ANNIE
From the Broadway Musical
MAYBE
ANNIE
Maybe far away
Or maybe real nearby
He may be pouring her coffee
She may be straighting this tie!
Maybe in a house
All hidden by a hill
She's sitting playing piano,
He's sitting paying a bill!
Betcha they're young
Betcha they're smart
Bet they collect things
Like ashtrays, and art!
Betcha they're good --
(Why shouldn't they be?)
Their one mistake
Was giving up me!
So maybe now it's time,
And maybe when I wake
They'll be there calling me "Baby"...
Maybe.
Betcha he reads
Betcha she sews
Maybe she's made me
A closet of clothes!
Maybe they're strict
As straight as a line...
Don't really care
As long as they're mine!
So maybe now this prayer's
The last one of it's kind...
Won't you please come get your "Baby"
ANNIE AND ORPHANS
Maybe IT'S THE HARD-KNOCK LIFE
ORPHANS
It's the hard-knock life for us!
It's the hard-knock life for us!
ANNIE
'Steada treated,
ORPHANS
We get tricked!
ANNIE
'Steada kisses,
ORPHANS
We get kicked!
ALL
It's the hard-knock life!
Got no folks to speak of, so,
It's the hard-knock row we how!
ANNIE
Cotton blankets,
ORPHANS
'Steada of wool!
ANNIE
Empty Bellies
ORPHANS
'Steada of full!
ALL
It's the hard-knock life!
ANNIE
Don't if feel like the wind is always howl'n?
KATE AND TESSIE
Don't it seem like there's never any light!
DUFFY AND JULY
Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?
MOLLY AND PEPPER
It's easier than puttin' up a fight.
ANNIE
No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy!
No one cares if you grow...of if you shrink!
No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy!
ALL
From all the cryin' you would think this place's a sink!
Ohhhh!!!!!!!
Empty belly life!
Rotten smelly life!
Full of sorrow life!
No tomorrow life!
MOLLY
Santa Claus we never see
ANNIE
Santa Claus, what's that?
Who's he?
ALL
No one cares for you a smidge
When you're in an orphanage!
MOLLY
(Making a whistling sound and imitating Miss. Hannigan)
You'll stay up till this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler Building.
ORPHANS
Yank the whiskers from her chin
Jab her with a safety Pin
Make her drink a mickey finn
I love you, Miss Hannigan
MOLLY
(whistle)
Get to work!
(whistle)
Strip them beds!
(whistle)
I said get to work!
ALL
It's the hard-knock life for us
It's the hard-knock life for us
No one cares for you a smidge
When your in an orphanage
It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life! IT'S THE HARD-KNOCK LIFE (REPRISE)
ALL
Lucky kid, she's out there free
MOLLY
Runnin' free in N.Y.C.
PEPPER
Bet she finds her folks
ALL
Like that
KATE
Mom and Dad
ALL
Right off the bat
JULY
Lucky duck, she got away
MOLLY
But we're gonna have to pay
KATE AND TESSIE
Gonna get our faces slapped
DUFFY AND PEPPER
Gonna get our knuckles rapped
ALL (EXCEPT MOLLY)
It's the hard-knock life
MOLLY
Yes, it is.
ALL (EXCEPT MOLLY)
It's the hard-knock life
MOLLY
Yes, it is.
ALL (EXCEPT MOLLY)
It's the hard-knock life
MOLLY
Yes, it is.
ALL (EXCEPT MOLLY)
It's the hard-knock life
MOLLY
Yes, it is.
ALL (EXCEPT MOLLY)
It's the hard-knock lifeTOMORROW
ANNIE
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!
Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!
When I'm stuck a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh!
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
A way! WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU
ALL
Today we're living in a shanty
Today we're scrounding for a meal
SOPHIE
Today I'm stealing coal for fires
Who knew i could steal?
