The Great Gatsby - One-Way Road Lyrics

2024 Broadway
The Great Gatsby the Musical - One-Way Road Lyrics

The song is written by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen. Performed by Sara Chase.

MYRTLE:
The trains aren’t running
The cabs aren’t coming
But I am going to the plaza hotel
One mile down and seven to go
Seven to go
He needs to know

Though I’m not showing
A baby’s growing
And I am going to the plaza hotel
One mile down and seven to go
Seven to go-
(An oncoming car gets dangerously close)
Watch the road asshole!

Who are you calling crazy?!
I will pick his little Daisy
And I’ll stick it to her that he’s mine
And this baby here is genuine

Once he knows
He’ll kick her out the door
We’ll open up a bottle, ah hell, we’ll open two
He’ll propose
I’ll smile and say sure
And presto! Poof!
My dreams have all come true

I will be a rich man’s wife
With a rich man’s baby
And be set for life
A debutante! A connoisseur!
Wait - what if I turn into her?

When the new shiny thing
Becomes the one who wears the ring
I am guessing I’ll have two good years
Before another shiny thing appears

One-way road
Is that what this is?
Have I traveled on it from a very early age?
One-way road
Where the choices are his
And it dead ends in a cage

Tom may not be loyal
But with him I’m royalty-
Do I let him break my heart and nose to gain security?
No dress
No ring
No party
No baby
Will ever set me free

The trains aren’t running
The cabs aren’t coming
And I’m not going to the plaza hotel
Turn around, go back to George
Back to george
Back to home
He’ll love this baby as his own

And soon we three will be a million miles away
I know that george will love me come what may
God it’s so simple that it’s funny
The only choice is love or money
A one-way road no matter what

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