Waiting for the Girls Upstairs

Hey, up there
Way up there
Whaddaya say, up there?

I see it all
It's like a movie in my head that play and plays
It isn't just the bad things I remember
It's the whole damn show

Waiting around for the girls upstairs
After the curtain came down
Money in my pocket to spend
"Honey, could you maybe get a friend for my friend!"

Hearing the sound of the girls above
Dressing to go on the town
Clicking heels on steel and cement
Picking up the giggles floating down through the vent

Goddamnedest hours that I ever spent
Were waiting for the girls
Upstairs

Hey, up there
Way up there
Whaddaya say, up there?

That's where the keys hung and
That's where you picked up your mail

I remember!
Me and Ben
Me and Ben
We'd come around at ten
Me and Ben
And hang around the wings
Watching things
With what-the-hell-was-his-name
You know, the old guy?
Max! I remember
Anyway
There we'd stay
Until the curtain fell
And when the curtain tell
Then all hell broke
Girls on the run
And scenery flying
Doors slamming left and right

Girls in their undies
Blushing but trying
Not to duck out of sight

Girls by the hundreds
Waving and crying
"See you tomorrow night!"
Girls looking frazzled
And girls looking great
Girls in a frenzy
To get to a date
Girls like a madhouse
And two of them late
And who had to wait?
And wait
And wait
And wait

Waiting around for the boys downstairs
Stalling as long as we dare
Which dress from my wardrobe of two?
One of them was borrowed and the other was blue

Holding our ground for the boys below
Fussing around with our hair
Giggling, wriggling out of our tights
Chattering and clattering down all of those flights

God, I'd forgotten there ever were nights
Of waiting for the boys
Downstairs

You up there!
Down in a minute!
You two up there!
Just keep your shirts on!
Aren't you through up there?
Heard you the first time!
Their younger counterparts appear

Look, are you coming?
Or aren't you coming?
Look, we are going
We gotta get going
¿?

Hi
Girls
Ben
Sally

Boy, we're beat
You look neat
We saw you in the wings
How are things?
Did someone pass you in?
Slipped a fin
To what-the-hell-is-his-name
You know, the doorman
Al?
No
Big?
Fat
Young!
Bald
Harry
Yeah

Okey-doaks
Come on, folks
And where we gonna go?
A little joint I know
What?
Great new show there
Hey, I thought you said tonight'd be Tony's
This joint is just as grand
We girls got dressed for dancing at Tony's
This joint is in demand
Ta-ta, goodbye, you'll find us at Tony's
Wait till you hear the band!

You told us Tony's
That we'd go to Tony's
I told you Tony's?
Then Ben mentioned Tony's
I never said Tony's
Well, someone said Tony's
When's Ben mentioned Tony's?
There's dancing at Tony's
It's ritzy at Tony's
All right, then, we'll go!

Waiting around for the girls upstairs
Weren't we chuckleheads then?
Very young and very old hat
Everybody has to go through stages like that

Waiting around for the girls upstairs
Thank you but never again
Life was fun but oh, so intense
Everything was possible and nothing made sense

Back there when one of the major events
Was waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Upstairs