What You Want

Lyrics

[ELLE, spoken] Wait a sec! This is the kind of girl Warner wants Someone serious Someone lawyerly Someone who wears black when nobody's dead! Girls, I have a completely brilliant plan! (sung) What you want, Warner, what you want is me But you need to see me in a brand new domain Well it's plain, Warner, in a different setting You will see you're getting all of this, plus a brain! I'll meet you there at Harvard with a book in my hand Big sturdy book, big wordy book Full of words I'll understand And right there is where you'll see it too Warner, what you want is right in front of you [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [ELLE] It's clear [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [ELLE] Right here [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [ELLE/MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] Is right in front of you, front of you [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [ELLE] It's clear [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [ELLE] Right here [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [ELLE/MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] Is right in front of you, front of you [ELLE] Step one, he's off to Harvard Law So I get in there, too [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR, spoken] Step two! [ELLE] Make Warner reassess Impress him with my high IQ [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR, spoken] Step three! [ELLE] We throw a great big wedding [ELLE/MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] And invite all Delta Nu! [KATE, spoken] That's great, nice plan Now, can we think this through? Harvard Law School? [ELLE, spoken] I have a 4.0 average [KATE, spoken] Yeah, in Fashion Merchandising What makes you think you can do this? [ELLE] Love! I'm doing this for love And love will see me through Yes, with love on my side, I can't lose And Harvard can't refuse A love so pure and true Don't lawyers feel love too? [KATE, spoken] Even if they do (sung) What you want, sweetheart, is no easy thing If you're going to swing it, it will wreck your senior spring Yeah, it's true First, you'll need an LSAT score of more than one seventy-four So, no more parties for you You'll need a killer essay or do not even hope And glowing letters from your betters Any chance you know the pope? [ELLE, spoken] Uh, nope [KATE] Too bad, 'cause that would be a coup And you've got a lot of work in front of you [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [ELLE] Yes, I know [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [ELLE] Even so [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [ELLE/MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] Is right in front of you, front of you [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want (spoken) Girl, you go! (sung) What you want [KATE, spoken] No, really! Go [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [ELLE/MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] Is right in front of you, front of you [FATHER, spoken] Law school? [ELLE, spoken] Yes, Daddy, law school [FATHER, spoken] Good God, why? Law school is for boring, ugly, serious people! And you, Button, are none of those things (sung) What you want, Button, hey, you just say the word But what you want's absurd! And costs a whole lot of swag And hell, why, Button, when you can stay right here? Pursue a film career [MOTHER, spoken] How 'bout a nice Birkin bag? [FATHER] Yes, the east coast is foreign, there's no film studios It's cold and dark, no valet parking (spoken) All the girls have different noses! Christ, Button! (sung) It's like the damned frontier! [FATHER AND MOTHER] Tell me, what's out there that you can't get right here? [ELLE, spoken] Guys, love! [FATHER AND MOTHER, spoken] Love? [ELLE] I'm going there for love [FATHER AND MOTHER, spoken] Love, love [ELLE (MOTHER/FATHER)] A love I have to win (Ah) I can live without sun or valet I can't just walk away Betray what might have been [FATHER] Fine, okay, I'll pay your way if you get in [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [FATHER AND MOTHER] Make the grade [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [FATHER AND MOTHER] And it's paid [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] What you want [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR/MOTHER/FATHER] Is