The Pitch (Spectacular Spectacular)

Lyrics

[ZIDLER, SPOKEN] Spectacular, Spectacular No words in the vernacular Can describe this great event You'll be dumb with wonderment Returns are fixed at ten percent You must agree, that's excellent [ZIDLER] And on top of your fee... [Chorus] You'll be involved artistically [DUKE, SPOKEN] What do you mean by that? [Chorus] So exciting The audience will stomp and cheer So delighting It will run for fifty years So exciting The audience will stomp and cheer So delighting It will run for fifty years [TOULOUSE] Elephants! [THE DOCTOR] Arabians! [ZIDLER] India! [SATINE] And courtesans! [SATIE] Acrobats! [NARCOLEPTIC ARGENTINIAN] And juggling bears! [TOULOUSE] Exotic girls! [Chorus] Fire eaters! Muscle and contortionists Intrigue, danger, and romance Electric lights, machinery Oh the electricity! So exciting The audience will stomp and cheer So delighting It will run for fifty years So exciting The audience will stomp and cheer So delighting It will run for fifty years! Spectacular, Spectacular No words in the vernacular Can't describe this great event You'll be dumb with wonderment The hills are alive, with the sound of music So exciting The audience will stomp and cheer So delighting It will run for fifty years So exciting The audience will stomp and cheer So delighting It will run for fifty years [CHRISTIAN] The courtesan and sitarman Are pulled apart by an evil plan [SATINE] But in the end she hears his song [CHRISTIAN] And their love is just too strong [DUKE] It's a little bit funny This feeling inside [Chorus] So exciting The audience will stomp and cheer So delighting It will run for fifty years [CHRISTIAN] The sitar plays secret song Helps them flee the evil one Though the tyrant rants and rails It is all to no avail [ZIDLER] I am the evil maharaja You will not bes- [SATINE, SPOKEN] Oh Harold, no one could play him like you could! [ZIDLER, SPOKEN] No one's going to [Chorus] So exciting Will make them laugh, will make them cry So delighting [DUKE, SPOKEN] And in the end should someone die? [Chorus] So exciting The audience will stomp and cheer So delighting It will run for fifty years! [DUKE, SPOKEN] Generally I like it