The Grand Parade / Some Have, Some Have Not / As It Should Be

Lyrics

[Full Cast] Ahh ah ahh Ahh ah ahh Ahh ah ahh Ahh ah ahhh ahh Ahh ah ahh Ahh ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah [Otternschlag] Velvet stairs, easy chairs Perfumed air gently blowing Chandeliers, light appears Burning bright crystal glowing People come, people go; Wave of life overflowing Come, begin! In old Berlin You're in the Grand Hotel [Ensemble] [Otternschlag] Grand Hotel, Grand Hotel! Grand Hotel Music constantly playing! Grand Hotel Living well Where the wealthy are staying! Round and round Hear the sound Hear what people are saying! It's the din of old Berlin You're in the Grand Hotel [Ensemble Group 1] Velvet stairs Easy chairs Perfumed air gently blowing! Chandeliers Light appears Burning bright, crystal Glowing! [Ensemble Group 2 (overlapping)] At the Grand, you are at the Grand At the Grand, you are at the Grand At the Grand, you are at the Grand Hotel At the Grand, you are at the Grand At the Grand, you are at the Grand Grand Hotel [Full Ensemble] In they come, out the go; Wave of life overflowing Come, begin! In old Berlin You're in the Grand Hotel! [Otternschlag (speaking)] Grand Hotel, Berlin. Always the same People come, people go Look at them! Living the high life But time is running out Elizaveta Grushinskaya: A fabled ballerina on her farewell tour Raffaela Ottanio, her devoted companion Hermann Preysing: A businessman reporting to his stockholders Frieda Flaemm: A typist, but not for long Otto Kringelein: A bookkeeper looking for life The young and handsome baron Felix Amadeus Benvenuto von Gaigern: A nobleman - and a thief. There's nothing more useless on this planet than a nobleman without money [Ensemble] Come, begin! In old Berlin You're in the Grand Hotel [Hotel Staff] Some have, some have not! Some have, some have not! Some have, some have not! [Worker 4] God! [Worker 1] Heavier everyday! [Worker 2] Business must be good [Worker 3] They're raking it in [Worker 4] All of their offers [Bell hop] [?] [Workers 1-4] Every bum and bitch in old Berlin is rich except for us! [Hotel Staff] Some have, some have not! Why? They're in here spending money, a million marks a day We're one step from the street, making just enough to eat! For a day, week, month, year, with a thousand bills to pay! They have us run to hail their cabs, while they're running up their tabs, drinking magnums of champagne And we play for tips on the mark, frank, dollar, pound [Cleaning lady] I'd like to occupy a royal suite instead of mopping floors where the whores track mud and crud past the bell hops! [Baron Felix] Give me the thrill of a careless existence! Give me the heat and the passion to win I want the height and romance of adventure Cool by the chill of the danger I'm in [Hotel Staff (overlapping)] They have us run to hail their cabs, while they're running up their tabs, drinking magnums of champagne [Baron] My life must be a house of cards Getting higher and higher! [Hotel staff] [?] [Baron] I'll step across an endless space A daring walk on a wire! Each day lived on fire! [Hotel Staff] [?] [Baron] Let me be free to be all that I could be [Hotel Staff] Some have, some have not! [Erik (spoken)] Good morning! Grand Hotel front desk This is Erik Ritenour, is that you, nurse? What's happening at the hospital? How is my wife? Oh, for God's sake, isn't the baby here yet? [Female Hotel Staff] Grand Hotel At your service Grand Hotel Berlin at your service Grand Hotel [Male Hotel Staff (overlapping)] Grand Hotel At your service. Grand hotel At your service [Baron] Dangerous game, and a carefree existence Only for those with the courage to play and the money to pay [Workers 1-4] Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Some have Some have not Some have Some have not [Baron (overlapping)] Oh, for the thrill Of a careless existence! Live as I will [?] I want to live in love, and [?] And pluck the fruit from the vine! I want to [?] [?] [Cleaning Lady (overlapping)] I'd like to occupy a royal suite! Instead of mopping floors For the whores! [Workers join in] Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us Every bum and bitch In old Berlin Is rich except for us [?] Some have! Some have not! Some have! Some have not [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] It's the din of old Berlin It's the din of old Berlin It's the din Of old Berlin It's the din Of old Berlin [Female Ensemble (overlapping)] Grand Hotel! Grand Hotel! [Principals (overlapping)] [?] [Full Cast] It's the din of old Berlin! You're in the Grand Hotel