Annie Lyrics

Maybe

Annie
Maybe far away
Or maybe real nearby
He may be pouring her coffee
She may be straighting his tie!

Maybe in a house
All hidden by a hill
She's sitting playing piano,
He's sitting paying a bill!

Betcha they're young
Betcha they're smart
Bet they collect things
Like ashtrays, and art!

Betcha they're good --
(Why shouldn't they be?)
Their one mistake
Was giving up me!

So maybe now it's time,
And maybe when I wake
They'll be there calling me "Baby"...
Maybe.

Betcha he reads
Betcha she sews
Maybe she's made me
A closet of clothes!

Maybe they're strict
As striaght as a line...
Don't really care
As long as they're mine!

So maybe now this prayer's
The last one of it's kind...
Won't you please come get your "Baby"

Annie and Orphans
Maybe

It's the Hard-Knock Life

Orphans
It's the hard-knock life for us!
It's the hard-knock life for us!

Annie
'Steada treated,

Orphans
We get tricked!

Annie
'Steada kisses,

Orphans
We get kicked!

All
It's the hard-knock life!
Got no folks to speak of, so,
It's the hard-knock row we know!

Annie
Cotton blankets,

Orphans
'Steada of wool!

Annie
Empty Bellies

Orphans
'Steada of full!

All
It's the hard-knock life!

Annie
Don't it feel like the wind
is always howlin'?

Kate and Tessie
Don't it seem like there's
never any light!

Duffy and July
Once a day, don't you wanna
throw the towel in?

Molly and Pepper
It's easier than puttin' up a fight.

Annie
No one's there when your dreams
at night get creepy!
No one cares if you grow...or if
you shrink!
No one dries when your eyes get
wet an' weepy!

All
From all the cryin' you would
think this place's a sink!
Ohhhh!!!!!!!

Empty belly life!
Rotten smelly life!
Full of sorrow life!
No tomorrow life!

Molly
Santa Claus we never see

Annie
Santa Claus, what's that,
-- who's he?

All
No one cares for you a smidge
When you're in an orphanage!

Molly
(Making a whistling sound and
imitating Miss. Hannigan)
You'll stay up till this dump
shines like the top of the Chrysler
building.

Orphans
Yank the whiskers from her chin
Jab her with a safety Pin
Make her drink a Mickey Finn
I love you, Miss Hannigan

Molly
(whistle)
Get to work!
(whistle)
Strip them beds!
(whistle)
I said get to work!

All
It's the hard-knock life for us
It's the hard-knock life for us
No one cares for you a smidge
When your in an orphanage

It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life!

It's the Hard-Knock Life (Reprise)

All
Lucky kid, she's out there free

Molly
Runnin' free in N.Y.C.

Pepper
Bet she finds her folks

All
Like that

Kate
Mom and Dad

All
Right off the bat

July
Lucky duck, she got away

Molly
But we're gonna have to pay

Kate and Tessie
Gonna get our faces slapped

Duffy and Pepper
Gonna get our knuckles rapped

All except Molly
It's the hard-knock life

Molly
Yes, it is.

All except Molly
It's the hard-knock life

Molly
Yes, it is.

All except Molly
It's the hard-knock life

Molly
Yes, it is.

All except Molly
It's the hard-knock life

Molly
Yes, it is.

All except Molly
It's the hard-knock life

Tomorrow

Annie
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!

Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!

When I'm stuck with a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh

The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'til tomorrow
Come what may

Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya
Tomorrow!

You're always
A day
A way!

We'd Like To Thank You

All
Today we're living in a shanty
Today we're scrounging for a meal

Sophie
Today I'm stealing coal for fires
Who knew I could steal?

Men
I used to winter in the tropics

Women
I spent my summers at the shore

Fred
I used to throw away the paper--

All
We'd like to thank you: Herbert Hoover
For really showing us the way
We'd like to thank you: Herbert Hoover
You made us what we are today

Prosperity was 'round the corner
The cozy cottage built for two
In this blue heaven
That you
Gave us
Yes! We're turning blue!

