Some People

Lyrics

[ROSE, spoken] That rotten little Uncle Jocko He's as cheap as your grandpa Well, we're through with kiddie shows This is time we moved on, anyway I'ma get us an agent To book the act on the Orpheum Circuit [POP, spoken] Why do you fill 'em with such bunk? [ROSE, spoken] It ain't bunk If I die, it won't be from sittin' It'll be from fightin' to get up and get out [ROSE] Some people can get a thrill Knitting sweaters and sitting still That's okay for some people Who don't know they're alive Some people can thrive and bloom Living life in a living room That's perfect for somе people Of one hundrеd and five But I at least gotta try When I think of All the sights that I gotta see yet All the places I gotta play All the things that I gotta be yet Come on, Poppa, whaddaya say? Some people can be content Playing bingo and paying rent That's peachy for some people For some humdrum people to be But some people ain't me I had a dream A wonderful dream, Poppa All about June and the Orpheum Circuit Gimme a chance and I know I can work it I had a dream Just as real as can be, Poppa There I was in Mr. Orpheum's office And he was sayin' to me "Rose Get yourself some new orchestrations New routines and red velvet curtains Get a feathered hat for the baby Photographs in front of the theatre Get an agent and in jig time You'll be being booked in the big time" Oh, what a dream A wonderful dream, Poppa And all that I need Is eighty-eight bucks, Poppa That's what he said, Poppa Only eighty-eight bucks [POP, spoken] You ain't gettin' eighty-eight cents from me, Rose [ROSE, spoken] Then I'll get it someplace else But I'll get it and get my kids out [ROSE] Goodbye to blueberry pie Good riddance to all the socials I had to go to All the lodges I had to play All the Shriners I said hello to Hey, L.A., I'm coming your way Some people sit on their butts Got the dream, yeah, but not the guts That's livin' for some people For some humdrum people I suppose Well, they can stay and rot But not Rose