Wonderful Town movie - What A Waste lyrics
rate me<br>
GO HOME!<br>
GO WEST!<br>
GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM!<br>
OH, WHY DID YOU EVER LEAVE OHIO?<br>
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A MILLION KIDS JUST LIKE YOU<br>
COME TO TOWN EVERY DAY<br>
WITH STARS IN THEIR EYES.<br>
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THEY’RE GOING TO CONQUER THE CITY,<br>
THEY’RE GOING TO GRAB OFF THE PULITZER PRIZE,<br>
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BUT IT’S A TERRIBLE PITY,<br>
BECAUSE THEY’RE IN FOR A BITTER SURPRISE.<br>
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AND THEIR STORIES ALL FOLLOW ONE LINE,<br>
LIKE HIS,<br>
LIKE HIS,<br>
LIKE MINE!<br>
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BORN IN DULUTH,<br>
NATURAL WRITER,<br>
PUBLISHED AT SEVEN -- GENIUS TYPE --<br>
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WROTE THE SCHOOL PLAY,<br>
WROTE THE SCHOOL PAPER,<br>
SUMMA CUM LAUDE -- ALL OF THAT TRIPE --<br>
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CAME TO NEW YORK,<br>
GOT ON THE STAFF HERE,<br>
THIS WAS MY CHANCE TO BE HEARD.<br>
WELL, SINCE THEN I HAVEN’T WRITTEN A WORD.<br>
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WHAT A WASTE,<br>
WHAT A WASTE,<br>
WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME!<br>
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MAN FROM DETROIT,<br>
WONDERFUL ARTIST,<br>
WENT TO PICASSO -- PABLO SAID “WOW!”<br>
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SETTLED IN FRANCE,<br>
BOUGHT HIM A BERET,<br>
LIVED IN MONTMARTRE,<br>
REALLY LEARNED HOW.<br>
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CAME TO NEW YORK -- HAD AN EXHIBIT,<br>
ART CRITICS MADE A BIG FUSS.<br>
NOW, HE PAINTS THOSE TOOTHPASTE ADS ON THE BUS!<br>
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WHAT A WASTE,<br>
WHAT A WASTE,<br>
WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME!<br>
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GIRL FROM MOBILE,<br>
VERSATILE ACTRESS,<br>
TRAGIC OR COMIC,<br>
ANY OLD PLAY,<br>
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SUFFERED AND STARVED,<br>
MET STANISLAVSKY.<br>
HE SAID THE WORLD WOULD<br>
CHEER HER SOME DAY.<br>
CAME TO NEW YORK,<br>
REPERTOIRE READY,<br>
CHEKHOV’S AND SHAKESPEARE’S AND WILDE’S.<br>
NOW, THEY WATCH HER FLIPPING FLAPJACKS AT CHILDS’.<br>
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WHAT A WASTE,<br>
WHAT A WASTE,<br>
WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME!<br>
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KID FROM CAPE COD,<br>
FISHERMAN’S FAMILY,<br>
MARVELOUS SINGER -- BIG BARITONE --<br>
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RENTED HIS BOAT,<br>
PAID FOR HIS LESSONS,<br>
STARVED FOR HIS STUDIES,<br>
DOWN TO THE BONE.<br>
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CAME TO NEW YORK,<br>
AIMED AT THE OPERA,<br>
SING “RIGOLETTO” HIS WISH.<br>
AT THE FULTON MARKET NOW HE YELLS “FISH!”<br>
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WHAT A WASTE,<br>
WHAT A WASTE, AH -- FISH!<br>
WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME!<br>
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GO HOME! GO WEST!<br>
GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM!<br>
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GO HOME!<br>
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