The Great Gatsby - Finale: Roaring On Lyrics

2024 Broadway
The Great Gatsby the Musical - Finale: Roaring On Lyrics

The song is written by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen.

NICK: (spoken)
On my last night in New York,
I wander down to the water’s edge.
I find myself clinging to my father’s advice -
To reserve judgment.
I think about the way New York slapped me
With a wild promise I mistook for meaning,
And the whole summer washes over me.
The quiet brutality of Daisy and Tom.
Jordan and the mess we made.
Wolfsheim. The Wilsons.
All of us holding onto the foul dust
Of our dreams so tightly
We couldn’t see straight.

(sung)
And as I turned to look at the shoreline
Here is what I’ll never forget
I still can see gatsby
Standing in silhouette

He’s staring down the darkness
His arm stretched to the sky
With infinite hope that made him
Fool enough to try

That light across the water
Is always out of reach
So why do we
Why do we
Why do we keep reaching?

ENSEMBLE:
Where’s the party
And can you take me there
And when the party’s over can you find
Another party somewhere?
We live for today,
We pay off the cops

NICK: (spoken)
Tomorrow we will run faster,
Stretch out our arms further…
And one fine morning—
So we beat on, boats against the current,
Borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

ENSEMBLE:
And today is never over
If the party never stops
Where’s the party
And can you take me there
And when the party’s over can you find
Another party somewhere?
We live for today, we pay off the cops
And when you think the party stops

The party’s roaring on
The party’s roaring on
Oh we beat on and on and on and on
And on and on and on

The Great Gatsby the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Roaring On
Absolute Rose
New Money
For Her
Valley of Ashes
Second-Hand Suit
For Better or Worse
The Met
Only Tea
My Green Light
Shady
Better Hold Tight
Past Is Catching Up to Me
La Dee Dah With You
Go
Made to Last
One-Way Road
God Sees Everything
For Her (Reprise)
New Money (Reprise)
Beautiful Little Fool
Finale: Roaring On