They offered us AL Smith and Hoover
We paid attention and we chose
Not only did we pay attention
We paid through the nose.

In ev'ry pot he said "a chicken"
But Herbert Hoover he forgot
Not only don't we have the chicken
We ain't got the pot!

Hey Herbie

Women
You left behind a grateful nation

All
So, Herb, our hats are off to you
We're up to here with admiration

Sophie
Come down and have a little stew

All
Come down and share some Christmas dinner
Be sure to bring the missus too
We got no turkey for our stuffing

We'd like to thank you, Herbert Hoover
For really showing us the way
You dirty rat, you
Bureaucrat, you
Made us what we are today

Come and get it, Herb!

Little Girls

Miss Hannigan
Little girls
Little girls
Everywhere I turn
I can see them
Little girls
Little girls
Night and day
I eat, sleep and breathe them

I'm an ordinary woman
With feelings
I'd like a man to nibble on my ear
But no man as bit
So how come I'm the mother of the year?

Little cheeks
Little teeth
Everything around me is little
If I wring
Little necks
Surely I will get an acquittal

Some women are dripping with diamonds
Some women are dripping with pearls
Lucky me!
Lucky me!
Look at what I'm dripping with
Little girls

How I hate
Little shoes
Little socks
And each little bloomer
I'd have cracked
Years ago
If it weren't for my
Sense of humor

Some day I'll step on their freckles
Some night I'll straighten their curls
Send a flood
Anything that
You can do
To little girls

Some day I'll land in the nut house
With all the nuts and the squirrels
There I'll stay
Until the prohibition of
Little girls.

I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here

Grace
Cecille will pick out all your clothes

Cecille (spoken)
Green is her best color, no blue I think.

Grace
Your bath is drawn by Mrs. Greer.

Greer (spoken)
Soap...no, bubbles, I think.

Grace
Annette comes in to make your bed.

Annette (spoken)
The silk, no the satin sheets, I think.

Annie
I think I'm gonna like it here!

Grace
The swimming pool is to the left

Annie(spoken)
Inside the house? Oh boy.

Grace
The tennis court is in the rear

Annie (spoken)
I never even picked up a racket.

Grace
Have an instructor here at noon
(spoken)
Oh, and get that Don Budge fellow if
he's available.

Annie
I think I'm gonna like it here.

Grace
When you wake
Ring for Drake
Drake will bring your tray
When you're through
Mrs.Pugh
Comes and takes it away.

Grace and servants
No need to pick up any toys

Annie (spoken)
That's okay, I haven't got any
anyway.

Grace
No finger will you lift my dear

All
We have but one request
Please put us to the test

Annie
I know I'm gonna like it here
Used to room in a tomb
Where I'd sit and freeze
Get me now, holy cow
Could someone pinch me please.

Grace
(spoken)
She didn't mean it.
(Singing)
We've never had a little girl

All
We've never had a little girl

Grace and servants
We hope you understand
Your wish is our command

Annie             Grace and Servants
I know I'm gonna             We know you're gonna
like it here             like it here

All
Welcome

N.Y.C.

NYC
I go years without you
Then I
Can't get
Enough

Enough of the cab drivers answering back
In the language far from pure
Enough of frankfurters answering back
Brother, you know you're in
NYC

Too busy too crazy
Too hot
Too cold
Too late
I'm sold
Again
On NYC
(spoken)
come on you slowpokes, we gotta get
to the Roxy before the prices
change.

All (New Yorkers and Grace Annie
and Warbucks)
NYC

Grace
The shadows at sundown
The roofs
That scrape
The sky

All
NYC

Warbucks and Grace
The rich and the rundown
The parade
Goes by

Warbucks
That other town has the
Empire State
And a mayor five foot two

No other town in
The whole forty eight
Can half compare
To you

All
Oh NYC

Warbucks
You make 'em all postcards

Warbucks and Grace
You crowd
You cramp
You're still
The champ
Amen
For NYC

(NYC)
The shimmer of Times Square

Warbucks
The pulse

Grace
The beat

Warbucks and Grace
The drive!
(NYC)

