Broadway Baby (Live)

I'm just a Broadway baby
Walkin' off my tired feet
Poundin' 42nd Street to be in a show
Broadway baby
Learnin' how to sing and dance
Waitin' for that one big chance to be in a show

The first Broadway show I ever saw was a musical written by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Hal Prince, playing at the Alvin Theatre
That show was Company
I think I was nine or ten at the time
Probably not the target age for that show
But I knew then and there that I wanted to be on Broadway

Gee, I'd like to be on some marquee
All twinkle and lights
A spark to pierce the dark
From Battery Park to Washington Heights
Someday, maybe
All my dreams will be repaid
Heck, I'd even play the maid to be in a show

So, when I was 18 years old, I left my hometown, Chicago
And moved to New York City to pursue my dream
Now, New York was expensive
So in between going to classes and auditions
I got a job as a singing waitress
I was a horrible waitress, but at least it paid the bills

I'm just a Broadway baby
Slavin' at a five and ten
Dreamin' of the great day when I'll be in a show
Broadway baby
Makin' rounds all afternoon
Eatin' at a greasy spoon to save on my dough

At my tiny flat
There's just my cat, a bed, and a chair
Still, I'll stick it 'til I'm on a bill
All over Times Square

After what seemed like hundreds of auditions, and hundreds of rejections
One day I got a call to audition for a new musical called Merrily We Roll Along
Now, the breakdown was very specific
They were looking for young people under the age of 21
So, I stapled my birth certificate to my resume, and off I went
Now that first audition led to another
And then another, and then another
Finally, after five callbacks, I got the job
I was gonna be on Broadway

And not only that, I was going to be making my Broadway debut
In a musical written by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Hal Prince and playing at the Alvin Theatre!

Someday, maybe
If I stick it long enough
I may get to strut my stuff
Working for two nice men
I'm with Hal Prince and Steve Sondheim
In a great big Broadway show!