Some People
Some people can get a thrill
Knitting sweaters and sitting still
That`s ok for some people
who don`t know they`re alive!
Some people can thrive and bloom
Living life in the living room
That`s perfect for some people
of one hundred and five!
But I at least gotta try
When I think of all the sights that I gotta see
all the places I gotta play
all the things that I gotta be
come on papa what do ya say
Some people can be content
playing bingo and paying rent
That`s peachy for some people
For some humdrum people to be
but some people ain`t me!
I had a dream
a wonderful dream papa
all about June and the Orphium Circuit
gimme a chance I know I can work it!
I had a dream
just as real as it can be papa
there I was in Mr. Orphiumi¿½soffice
and he was saying to me
Rose!
get yourself some new orchestrations
new routines and red velvet curtains
get a feathered hat for the baby
photographs in front of the theatre
get an agent
and a jigtime
then you`ll be hooked in the big time
oh what a dream
a wonderful dream papa
and all that I need is eighty-eight bucks Papa
that`s what he said Papa
only eighty-eight bucks!
Goodbye to blueberry pie
good riddance to all the sources
that I had to go to
All the lodges I had to play
All the shriners I said hello to
Hey LA I`m coming your way
Some people sit on their butts
got the dream yeah but not the guts
That`s livini¿½ for some people
for some humdrum people
I suppose
Well they can stay and rot
But not Rose