Only Tea

Lyrics

[GATSBY] I have waited five years and today is the day I have spared no expense, all that stands in my way Is a tiny little cottage with a tiny little table Filled with tiny finger sandwiches (spoken) I am not okay (sung) Only four hours left and there's too much to do I don't know what to wear, what to say, how to stand when she's standing inside the foyer Of a tiny little cottage, at a tiny little table Filled with tiny finger sandwiches, drown me in the bay [NICK, spoken] Mr. Gatsby? It's 7 o'clock in the morning [GATSBY, spoken] Today's the day! Have you got everything you need In the shapе of- of tea? [NICK, spoken] I picked up some lеmon cakes at Finn's [GATSBY, spoken] At what? [NICK, spoken] It's a delicatessen, I hope that's okay [GATSBY, spoken] Yes, of course, of course, they're fine Old sport Paper says the rain should pass by [NICK, spoken] A quick summer storm. Maybe there'll be a rainbow! [GATSBY, spoken] This is an omen! We need to cancel the whole thing! [NICK] It is tea, it's only tea No need for such commotion Soon you'll be laughin', reminiscin', you will see It is tea, it's only tea [GATSBY] I'm gonna walk into the ocean [NICK] You're gonna go and put your feet up And leave it all to me [GATSBY, spoken] Of course, you're right. I'll just go get changed and- Well, I didn't want to be a bother, so I picked up a few tea things I'll bring those on by. And some shrubbery [NICK, spoken] And remember, it's only tea [GATSBY] Put the oysters on ice (Oh, oh) Cut the lilacs and cake (Oh, oh) [ENSEMBLE] Shuck the oysters Cut the cake [GATSBY] Bring them over at once (Oh, Oh) This is all make or break (Oh, oh) [ENSEMBLE] Bring them over Make or break [GATSBY] It's a [GATSBY & ENSEMBLE] Simple [GATSBY] Chance encounter at a [GATSBY & ENSEMBLE] Simple [GATSBY] Little table Filled with [GATSBY & ENSEMBLE] Simple [GATSBY] Little sandwiches (Simple) (spoken) This is a mistake [ENSEMBLE] It's time for tea It's time for tea [GATSBY] Is it pinstripe or plaid? Is it two-piece or three? [ENSEMBLE] Pin or plaid, what does he need? [GATSBY] Is it olive or Orval or brown? (Oh, oh, oh, oh) I want carefree and fun (Oh, oh) But not rodeo clown (Oh, oh) She should know that I mean business While I'm also being casual With teeny-tiny sandwiches (spoken) I should go lie down [ENSEMBLE] Easy-peasy, teeny-tiny Scrummy-yummy Sandwiches! [GATSBY] It is tea, it's only tea [ENSEMBLE] Ah-ah-ah-ah [GATSBY] It's not so complicated [ENSEMBLE] It's not too complicated at all [GATSBY] Soon we'll be sittin', sippin', lost in memory [ENSEMBLE] Lost in memory [GATSBY] It is tea, it's only tea It's just been elevated [ENSEMBLE] And not premeditated [GATSBY] Oh, what a pleasant bit of serendipity Will she see I've made my world (Ah-ah-ah) In the image of her dreams? The closer that I get (Ahh-ah-ah) The farther that she seems But there is no too much (Ah-ah-ah) There is no too far There is only tea (Ah-ah) And the rewrite of the stars [ENSEMBLE] Rewrite the stars [GATSBY, spoken] How do I look? [NICK, spoken] Perfectly tailored [GATSBY, spoken] Too tailored? I told them to keep it casual! [GATSBY, NICK, & ENSEMBLE] It is tea, it's only tea [NICK] No need for ostentation (Ah-ah-ah) [GATSBY] A little decoration [NICK] Soon you'll be laughin, reminiscin', you will see [ENSEMBLE] It is only tea [GATSBY & NICK] It is tea, it is tea [GATSBY, spoken] I'm going home [NICK, spoken] It's only-, wait what was that? [GATSBY] Daisy isn't coming, I am going, thanks for helping But I cannot wait all day [NICK] Wait! [GATSBY] She is late (Oh, oh) So I'm off to go scream in a jar (Oh, oh) [NICK, spoken] She's not late, Gatsby, stay where you are! [GATSBY] In a tiny little cabin (Tea!) Where I'm currently going manic (Tea!) A tiny little cabin (Tea!) [NICK, spoken] This is not the time to panic [GATSBY] A tiny little cabin In the hull of the Titanic [NICK] There's the car [ENSEMBLE] It's time for tea [NICK, spoken] Gatsby?