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2024 West End
Why Am I So Single? the Musical - Disco Ball Lyrics
The song is written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss.
NANCY: (spoken)
Why are you so fucking scared to show me,
to show anyone,
who you are when you’re not putting
on a fucking show?
OLIVER: (spoken)
Oh Nancy, darling, baby
Ain't it obvious?
I mean, you already said it, kid
It's because I'm like a disco ball
OLIVER:
Yeah I'm a disco ball
I spin and give you all a party feeling
I'm sparkly and I'm fun
And crucially I'm hung from the ceiling
You're far away from me
If you weren't, well it would be such a pity
Cause when people get too close
Oops, baby heaven knows,
Well it ain't pretty
So I never let 'em get too close
Never let 'em stay too long
They'll see me in the light
(The cold, harsh light)
I gotta keep it all going
I gotta keep 'em from knowing what's inside
So I spin and I spin and I spin
Dazzling like I'm like a disco ball
And I stay far away, up above, and you love it
I'm a disco ball
If I slow, let you close
You would notice
I'm nothing like you thought I was at all
But no one notices (no)
Cause everybody's dancing round the disco ball
Watch me spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin
Like I'm a disco ball
Watch me spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin
Like I'm a disco ball
Yeah I learned long ago if I don't put on a show
They'll keep their distance (no)
And people can 'you know'
(Disappointment) (Fag) (Homo)
Just for instance
When I have let people in
There's tended to have been a bit of blowback
Like
('We can fuck but I'm not gay')
('I wish you'd dress a different way')
Such a throwback
But if I keep it all going
And if I keep it all glowing
It's great for you and I
(For everyone)
Cause I'm never gonna show you
It really isn't all 'woo-woo' inside
So I spin and I spin and I spin
Dazzling like I'm a disco ball
So the me that you see isn't real
No big deal, you love a disco ball
Cause when I spin, spin, spin
In the club
No one ever sees the cracks at all
No one notices (no)
Cause everybody's dancing round the disco ball
Watch me spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin
Like I'm a disco ball
Watch me spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin
Like I'm a disco ball
OLIVER: (spoken)
Hey, is this thing on?
How's it going, folks?
Thank you so much for coming out
Ooh, if I had a penny for every time
I heard that when I was 14
I'd have no pennies!
So I've got this friend, let's call her Nancy
Cause that's her name
And she's all
'Why you gotta put on a show all the time?'
'Maybe you should be more vulnerable?'
'Well, kid it ain't gonna happen'
(Laughter)
Cause when you grow up in...
What's it called?
'The world in which we live'
Where you call each other 'gay' in the playground
And you don't know what it means
But you just know it's the worst possible insult
And you know when you pop on the telly
And it's a comedy
Where the person's throwing up because
They didn't realise that the woman
They were kissing is trans
Basically, when you grow up in 'that world'
You're going to kind of have it instilled into you
That queerness is about as embarrassing,
Disgusting, unnatural, immoral
And wrong as pineapple on pizza
(Laughter)
And then if...
One day, uh-oh, you slowly start to suspect
That that is what you are
Unchangeably at your core, wow!
You're going to learn to apply all those pesky little words
Anyone?
(Shouted words of abuse)
You're gonna learn to apply them all to yourself, baby
And that is all before you give anyone else the chance
But it's all good
It's all groovy
Cause you can just turn yourself into a little disco ball, baby
For sure
No one wants to see the broken ugly pieces
Of a disco ball up close
But they don't mind them so much
When they're making the room sparkle
OLIVER:
So who cares...
Why those guys would not be seen with me?
Why no one wants the authentic me?
Why those strangers threw that shit at me?
Why their words hurt but deep down I don't disagree
Why everyone I've loved's ashamed of me
Why my parents wouldn't look at me
Why it's only dark inside of me
When I can disco ball it all away
So I spin and I twirl,
To the world all I am is a disco ball
So I'm fractured and cracked,
That's exactly what attracts you to a disco ball
I know it's fake and the toll
That it takes kinda makes me think it's not sustainable
It's alright cause at least for the night
They'll keep dancing round the disco ball
So come on here I am, come on,
Who's gonna use me like a disco ball?
You can't love me for me, that's OK,
You can love me like a disco ball
And though I'm hanging on by a thread,
Any minute there's a risk I'll fall
Got no choice,
Cause I know I'm so much better off if I'm a disco ball
Can someone prove me wrong?
How 'bout you, sir,
You wouldn't choose a disco ball?
Who'd prefer all of this ugliness
To the party of a disco ball?
Not me that's for sure
You think you’re not a fan
I'm really not a fan at all
So come on
(Let's go!)
Yes, everybody dance around the disco ball
Watch me spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin
Like I'm a disco ball
Watch me spin, spin, spin, spin, spin
Like a stupid fucking disco ball
Watch me spin, spin, spin, spin
Spin, spin, spin, spin
Spin, spin, spin, spin
Spin, spin, spin, spin
Spin, spin, spin, spin
Spin, spin, spin
Like a disco ball
Review: Why Am I So Single? the Musical Lyrics
Why Am I So Single? the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Why Am I So Single? (Demo)
8 Dates
I Got Off the Plane
C U Never (Demo)
Shhh!!!!
Just In Case
Interlude into B Minor
Clubs Glorious Clubs
No Question
Disco Ball
Better Off Love Story
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