right in front of you, front of you [MARGOT, spoken] Hey everybody, it's the spring fling beer bash extreme! [FRAT GUYS, spoken] Extreme! [KATE, spoken] Not for you. Time to study. Go! [MARGOT, spoken] This year's theme: Jamaican me crazy! [FRAT GUYS, spoken] Oh! [GRANDMASTER CHAD] What you want, you wanna be out because the sun she warm? What you want, you wanna be study, stuck inside your dorm? What you want, you wanna be party with us all night long? What you want, you wanna be strong? [SERENA/PILAR, spoken] Be strong! [FRAT GUYS] Whoa-oh [KATE, spoken] One thirty-four, not good enough Try again. Go! [GRANDMASTER CHAD, sung] What you want, you wanna be groovin', bumpin' shake da room? What you want, you wanna be provin' somethin' and to whom? What you want, you wanna be wonderin' where your youth is gone? What you want, you wanna hold on? [ELLE, spoken] Hold on! [FRAT GUYS] Whoa-oh [KATE, spoken] One fifty-one, still not Harvard material Once again. Go! [ELLE (GRANDMASTER CHAD)] Love, I'm doing this for love (What you want, you wanna be breathin' in the healthy air?) And that's how I'll survive (What you want, you wanna be chasin' him and he don't care?) (What you want, you wanna ignore the pity in their looks?) Here you go, I said no, go away (What you want, you wanna say, "Sorry, gotta hit me books"?) Right here is where I'll stay (What you want, you wanna sittin' like a lonely child?) Until that happy day (What you want, you wanna be drivin' all the fellas wild?) (What you want, you wanna be feelin' good to be alive?) That day I hear them say [KATE] One seventy-five! [COMPANY] One seventy-five! [ELLE, spoken] One seventy-five? [COMPANY] One seventy-five, one seventy-five! [WINTHROP, spoken] So, gentlemen Harvard Law grants admission to Adam Cohen and Sundeep Padamadan [LOWELL, spoken] Outstanding [WINTHROP, spoken] And now, Ms. Elle Woods Who was kind enough to send in a headshot [LOWELL, spoken] We should admit her, for reasons of, um... [PFORZHEIMER, spoken] Multiculturalism! [LOWELL, spoken] Multiculturalism [WINTHROP, spoken] Oh gentlemen, please! Get a hold of yourselves Oh, look at that! Oh, what a shame She didn't bother sending in a personal essay [PILAR, spoken] How's this for a personal essay? [ENSEMBLE] What you want [LOWELL, spoken] Goodness me! [ENSEMBLE] What you want [WINTHROP, spoken] Security! [ENSEMBLE] What you want is right in [WINTHROP, spoken] Who are you? [ELLE] I'm what you want! Harvard, I'm the girl for you [ELLE & ENSEMBLE] And to prove it's true [ELLE] We all flew here on Jet Blue [ELLE & ENSEMBLE, spoken] Thank you! [JET BLUE PILOT, spoken] Thank you! [ENSEMBLE] This is what Elle Woods inspires Everyone admires her And Harvard should too [WINTHROP, spoken] This is not a personal essay! [ELLE & ENSEMBLE] Nope! An essay's so boring and so much does not fit So we're appearing live, right here Making clear you must admit That Elle Woods should join the chosen few Harvard, what you want is right in front of [ELLE] May I approach? [ENSEMBLE] Uh-huh! Oh, yeah! Go Elle! Ho! [WINTHROP, spoken] Now see here, Ms. Woods! You can't just barge in here with singing and dancing and ethnic movement This is a very flashy presentation, but I still don't see one reason to admit you [ELLE] How about love? You ever been in love? 'Cause if you have, you'll know That love never accepts a defeat No challenge it can't meet No place it cannot go Don't say no to a woman in love Don't laugh when I say love Don't think that I'm na�ve Because even a person who's smart Can listen to their heart Can listen and believe So believe in what love can achieve Do you believe? [PFORZHEIMER, spoken] I do! [ELLE] Do you believe? [LOWELL, spoken] Me too! [ELLE & ENSEMBLE] Yes, we believe in love, how 'bout you? [WINTRHOP, spoken] ...Welcome to Harvard! [ENSEMBLE] What you want [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] Now we're set! [ENSEMBLE] What you want [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] Let's go get! [ENSEMBLE] What you want is right in front of you, front of you What you want [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] Now we're done! [ENSEMBLE] What you want [MARGOT/SERENA/PILAR] With step one! [ALL] What you want is right in front of you, front of you What you want, what you want, what you want What you want!