Buddy's Blues Lyrics

2023 West End
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends - Buddy's Blues Lyrics

(from Follies)

GARY WILMOT:
My turn

I got those
"God-why-don't-you-love-me-
Oh-you-do-I'll-see-you-later"
Blues
Those
"Long-as-you-ignore-me-
You're-the-only-thing-that-matters"
Feelings
That
"If-I'm-good-enough-for-you-
I'm-not-good-enough"
And "Thank-you-for-the-present-
But-what's-wrong-with-it" stuff
Those
"Don't-come-any-closer-cause-
You-know-how-much-I-love-you"
Feelings
Those
"Tell-me-that-you-love-me-
Oh-you-did-I-gotta-run-now"
Blues

Margie? Margie?

She says she really loves me—

"MARGIE"
I love him

GARY WILMOT:
—She says
She says she really cares—

"MARGIE"
I care, I care

GARY WILMOT:
Shе says that I'm her hero—

"MARGIE"
He's my hеro

GARY WILMOT:
—She says
I'm perfect, she swears

"MARGIE"
You're perfect, goddammit

GARY WILMOT:
She says that if we parted—

"MARGIE"
If we parted—

GARY WILMOT:
—She says
She says that she'd be sick

"MARGIE"
I'm gonna be sick

GARY WILMOT:
She says she's mine forever—

"MARGIE"
Forever

GARY WILMOT:
—She says
I gotta get outta here quick!

I got those
"Whisper-how-I'm-better-
Than-I-think-but-what-do-you-know"
Blues
Those
"Why-do-you-keep-telling-me-
I-stink-when-I-adore-you"
Feelings
"You-say-I'm-all-the-world-
To-you-you're-outta-your-mind-
I-know-there's-someone-else-
And-I-could-kiss-your-behind"
"You-say-I'm-terrific-
But-your-taste-was-always-rotten"
Feeling
Those
"Go-away-I-need-you"
"Come-to-me-I'll-kill-you"
"Darling-I'd-do-anything-
To-keep-you-with-me-till-you-
Tell-me-that-you-love-me-
Oh-you-did-now-beat-it-will-you?"
Blues!

Sally? Sally?

She says she loves another—

"SALLY"
Another

GARY WILMOT:
—She says
A fella she prefers

"SALLY"
Furs... Furs...

GARY WILMOT:
She says that he's her idol—

"SALLY"
Idolidolidolidol

GARY WILMOT:
—She says
Ideal, she avers

"SALLY"
I deal—"Avers"?

GARY WILMOT:
She says that anybody—

"SALLY"
Buddy—bleah!

GARY WILMOT:
Would suit her more than I

"SALLY"
Ay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay

GARY WILMOT:
She says that I'm a washout—

"SALLY"
A washout!

GARY WILMOT:
—She says
I love her so much, I could die!

I got those
"God-why-don't-you-love-me-
Oh-you-do-I'll-see-you-later"
Blues
Those
"Long-as-you-ignore-me-you're-
The-only-thing-that-matters"
Feelings
That
"If-I'm-good-enough-for-you-
You're-not-good-enough"
And "Thank-you-for-the-present-
But-what's-wrong-with-it" stuff
Those
"Don't-come-any-closer-cause-
You-know-how-much-I-love-you"
Feelings
Those
"If-you-will-then-I-can't"
"If-you-gotta-then-I-can't"
"If-you-want-then-I-don't-wanna-
If-you-won't-I-gotta-have-it"
High-low-wrong-right-yes-no-black-white
"God-why-don't-you-love-me-
Oh-you-do-I'll-see-you-later"
Blues!

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Opening / Side By Side
Introduction
Company
The Little Things You Do Together
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Live Alone and Like It
Loving You
Getting Married Today
Into the Woods
Agony
I Know Things Now
Hello Little Girl
Children Will Listen
Send In the Clowns
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
The Worst Pies in London
My Friends
Pretty Women
A Little Priest
The Ladies Who Lunch
Sunday
Tonight Quintet
Broadway Baby
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
You Gotta Get a Gimmick
Waiting for the Girls Upstairs
I'm Still Here
Could I Leave You?
Everything's Coming Up Roses
The Boy From
Losing My Mind
Not a Day Goes By
Being Alive
Old Friends
Side By Side By Side
Our Time
Love is in the Air