Waiting for the Girls Upstairs

Lyrics

[YOUNG BUDDY] Hey, up there! Way up there! [YOUNG BUDDY & BUDDY] Whaddaya say, up there? [BUDDY, spoken] God, the four of us together back here.  (sung) Hey, up there! Way up there! Whaddaya say, up there? (spoken) Geez, I see it all. it's like a movie in my head. It just plays and plays. It 's not just the bad things I remember. It's the whole show (sung) Waiting around for the girls upstairs After the curtain came down— Money in my pocket to spend "Honey, could you maybe get a friend for my friend?" [BEN] Hearing thе sound of the girls above Dressing to go on thе town— [BUDDY] Clicking heels on steel and cement— [BEN] Picking up the giggles floating down through the vent— [BEN & BUDDY] Goddamnedest hours that I ever spent Were waiting for the girls upstairs [BUDDY] Hey, up there! [BEN] Way up there! [BUDDY] Whaddaya say, up there? [BEN] That's where the keys hung and That's where you picked up your mail... [BUDDY] I remember... Me and Ben Me and Ben We'd come around at ten Me and Ben We'd hang around the wings Watching things With what-the-hell-was-his-name You know, the old guy—? Max! I remember! Anyway There we'd stay Until the curtain fell And when that curtain fell Then all hell broke: Girls on the run And scenery flying Doors slamming left and right— [BEN] Girls in their un- Dies, blushing but trying Not to duck out of sight— [BEN & BUDDY] Girls by the hun- Dreds waving and crying "See you tomorrow night!" Girls looking frazzled and girls looking great Girls in a frenzy to get to a date Girls like a mad house and two of them late... And who had to wait? And wait? And wait... [PHYLLIS] Waiting around for the boys downstairs Stalling as long as we dare Which dress from my wardrobe of two? (One of them was borrowed and the other was blue) [SALLY] Holding our ground for the boys below Fussing around with our hair— [PHYLLIS] Giggling, wriggling out of our tights Chattering and clattering down all of those flights— [SALLY & PHYLLIS] God, I'd forgotten there ever were nights Of waiting for the boys downstairs [BEN & BUDDY] You up there! [SALLY] Down in a minute! [BEN & BUDDY] You two up there! [PHYLLIS] Just keep your shirts on! [BEN & BUDDY] Aren't you through up there? [SALLY & PHYLLIS] Heard you the first time! [BEN & BUDDY] Look, are you coming or Aren't you coming 'cause Look, if we're going We Got to get going 'cause Look, they won't hold us A table at ringside All night [SALLY & PHYLLIS] Coming, we're coming Will you hold your horses We're coming, we're ready, be There in a jiffy, we're Coming, we're coming All right! [YOUNG SALLY] Hi [YOUNG BEN] Girls... [YOUNG PHYLLIS] Ben... [YOUNG BUDDY] Sally... [YOUNG SALLY] Boy, we're beat [YOUNG BUDDY] You look neat [YOUNG PHYLLIS] We saw you in the wings [YOUNG BEN] How are things? [YOUNG PHYLLIS] Did someone pass you in? [YOUNG BUDDY] Slipped a fin To what-the-hell-was-his-name You know, the doorman [YOUNG PHYLLIS] Al? [YOUNG BUDDY] No [YOUNG SALLY] Big? [YOUNG BUDDY] Fat [YOUNG PHYLLIS] Young? [YOUNG BUDDY] Bald [YOUNG SALLY] Harry! [YOUNG BUDDY] Yeah [YOUNG SALLY] Okey doaks [YOUNG BUDDY] Come on, folks [YOUNG PHYLLIS] And where we're gonna go? [YOUNG BEN] A little joint I know [YOUNG SALLY & YOUNG PHYLLIS] What? [YOUNG BUDDY] Great new show there [YOUNG PHYLLIS] Hey, I thought you said Tonight's be Tony's— [YOUNG BUDDY] This joint is just as grand [YOUNG SALLY] We girls got dressed for Dancing at Tony's— [YOUNG BEN] This joint is in demand [YOUNG SALLY & YOUNG PHYLLIS] Ta-da, goodbye, you'll Find us at Tony's— [YOUNG BUDDY & YOUNG BEN] Wait till you hear the band! [YOUNG SALLY & YOUNG PHYLLIS] You told us Tony's That we'd go to Tony's Then Ben mentioned Tony's— Well, someone said Tony's There's dancing at Tony's— All right, then, we'll go! [YOUNG BUDDY & YOUNG BEN] I told you Tony's? I never said Tony's! When's Ben mentioned Tony's? It's ritzy at Tony's— All right, then, we'll go! [BUDDY] Waiting around for the girls upstairs Weren't we chuckleheads then? [BEN] Very young and very old hat— Everybody has to go through stages like that [BUDDY, BEN, SALLY & PHYLLIS] Waiting around for the girls upstairs— Thank you, but never again Life was fun, but oh, so intense Everything was possible and nothing made sense Back there when one of the major events Was waiting for the girls Waiting for the girls Waiting for the girls upstairs