The Last 5 Years movie

The Last 5 Years movie - Climbing Uphill lyrics

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CATHERINE<br>

When you come home to me<br>

I'll wear a sweeter smile<br>

And hope that, for a while, you'll...<br>

Okay, thank you<br>

Thank you so much<br>

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I'm climbing uphill, Daddy<br>

Climbing uphill<br>

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I'm up every morning at six<br>

And standing in line<br>

With two hundred girls<br>

Who are younger and thinner than me<br>

Who have already been to the gym<br>

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I'm waiting five hours in line<br>

And watching the girls<br>

Just coming and going<br>

In dresses that look just like this<br>

Till my number is finally called<br>

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When I walk in the room<br>

There's a table of men<br>

Always men - usually gay<br>

Who've been sitting like I have<br>

And listening all day<br>

To two hundred girls<br>

Belting as high as they can!<br>

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I am a good person<br>

I'm an attractive person<br>

I am a talented person<br>

Grant me Grace!<br>

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When you come home...<br>

I should have told them I was sick last week<br>

They're gonna think this is the way I sing<br>

Why is the pianist playing so loud?<br>

Should I sing louder?<br>

I'll sing louder<br>

Maybe I should stop and start over<br>

I'm gonna stop and start over<br>

Why is the director staring at his crotch?<br>

Why is that man staring at my r©sum©?<br>

Don't stare at my r©sum©<br>

I made up half of my r©sum©<br>

Look at me<br>

Stop looking at that, look at me<br>

No, not at my shoes<br>

Don't look at my shoes<br>

I hate these fucking shoes<br>

Why did I pick these shoes?<br>

Why did I pick this song?<br>

Why did I pick this career?<br>

Why does this pianist hate me?<br>

If I don't get a callback<br>

I can go to Crate and Barrel with mom and buy a couch<br>

Not that I want to spend a day with mom<br>

But Jamie needs space to write<br>

Since I'm obviously such a horrible, annoying distraction to him<br>

What's he gonna be like when we have kids?<br>

And once again...<br>

Why am I working so hard?<br>

These are the people who cast Linda Blair in a musical<br>

Jesus Christ, I suck, I suck, I suck, I suck<br>

When fin'lly you come home to...<br>

Okay, thank you<br>

Thank you so much<br>

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I will not be the girl stuck at home in the 'burbs<br>

With the baby, the dog, and the garden of herbs<br>

I will not be the girl in the sensible shoes<br>

Pushing burgers and beer nuts and missing the clues<br>

I will not be the girl who gets asked how it feels<br>

To be trotting along at the genius's heels<br>

I will not be the girl who requires a man to get by<br>

And I...<br>

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When you come home to me<br>

I'll wear a sweeter smile... <br>

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