The First Five Words

[Hester Jean]

 Because I saw a kick ass version of this last night:


"You've Been a Fool"

[Bobster]

"You've Been a Fool"

And so have I.

"Make Our Garden Grow", Candide

"I've learned to slam on"

[Jenniferlillian]

The brakes. Before I even turned the key

Waving Through a Window, Dear Evan Hansen


every single day, I walk>

[JustTheOneAnne]

...down the street,
I hear people say,
Baby, so sweet!

Take Me or Leave Me, Rent




I add two and two...

[Bobster]

...the most simple addition.

"The Music That Makes Me Dance", Funny Girl


"Hard as it is
In"

[iheartgranola]

... the coming days / I watch my friend in her unnatural state

"Sonya Alone" from The Great Comet


Since I saw a fun production last night...

"Tumble out of bed and I..."

[AmyG]

"9 to 5"

Assuming that's right (it's gotta be), here's the next one:

Pushing through the market square

[artscallion]

"Five Years", David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars)


Way way back many centuries

[Bobster]

Ha, "Jacob & Sons" from Joseph and his Multi-Colored Rainbow Flag, er, The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.


"Saturday night and you're still"

[Chris L]

"Saturday night and you're still"

"Captain Jack" by Billy Joel!

[Chris L]

I'm going to play some lyrics I've used before (long ago and far away). Back then I used them because the song was by my favorite group, but now it's also because I don't live far from the area described in the first verse.

"Drive west on Sunset to"

[KathyB]

"Babylon Sisters" by Steely Dan, which I may not have gotten without the clue.

[KathyB]

I'm trying very hard to find something that isn't obscure.

"When I was just a little nipper"

[KathyB]

Hint: It's a musical that Aileen has been in.

        

(Love these smileys)

[KathyB]

...from the 21st century...
Don't know if it won any Tonys at all because that year was pretty much dominated by one show. But the show has had a second life in regional theatre, and personally I think it has a lot to say about the human condition.