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1998 Off-Broadway musical by William Finn
A New Brain the Musical - The Homeless Lady's Revenge Lyrics
Song from "A New Brain the Musical" is titled "The Homeless Lady's Revenge" and is written by William Finn.
LISA: Books for sale!
"The Selected Stories of Gertrude Stein" only two bucks!
We have books
All sorts of fiction
You can buy at a discount
As of this count 103 books
From classics to mystery
Also gay history here
On the street
Where do I get them?
I have my sources
Readers, divorces, lives go bad
Kids go to college
Mothers throw their books away
And mothers throw their books away
When mothers get mad
We have books
Handsome books
All the books displayed in my trolley
Poems, porno and whackery
Also some Thackeray here, here
On the street
GORDON: First day out
ROGER: Just to the bank and back
GORDON: I feel about eight
ROGER: Don't hyperventilate
It's normal out on the street
Informal, lively and sweet
GORDON: It's raining which I abhor
ROGER: Ahem, but you won't find him complaining anymore
GORDON: No, no more
LISA: We have books
GORDON/ROGER: Life is wonderful
LISA: Fancy books
GORDON/ROGER: Very wonderful
LISA: Kind of damp but still quite legible
James Bond up through [Doctor O?]
[World's Fair?] to Doctor No here
On the street
GORDON: I can't believe what I see
Half these books belong to me
Half these books
With my name on the cover
ROGER: Some with the name of your lover
GORDON: But you have found my books
You have found my history
Oh, you don't know what this means to me
It means to me I live
I live
But I'm not paying for my own goddamn books so we'll just take them right now
ROGER: Lady Grace Do you recognise my face?
LISA: Two bucks
ROGER: In an uninviting place
LISA: Two bucks
ROGER: I am someone who you've counseled once before
LISA: Don't touch them!
ROGER: Blink or somehow try to show
I am someone who you know
Please forgive me if I stand here to implore
But here's his whole library
Which I think is very, very well-worth fighting for
LISA: I don't care if you're the King of England
I don't care if you're a saint
It's two bucks!
GORDON: What?!
LISA: I don't care if life's a silly picnic
Which is something that it ain't
It's two bucks! Two bucks!
If you were my mother
Uno, dos!
GORDON: Oh, god...
LISA: Two bucks
If you were my dog
ROGER: Where did you find them?
GORDON: You're making me crazy
LISA: I have my sources
GORDON: She's making me crazy
LISA: Readers, divorces
ROGER: Oh, Jesus Christ!
LISA: When lives go bad
GORDON: But these are mine!
LISA: Not anymore, they're not!
And mothers throw their books away
GORDON: These are mine!
LISA: Mothers throw their books away
When mothers get mad
GORDON: What?
LISA: Come buy them!
GORDON: No, no, no, no, no, come back here,
She's got my books!
ROGER: Gordo, Gordo, Gordo! Gordo, what are you doing?
They're only books
GORDON: What am I doing?
Other Songs: A New Brain The Musical Songs Lyrics
The Homeless Lady's Revenge lyrics from A New Brain Musical
A New Brain the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Frogs Have So Much Spring ('The Spring Song')
Calamari
911 Emergency/ I Have So Many Songs
Heart And Music
Trouble In His Brain
Mother's Gonna Make Things Fine
Sailing
Family History
Gordo's Law Of Genetics
And They're Off
Just Go
Poor Unsuccessful And Fat
Sitting Becalmed In The Lee Of Cuttyhunk
An Invitation To Sleep In My Arms
Change
Yes
In The Middle Of The Room
Throw It Out
A Really Lousy Day In The Universe
Brain Dead
Whenever I Dream
Eating Myself Up Alive
The Music Still Plays On
Don't Give In
Sailing (Reprise)
The Homeless Lady's Revenge
Time
Time And Music
I Feel So Much Spring
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