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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>
<br>
I'm climbing uphill, Daddy<br>
Climbing uphill<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
I am a good person<br>
I'm an attractive person<br>
I am a talented person<br>
Grant me Grace!<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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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