- Andrew Lippa
Lock the door and stop complaining
Gather 'round and listen well
From now on we're entertaining
How to hotten up this hell

Hold the mood and hold the chatter
Skip the food and stop the clatter
Can't you hear that pitter-patter
We're not here to eat
We came for the heat

Let's raise the roof
Let's make a scene
Let's hope the gods of love
Will shine above
And show the way.
Let's call the shots
Let's roll the dice
Take my advice
It always pays to
Raise the roof

Crush the ice and shake forever
Tell the evening where to go
If you need a new endeavor
I can teach you what I know




Grab your partner by the collar
Bribe the barman with a dollar
Just ignite that mighty holler
Lead me to the trough
Till the light goes off

Let's raise the roof
Let's make a scene
Let's hope the gods of love
Will shine above
And show the way
Let's call the shots
Let's roll the dice
Take my advice
It always pays to
Raise the roof

Sooooo
Cut the strings and set the table
Gather roses on your way
Welcome to our Tower of Babel
Learn the language, come what may

Spare me how the wind is blowing
When you keep the whiskey flowing
You can reap what you've been sowing
If you walk the plank
You've got me to thank




Let's raise the roof
Let's make a scene
Let's hope the gods of love
Will shine above
And show the way
Let's call the shots
Let's roll the dice
Take my advice
It always pays to
Raise the roof

The time for playing nice has run
Before the big hand hits the one
We've got to do what must be done
So put away that smoking gun

And raise the roof
Go raise the roof
Let's raise the roof
Raise the roof

- Paula Cole

The beginning again
The hope of white
Rice on the isle
Promising smiles
Wanting our life

Forever shining in gold
I walk with you holding your hand
Immortal there are no words
For the feelings that course through my veins

Knowing that once tomorrow now yesterday
I give forget-me-nots and vows to be with you

These dreams in my head
Can they be real
Strikes of red lightening
Your car on the highway
My heart in my hands

I’m freezing here in our home
Where your body it lay beside mine
It’s empty here in my soul
Where your laughter it kept me alive

Knowing that once tomorrow now yesterday
The child inside of me has gone astray
This cruel kaleidoscope changes frames
This spinning carousel brings me here
Without you

Knowing that once tomorrow now yesterday
I’ll face the loathing
Go thru the pain
The ice is breaking
I feel afraid
The rushing water
Being born again
The light in front of me opening
Becoming clearer now
I see your face
I see you

-Melora Hardin

It was a hot night and I was feeling restless
I got out of bed, put on some heels,
Something tight and strapless
I walked to the corner bar
Where I know you always are
Sauntered in like I owned the place,
A smug smile on my face
And you were there. You caught my stare.
And you must’ve liked what you saw
Because it wasn’t very long before you came my way
You looked like a bad, bad boy
Who might be good one day
And it was right then you got under my skin
Made me feel wild.
Made me forget the manners I learned as a child
I felt high
But that was the beginning of the hell
That is now my life

I’m all messed up
With nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
I’m all messed up
I never felt so low
Since I got all messed up
With nowhere to go

The next morning I was hung over
Everything felt surreal
I had to laugh when I looked down
And saw I was still wearing my heels
6am the sun was up
I went to the kitchen rinsed out my coffee cup
And made myself some tea
Sat down and thought about you and me
Had no memory of the place
Just flashes of your face
How we danced and kissed
You made it impossible to resist

Now I’m all messed up
With nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
I’m all messed up
I never felt so low
Since I got all messed up
With nowhere to go

I made up my mind to call it off
Dialed your number and you picked up
Took a deep breath and started to speak
But something in your voice made sweet love to me
So I’ll stay…

All messed up
With nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
I’m all messed up
Well, I never felt so low
Since I got all messed up
With nowhere to go


Sometimes love just ain’t what it’s supposed to be
I can’t help it or won’t help it
You’re just so hot
I know I should be a good girl, a nice girl
But maybe I’m just not

I’m just…
All messed up
With nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
I’m all messed up
Well, I never felt so low
(but it’s not so bad)
When I get all messed up
With nowhere to go

- Stephen Sondheim

Everybody says don't,
Everybody says don't,
Everybody says don't-
It isn't right,
Don't-it isn't nice!
Everybody says don't,
Everybody says don't,
Everybody says don't walk on the grass,
Don't disturb the peace,
Don't skate on the ice.
Well, I say do,
I say, walk on the grass, it was meant to feel!
I say sail!
Tilt at the windmill,
And if you fail, you fail.
Everybody says don't,
Everybody says don't,
Everybody says don't get out of line.
When they say that, then
Lady that's a sign:
Nine times out of ten,
Lady, you are doing just fine!