Warbucks and Grace
The city's bright
As a penny arcade
It blinks, it tilts, it rings

Annie
To think that I've lived here all
of my life
And never seen these things

All
Oh, NYC
The whole world keeps coming

Warbucks
By bus

Grace
By train

Warbucks and Grace
You can't
Explain
Their yen
For

Star to be
NYC
Just got here this morning
Three bucks
Two bags
One me
NYC
I give you fair warning
Up there
In lights
I'll be
Go ask the Gershwins or Kaufmann
and Hart
The place they love the best
Through California pays big for
their art
Their fan mail comes addressed to
NYC

Tomorrow a penthouse
That's way up high
Tonight
The "Y"
Why not
It's NYC

All
NYC
You're standing room only
You crowd
You cramp
You're still
The champ
Amen
For NY

Man (spoken)
Keep it quiet down there!

All (quietly)
C

Usherette (spoken)
Immediate seating... there is
immediate seating.

Warbucks (spoken)
Popcorn, what do you say to some
popcorn? I haven't had popcorn since...
(Annie yawns)
(Warbucks singing)
Give in
Don't fight
Good girl
Good night
Sleep tight
In
NYC

Easy Street

Rooster
I remember the way
Our sainted mother
Would sit and croon us
Her lullaby

Miss Hannigan
You got to get there before you die

Rooster
You don't get there
By playing from the rule book

Hannigan
You stack the ages

Rooster
You load the dice

Hannigan and Rooster
Mother dear
Oh, we know you're down there listening --
How can we follow
Your sweet Advice
To

Rooster
Easy street
Easy street
Where you sleep till noon

Hannigan
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Rooster and Hannigan
She'd repeat
Easy street
Better get there soon.

Rooster, Hannigan, and Lily
Easy street
Easy street
Where the rich folks play
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Move them feet

Hannigan
Move them ever-lovin' feet

Rooster, Hannigan, and Lily
To easy street

Hannigan
Easy street

Rooster, Hannigan, and Lily
When you get there stay

Rooster
It ain't fair
How we scrounge
For three of four bucks
While she gets Warbucks

Hannigan
The little brat!
It ain't fair this here life
Is drivin' me nuts!
While we get peanuts
She's livin' fat!

Rooster
Maybe she holds the key
That little lady

Hannigan
To gettin' more bucks

Rooster
Instead of less
Maybe we fix the game
With something shady

Lily
Where does that put us?

Hannigan
Oh, tell her.

Rooster, Hannigan, and Lily
Yes!

Easy street
Easy street
Annie is the key
Yes sirree
Yes sirree
Yes sirree

Easy street
Easy street
That's where we're gonna --!
Be!

You Won't Be an Orphan For Long

Grace
If he should need the F.B.I.
Then he will have the F.B.I.

All
With all the favors that he's done
J. Edgar Hoover owes him one.

Cecille and Annette
'Till not a stone is left unturned

All
He will search everywhere
And he'll find them, I swear.

Grace
Oh, you won't be an orphan for long!

All
Where other men would call it quits
And disappear
He'll use his fortune and his wits.
So never fear

Cross the street
Or cross the sea
Annie, sweet
We guarantee
That you won't be an orphan...

Grace and the servants
Tomorrow morning it begins
You're with a man who always wins
Trust him and he'll prove
Mountains easily move
Oh, you won't be an orphan --
No, you won't be an orphan for long!

You're Never Fully Dressed

Healy
(spoken) This is Bert Healy saying ...
(singing now)
Hey, hobo man
Hey, Dapper Dan
You've both got your style
But Brother,
You're never fully dressed
Without a smile!

Your clothes may be
Beau Brummelly
They stand out a mile --
But Brother,
You're never fully dressed
Without a smile!

Who cares what they're wearing
On Main Street,
Or Saville Row,
It's what you wear from ear to ear
And not from head to toe
(That matters)

So, Senator,
So, Janitor,
So long for a while
Remember,
You're never fully dressed
Without a smile!

