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[ALL]
Goodbye twelve,
Goodbye thirteen,
Hello love.
[MAGGIE]
Why do I pay for all those lessons?
Dance for Gran'ma! Dance for Gran'ma!
[BEBE]
My God, that Steve Mc Queen's reall sexy,
Bob Goulet out,
Steve Mc Queen in!
[CASSIE]
You cannot go to the movies
Until you finish your homework.
[AL]
Wash the car,
[MIKE]
Stop pickin' your nose.
[MAGGIE]
Oh, darling, you're not old enough to wear a bra.
You've got nothing to hold it up.
[MARK]
Locked in the bathroom with Peyton Place.
[VAL]
Tits! When am I gonna grow tits?
[BOBBY]
If Troy Donahue can ne a movie star,
Then I could be a movie star.
[JUDY]
But the thing that made my Daddy laugh so much
Was when I used to jump and dance around the living room...
[MAGGIE]
Please take this message
To Mother from me.
Carry it with you
Across the blue sea.
"Mother, oh, Mother,
Wherever I go
Your Maggie is missin' you so."
"Mother, oh, Mother,
Wherever I go
Your Maggie is missin' you so."
[AL]
Dad would take Mom to Roseland.
She'd come home with her shoes on her hand.
[DIANA]
Mama fat,
Always in the kitchen cooking all the time.
[SHEILA]
Darling, I can tell you now,
Your father went through life with an open fly.
[VAL]
Tits! Where are my tits?
[CASSIE]
Listen to your mother.
those stage and movie people got there
Because they're special.
[GREG]
You take after your father's side of the family,
The ugly side.
[PAUL]
Wait until your father gets home.
[DON]
Swear to God and hope to die.
[CHORUS]
Goodbye twelve
Goodbye thirteen
Hello La-a-a-ove.
[AL]
Early to bed,
Early to rise.
Your broad goes out
Other guys.
[CASSIE]
A diaphragm, a diaphragm.
I thought a diaphragm was up
Here,
Where you breathe.
[DON]
I bought a car.
I bought my first car.
[MIKE (Spoken)]
Padiddle.
[CHORUS]
Changes, oh,
Up a-...
[MARK]
Ev'ry girl I know has lockjaw of Down below.
The legs.
[CONNIE]
You're not leaving this house
'Til you're
Twenty-one.
[KRISTINE]
The ugliest boy asked me to the
Prom,
I stayed home.
[MAGGIE]
Life is a ashtray.
[VAL]
Shit.
Made it through High School
Without
Growing tits.
[CHORUS]
...Doubt,
To break out
It's a mess.
[RICHIE]
My trouble is wine, women, and
Song.
I can't get any of 'em.
Time to grow,
Time to go,
A-do...
[MIKE]
Your brother's going to
Medical School,
And you're dropping out to be a
Chorus boy.
Nothing!
[BEBE]
Steve Mc Queen out.
Nureyev in!
[DIANA]
You gotta know somebody to be
Somebody.
[MAGGIE]
Gra-du-a-tion!
[SHEILA]
All you run around with are
Bums.
[AL]
I got nancy's picture, Annabelle's
Locket,
Cynthia's ring and Lucy's pants.
Head-on collision!
Eddie got killed...
[RICHIE]
Let's dance, let's dance.
[PAUL]
What am I gonna say when he calls on me?
[JUDY]
My only adolescence, my only adolescence
My only adolescence.
[JUDY AND KRISTINE]
My only adolescence.
[KRISTINE]
My only adolescence...
[DIANA AND BEBE]
Where did it go? It was so...
Where did it go? It was so...
[VAL, DIANA AND BEBE]
Where did it go? It was so...
Where did it go? It was so...
[GREG, BOBBY AND MIKE]
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior,
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior.
[SHEILA, MAGGIE AND DON]
Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen,
Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen.
[MARK, CONNIE, CASSIE, RICHIE, MAGGIE, JUDY, PAUL, LARRY AND AL]
Suddenly I'm Seventeen and
[ALL]
Suddenly I'm Seventeen and...
Suddenly I'm Seventeen and...
Suddenly,
There's a lot
I am not
Certain of,
Goodbye twelve,
Goodbye thirteen,
Hello...
[Break into 4 groups and Scat counterpoint]
[GIRLS]
Doo,
Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo,
Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo,
Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo,
Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo, Dit dit doo,
[GIRLS]
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,
Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du.
[BOYS]
Wah, wah wah wah wah wah wah wah,
Wah, wah wah wah wah wah wah wah,
Wah, wah wah wah wah wah wah wah,
Wah, wah wah wah wah wah wah wah.
[BOYS]
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,
[RICHIE]
Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball. Yeah!
Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball. Yeah!
I was always runnin' around shoutin',
"Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball,
Gimme the ball. Yeah!"
I was so enthusiastic.
I was in to ev'rything.
The yearbook is filled wiht my pictures,
And I was lucky 'cause I got
A scholarship to college.
A scholarship to college!
[ALL (Chorus plus offstage voices)]
So he went.
[RICHIE]
Yes, I went.
[ALL]
Yes, he went.
[RICHIE]
So I'm gonna be this kindergarten teacher...
[spoken]
Imagine me- this kindergarten teacher? And I thought...
[Sings]
Shit.
[ALL]
Shit, Richie.
[RICHIE]
Shit.
[ALL]
Shit, Richie.
[RICHIE]
What are you gonna be?
[ALL]
Shit, Richie,Shit, Richie.
[RICHIE]
When you get shoved
[ALL]
Shit, Richie,Shit, Richie.
[RICHIE]
Outta here,
Honey, ain't nobody
[ALL]
Shit, Richie, Shit, Richie
[RICHIE]
Gonna be standin' there
With no scholarship to life.
[ALL]
Shit, Richie, Shit, Richie.
[RICHIE]
And I was scared.
[ALL]
Shit, Richie.
[RICHIE]
Scared.
[ALL]
Shit, Richie.
[RICHIE]
Scared!!
[ALL]
Shit, Richie.
[GIRLS (Chorus & all offstage voices 'til end)]
My braces gone
[BOYS]
My pimples gone.
[ALL]
My childhood gone,
Goodbye
Goodbye twelve.
Goodbye thirteen.
Goodbye fourteen.
Goodbye fifteen.
Goodbye sixteen.
Goodbye seventeen.
Hello love.
Go to it.
Go to it.
Go to it.
Go to it.
Go to it.
Go to it.
[BOYS]
And now life really begins.
[GIRLS]
Go to it.
[BOYS]
And now life really begins.
[GIRLS]
Go to it.
[BOYS]
And now life really beigins.
[GIRLS]
Go to it.
[BOYS]
And now life really begins.
[GIRLS]
Go to it.
[BOYS]
Go to it.
