At the Ballet-The Hit Co.

[ti:At the Ballet] [ar:The Hit Co.] [al:Super Songs from the Stage and Screen, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]At the Ballet - The Hit Co. (热歌公司) [00:06.26]Daddy always thought that he married beneath him. [00:08.45]That's what he said, that's what he said. [00:10.64]When he proposed he informed my mother [00:13.60]He was probably her very last chance. [00:16.64] [00:17.99]And though she was twenty-two, [00:19.29] [00:19.87]Though she was twenty-two, [00:20.86] [00:21.76]Though she was twenty-two, [00:23.01] [00:25.70]She married him. [00:27.03] [00:29.26]Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic [00:31.56]More like a "Come as you are" [00:33.44] [00:34.21]When I was five I remember my mother [00:36.10] [00:36.75]Dug earrings out of the car [00:38.44] [00:39.54]I knew they weren't hers, But it wasn't [00:42.11]Something you'd want to discuss. [00:43.64] [00:44.82]He wasn't warm. [00:45.62] [00:47.10]Well, not to her. [00:48.19] [00:48.87]Well, not to us [00:50.28] [00:54.12]But [00:54.48]Everything was beautiful at the ballet. [00:58.46] [01:02.24]Graceful men lift lovely girls in white. [01:05.87] [01:08.70]Yes, [01:09.41]Everything was beautiful at ballet. [01:13.79] [01:16.46]Hey! [01:17.34]I was happy. at the ballet. [01:20.96] [01:23.35]That's why I started class [01:24.49]Up a steep and very narrow stairway. [01:26.76]To the voice like a metronome. [01:31.61] [01:33.08]Up a steep and very narrow stairway. [01:35.05] [01:37.31]It wasn't paradise [01:38.16]It wasn't paradise [01:39.63] [01:40.55]It wasn't paradise [01:41.83] [01:42.69]But it was home. [01:44.63] [01:50.03]Mother always said I'd be very attractive [01:52.41]When I grew up, when I grew up. [01:54.54]"Diff'rent"she said""With a special something [01:57.07] [01:57.67]And a very, very personal flair." [01:59.33] [02:01.56]And though I was eight or nine, [02:03.77]Though I was eight or nine, [02:05.51]Though I was eight or nine, [02:06.87] [02:09.45]I hated her. [02:10.24] [02:13.18]Now, [02:13.52]"Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty. [02:15.93]"Pretty" is what it's about. [02:17.50]I never met anyone who was "diff'rent" [02:20.78]Who couldn't figure that out. [02:22.70] [02:23.34]So beautiful I'd never lived to see. [02:27.08] [02:29.65]But it was clear, [02:30.58] [02:33.06]If not to her, [02:33.84] [02:35.34]Well, then to me [02:36.23] [02:40.71]That [02:41.10]Everyone is beautiful at the ballet. [02:45.21] [02:48.31]Every prince has got to have his swan. [02:52.20] [02:56.08]Yes, [02:56.45]Everyone is beautiful at the ballet. [03:00.80] [03:02.68]Hey! [03:02.85]I was pretty [03:04.69] [03:06.44]At the ballet [03:07.93] [03:12.29]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [03:14.06] [03:15.95]To the voice like a metronome. [03:17.77] [03:19.92]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [03:21.81] [03:23.92]It wasn't paradise [03:24.95] [03:26.01]It wasn't paradise [03:26.86] [03:27.57]It wasn't paradise [03:28.39] [03:29.60]But it was home. [03:31.92] [03:35.62]I don't know what they were for or against, really, [03:37.71]Except each other. [03:39.19]I mean I was born to save their marriage [03:41.34]But when my father came to pick my mother up [03:44.47]At the hospital [03:44.95]He said, Well, I thought this was going to help. [03:48.57]But I guess it's not [03:49.80]Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life. [03:52.61] [03:54.12]I used to dance around the living room [03:55.90]With my arms up like this [03:58.00]My fantasy was that there was an Indian Chief [04:00.52]And he'd say to me, [04:01.47]"Maggie, do you wanna dance?" [04:02.77]And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance!" [04:06.14] [04:07.13]Doo-doo-doo-doo [04:07.47]But it was clear [04:09.15]Doo-doo-doo [04:09.32]When he proposed [04:10.39]Doo-doo-doo [04:11.14]That I was born to help their marriage and when [04:14.69]That's what he said [04:16.21]Doo-doo-doo [04:16.64]That's what she said [04:17.63]Doo-doo-doo [04:17.96]I used to dance around the living room. [04:21.95] [04:22.49]Doo-doo-doo-doo [04:22.75]He wasn't warm [04:23.97] [04:24.68]Doo-doo-doo [04:25.09]Not to her [04:26.38] [04:27.61]It was an Indian chief and he'd say: [04:30.23] [04:30.96]"Maggie, do you wanna dance?" [04:32.73] [04:34.56]And I'd say,"Daddy, I would love to" [04:36.89] [04:38.98]Everything was beautiful at the ballet, [04:43.12] [04:46.45]Raise your arms and someone's always there. [04:50.39] [04:54.06]Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet, [04:58.97] [05:02.21]At the ballet, [05:03.29] [05:05.92]At the ballet! [05:07.24] [05:26.55]Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet. [05:31.33] [05:33.28]HEY! [05:34.16] [05:35.10]I was pretty [05:35.96] [05:37.65]I was happy [05:38.43] [05:40.19]"I would love to" [05:41.26] [05:43.80]At the ballet.