The Sondheim Lyrics Chain

[scenicdesign71]

I'll reuse this stanza 'cause it's still one of my faves -- but for different target words:

While he "creates,"
We scrape their plates
And dust their knick-knacks, hundreds to the shelf!
Work is what you do for others, liebchen;
Art is what you do for yourself.

[KathyB]

Easy now.
Hush, love, hush.
Don't distress yourself,
What's your rush?
Keep your thoughts
Nice and lush.
Wait.

[Leighton]

Mmmh... Unhh...
Look at that flesh, pink and plump
Hello, little girl...
Tender and fresh, not one lump
Hello, little girl...
This one's especially lush,
Delicious...
Hello, little girl, what's your rush?
You're missing all the flowers
The sun won't set for hours
Take your time

[scenicdesign71]

Are we not blessed?
We should all feel blessed!

Blessed with this —
Blessed with these —
Blessed with carpets, cushions, flowers:
All this beauty that is ours,
All these books!
All these polished leather books!
I don't mean to read —
No, no, not to read,
No, I mean the way it looks!

[KathyB]

'Ow would you like a little squiff, dear,
A little jig jig,
A little bounce around the bush?
Wouldn't you like to push me crumpet?
It looks to me, dear,
Like you've got plenty there to push.

[scenicdesign71]

Let me see the world — with clouds.
Take me to the world.
Out where I can push through crowds,
Take me to the world...

A world that smiles,
With streets instead of aisles
Where I can walk for miles
With you.

Take me to the world that's real;
Show me how it's done.
Teach me how to laugh, to feel,
Move me to the sun...

Just hold my hand
Whenever we arrive!
Take me to the world
Where I can be alive.

[Leighton]

There's a place for us,
A time and place for us.
Hold my hand and we're halfway there.
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
Somehow,
Some day,
Somewhere!

[KathyB]

I give up. 
Any clues?

[Leighton]

A clue ... oh I wish I could!

[KathyB]

Thank you. (And DUH.)

Sometimes people leave you,
Halfway through the wood.
Others may deceive you.
You decide what's good.
You decide alone.
But no one is alone.

[scenicdesign71]

Then from out of the blue,
And without any guide,
You know what your decision is:
Which is, not to decide.
You'll just leave him a clue—
For example, a shoe—
And then see what he'll do...

[Leighton]

Look into their eyes and you'll see what they know
Everybody dies
A toast to that invincible bunch
The dinosaurs surviving the crunch
Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch
Everybody rise

[scenicdesign71]

Ladies and gentlemen!
May I have your attention, per-lease!

[KathyB]

What a wonder is a gun!
What a versatile invention!
First of all, when you've a gun—
Everybody pays attention.
When you think what must be done,
Think of all that it can do:
Remove a scoundrel,
Unite a party,
Preserve the Union,
Promote the sales of my book—
Insure my future,
My niche in history,
And then the world will see
That I am not a man to overlook!
Ha-hah!

[scenicdesign71]

Let Willie stay —
I mean, Willie's found his niche.
I have to say,
We were getting just too entwined.