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2016 Broadway revival
Falsettos the Musical - The Year of the Child Lyrics
“The Year of the Child” is a song performed by the Company from the musical FALSETTOS and is written by William Finn and James Lapine.
JASON: (practicing reciting Hebrew)
Baruch, baruch atoh,
Baruch atoh adonai,
Baruch atoh adonai elohenu,
Meluch haolum.
TRINA: Jason dear, hello.
Are you packed and waiting?
But before we go,
Let me talk with father alone.
Now as the bar mitzvah nears-
Jason, put your walkerman on and hum.
Since this is the last loving thing we'll probably ever do together,
Let's act adult and not go crazy.
MARVIN: Have you chosen yet who'll cater'
TRINA: What about it?
MARVIN: I know a person who can cater.
Can we consider who's gonna cater?
TRINA: (overlapping)
It's a personal opinion who should cater. Shh!
MARVIN: Please?
TRINA: Shh!
MARVIN: Please?
TRINA: Shh!
MENDEL: Stop! This is so much crap,
Throw a simple party!
Religion's just a trap
That ensnares the weak and the dumb.
Stop with the prayers.
TRINA:
How can you 'stop with the prayers' at a bar mitzvah?
MENDEL: The whole thing?s voodoo,
And I know more than you do!
MARVIN & TRINA:
This is the year of Jason's bar mitzvah!
We're more excited than we should be.
This is the year of the child
When he spreads out his wings!
There's music in his heart!
His life's about to start!
His body's going wild!
My child?
MARVIN: My child?
TRINA: Our child.
MENDEL: Children, please.
Throw the kid a celebration and relax.
I'll bring women from the wrong side of the tracks.
We'll have a ball!
I guess I'll have to raise this Jason myself.
MARVIN: Isn't he annoying?
TRINA: Yes, he is.
MARVIN: Isn't he too much?
TRINA: Yes, but so are you. Really, kiddo, so are you.
MARVIN: Jesus, he's annoying! Jason, where's my hug?
TRINA: Where's my hug?
MENDEL: (overlapping)
My own bar mitzvah was
A miserable occasion,
The cause for such abrasion in my family!
It still gives me hives!
MARVIN, TRINA, and MENDEL:
This is the year for Jason's bar mitzvah,
This is the year for Jason's bar mitzvah!
(doorbell rings)
CHARLOTTE: Look, look, look, look, look,
It's a lesbian from next door!
CORDELIA: Followed by her lover,
Who's a lesbian from next door too!
And I've got food for you,
Delicious food for you!
Nouvelle bar mitzvah cuisine!
TRINA: Ah?
CORDELIA: Here's dietetic knishes, gefilte fishes,
Food that's from the heart!
MENDEL: I'll have seconds, please!
CORDELIA: So take a bite and see
If all your friends agree
It's good!
EVERYONE but JASON:
Yummy yummy,
Yummy yummy,
Yummy yummy,
Yummy yummy,
Yummy yummy yummy yummy yum!
We'll have one perfect time!
We'll spend billions of dollars!
MENDEL: Conga?
EVERYONE but JASON:
We'll have flowers galore,
And the band will sound fine!
There'll be chandeliers set round the room
With the men in tuxedos!
There'll be food, like food never before!
What a day to remember!
This is the year of Jason's bar mitzvah!
JASON:
They're more excited than they should be.
EVERYONE but JASON:
This is the year of the child
When he spreads out his wings!
There's music in his heart!
His life's about to start!
His body's going wild!
My
ALL: (breaking off and harmonizing) Child!
Read more: Falsettos the Musical Lyrics
The Year of the Child Lyrics from Falsettos musical
Falsettos the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Four Jews in a Room Bitching
A Tight Knit Family
Love is Blind
Thrill of First Love
Marvin at the Psychiatrist (A Three-Part Mini-Opera)
Everyone Tells Jason to See a Psychiatrist
This Had Better Come to an End
I'm Breaking Down
A Marriage Proposal
Trina's Song
March of the Falsettos
The Chess Game
Making a Home
The Games I Play
Marvin Goes Crazy
I Never Wanted to Love You
Father to Son
Welcome to Falsettoland
The Year of the Child
Miracle of Judaism
The Baseball Game
A Day in Falsettoland
The Fight / Everyone Hates His Parents
What More Can I Say
Something Bad Is Happening
Holding to the Ground
Days Like This
Unlikely Lovers
Another Miracle of Judaism
You Gotta Die Sometime
Jason's Bar Mitzvah
What Would I Do?
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