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2023 Paper Mill Playhouse
The Great Gatsby the Musical - Only Tea Lyrics
The song is written by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen.
JAY:
I have waited 5 years and today is the day...
I have spared no expense,
All that stands in my way....
Is a tiny little cottage,
With a tiny little table,
Filled with tiny finger sandwiches...
I am not okay....
Only 4 hours left and there's too much to do.
I don't know what to wear
What to say how to stand
When I'm standing inside the foyer!
Of a tiny little cottage,
With a tiny little table,
Filled with tiny finger sandwiches!
Drown me in the bay...
NICK:
(spoken) What?
(sung) It is tea, it's only tea!
No need for such commotion!
Soon you'll be laughing,
Reminiscing you will see!
It is tea!
(spoken) Yeah,
(sung) It's only tea!
JAY:
I'm gonna walk into the ocean!
NICK:
(spoken) No,
(sung) You're gonna put your feet up,
And leave it all to me!
JAY:
(audio cut off) yeah right-!
NICK:
(spoken) And remember, it's only tea!
JAY:
Put the oysters on ice!
Cut the lilacs and cake!
ENSEMBLE:
Ice the oysters!
Cut the cake!
JAY:
Bring them over at once!
This is all make or break!
ENSEMBLE:
?????
JAY:
It's a simple chance encounter,
A simple little table,
With the simple little sandwiches!
This is a mistake!
ENSEMBLE:
It's time for tea
It's time for tea!
JAY:
Is it pinstripe or plaid?
Is it 2 peice or 3?
ENSEMBLE:
????? What does he need?
JAY:
?????
I want to mean business,
But I also mean casual,
With teeny tiny sandwiches!
I should go right now!
ENSEMBLE:
Itsy bitsy teeny tiny
Scrummy yummy sandwiches!
JAY:
It is tea, it's only tea!
It is not so complicated!
ENSEMBLE:
It's not too complicated!
JAY:
Soon we'll be sipping simply lost in memory!
It is tea, oh!
It's only tea!
It's just been elevated!
ENSEMBLE:
And not premeditated!
JAY:
I'll have a bit of Serendipity
Will she see I've made my world,
In the image of her dreams?
The closer that I'll get,
The farther that she seems!
But there was no too much!
There is no too far!
There is only tea,
And the rewrite of the stars!
NICK: (spoken)
Have you been inside the cottage?
NICK with ENSEMBLE:
It is tea, it's only tea!
NICK:
No need for ostentation!
JAY:
A Little deseration!
NICK:
You'll be laughing,
Reminiscing you will see!
NICK and ENSEMBLE:
It is tea, it is tea!
JAY:
(spoken) I'm going home!
NICK:
It's only t-
(spoken) Wait what was that?!
JAY:
Daisy isn't coming, I am going!
Thanks for helping,
But I cannot wait all day!
NICK:
Ay!
JAY:
She is late,
So I'm off to go scream in a jar!
NICK:
She is not late,
Gatsby stay where you are!
JAY:
In a tiny little cabin,
Where I'm slowly going manic!
A tiny little cabin!
NICK:
This is not the time to panic!
JAY:
A tiny little cabin,
In the hull of the Titanic!
NICK:
Therese the car!
ENSEMBLE:
It's time for tea!
Review: The Great Gatsby the Musical Lyrics
The Great Gatsby the Musical Lyrics
Roaring On
Sophisticated
My Share of the Heavens
For Her
Valley of Ashes
For Better or Worse
Only Tea
My Green Light
Better Hold Tight
Past Is Catching Up to Me
Go
Valley of Ashes (reprise)
For Better or Worse (reprise)
For Her (reprise)
Beautiful Little Fool
Finale Roaring On
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