Make just a ripple.
Come on be brave.
This time a ripple,
Next time a wave
Sometimes you have to start small,
Climbing the tiniest wall,
Maybe you're going to fall-
But it is better than not starting at all!
Everybody says no,
Everybody says stop.
Everybody says mustn't rock the boat,
Mustn't touch a thing!
Everybody says don't,
Everybody says wait,
Everybody says can't fight city hall,
Can't upset the cart,
Can't laugh at the king!
Well, I say try!
I say laugh at the kings or they'll make you cry.
Lose your poise!
Fall if you have to,
But lady, make a noise!
Everybody says don't,
Everybody says can't,
Everybody says wait around for miracles,
That's the way the world is made!
I insist on
Miracles, if you do them,
Miracles - nothing to them!
I say don't,
Don't be afraid

- Burt Bacharach & Hal David

Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.


On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
Just like me (Just like me)
They long to be
Close to you.

Wahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Wahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Hahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Lahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.

- Melora Hardin
Music by: Melora Hardin & Chris Standring

She gives him so much pleasure
When she cuddles up
She’s beautiful inside and out
And oh, so soft to touch

He’d like to take her with him
Everywhere he goes
But she just stays at home
Fiddling with his balls of string
Or sleeping by the phone

Here pussy
Here pussy
Here pussy come
Stay pussy
Play pussy
Now pussy run
Here pussy
Here pussy
Here pussy come
Stay pussy
Play pussy
No need to run

He likes to put her on his lap
And stroke her till she purrs
Didn’t know love could be like that
The sweetest sound he’s heard

Sometimes she gets real naughty
Sometimes down right bad
But frankly in the end
Pussy’s the best friend
A boy could ever have

That yummy, lovely, sweet as honey
Wild rambunctious, skillful huntress
Coy and cool she is no fool
That pampered kitty cat

Here pussy
Here pussy
Here pussy come
Stay pussy
Play pussy
Now pussy run
Here pussy
Here pussy
Here pussy come
Stay pussy
Play pussy
No need to run
Stay pussy
Play pussy
Here pussy come
Stay pussy
Play pussy
Come pussy come

- Laura Nyro

I never meant to hurt you
I'm not that way at all
Please believe the words of a heart
A heart that seems so small

I never meant to hurt you
I guess I lost my place
Please believe the words of a heart
A heart that hides its face

Why do I do things
I never mean to do
Why did I speak so carelessly
When all that I felt was love for you

And I swear
I never meant to hurt you
I've got to make you know

Please believe the words of a heart
A heart that didn't show
I never meant to hurt you
I only meant to love you it's true
And when I saw you crying
I cried too

- Melora Hardin
Arranged by: Ben Toth

Mike after mile
I keep seeing your smile
I keep making it right in my head
And all that you said
I’ll be taking to bed tonight
With my tears and regret

And I’m tired
Yes I’m tired
Oh I’m tired of the games that we play
And this fire
Once was hot
But now it’s just fading away

Fading away
Fading away
The face of our love
Has been scribbled and rubbed
Just a portrait that’s fading away

Room after room
Was painted with doom
But I tried to see rainbows instead
My friends saw the signs
Cautioned me to take time
See the flags you were waving so red

Now there’s no turning back
Now we’ve turned so bleak and black
We’ve lied and we’ve tried,
We’ve cried and we’ve died as we’ve
Spun ourselves right off the track

And I’m scared
Yes I’m scared
Oh I’m scared of what we never say
And this love
Once was deep
But now it’s just fading away

Fading away
Fading away
The face of our love
Has been scribbled and rubbed
Just a portrait
That’s fading away
We’re a portrait
That’s fading away
So unfortunate
We’re fading away

- Jimmie Dodd and Will Flower
He’s so charming,
So attractive
He’s so healthy,
He’s so active
He’s so married

He’s so sweet
And sentimental
He’s so strong
And yet so gentle
He’s so married

At a party he’s a riot
In the moonlight he’s so quiet
But you see he
Has that certain “personality”

He’s the kind you want to sing to
He’s so awfully nice to cling to
He’s so married

He’s so very, very clever
You would think that he would never
Be so married

He’s so heavily endowed with
All those heavenly endowments
Every girl looks for when
She looks for a he, gee
He’s so handsome and
He’s so married

