Musical Theatre Lyrics

"Pink goes good with green."

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When I am convinced that there is no better fate, then I might decide that you will do.

Ellie; “I Might Fall Back on You;” Show Boat; Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II

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As long as we can hear that little bluebird, there'll be a song as we stumble along.

The Drowsy Chaperone; “As We Stumble Along;” The Drowsy Chaperone;  Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison

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If I don't try, I'll never know just how far this thing might go.

Aaron; “Something That Will Last;” First Date the Musical; Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner

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Oh, what a melancholy choice this is

Hodel; “Far from the Home I Love;” Fiddler on the Roof; Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock

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When my prayers to God were met with indifference, I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance.

Alexander Hamilton; “Hurricane;” Hamilton; Lin-Manuel Miranda

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In this whole luncheonette, why am I the only one who sees you're beautiful? No- handsome.

Small Alison; “Ring of Keys;” Fun Home; Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron

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Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe.

Liesl von Trapp; “Sixteen Going on Seventeen;” The Sound of Music; Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein

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Stay there in the garden, where love grows free and wild.

Lily Craven; “Come to My Garden;” The Secret Garden; Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon

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Will he know that there's a world of love waiting to warm him?

Amalia Balash; “Will He Like Me?;” She Loves Me; Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock

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Make up your mind to be free.

Dr. Madden; “Catch Me I’m Falling/Make Up Your Mind;” Next to Normal; Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey

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Oh my God, why am I standing here?

Bruce Bechdel; “Edges of the Word;” Fun Home; Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron

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All of my moments are fractured behind me, the toy of a girl who shattered inside of me

Willow Turner; “If Only;” Venice; Matt Sax and Eric Rosen

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Ordinary mothers seldom get a letter enclosing reviews.

Fredrika Armfeldt; “The Glamorous Life;” A Little Night Music; Stephen Sondheim

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He's nothing but an alley cat, dirty rat, and I flatter.

Millie Dillmount; “Forget About the Boy;” Thoroughly Modern Millie; Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan

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Time for every frivolous whim, proper or “im.”

Guinevere; “The Lusty Month of May;” Camelot; Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (via mtlyrics)

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I will spend all day just lying in the sun, and I won't burn, 'cause I'll be all grown up.

Ensemble; “When I Grow Up;” Matilda the Musical; Tim Minchin

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I don't like to brag, and I won't, 'cause I don't have to

Marcy Park; “I Speak Six Languages;” The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; William Finn