used to be the king... <br>
WORKMAN, BUM, BAG LADY:<br>
The King? <br>
MAX:<br>
The king of old Broadway... <br>
BLIND VIOLINIST:<br>
It's good to be the king! <br>
MAX:<br>
My praises they would sing<br>
A Ziegfeld so they'd say<br>
My shows were always filled with class<br>
The best champagnes would fill my glass<br>
My lap was filled with gorgeous ass<br>
You couldn't call me crass in any way! <br>
WORKMAN, BUM, BAG LADY, VIOLINIST, USHERETTES, NUNS, STREET CLEANER:<br>
We believe you, thousands wouldn't<br>
We believe you, ev'ry word<br>
We believe you, thousands couldn't<br>
We believe each word we've heard <br>
MAX:<br>
There was a time<br>
When I was young and gay...<br>
But straight<br>
There was a time<br>
When I was bold<br>
There was a time<br>
When each and ev'ry play I touched<br>
Would turn to gold <br>
CHORUS:<br>
There was a time<br>
He wore the finest clothes<br>
His shoes were always new<br>
Ahh! <br>
MAX:<br>
Now I wear a rented tux<br>
That's two weeks overdue! <br>
CHORUS:<br>
Poor Bialy, what a shmoozer<br>
Poor Bialy, what a shame<br>
Poor Bialy, what a loser<br>
Poor Bialy, goodbye fame<br>
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MAX:<br>
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Rented tux...<br>
Overdue...<br>
Way overdue<br>
MAX:<br>
Such reviews! How dare they insult me in this manner?<br>
How quickly they forget. I am Max Bialystock!<br>
The first producer ever to do summer stock in the winter! <br>
CHORUS:<br>
Once he was the king... <br>
MAX:<br>
You've heard of Theatre in the Round?<br>
You're looking at the man who invented Theatre in the Square!<br>
Nobody had a good seat! <br>
CHORUS:<br>
King of old Broadway <br>
MAX:<br>
I've spent my entire life in the theater. <br>
I was a protege of the great Boris Tomaschevski. <br>
CHORUS:<br>
Ooh! <br>
MAX:<br>
Yes. He taught me everything I know.<br>
I'll never forget, he turned to me on his deathbed and said,<br>
"Maxella, alle menschen muss zu machen, jeden tug a gentzen kachen!" <br>
NUN #1:<br>
What does that mean? <br>
MAX:<br>
Who knows? I don't speak Yiddish. Strangely enough, neither did he.<br>
But in my heart I knew what he was saying. <br>
He was saying, when you're down and out, and everybody thinks you're finished,<br>
that's the time to stand up on your two feet and shout,<br>
"Who do you have to fuck to get a break in this town?!" <br>
CHORUS:<br>
Yay! <br>
MAX:<br>
I used to be the king<br>
The king of old Broadway<br>
Again I will be king<br>
And be on top to stay<br>
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CHORUS:<br>
Used to be the king<br>
King of old Broadway<br>
<br>
On top to stay, hey!<br>
MAX:<br>
There'll be gala opening nights again<br>
You'll see my name in lights again<br>
I'll go from dark to brights again<br>
My spirits high as kites again<br>
I'll never suffer slights again<br>
I'll taste those sweet delights again<br>
No plethora of plights again <br>
No blossoming of blights again<br>
No frantic fits or frights again<br>
Fame is in my sights again<br>
I'll take those fancy flights again<br>
I'm gonna scare the heights again<br>
Bialystock will never drop<br>
Bialystock will never stop...<br>
Bialystock will be on top again <br>
CHORUS:<br>
Fame is in his sights again<br>
He'll take those fancy flights again<br>
He's gonna scale the heights again <br>
MAX:<br>
I'll be on top again, hey!<br>
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CHORUS:<br>
He'll be on top again, hey!<br>
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