(When those wedding bells were ringin there was only one girl singin)

And she’ll keep on signin
Through eternity gee
I’m so happy
He’s so married to me

- Melora Hardin

You laid out the plans
That life would be grand someday
And I followed step
Have not tripped up yet
But I’m stumbling

When I towed the line
Life played out just fine
But I’m redefined
By this feeling

And I’ve gotta say
I wanna say
That life has got a funny way
Of breaking down these walls
And making my heart feel the pain
And right beside the pain
There is a heart that’s healin up
And all the anger that I felt is now
Makin so much love

Makin love from the fear and regret
I’m makin love with you
Makin love from the pain and upset
Makin love with you

One hand held the tide
One welcomed inside tidal waves
And I was all-smiles
Happy-go-lucky style
But I was afraid

As the smoke all clears
I see through my tears
Cries turn into cheers
And I’m running

And I’ve gotta say
I wanna say
That life has got a funny way
Of breaking down these walls
And making my heart feel the pain
And right beside the pain
There is a heart that’s healin up
And all the anger that I felt is now
Makin so much love

Makin love from the anger and shame
I’m makin love with you
Makin love all again and again
Makin love with you

So don’t, don’t take, don’t take, don’t take this back
My love so wide, won’t survive a heart attack
So I won’t go far from the star that led me here
Or the thoughts that made my feelings deep and clear


Makin love, makin love, I’m makin love with you
I’m makin love, I’m makin love, makin love to you
I’m makin love With you….

- Melora Hardin

I got my space suit on
I’m gonna leave at dawn
It’s a clear blue sky
A perfect day to fly

I never told you so
But I can’t wait to go
You’ll take me to the moon
And I’ll be leavin soon

I wanna ride your rocket
I wanna ride your ship
I wanna ride your rocket
I wanna take this trip
Come on let’s ride this rocket
Straight up to the stars
I wanna ride your rocket
All the way to Mars

We really won’t need much
Once we get to space
A little wine with lunch
A soft and cozy place



Where we can hang around
Miles above the ground
And just enjoy the view
Lit up for me and you

I wanna ride your rocket
I wanna ride your ship
I wanna ride your rocket
I wanna take this trip
Come on let’s ride this rocket
Straight up to the stars
I wanna ride your rocket
All the way to Mars

And once we reach the Milky Way
I’ll hold your hand and hear you say
You love me so
I won’t let go
And I will know
I’m in heaven

I wanna ride your rocket
I wanna ride your ship
I wanna ride your rocket
I wanna take this trip
Come on let’s ride this rocket
Straight up to the stars
I wanna ride your rocket
All the way to Mars

Do you have enough fuel in your jets
I’m comin fast like a comet
You’re so amazing
Oh you’re out of this world
I wanna ride, ride, ride, ride
Oh, I wanna ride
I wanna ride your rocket
All the way to Mars

- Bobby Troup
Music by Neal Hefti

We like to chat about the dresses we will wear tonight
We chew the fat about our tresses and the neighbor’s fight.
Inconsequential things that men don’t really care to know
Become essential things that women find so appropo

But that’s a dame
We’re all the same
It’s just a game
We call it Girl Talk
Girl Talk

We all meow about the ups and downs of all our friends
The who, the how, the why, we dish the dirt it never ends
The weaker sex, the speaker sex you mortal males behold
But though we joke we wouldn’t trade you for a ton of gold

It’s all been planned
So take my hand
Please understand
The Sweetest Girl Talk
Talks of you

We like to chat about the dresses we will wear tonight
We chew the fat about our tresses and the neighbor’s fight.
Inconsequential things that men don’t really care to know
Become essential things that women find so appropo

But that’s a dame
We’re all the same
It’s just a game
We call it Girl Talk
Girl Talk

We all meow about the ups and downs of all our friends
The who, the how, the why, we dish the dirt it never ends
The weaker sex, the speaker sex you mortal males behold
But though we joke we wouldn’t trade you for a ton of gold

So I’ll just stay
And gab away
But hear me say that after
Girl Talk
I’ll talk to you

- Melora Hardin
Music by: Melora Hardin

I could kiss you
Just kiss you
For hours on the floor
I could talk and talk and talk
Till we can’t talk anymore
And everything I’m feeling
Is so brand new
Isn’t it revealing?
How I feel with you?

