Kimberly Akimbo - Anagram Lyrics

2022 Broadway
Kimberly Akimbo the Musical - Anagram Lyrics

Music by Jeanine Tesori and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire.

DEBRA:
When opportunity knocks
When possibility calls
Take the bull by the horns
Grab life by the balls
You gotta take the reins
Break the rules
So you can make your shitty life
Better
You gotta grab the good stuff before it's gone.
'Cause once it's gone, it don't come back.
I met a nice guy
At the dog track
He was tall, he was Greek
He was possibly gay
He needed a green card
I needed the cash
We got married in Passaic last May
You shoulda seen the dress I wore
I was haute couture and it was

ALL:
Beautiful

DEBRA:
You shoulda seen the dress I wore
Oo-la-la
It made my life shitty better
When opportunity knocks
... tunity knocks
When possibility calls
... bility calls
Take the bull by the horns
... bull by the horns
Grab life by the balls
... life by balls
You gotta earn a buck
He was tall
Turn a trick
He was Greek, possibly gay

ALL:
So you can make your life shitty life
Better

KIMBERLY:
So you're married?

DEBRA:
Widowed actually.

KIMBERLY:
What?

DEBRA:
It's a long story.

DEBRA:
I met a lady
Oo-oo!
With dementia
She was old
Cuckoo!
She was sweet
She was legally blind
She needed a roommate
I needed a room
I was outta work

ALL:
She was outta her mind

DEBRA:
You shoulda seen the rings she wore

ALL:
Let me underscore that they were
Beautiful

DEBRA:
She gave me all the rings she wore
Yeah, she thought I was her daughter but
They make my shitty life
Better

ALL:
Better, better

Better

ALL:
Better, better

DEBRA:
When opportunity knocks
... tunity knocks
When possibility calls
... bility calls
Take the bull by the horns
... bull by the horns
Grab life by the balls
... life by balls
You gotta catch a break
Hoo!
Snatch a purse
Hoo!
So you can

ALL:
Make your shitty life

KIMBERLY:
This is your advice?

DEBRA:
To take advantage of sick old ladies?
- No!
Not just them.
Hey
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey
When life gives you lemons
When life gives you
Oh
Lemons
Oo-oh-ohh!
You gotta go
You gotta go out

ALL:
You gotta go out

DEBRA:
You gotta go out and steal apples
Cause who the fuck
Wants lemons?!
Yeah
When opportunity knocks
Yeah, yeah
When possibility calls
Take the bull by the horns
Grab life by the balls
You gotta hustle hard
She was old
You gotta muscle through
She was sweet
So you can make your shitty life
She was
Better

ALL:
When opportunity knocks
When possibility calls
Take the bull by the horns

DEBRA:
Grab life by the balls
You gotta seize those balls!
You gotta seize and
Squeeze those balls!
You gotta squeeze and
So you can make your
You gotta make your life
Shitty life

ALL:
Better
Shitty little life better
You gotta make your life
Better

DEBRA:
Whoa, oh
Shitty little life better
Yeah
You gotta make your life
Better
You gotta make it
Shitty little life better
You gotta make your

You gotta make your
Shitty life
Shitty life

ALL:
Better

DEBRA:
Oh

Kimberly Akimbo the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Skater Planet
Hello, Darling
Make a Wish
Skater Planet (reprise 1)
Anagram
Better
Hello, Darling (reprise)
Father Time
Happy For Her
This Time
How to Wash a Check
Good Kid
Hello, Baby
Our Disease
The Inevitable Turn
Now
How to Wash a Check (reprise)
Before I Go
Great Adventure