Boylan Sister
Ready or not, here he goes
Listen to Bert
Tap his smilin' toes

Healy
(spoken)
Ah, the lovely Boylan Sisters

Boylan Sisters
Doo doodle-oo doo
Doo doodle-oo doo
Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo

Your clothes may be
Beau Brummelly
They stand out a mile
But, bother
You're never fully dressed
You're never dressed
Without an

Connie Boylan
S-

Bonnie Boylan
M-

Ronnie Boylan
I-

Connie Boylan
L-

All Three
E. Smile darn ya smile.

All
That matters
So Senator
So Janitor
So long for a while

Fully Dressed - Orphans

Tessie
(spoken)
So, for all of the "Hours of Smiles"
Family, this is Bert Healy
saying...
(singing)
Hey hobo man,
Hey Dapper Dan,
You've both got your style

All Orphans
But brother, you're never fully dressed
Without a smile
Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly
They stand out a mile
But brother you're never fully dressed
Without a smile

July
(spoken)
Who cares what they're wearing on Main
Street of Saville Row
It's what you wear from ear to ear
And not from head to toe.

Molly
That matters

Tessie
(spoken)
Ah. the lovely Boylan Sisters.

Duffy, Kate and Pepper
Doo doodle-oo doo
Doo doodle-oo doo
Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo

All Orphans
Who cares what they're wearing on Main
Street or Saville Row
It's what you wear from ear to ear
And not from head to toe that matters
So, Senator, so, janitor
So long for a while
Remember you're never fully dressed
Though you may wear the best
You're never fully dressed without a
Smile
Smile
Smile!!!
Smile darn ya, smile.

Something Was Missing

Warbucks
I've made me a fortune
(That fortune made ten)
Been headlined
And profiled
Again and again
But something was missing
(I never quite knew)
That something was someone --
But who?

My speeches are greeted
With thunderous acclaim
At two universities
Bearing my name
Yes, something was missing
Each time I got through
That something was someone --
But who?

Who could that someone be?
How could she make it known?
Who would need me for me?
Need me for me alone?

The world was my oyster --
But where was the pearl?
Who dreamed I could find it
Yes something was missing --
But dreams can come true
That something
Is no one
But you

Who would need me for me
Need me for me alone
The world was my oyster
But where was the pearl
Who'd dream I would find it
In one little girl
Yes, something was missing
But dreams do come true
That something is no one.....but you.

I Don't Need Anything But You

Warbucks and Annie
Together at last!
Together for ever!
We're tying a knot,
They never can sever!

Warbucks
I don't need sunshine now,
To turn my skies at blue --

Warbucks and Annie
I don't need anything but you!

Warbucks
You've wrapped me around
That cute little finger.
You've made life a song .....
You've made me the singer!

Annie
And what's the bathtub tune
You always "Bu-Bu-Boo?"

Warbucks
Bu-Bu-Bu
Anything but you

Annie
Yesterday was plain awful

Warbucks
You can say that again

Annie
Yesterday was plain awful

Warbucks
But that's

Annie
Not now

Warbucks and Annie
That's then

Annie
I'm poor as a mouse,

Warbucks
I'm richer than Midas.

Warbucks and Annie
But nothing on earth
Could ever divide us!
And if tomorrow,
I'm an apple seller, too--
I don't need anything but you!

All (Servants)
Annie
Annie
Annie
Everything's humming now
Annie
v Annie
Good times are coming now
Since you came our way
It's Christmas, Christmas everyday
We dismiss
Bad times, sad times
Now they're all yesterday news
Since Annie
Kicked out
The blues

Annie
Annie
Annie
Look what you've done for us
Annie
Annie
Annie
Turned on the sun for us

Grace
Have they sent the cheese

Drake
Yes and ice camembert's and brie's

Grace
Judge Brandeis

All
Annie
Annie
You filled our life with a song

All
They're two of a kind
The happiest pair now
Like Fred and Adelle, they're floating
On air now
And what's the title of the dream

Warbucks
I don't need anything

Annie
Anything

All
Anything
I don't need anything
But you

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