Break It Up

Original Broadway Cast of Sweet Smell of Success & Joanna Glushak & Kelli O’Hara & John Lithgow & Jack Noseworthy & Brian D’Arcy James - Pop, Musicals
Break It Up
2 Plays
Lyrics
[COMPANY] Break it up Break it up, Sidney Break it up Break it up Break it up, Sidney Break it up Take those two and pull 'em apart Be like Cupid, aim for the heart Shoot those love birds outta the blue [J.J., spoken] Tear them in two [SIDNEY] Did you somehow miss That this was gonna happen? You're crazy Did you really try to pull one On the all time pro? You're crazy Could you tell me, please What you thought was gonna happen? Doin' goodie-good goddamn deeds For Susie and her beaux Better be shakin', Sidney Take it and break it up I mean, Susie and Dallas How long could that last? You'd be doin' em' both a favor The break would be fast What does it even matter? Who does it really hurt? By the time you wake tomorrow This will all be past I gotta tell ya', friend to friend You want the Susie thing to end right here Break it off right here You're not crazy You're gonna hear it more and more You're dating her to further your career Make it disappear [SIDNEY & DALLAS] You're messin' around with other people's lives Not everyone who plays that game survives [COMPANY] Break it up Break it up, Sidney Break it up [DALLAS] You're never gonna... [COMPANY & DALLAS] Break it up Break it up, Sidney Break it up [COMPANY] Word is out you're loosing your grip Sad how fast a fella can slip What's a slipp'ry fella to do? (spoken) Tear them in two [WOMEN & (MEN)] La la la la la (Say goodbye to it all) La la la la la (Say goodbye to Sidney) [SIDNEY, spoken] Madge! Favor? Favor? Can ya' skip these into The Column? I've been eatin' cold tongue for the last two weeks I'm loosin' all my clients! [MADGE, spoken] Hop a slow boat to China, Sidney You're out! [MEN & (WOMEN)] Hey, Sidney You're such a clever chap You got a like without a future So give yourself a clap (So give yourself a clap) And give us a slime (Say goodbye to it all) [DALLAS & SUSAN] I cannot hear the city [MEN & (WOMEN)] Your way with the word (Say goodbye to Sidney) [DALLAS & SUSAN] I cannot hear a sound [COMPANY] Tell us a joke we've already heard [SUSAN, spoken] Sidney! What is it? What's so important? [SIDNEY] I'm not gonna give you details blow by blow But honey, I heard some things you need to know Secret stuff, things he hid Like a wife and a kid [SUSAN, spoken] An ex wife and a kid She's remarried, everybody's happy Sidney, I think it's time I'm bringing Dallas home [SIDNEY, spoken] Home?! No! [J.J. & (COMPANY)] I gave you a task (Say goodbye to it all) You had to come through (Say goodbye to Sidney) You had to make good (Say goodbye to it all) (spoken) And what did you do?! Tick, tick, tick Time's up! Find yourself a cemetery! Oh, you can't miss the tombstone It reads "here lies Sidney Falcone Who was not up for the job!" [SIDNEY] If he thinks I'd even think of rollin' over He's crazy If he thinks I'm never gonna see the fountain flow He's crazy I've been waitin' too long to arrive Not about to be takin' a dive When I've only just started coming' alive [COMPANY] Break it up Break it up, Sidney Break it up [SIDNEY] Gotta find a way to [SIDNEY & COMPANY] Break it up [COMPANY] Break it up, Sidney Break it up [SIDNEY] Gotta do it tonight [MEN] Make whatever trouble it takes Give the mix a couple o' shakes [SIDNEY] No more time for makin' mistakes [COMPANY] Strike before the city awakes Time is up and payment is due [WOMEN] Whatcha' need is a rumor [MEN] With a pinch of a smear [COMPANY] Add a smidgeon of humor Pour it in a sympathetic ear [SIDNEY] I don't think I can do it [WOMEN] What kinda thinking is that? [MEN] You said this was your year [SIDNEY] Don't wanna feel like a rat [COMPANY] Gotta push your way through it Do it, do it [SIDNEY] Ooh Once you've been there, it's hard to settle for less Ooh I'm so close, I can smell the smell of success [COMPANY] Success Do it, Sidney Sidney, do it Do it, do it
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Credits
- Writers
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Craig Carnelia