What You Want

Wait a sec!
This is the kind of girl Warner wants
Someone serious
Someone lawyerly
Someone who wears black when nobody's dead!
Girls, I have a completely brilliant plan!

What you want, Warner, what you want is me
But you need to see me in a brand-new domain
Well it's plain, Warner, in a different setting
You will see you're getting all of this, plus a brain!

I'll meet you there at Harvard with a book in my hand
Big sturdy book, big wordy book
Full of words I'll understand
And right there is where you'll see it too
Warner, what you want is right in front of you

What you want
It's clear
What you want
Right here
What you want
Is right in front of you, front of you
What you want
It's clear
What you want
Right here
What you want
Is right in front of you, front of you

Step one, he's off to Harvard Law
So I get in there, too
(Step two!)
Make Warner reassess
Impress him with my high IQ
(Step three!)
We throw a great big wedding
And invite all Delta Nu!

That's great, nice plan
Now, we can think this through?
Harvard Law School?
I have a 4.0 average
Yeah, in Fashion Merchandising
What makes you think you can do this?

Love! I'm doing this for love
And love will see me through
Yes, with love on my side, I can't lose
And Harvard can't refuse
A love so pure and true
Don't lawyers feel love too?
Even if they do

What you want, sweetheart, is no easy thing
If you're going to swing it
It will wreck your senior spring
Yeah, it's true
First, you'll need an LSAT score
Of more than 174
So no more parties for you

You'll need a killer essay or do not even hope
And glowing letters from your betters
Any chance you know the Pope?
Uh, nope
Too bad, 'cause that would be a coup
And you've got a lot of work in front of you

What you want
Yes I know
What you want
Even so
What you want
Is right in front of you, front of you
What you want
(Girl, you go!)
What you want
No, really, go!
What you want
Is right in front of you, front of you

Law school?
Yes, Daddy, law school!
Good God, why?
Law school is for boring, ugly, serious people!
And you, Button, are none of those things

What you want, Button, hey, you just say the word
But what you want's absurd!
And costs a whole lot of swag
And hell why, Button, when you can stay right here
Pursue a film career?
(How 'bout a nice Birkin bag?)
Yes, the east coast is foreign, there's no film studios
It's cold and dark, no valet parking
All the girls have different noses!
Christ, Button!
It's like the damned frontier
Tell me what's out there that you can't get right here?

Guys, love!
Love?
I'm going there for love
A love I have to win (ah)
I can live without sun or valet
I can't just walk away
Betray what might have been
Fine, okay, I'll pay your way if you get in

What you want
Make good grades
What you want
And it's paid
What you want
Is right in front of you, front of you

Hey, everybody!
It's the spring fling beer bash extreme!
(Extreme!)
Not for you, time to study
Go!
This year's theme: Jamaican me crazy!
(Oh!)

What you want
You wanna be out because the sun she warm?
What you want
You wanna be study, stuck inside your dorm?
What you want
You wanna be party with us all night long?
What you want
You wanna be strong?
(Be strong!)
(Whoa-oh)
134, not good enough
Try again
Go!

What you want
You wanna be groovin', bumpin', shake da room?
What you want
You wanna be provin' somethin' and to whom?
What you want
You wanna be wonderin' where your youth is gone?
What you want
You wanna hold on?
Hold on!
(Oh-oh)
151, still not Harvard material
Once again
Go!

Love!
(What you want, you wanna be breathin' in the healthy air?)
I'm doing this for love
(What you want, you wanna be chasin' him and he don't care?)
And that's how I'll survive
(What you want, you wanna ignore the pity in their looks?)
Here you go, I said no
(What you want, you wanna say, "Sorry, gotta hit me books")
Go away
(What you want, you wanna sittin' like a lonely child)
Right here is where I'll stay
(What you want, you wanna be drivin' all the fellas wild)
Until that happy day
(What you want, you wanna be feelin' good to be alive)
That day I hear them say
175!
(175!)
175?
(175, 175!)

So, gentlemen
Harvard Law grants admission to Adam Cohen
And Sundeep Padamadan (outstanding)
And now, Ms. Elle Woods
Who was kind enough to send in a headshot
We should admit her, for reasons of, um
Multiculturalism! (Multiculturalism!)
Oh gentlemen, please, get a hold of yourselves
Oh, look at that, oh, what a shame
She didn't bother sending in a personal essay!
How's this for a personal essay?

What you want
Goodness me!
What you want
Security!
What you want is right in-
Who are you?

I'm
What you want, Harvard
I'm the girl for you
And to prove it's true
We all flew here on Jet Blue
Thank you! (Thank you!)

This is what Elle Woods inspires
Everyone admires her
And Harvard should too
This is not a personal essay!
Nope!
An essay's so boring and so much does not fit
So we're appearing live, right here
Making clear you must admit
That Elle Woods should join the chosen few
Harvard, what you want is right in front of-

May I approach?

Uh-huh!
Oh, yeah!
Go Elle!

Ho!

Now see here, Ms. Woods!
You can't just barge in here
With singing and dancing and ethnic movement
This is a very flashy presentation
But I still don't see one reason to admit you

How about love?
You ever been in love?
'Cause if you have, you'll know
That love never accepts a defeat
No challenge it can't meet
No place it cannot go
Don't say no to a woman in love

Don't laugh when I say love (ooh)
Don't think that I'm naive (ooh)
Because even a person who's smart (ooh)
Can listen to their heart (ooh)
Can listen and believe (ooh)
So believe in what love can achieve (ooh, ah)

Do you believe?
I do!
Do you believe?
Me too!
Yes, we believe in love!
How 'bout you?
Welcome to Harvard!

What you want
(Now we're set!)
What you want
(Let's go get!)
What you want
Is right in front of you, front of you
What you want
(Now we're done!)
What you want
(With step one!)
What you want
Is right in front of you, front of you

What you want
What you want
What you want
What you want!