作词 : Stephen Sondheim
作曲 : Stephen Sondheim
Hey up there!
Way up there!
Whaddaya say, up there?
I see it all
It's like a movie in my head that plays and plays
It isn't just the bad things I remember
It's the whole show
Waiting around for the girls upstairs
After the curtain came down
Money in my pocket to spend
'Honey, could you maybe get a friend for my friend?'
Hearing the sound of the girls above
Dressing to go on the town
Clicking heels on steel and cement
Picking up the giggles floating down through the vent
Goddamnedest hours that I ever spent...
...Were waking for the girls Upstairs
Hey up there!
Way up there!
Whaddaya say up there?
That's where the keys hung and That's where you picked up your mail
I remember
Me and Ben, Me and Ben
We'd come around at ten, Me and Ben
And hang around the wings, Watching things
With what-the-hell-was-his-name, You know, the old guy...
Max! I remember
Anyway, there we'd stay Until the curtain fell
And when the curtain fell, Then all hell broke
Girls on the run and scenery flying, Doors slamming left and right
Girls in their undies, blushing but trying Not to duck out of sight
Girls by the hundreds waving and crying, 'See you tomorrow night!'
Girls looking frazzled and girls looking great
Girls in a frenzy to get to a date
Girls like a madhouse and two of 'em late...
And who had to wait?
And wait...
And wait...
Waiting around for the boys downstairs
Stalling as long as we dare
Which dress from my wardrobe of two?
One of them was borrowed and the other was blue
Holding our ground for the boys below
Fussing around with our hair
Giggling wiggling out of our tights
Chattering and clattering down all of those flights
God, I'd forgotten there ever were nights
Of waiting for the boys Downstairs
You up there!
Down in a minute!
You two up there!
Just keep your shirts on!
Aren't you through up there?
Heard you the first time!
Look, are you coming or aren't you coming 'cause (Coming, we're coming, will you hold your horses, we're)
Look, if we're going, we gotta get going 'cause (Coming, we're ready, be there in a jiffy)
Look, they won't hold us A table at ringside all night! (All right)
-Hi -Girls
-Ben -Sally
Boy, we're beat
You look neat
We saw you in the wings
How are things?
Did someone pass you in?
Slipped a fin...To what-the-hell-is-his-name, You know, the doorman
-Al? -No
-Big? -Fat
-Young? -Bald
-Harry -Yeah
-Okey-doaks -Come on, folks
And where we gonna go?
-A little joint I know -What?
Great new show there
Hey, I thought you said tonight'd be Tony's
This joint is just as grand
We girls got dressed for dancing at Tony's
This joint is in demand
Ta-ta, goodbye, you'll find us at Tony's
Wait till you hear the band!
You told us Tonys, that we'd go to Tonys
I told you Tonys? I never said Tonys
Then Ben mentioned Tonys
When's Ben mentioned Tonys?
There's dancing at Tony's. All right, then, we'll go
Waiting around for the girls upstairs
Weren't we chuckleheads then?
Very young and very old hat
Everybody has to go through stages like that
Waiting around for the girls upstairs
Thank you but never again
Life was fun, but oh, so intense
Everything was possible and nothing made sense
Back there when one of the major events...
Was waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Upstairs