MEN
I used to winter in the tropics
WOMEN
I spent my summers at the shore
FRED
I used to throw away the paper--
ALL
We'd like to thank you: Herber Hoover
For really showing us the way
We'd like to thank you: Herbert Hoover
You made us what we are today
Prosperity was 'round the corner
The cozy cottage built for two
In this blue heaven
That you
Gave us
Yes!
We're turning blue!
They offered us Al Smith and Hoover
We paid attention and we chose
Not only did we pay attention
We paid through the nose.
In ev'ry pt he said "a chicken"
But Herbert Hoover he forgot
Not only don't we have the chicken
We ain't got the pot!
Hey Herbie
WOMEN
You left behind a greatful nation
ALL
So, Herb, our hats are off to you
We're up to here with admiration
SOPHIE
Come down and have a little stew
ALL
Come down and share some Christmas dinner
Be sure to bring the missus too
We got no turkey for our stuffing
We'd like to thank you, Herbert Hoover
For really showing us the way
You dirty rat, you Bureaucrat, you
Made us what we are today
Come and get it, Herb! LITTLE GIRLS
MISS HANNIGAN
Little girls
Little girls
Everywhere I turn I can see them
Little girls
Little girls
Night and day
I eat, sleep and breathe them
I'm an ordinary woman
With feelings
I'd like a man to nibble on my ear
But no man as bit
So how come I'm the mother of the year?
Little cheeks
Little teeth
Everything around me is little
If I wring
Little necks
Surely I will get an acquittal
Some women are dripping with diamonds
Some women are dripping with pearls
Lucky me! Lucky me!
Look at what I'm dripping with
Little girls
How I hate
Little shoes
Little socks
And each little sloomer
I'd have cracked
Years ago
If it weren't for my
Sense of humor
Some day
I'll step on their freckles
Some night
I'll straighten their curls
Send a flood
Send the flu
Anything that You can do
To little girls
Some day I'll land in the nut house
With all the nuts and the squirrels
There I'll stay
Until the prohibition of
Little girls. I THINK I'M GONNA LIKE IT HERE
GRACE
Cecille will pick out all your clothes
CECILLE
(spoken)
Green is her best color, no blue I think.
GRACE
Your bath is drawn by Mrs. Greer.
GREER
(spoken)
Soap...no, bubbles, I think.
GRACE
Annette comes in to make your bed.
ANNETTE
(spoken)
The silk, no the satin sheets, I think.
ANNIE
I think I'm gonna like it here!
GRACE
The swimming pool is to the left
ANNIE
(spoken)
Inside the house? Oh boy.
GRACE
The tennis court is in the rear
ANNIE
(spoken)
I never even picked up a racket.
GRACE
Have an instructor here at noon
(spoken)
Oh, and get that Don Budge fellow if he's available.
ANNIE
I think I'm gonna like it here.
GRACE
When you wake Ring for Drake
Drake will bring your tray
When you're through Mrs.Pugh
Comes and takes it away.
GRACE AND SERVANTS
No need to pick up any toys
ANNIE
(spoken)
That's okay, I haven't got any anyway.
GRACE
No finger will you lift my dear
ALL
We have but one request
Please put us to the test
ANNIE
I know I'm gonna like it here
Used to room in a tomb
Where i'd sit and freeze
Get me now, holy cow
Could someone pinch me please.
GRACE
(spoken)
She didn't mean it.
(Singing)
We've never had a little girl
ALL
We've never had a little girl
GRACE AND SERVANTS
We hope you understand Your wish is our command
ANNIE, GRACE AND SERVANTS
I know I'm gonna like it here We know you're gonna like It here
ALL
Welcome N.Y.C.
WARBUCKS
What is it about you
You're big
You're loud
You're tough NYC
I go years without you
Then I
Can't get
Enough
Enough of the cab drivers answering back
In the language far from pure
Enough of frankfurters answering back
Brother, you know you're in NYC
Too busy
Too crazy
Too hot
Too cold
Too late
I'm sold
Again
On NYC
(spoken)
Come on you slowpokes, we gotta get to the Roxy before the prices change.
