Back at Work
MILLIE:
Sincere Trust … Jimmy, leave me alone!
MISS FLANNERY:
Personal matter? Not on company time.
MILLIE:
I didn’t ask him to call. I don’t want him to call. I never want to
see
Jimmy Smith again.
MISS FLANNERY:
Good. Forget the boys, Dillmount.
Get yourself a canary.
Forget About the Boy
MILLIE:
No canary in a cage for me
This canary’s ready to fly free
Cut the cord
Is that a man I once adored?
He’s nothing but an albatross
No great loss
Doublecrosser
Forget about the boy
Pull the plug
Ain’t he the one who pulled the rug
He’s lower than an alley cat
Dirty rat
And I flatter
Forget about the boy
Forget about the boy
Forget about the boy
And in the moonlight
Don’t you think about him
Sister, you’re much better off without him
You can blow the blues a kiss goodbye
And put the sun back in the sky
For when he comes crawlin’
I’m not fallin’
Shout hooray and halleluh!
Now me and mister wrong are through
I’ll find myself another beau
Who I know is no rover
Forget about the boy
Forget about the boy
Forget about –
Jimmy, oh Jimmy, Jimmy
TYPIST #1:
Horace
TYPIST #2:
Danny
TYPIST #3:
Milton
TYPIST #4:
Percy
TYPIST #5:
Edgar
TYPIST #6:
Timothy
TYPIST #7:
Alfred
TYPIST #8:
Vito Carbone
TYPIST #9:
Benjamin Pratt, the third
TYPIST #10:
Teddy Morgan
MISS FLANNERY:
Barney Schreiber, C.P.A.
MILLIE:
Jimmy, oh Jimmy, silly boy
Gee, what a real swell guy
MISS FLANNERY and TYPISTS (at the same time):
Cut the cord, is that a man I once adored?
He’s nothing but an albatross
No great loss, doublecrosser
ALL:
Forget about the boy
MILLIE:
Jimmy, oh Jimmy, what great joy
He makes my troubles fly
MISS FLANNERY and TYPISTS (at the same time):
Pull the plug, ain’t he the one who pulled the rug?
He’s lower than an alley cat, dirty rat
And I flatter
ALL:
Forget about the boy
Forget about the boy
Forget about the boy!
(The typists break into defiant tap, topped by MISS FLANNERY in a
tap
solo.)
Shout hooray and halleluh!
Now that me and mister wrong are through
I’ll find myself another beau
Who I know is no rover
Forget about the boy
Forget about the boy
Forget about the boy
And in the moonlight don’t you think about him
Sister you’re much better off without him
You can blow the blues a kiss goodbye
And put the sun back in the sky
MISS FLANNERY and TYPISTS:
For when he comes crawlin’
MILLIE:
I’m not fallin’
ALL:
Hallelujah!
Forget about the boy
Forget about the boy
Forget about the boy!
Ah! Sweet Mystery / I’m Falling in Love With Someone
MR. GRAYDON:
Ah! Sweet mystery of life
At last I’ve found thee
Ah! I know at last the secret of it all!
MISS DOROTHY:
All the longing, seeking, striving, waiting, yearning
The burning hopes, the joy and idle tears that fall
MR. GRAYDON:
I’ve a very strange feeling I never felt before
‘Tis a kind of a grind of depression
MISS DOROTHY:
My heart’s acting strangely; it feels rather sore
At least it gives me that impression
MR. GRAYDON:
My pulses leap madly without any cause
Believe me, I’m telling you truly
MISS DOROTHY:
I’m gay without pause
Then sad without cause
MR. GRAYDON:
My spirits are truly unruly
For I’m falling in love with someone
Some one girl
I’m falling in love with someone
Head awhirl!
BOTH:
Yes, I’m falling in love with someone
Plain to see
MR. GRAYDON:
I’m sure I could love someone madly
If someone would only love me
(They dance an impassioned if acrobatic pas de deux.)
BOTH:
Yes, I’m falling in love with someone
Plain to see
I’m sure I could love someone madly
If someone would only love me
I Turned the Corner / I’m Falling in Love with Someone (Quartet
Reprise)
JIMMY:
Thousands of people
Way down below
Wandering to and fro
Tireless people
No time to lose
Crowding the avenues and parks
On their marks
Racing fast; quite a cast
Millions of people, pick any two
They could be just like
You and me used to be
Way back when, strangers, then –
I turned the corner
And there you stood
Your smile like home to me
Your heart familiar
No use pretending, not that I could
I turned the corner when I met you
I turned the corner
Stopped on a dime
Like I remembered someone
Long forgotten
No mere flirtation, no marking time
I turned the corner when I met you
When I met you
Was our encounter planned
Destiny’s guiding hand?
Fortune or fate, it’s grand
The way you make me feel
JIMMY and MILLIE:
All of the past erased
Glorious future faced
Now that my life you’ve graced
I’ll never be the same
I turned the corner
Feet on the ground
My spirit soared as you appeared before me!
I wasn’t looking, look what I found
JIMMY:
I turned the corner when I met you
MILLIE:
I turned the corner
For I’m falling in love with someone, someone
I’m falling in love with someone
Head awhirl
Yes, I’m falling in love with someone
Plain to see
I’m sure I could love someone madly …
JIMMY (at the same time):
I turned the corner when I met you
For I am falling in love with some one girl
I am falling in love
A feeling I have never felt
Pulse is leaping madly
Yes, I’m falling in love with someone
Plain to see
I’m sure I could love someone …
MR. GRAYDON (at the same time):
Falling in love with someone
Some girl
A feeling I have never felt
Pulse is leaping madly
Yes, I’m falling in love with someone
Plain to see
I’m sure …
MISS DOROTHY (at the same time):
Someone
Some one girl
Head awhirl
Yes, I’m falling in love with someone
Plain to see
I’m sure I could love someone …
CHING HO:
I love you, Miss Dorothy
MILLIE, JIMMY, MR. GRAYDON and MISS DOROTHY:
If someone would only love me!
