At The Ballet-Deidre Goodwin/Alisan Porter/Mara Davi

[ti:At The Ballet] [ar:Musical Cast Recording] [al:A Chorus Line (The New Cast Recording)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]At The Ballet - Deidre Goodwin/Alisan Porter/Mara Davi [00:05.16]Daddy always thought that he married beneath him [00:07.31]That's what he said that's what he said [00:09.60]When he proposed he informed my mother [00:11.22]He was probably her very last chance [00:14.55] [00:15.11]And though she was twenty-two [00:16.11] [00:17.33]Though she was twenty-two [00:19.35]Though she was twenty-two [00:20.77] [00:22.09]She married him [00:23.24] [00:25.87]Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic [00:27.89]More like a "Come as you are" [00:29.38] [00:30.37]When I was five I remember my mother [00:31.90] [00:32.68]Dug earrings out of the car [00:35.00]I knew they weren't hers But it wasn't [00:37.05]Something you'd want to discuss [00:38.36] [00:39.86]He wasn't warm [00:40.49] [00:42.99]Well not to her [00:43.86] [00:46.48]Well not to us [00:47.35] [00:50.33]But [00:51.04]Everything was beautiful at the ballet [00:54.99] [00:58.01]Graceful men lift lovely girls in white [01:02.09] [01:05.20]Yes [01:05.69]Everything was beautiful at ballet [01:09.50] [01:11.03]Hey [01:12.32] [01:13.17]I was happy at the ballet [01:19.03]That's why I started class [01:20.56]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [01:22.37] [01:23.98](SHEILA AND BEBE) [01:24.49]To the voice like a metronome [01:25.80] [01:27.19]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [01:28.43] [01:29.87](SHEILA) [01:30.30]It wasn't paradise [01:31.53](BEBE) [01:32.77]It wasn't paradise [01:33.99](SHEILA AND BEBE) [01:34.72]It wasn't paradise [01:35.34](SHEILA) [01:35.51]But it was home [01:38.15](BEBE) [01:38.95] [01:42.72]Mother always said I'd be very attractive [01:44.92]When I grew up when I grew up [01:47.37]"Diff'rent"she said""With a special something [01:49.25]And a very very personal flair " [01:50.59] [01:52.99]And though I was eight or nine [01:55.05]Though I was eight or nine [01:56.59]Though I was eight or nine [02:00.27]I hated her [02:02.60]Now [02:03.51]"Diff'rent" is nice but it sure isn't pretty [02:05.78]"Pretty" is what it's about [02:07.30] [02:08.20]I never met anyone who was "diff'rent" [02:10.41]Who couldn't figure that out [02:11.61] [02:12.47]So beautiful I'd never lived to see [02:19.16]But it was clear [02:22.16]If not to her [02:23.88] [02:25.65]Well then to me [02:26.81] [02:29.99]That [02:30.14](MAGGIE AND BEBE) [02:30.57]Everyone is beautiful at the ballet [02:37.94]Every prince has got to have his swan [02:44.64]Yes [02:45.84]Everyone is beautiful at the ballet [02:50.11] [02:51.40](MAGGIE) [02:52.02]Hey [02:52.46] [02:53.72](BEBE) [02:53.86]I was pretty [02:57.22](SHEILA) [02:57.40]At the ballet [02:58.39](MAGGIE SHEILA AND BEBE) [03:00.40]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [03:02.38] [03:04.45]To the voice like a metronome [03:05.57] [03:07.87]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [03:09.10] [03:10.88](MAGGIE) [03:11.41]It wasn't paradise [03:11.94] [03:12.92](BEBE) [03:13.08]It wasn't paradise [03:13.72] [03:14.66](SHEILA) [03:14.86]It wasn't paradise [03:15.94](MAGGIE SHEILA AND BEBE) [03:16.45]But it was home [03:19.63](MAGGIE (Spoken)) [03:20.39] [03:21.03]I don't know what they were for or against really [03:23.36]Except each other [03:25.33]I mean I was born to save their marriage [03:27.80] [03:28.41]But when my father came to pick my mother up [03:30.59]At the hospital [03:31.84]He said Well I thought this was going to help [03:34.39] [03:35.18]But I guess it's not [03:36.35] [03:37.29]Anyway I did have a fantastic fantasy life [03:39.75] [03:40.76]I used to dance around the living room [03:42.13]With my arms up like this [03:43.32] [03:44.40]My fantasy was that there was an Indian Chief [03:46.23]And he'd say to me [03:47.15]"Maggie do you wanna dance " [03:50.84]And I'd say "Daddy I would love to dance " [03:53.74](SHEILA AND MAGGIE) [03:55.17]Doo-doo-doo-doo [03:55.33] [03:55.93](BEBE) [03:56.10] [03:57.09]But it was clear [03:58.11](BEBE AND MAGGIE) [03:59.06]Doo-doo-doo [03:59.61](SHEILA) [03:59.77]When he proposed [04:00.39](SHEILA AND BEBE) [04:01.39]Doo-doo-doo [04:01.52](MAGGIE) [04:01.88]That I was born to help their marriage and when [04:03.77](MAGGIE AND BEBE) [04:04.69]Doo-doo-doo-doo [04:04.88](SHEILA) [04:05.12]That's what he said [04:06.23](SHEILA AND MAGGIE) [04:06.89]Doo-doo-doo [04:07.09](BEBE) [04:07.27]That's what she said [04:07.93](BEBE AND SHEILA) [04:08.66]Doo-doo-doo [04:08.82](MAGGIE) [04:09.02]I used to dance around the living room [04:10.74] [04:11.59](BEBE AND SHEILA) [04:12.32]Doo-doo-doo-doo [04:12.55](SHEILA) [04:12.73]He wasn't warm [04:13.59](SHEILA AND MAGGIE) [04:14.26]Doo-doo-doo [04:14.44](BEBE) [04:14.70]Not to her [04:15.38](MAGGIE) [04:15.70]It was an Indian chief and he'd say: [04:17.93] [04:19.67]"Maggie do you wanna dance " [04:22.57]And I'd say "Daddy I would love to" [04:27.80]Everything was beautiful at the ballet [04:34.69] [04:35.34]Raise your arms and someone's always there [04:42.47]Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet [04:47.71] [04:50.39]At the ballet [04:53.93]At the ballet [05:03.06](MAGGIE SHEILA AND BEBE) [05:05.06] [05:13.56]Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet [05:20.45](MAGGIE) [05:20.64]HEY [05:20.77] [05:22.55](BEBE) [05:22.72]I was pretty [05:23.37] [05:24.49](SHEILA) [05:24.64]I was happy [05:25.31] [05:26.50](MAGGIE) [05:26.68]"I would love to" [05:30.21](MAGGIE SHEILA AND BEBE) [05:31.24]At the ballet