Broadway Baby

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I'm just a Broadway baby Walkin' off my tired feet Poundin' Forty-second Street To be in a show [Verse 2] Broadway baby Learnin' how to sing and dance Waitin' for that one big chance To be in a show [Interlude] The first Broadway show I ever saw Was a musical written by Stephen Sondheim Directed by Hal Prince Playing at the Alvin Theatre That show was Company I think I was nine or ten at the time Probably not the target age for that show But I knew then and there that I wanted to be on Broadway [Bridge] Gee I'd like to be On some marquee All twinkle and lights A spark To pierce the dark From Battery Park To Washington Hеights [Verse 3] Someday, maybe All my dreams will bе repaid Heck, I'd even play the maid To be in a show [Interlude] So, when I was eighteen years old I left my hometown Chicago And moved to New York City to pursue my dream Now, New York was expensive So in between going to classes and auditions I got a job as a singing waitress I was a horrible waitress But at least it paid the bills [Verse 4] I'm just a Broadway baby Slavin' at a five-and-ten Dreamin' of the great day when I'll be in a show [Verse 5] Broadway baby Makin' rounds all afternoon Eatin' at a greasy spoon To save on my dough [Bridge] At My tiny flat There's just my cat A bed and a chair Still I'll stick it till I'm on a bill All over Times Square! [Interlude] After what seemed like hundreds of auditions and hundreds of rejections One day I got a call to audition for a new musical Called Merrily We Roll Along Now, the breakdown was very specific They were looking for young people under the age of twenty-one So, I stapled my birth certificate to my resume and off I went Now that first audition led to another And then another, and then another Finally, after five callbacks I got the job I was gonna be on Broadway! And not only that, I was going to be making my Broadway debut In a musical written by Stephen Sondheim Directed by Hal Prince And playing at the Alvin Theatre! [Verse 6] Someday maybe If I stick it long enough I may get to strut my stuff Working for two nice men I'm with Hal Prince and Steve Sondheim In a great big Broadway show!