Muqin
MRS. MEERS:
Everything seems lovely
When you start to roam
The birds are singing
The day that you stray
But wait until you are further away
Things won’t be so lovely
When you’re all alone
Here’s what you’ll keep saying
When you’re far from home
(MRS. MEERS dangles a photograph in front of CHING HO and BUN FOO:
it’s
their mother.)
BUN FOO:
Muqin (Mammy)
MRS. MEERS:
That’s right
CHING HO:
Muqin (Mammy)
MRS. MEERS:
Now you’re talking
BUN FOO:
Taiyang zhao dong fang (The sun shines east)
CHING HO:
Taiyang zhao xi fang (The sun shines west)
MRS. MEERS:
But you know where “taiyang zhao” best
BUN FOO:
Zhao dao, zhao dao muqin (On Mammy)
Ta Shenshang
CHING HO:
Zhao wo, zhao wo muqin (My Mammy)
Ta shenshang
BOTH:
Wode xin yongyuan wang jiaxiang (My heart strings are tangled around
Siam-y)
CHING HO:
Wo lailiao. Buren yao nin duo dengdai (I’m coming. Sorry that I
made
you wait.)
MRS. MEERS:
Take her home!
BUN FOO:
Wo lailiao. Wanle kongpa nin buzai (I’m coming. I hope and pray
I’m not
too late.)
MRS. MEERS:
It’s never too late for
ALL THREE:
Mammy, Mammy
CHING HO and BUN FOO:
Wo yuen zou baiwan li kan ni xiaomimi (We’d walk a million miles for
one
of those smiles.)
ALL THREE:
My Mammy
CHING HO:
Wo yuen zou baiwan li kan ni xiaomimi (We’d walk a million miles for
one
of those smiles.)
BUN FOO:
Wo yibei fanzui yebu haipa (We’d lead a life of crime to buy us some
time.)
MRS. MEERS:
They’ll work for Mrs. Meers
The rest of their years!
ALL THREE:
My Mammy!
As Long As I’m Here With You
ENSEMBLE MEN:
We’ve been sad and lonesome
Here at Cafe Society
But tonight the world is right
A dream come true
Miss “You-Know-Who”
Is back where she belongs
MUZZY:
Life is a holiday
I’m talking June through May
A nightly sell-out show
And baby, I’m front row
Bye-bye to lonely nights
Only nights where the two of us can coo
Skies are sunny and clear
Long as I’m here with you
The world’s a sugar bowl
It’s sevens ev’ry roll
Sneak peek at paradise
The view is mighty nice
I got no blues to sing
Choose to sing a melody for two
Happy ending is near
Long as I’m here with you
ENSEMBLE MEN:
Life is a holiday
I’m talking June through May
A nightly sell-out show
And baby, I’m front row
MUZZY:
I got no blues to sing
Choose to sing a melody for two
Happy ending is near
Long as I’m here with you
Who cares if there’s no booze
Or that the Yankees lose?
Can’t pay my income tax
But in spite of the facts
No one could ask for more
Kid in a candy store
The jackpot has been hit
I’m living proof of it
And as for all that passed
Call that past!
I found a heart that’s true
What a red-letter year
Long as I’m here with you
And you. And you and you and you and you
And yeah, you too
So happy, dear
Long as I’m here with
Long as I’m here with you
Gimme, Gimme
MILLIE:
A simple choice, nothing more
This or that, either or
Marry well, social whirl, business man, clever girl
Or pin my future on a green glass love
What kind of life am I dreaming of?
I say gimme, gimme … gimme, gimme
Gimme, gimme that thing called love
I want it
Gimme, gimme that thing called love
I need it
Highs and lows, tears and laughter
Gimme happy ever after
Gimme, gimme that thing called love
Gimme, gimme that thing called love
I crave it
Gimme, gimme that thing called love
I’ll brave it
Thick ‘n thin, rich or poor time
Gimme years and I’ll want more time
Gimme, gimme that thing called love
Gimme, gimme that thing called love
I’m free now
Gimme, gimme that thing called love
I see now
Fly, dove! Sing, sparrow!
Gimme Cupid’s famous arrow
Gimme, gimme that thing called love
I don’t care if he’s a nobody
In my heart he’ll be a somebody
Somebody to love me!
I need it
Gimme, gimme that thing called love
I want it
Here I am, St. Valentine
My bags are packed, I’m first in line
Aphrodite, don’t forget me
Romeo and Juliet me
Fly, dove! Sing, sparrow!
Gimme fat boy’s famous arrow
Gimme, gimme that thing called love!
Finale
MUZZY:
So you see, snookums, you can marry your boss after all.
MILLIE:
Who cares? I found myself a green glass love.
JIMMY:
Funny, I found myself an emerald.
Have you seen the way they kiss in the movies?
MISS DOROTHY:
Isn’t it delectable?
ENSEMBLE:
Good-bye, good goody girl
I’m changing and how!
I’m changing and how!
I’m changing and how!
ENTIRE COMPANY:
So beat the drums cause here comes thoroughly
Hot off the press! One step ahead! Jazz age!
Whoopee baby! We’re so thoroughly modern …
(A brand new modern arrives looking for her break in the big
city.)
ENTIRE COMPANY:
Now!