NEW YORKERS, GRACE, ANNIE AND WARBUCKS
NYC
GRACE
The shadows at sundown
The roofs
That scrape
The sky
ALL
NYC
WARBUCKS AND GRACE
The rich and the rundown
The parade
Goes by
WARBUCKS
That other town has the Empire State
And a mayor five foot two
No other town in
The whole forty eight
Can half compare
To you
ALL
Oh NYC
WARBUCKS
You make 'em all postcards
WARBUCKS AND GRACE
You crowd
You cramp
You're still
The champ
Amen For NYC (NYC)
The shimmer of Times Square
WARBUCKS
The pulse
GRACE
The beat
WARBUCKS AND GRACE
The drive! (NYC)
WARBUCKS AND GRACE
The city's bright
As a penny arcade
It blinks, it tilts, it rings
ANNIE
To think that I've lived here all of my life
And never seen these things
ALL
Oh, NYC
The whole world keeps coming
WARBUCKS
By bus
GRACE
By train
WARBUCKS AND GRACE
You can't
Explain
Their yen
For
STAR TO BE
NYC
Just got here this morning
Three bucks
Two bags
One me
NYC
I give you fair warning
Up there
In lights
I'll be
Go ask the Gershwins or Kaufman and Hart
The place they love the best
Though California pays big for their art
Their fan mail comes addressed to NYC
Tomorrow a penthouse
That's way up high
Tonight
The "Y"
Why not
It's NYC
ALL
NYC
You're standing room only
You crowd
You cramp
You're still
The champ
Amen For NY
MAN
(spoken)
Keep it quiet down there!
ALL (QUIETLY)
NYC
USHERETTE
(spoken)
Immediate seating... there is immediate seating.
WARBUCKS
(spoken)
Popcorn, what do you say to some popcorn? I haven't had popcorn since... (Annie yawns)
(singing)
Give in
Don't fight
Good girl
Good night
Sleep tight
In NYC
EASY STREET
ROOSTER
I remember the way
Our sainted mother
Would sit and croon us
Her lullaby
MISS HANNIGAN
She'd say, kids, there's a place
That's like no other
You got to get there before you die
ROOSTER
You don't get there
By playing from the rule book
MISS HANNIGAN
You stack the ages
ROOSTER
You load the dice
MISS HANNIGAN AND ROOSTER
Mother dear
Oh, we know you're down there listening --
How can we follow
Your sweet
Advice
To
ROOSTER
Easy street
Easy street
Where you sleep till noon
MISS HANNIGAN
Yeah, yeah, yeah
ROOSTER AND MISS HANNIGAN
She'd repeat
Easy street
Better get there soon.
ROOSTER, MISS HANNIGAN, AND LILY
Easy street
Easy street
Where the rich folks play
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Move them feet
MISS HANNIGAN
Move them ever-lovin' feet
ROOSTER, MISS HANNIGAN, AND LILY
To easy street
MISS HANNIGAN
Easy street
ROOSTER, MISS HANNIGAN, AND LILY
When you get there stay
ROOSTER
It ain't fair
How we scrounge
For three of four bucks
While she gets
Warbucks
MISS HANNIGAN
The little brat!
It ain't fair this here life
Is drivin' me nuts!
While we get peanuts
She's livin' fat!
ROOSTER
Maybe she holds the key
That little lady
MISS HANNIGAN
To gettin' more bucks
ROOSTER
Instead of less
Maybe we fix the game
With something shady
LILY
Where does that put us?
MISS HANNIGAN
Oh, tell her.
ROOSTER, MISS HANNIGAN, AND LILY
Yes!
Easy street
Easy street
Annie is the key
Yes sirree
Yes sirree
Yes sirree
Easy street
Easy street
That's where we're gonna --
Be! YOU WON'T BE AN ORPHAN FOR LONG
GRACE
If he should need the F.B.I.
Then he will have the F.B.I.
ALL
With all the favors that he's done
J. Edger Hoover owes him one.
CECILLE AND ANNETTE
'Till not a stone is left unturned
ALL
He will search everywhere
And he'll find them, I swear.
