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TWO A DAY lyrics
Music: Jerry Herman
Lyrics: Jerry Herman
Book: Jerry Herman
Premiere: Wednesday, January 20, 1960
IT'S NINETEEN SIXTY-ONE, A TIME OF THEATRE INNOVATION,
ALL COMMERCIAL GIMMICKS, ALL THEATRICAL SENSATION.
THERE'S THEATRE IN THE PARK,
THEATRE UNDERGROUND, THEATRE UNDERSEA AND THEATRE IN THE ROUND.
THEATRE IN A TENT, THEATRE IN A POOL, THEATRE IN A HORSESHOE, THEATRE IN A STOOL.
BUT ALL THIS SIMPLY LEAVES ME WITH A RATHER HEAVY THUD;
THERE'S JUST ONE KIND OF THEATRE FOR THE THEATRE IN MY BLOOD.
FOR I WAS BORN TO PLAY THE TWO A DAY
(I'M ONLY EXCITED AND ONLY IN PRESSED BY A CORNY ROUTINE IN A CHECKERBOARD VEST.
VAUDEVILLE THRILLS ME.)
THE HOKE, THE CORN, THE EMPTY MATINEE.
(HOW CAN I EVER BEGIN TO EXPLAIN WHY A SHUFFLE THAT'S DONE WITH A HAT AND A CANE
REALLY KILLS ME.)
AND SO I KNOW THAT VAUD'VILLE'S JUST ASLEEP,
(THIS CURRENT RAZZMATAZZ, ROCK AND ROLL AND JAZZ,
ALL THAT NOISE THAT PEOPLE MAKE,)
AND SO I GOTTA KEEP ON DANCIN' TILL I RAKE IT UP AND DIG IT UP AND WAKE IT UP!
(HOW CAN'T IT POSSIBLY BE COMPARED TO THE ELECTRIC IN THE AIR,
WHEN THE GUY IN PATS YELLS "BREAK TWO THREE!")
I GET NO THRILL FROM THIS ATOMIC AGE,
MY IS STILL UPON THE PALACE STAGE;
WHEN LIFE'S A SONG AS LONG AS I CAN SAY: I BELONG TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE TWO A DAY!
FOR I WAS BORN TO PLAY THE TWO A DAY
(I'M ONLY EXCITED AND ONLY IN PRESSED BY A CORNY ROUTINE IN A CHECKERBOARD VEST.
VAUDEVILLE THRILLS ME.)
THE HOKE, THE CORN, THE EMPTY MATINEE.
(HOW CAN I EVER BEGIN TO EXPLAIN WHY A SHUFFLE THAT'S DONE WITH A HAT AND A CANE
REALLY KILLS ME.)
AND SO I KNOW THAT VAUD'VILLE'S JUST ASLEEP,
(THIS CURRENT RAZZMATAZZ, ROCK AND ROLL AND JAZZ,
ALL THAT NOISE THAT PEOPLE MAKE,)
AND SO I GOTTA KEEP ON DANCIN' TILL I RAKE IT UP AND DIG IT UP AND WAKE IT UP!
(HOW CAN'T IT POSSIBLY BE COMPARED TO THE ELECTRIC IN THE AIR,
WHEN THE GUY IN PATS YELLS "BREAK TWO THREE!")
I GET NO THRILL FROM THIS ATOMIC AGE,
MY IS STILL UPON THE PALACE STAGE;
WHEN LIFE'S A SONG AS LONG AS I CAN SAY: I BELONG TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE TWO A DAY!
WHERE I CAN TELL MY JOKES, SING MY SONG,
SHOW THE FOLKS THAT I BELONG TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE TWO A DAY!
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