Adam Grupper, Colin Donnell, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Celia Keenan Bolger & Betsy Wolfe -
Merrily We Roll Along: 2012 New York Cast Recording
It's a Hit!
Listen to that
Will you listen to that?
Do you know what that means
Let me tell you what that means
Wait, no
Anyone who even thinks it
Don't say it, you'll jinx it
Listen to that!
Did you listen to that?
Does that make you feel proud?
Well, feel more than just proud
Okay, wait
I'll tempt fate
And I'll state it out loud
That's the sound of a hit
It's a hit
Gang, I think this is it
No more writing clever little shows
For those basement saloons
No more proclamations from the pros
That you can't hum the tune
No more sneaking in at intermissions
To the place you wish you could afford
Or producers having you audition
Whenever they're bored
And who'll say right away
As you play the first chord:
Boys, boys
It's very... what is the word?
Interesting
And if I had even the slightest belief
Any audiences would come
I would do it in a minute
Next!
We're a hit!
We're a hit!
You're ahead
You should quit
No more coaching no sopranos
With voices like bees
No more second hand pianos
With six broken keys
No more agents giving you opinions
As they turn you over to their minions
Just for these guarantees
We should please thank the Lord
It's a hit!
It's a hit!
Will my folks have a fit?
After all of that baloney they made me go through
All that: Honey, not that he's a phony
But what does he do?
Will their faces be stony
When they see on their Sony
Someone handing the phony
The Tony Award!
I would like to begin
By thanking all the hundreds of people
Who have turn down
Every show that I have ever written
So that I could win tonight for this one!
Thank you
Listen to that
Will you listen to that
Tell me is that a noise?
Or is that a noise?
That is the noise
I've been waiting the whole of my life to hear
Listen to that (listen to that)
Did you listen to that? (Will you listen to that)
Honey, is that a noise or is that a noise? (I can't-)
That is the loveliest noise (stand it)
For a breadwinning wife to hear
Listen to that!
That's obscene! (Listen to that)
Fellas that is a noise
That is really a noise (I can't stand it!)
I can't stand it! (I can't stand it!)
Did you listen to that? (Will you listen to that?)
That's the sound of an audience
Losing it's mind
It's the Pope on his balcony
Blessing mankind
Folks!
It's Funny girl
Fiddler
And Dolly combined
It's a hit
It's a hit
It's a palpable hit
If it only even runs a minute
At least it's a wedge
It's the theatre and we're really in it
Not just on the edge
If your spirits ever need improving
You can drop in any night for free
But the thing that's positively moving
You could have fooled me
Is we're still old friends
Nothing can kill old friends
Where there's a will
Old friends don't need success to survive
And us old friends
What's to discuss, old friends?
We've got a surefire
Genuine
Walkaway
Blockbuster
Lines down to Broadway
Boffola
Sensational
Box office
Lalapalooza
Gargantuan
Hit!
It's a hit!
It's a hit!
It's a hit!
It's a hit!
It's a hit!
Will you listen to that?
Do you know what that means
Let me tell you what that means
Wait, no
Anyone who even thinks it
Don't say it, you'll jinx it
Listen to that!
Did you listen to that?
Does that make you feel proud?
Well, feel more than just proud
Okay, wait
I'll tempt fate
And I'll state it out loud
That's the sound of a hit
It's a hit
Gang, I think this is it
No more writing clever little shows
For those basement saloons
No more proclamations from the pros
That you can't hum the tune
No more sneaking in at intermissions
To the place you wish you could afford
Or producers having you audition
Whenever they're bored
And who'll say right away
As you play the first chord:
Boys, boys
It's very... what is the word?
Interesting
And if I had even the slightest belief
Any audiences would come
I would do it in a minute
Next!
We're a hit!
We're a hit!
You're ahead
You should quit
No more coaching no sopranos
With voices like bees
No more second hand pianos
With six broken keys
No more agents giving you opinions
As they turn you over to their minions
Just for these guarantees
We should please thank the Lord
It's a hit!
It's a hit!
Will my folks have a fit?
After all of that baloney they made me go through
All that: Honey, not that he's a phony
But what does he do?
Will their faces be stony
When they see on their Sony
Someone handing the phony
The Tony Award!
I would like to begin
By thanking all the hundreds of people
Who have turn down
Every show that I have ever written
So that I could win tonight for this one!
Thank you
Listen to that
Will you listen to that
Tell me is that a noise?
Or is that a noise?
That is the noise
I've been waiting the whole of my life to hear
Listen to that (listen to that)
Did you listen to that? (Will you listen to that)
Honey, is that a noise or is that a noise? (I can't-)
That is the loveliest noise (stand it)
For a breadwinning wife to hear
Listen to that!
That's obscene! (Listen to that)
Fellas that is a noise
That is really a noise (I can't stand it!)
I can't stand it! (I can't stand it!)
Did you listen to that? (Will you listen to that?)
That's the sound of an audience
Losing it's mind
It's the Pope on his balcony
Blessing mankind
Folks!
It's Funny girl
Fiddler
And Dolly combined
It's a hit
It's a hit
It's a palpable hit
If it only even runs a minute
At least it's a wedge
It's the theatre and we're really in it
Not just on the edge
If your spirits ever need improving
You can drop in any night for free
But the thing that's positively moving
You could have fooled me
Is we're still old friends
Nothing can kill old friends
Where there's a will
Old friends don't need success to survive
And us old friends
What's to discuss, old friends?
We've got a surefire
Genuine
Walkaway
Blockbuster
Lines down to Broadway
Boffola
Sensational
Box office
Lalapalooza
Gargantuan
Hit!
It's a hit!
It's a hit!
It's a hit!
It's a hit!
It's a hit!
Credits
Writer(s): Stephen Sondheim
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