GRACE
Oh, you won't be an orphan for long!
ALL
Where other men would call it quits
And disappear
He'll use his fortune and his wits.
So never fear
Cross the street
Or cross the sea
Annie, sweet
We guarantee
That you won't be an orphan...
GRACE AND THE SERVANTS
Tomorrow morning it begins
You're with a man who always wins
Trust him and he'll prove
Mountains easily move
Oh, you won't be an orphan --
No, you won't be an orphan for long! FULLY DRESSED
HEALY
(spoken) This is Bert Healy saying ...
(singing now) Hey, hobo man
Hey, Dapper Dan
You've both got your style
But Brother,
You're never fully dressed
Without a smile!
Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly
They stand out a mile --
But Brother,
You're never fully dressed
Without a smile!
Who cares what they're wearing
On Main Street,
Or Saville Row,
It's what you wear from ear to ear
And not from head to toe
(That matters)
So, Senator,
So, Janitor,
So long for a while
Remember,
You're never fully dressed
Without a smile!
BOYLAN SISTER
Ready or not, here he goes
Listen to Bert
Tap his smilin' toes
HEALY
(spoken)
Ah, the lovely Boylan Sisters
BOYLAN SISTERS
Doo doodle-oo doo
Doo doodle-oo doo
Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo
Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly
They stand out a mile
But, bother
You're never fully dressed
You're never dressed
Without an
CONNIE BOYLAN
S-
BONNIE BOYLAN
M-
RONNIE BOYLAN
I-
CONNIE BOYLAN
L-
ALL THREE
E.
Smile darn ya smile.
ALL
That matters
So Senator
So Janitor
So long for a while FULLY DRESSED -- ORPHANS
TESSIE
(spoken)
So, for all of the "Hours of Smiles" Family, this is Bert Healy saying...
(singing)
Hey hobo man,
Hey Dapper Dan,
You've both got your style
ALL ORPHANS
But brother, you're never fully dressed
Without a smile
Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly
They stand out a mile
But brother you're never fully dressed
Without a smile
JULY
(spoken)
Who cares what they're wearing on Main Street of Saville Row
It's what you wear from ear to ear
And not from head to toe.
MOLLY
That matters
TESSIE
(spoken)
Ah. the lovely Boylan Sisters.
DUFFY, KATE AND PEPPER
Doo doodle-oo doo
Doo doodle-oo doo
Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
ALL ORPHANS
Who cares what they're wearing on Main Street or Saville Row
It's what you wear from ear to ear
And not from head to toe that matters
So, Senator, so, janitor
So long for a while
Remember you're never fully dressed
Though you may wear the best
You're never fully dressed without a
Smile
Smile
Smile!!!
Smile darn ya, smile. EASY STREET (REPRISE)
ROOSTER, LILY AND MISS HANNIGAN
Easy street, easy street
Annie is the key
Yes sirree, yes sirree, yes sirree
Easy street, easy street
That's where we're gonna
That's where we're gonna
That's where we're gonna be. TOMORROW -- CABINET
ANNIE
Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
Till there's none!
When I'm stuck a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And grin,
And say,
Oh, the sun'll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
IKES
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!
PERKINS AND IKES
Just thinking about
Tomorrow
ANNIE, PERKINS AND IKES
Clears away the cobwebs
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!
ROOSEVELT
(spoken)
Solo for the President .....!
(singing)
When I'm stuck with a day
That's gray and lonely
I just stick out my chin
And grin, and say--
ALL
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya
Tomorrow!
You're always a day away
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya, tomorrow
You're always a day away! SOMETHING WAS MISSING
WARBUCKS
I've made me a fortune
(That fortune made ten)
Been headlined
And profiled
Again and again
But something was missing
(I never quite knew)
That something was someone --
But who?
My speeches are greeted
With thunderous acclaim
At two universities
Bearing my name
Yes, something was missing
Each timeI got through
That something was someone --
But who?