I’m a teenager
Just a teenager
You’re a teenager too
Two teenagers
This teenager’s
In love with you

All this teasing
Is so pleasing
I love to flirt with you
When you hold my hand
How happy I am
A fairytale come true
And everything I’m feeling
Is so brand new
Oh it’s so appealing
How I feel with you




I’m a teenager
Just a teenager
You’re a teenager too
Two teenagers
This teenager’s
In love with you

I know that I can’t leave you
Without one more kiss good night
Before we know it one more kiss
Turns into twenty-five
Flushed like this with passion
I feel so much more alive
Why can’t I feel this way
Everyday of my life?
Like a…

Teenager
Just a teenager
You’re a teenager too
Two teenagers
This teenager’s
In love with you

I’m a teenager
Just a teenager
You’re a teenager too
Two teenagers
This teenager’s
In love with you oo oo oo oo oo…
you oo oo oo oo oo…

- Bernard Ighner

Everything must change
Nothing stays the same
Everyone will change
No one stays the same

The young become the old
And mysteries do unfold
‘Cause that’s the way of time
Nothing and no one goes unchanged

There are not many things in life
We can be sure of
Except rain comes from the clouds
Sun lights up the sky
And hummingbirds do fly

Winter turns to Spring
A wounded heart will heal
But never much too soon
Yes, everything must change

The young become the old
And mysteries do unfold
‘Cause that’s the way of time
Nothing and no one goes unchanged

There are not many things in life
We can be sure of
Except rain comes from the clouds
Sun lights up the sky
And hummingbirds do fly

Rain comes from the clouds
Sun lights up the sky
And music makes me cry

-Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, and Jean-Marc Natel
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame

He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came

And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

- John Kander and Fred Ebb
The name on everybody’s lips is gonna be Roxie
The lady rakin in the chips is is gonna be Roxie
I’m gonna be a celebrity that means somebody everyone knows
They’re gonna recognize my eyes, my hair, my teeth, my boobs, my nose.

From just some dumb mechanics wife I’m gonna be Roxie
Who says that murder’s not an art?
And who in case she doesn’t hang can say she started with a bang?
Roxie Hart!

The name on everybody’s lips is gonna be Roxie
The lady rakin in the chips is is gonna be (Roxie)
(She’s gonna be a celebrity) that means somebody everyone knows
(They’re gonna recognize her eyes, her hair, her teeth,) my boobs, my nose.

From just some dumb mechanics wife I’m gonna be sing it! Roxie!
Who says that murder’s not an art?
(And who in case she doesn’t hang) can say she started with a bang?
Foxy Roxie Hart!

I gotta get me some boys
I’m gonna get me a whole bunch of boys

(They’re gonna wait outside in line to get to see) Roxie
Think of those autographs I’ll sign, “Good luck to you, Roxie”
And I’ll appear in a lavaliere that goes all the way down to my waist
(Here a ring. There a ring. Everywhere a ringa ling)
but always in the best of taste

Mmmm, I'm a star
And the audience loves me,
And I love the audience.
And the audience loves me for lovin them
And I love the audience for lovin me
And we all just love each other
And that’s cause none of us got enough love in our childhoods
And that's showbiz...Kid

(She’s giving up her hum-drum life) I’m gonna be Roxie
(She made a scandal and a start)
And Sophie Tucker’ll shit I know
To see her name get billed below
Foxy Roxie Hart

- Toth/Benjamin

Never took a sleigh ride

Or met a “Parson Brown”

Never met the angels

Of this big and busy town.

But here, at this party

Of friends of friends of friends,

I see you and the Christmas songs suddenly make sense.


What are we doing here? Come Home With Me For Christmas.

I could unwrap you by my small ceramic tree.

I’ll be your Christmas cheer. Come Home With Me For Christmas.

Spend Christmas Eve with me.


Could be quite pleasant.

Come Home With Me For Christmas.

Though not traditional, like things you’re s’posed to do.

Live in the present. Come Home With Me For Christmas.

My present will be you.


‘Cause your eyes are bright as a candle

In the window

In a storm.

Had all the tinsel I can handle,

I want something real

To light my way and keep me warm.


Who needs the mistletoe? Come Home With Me For Christmas.

I’ll get my coat; you get the car. (Ho, Ho, Ho!)

Let’s not be formal; we’re lonely and it’s Christmas.

Let’s not be normal --what’s normal when it’s Christmas?

Don’t need no snow, or glowing star,

I’ll find my Christmas where you are.