A Beat Behind-Original Broadway Cast Recording

[ti:A Beat Behind] [ar:Original Broadway Cast Recording] [al:The Goodbye Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Beat Behind - Original Broadway Cast Recording [00:03.92]1 2 3 4 lift those legs up [00:06.67]Higher it's time to perspire [00:10.64] [00:12.19]I wanna know where your fire is [00:16.94] [00:19.87]Harder now show me some ardor [00:23.70] [00:24.86]Before you retire from the biz [00:30.45] [00:32.56]Thirty five [00:33.65]And I can't go the distance [00:35.31]I'm a beat behind [00:37.93] [00:38.79]Half alive [00:39.46] [00:39.99]Seems my whole damned existence [00:41.17]Is a beat behind [00:44.35] [00:45.31]I'm gone to seed [00:46.66]And in need [00:47.50]Of condemning [00:48.44]I've got the drive [00:49.67]To survive of a lemming [00:51.10] [00:51.60]Time made me obsolete [00:53.04] [00:53.60]And a beat behind [00:55.57] [00:58.07]Push it class [00:59.11]Cause it gets tougher [01:00.63]Paula you're a beat behind [01:03.41] [01:04.35]Arms apart [01:04.90] [01:05.46]For your art suffer [01:06.82]Paula move your sweet behind [01:09.90] [01:10.45]Stop looking glum [01:11.97]Overcome my inertia [01:13.76]Some season soon [01:15.00]Tommy tune [01:15.83]May rehearse ya [01:16.94]He'll keep you on your feet [01:19.00]Till you lose your mind [01:20.31] [01:22.14]You're a beat behind [01:24.00] [01:26.52]Paula what happened to Paula [01:30.10] [01:31.38]So sad to see Paula fall apart [01:36.48] [01:39.14]Out of breath [01:40.02]Out of shape [01:40.99]And exactly as I thought [01:42.30] [01:43.49]Behind [01:44.37] [01:45.30]Look at her [01:45.92] [01:46.52]With the lungs of Madonna [01:48.23]And a taut behind [01:50.86] [01:51.69]Somebody [01:52.47]Get me an anti depressant [01:54.69]She's at the post [01:56.11]Maybe post adolescent [01:57.82]Time can be so unkind [01:59.71] [02:00.25]I'm a beat behind [02:01.42] [02:03.17]This is so perverse [02:04.83] [02:06.35]Better call a nurse [02:07.90] [02:09.32]Better yet a hearse [02:11.04] [02:55.15]I thought I'd bounce right back [02:57.13] [02:57.63]A job would fall in place [02:59.46] [03:00.49]But what is so appalling is [03:03.69]I'm falling on my face [03:05.61] [03:07.42]Well at least I've got a roof above my head [03:11.76] [03:12.70]But if I must die I'd rather die in bed [03:16.60] [03:19.45]Some one [03:21.55] [03:22.93]Wake me [03:24.31]I am in a [03:26.06]Nightmare [03:27.70] [03:28.86]I've got [03:29.82] [03:30.50]No stamina [03:31.78]Sweat till your sleek at the peak of condition [03:34.56]They're doing shows now with no intermission [03:37.71]Step it up [03:38.37] [03:38.92]Play the part [03:39.66]Show your stuff [03:40.36]And let your [03:41.00]Heart rate climb [03:42.41] [03:43.72]Pour it on [03:44.53]Let 'em know that [03:46.29]Your body's workin' [03:47.17] [03:48.07]Over time [03:48.79] [03:50.07]No time to rest time to test your endurance [03:53.10]Laid up in pain but with paid up ensurance [03:55.87]Dance like Astaire with un erring precision [03:59.07]Brain cells employed to avoid a collision [04:01.59] [04:02.11]I've got a flat rent controlled and a daughter [04:05.29]I'd trade them both for a teaspoon of water [04:08.29]Back to the Broadway grind [04:10.38] [04:14.79]You're a beat behind [04:17.00] [04:18.13]You're a beat behind [04:20.22] [04:21.08]You're a beat behind