Who could that someone be?
How could she make it known?
Who would need me for me?
Need me for me alone?
he world was my oyster --
But where was the pearl?
Who dreamed I could find it
Yes something was missing --
But dreams can come true
That something
Is no one
But you
Who would need me for me ?
Need me for me alone
The world was my oyster
But where was the pearl ?
Who'd dream I would find it
In one little girl ?
Yes, something was missing
But dreams do come true
That something is no one.....but you. I DON'T NEED ANYTHING BUT YOU
WARBUCKS AND ANNIE
Together at last!
Together for ever!
We're tying a knot,
They never can sever!
WARBUCKS
I don't need sunshine now,
To turn my skies at blue --
WARBUCKS AND ANNIE
I don't need anything but you!
WARBUCKS
You've wrapped me around
That cute little finger.
You've made life a song .....
You've made me the singer!
ANNIE
And what's the bathtub tune
You always "Bu-Bu-Boo?"
WARBUCKS
Bu-Bu-Bu
Anything but you
ANNIE
Yesterday was plain awful
WARBUCKS
You can say that again
ANNIE
Yesterday was plain awful
WARBUCKS
But that's
ANNIE
Not now
WARBUCKS AND ANNIE
That's then
ANNIE
I'm poor as a mouse,
WARBUCKS
I'm richer than Midas.
WARBUCKS AND ANNIE
But nothing on earth
Could ever divide us!
And if tomorrow, I
'm an apple seller, too--
I don't need anything but you!
SERVANTS
Annie Annie Annie
Everything's humming now
Annie Annie
Good times are coming now
Since you came our way
It's Christmas,
Christmas everyday
We dismiss
Bad times, sad times
Now they're all yesterday news
Since Annie
Kicked out
The blues
Annie Annie Annie
Look what you've done for us
Annie Annie Annie
Turned on the sun for us
GRACE
Have they sent the cheese?
DRAKE
Yes and ice camemberts and bries
GRACE
Judge Brandeis
ALL
Annie Annie
You filled our life with a song
They're two of a kind
The happiest pair now
Like Fred and Adelle, they're floating
On air now
And what's the title of the dream
WARBUCKS
I don't need anything
ANNIE
Anything
ALL
Anything
I don't need anything
But you NEW DEAL FOR CHRISTMAS
WARBUCKS
I know the Depression's depressing
GRACE
The carols are stilled
The stored aren't filled
WARBUCKS
And the windows are minus the dressing
GRACE
The children don't grin
The Santa's are thin
GRACE AND WARBUCKS
And I've heard a terrible rumour
No goodwill no cheer
WARBUCKS
But we'll get a new deal for Christmas
This year
ANNIE AND ORPHANS
The snowflakes are frighting of falling
MOLLY
And oh, what a fix
No peppermint sticks!
WARBUCKS
And all through the land folks are bawling
GRACE
And filled with despair
'Cause cupboards are bare
WARBUCKS
But Santa's got brand new assistants
There's nothing to fear
They're bringing a new deal deal for Christmas
This year.
SERVANTS
Bong, bong, bong, bong
Bong, bong, bong, bong
ROOSEVELT
On Farley and Perkins
On Ikes and Wallace
On Monganthau and Cummings.
ALL
Fill our pockets with dollars
ROOSEVELT
On Roper and Swanson
ROOSEVELT AND WARBUCKS
Get along Cordell Hull
ORPHANS
Get along, giddy up!
MEN
Call your committee up
WOMEN
Build every city up
ALL
Cheer every kiddy up
Fill every stocking with laughter
We haven't got room for any more gloom
Let's ring every bell from it's rafter
WARBUCKS
And chime cross the land
ANNIE
Tomorrow's at hand
WARBUCKS
(spoken)
Those happy days that we were promised.
ROOSEVELT
Are finally here
ALL
We're getting a new deal for Christmas
We're getting a new deal for Christmas
We're getting a new deal for Christmas
We're getting a new deal for Christmas
Christmas
This year
