Barbra Streisand - Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway Album Lyrics
Barbra Streisand Lyrics
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway Lyrics
- At The Ballet
- Loving You
- Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
- The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened
- Any Moment Now
- Anything You Can Do
- Pure Imagination
- Take Me To The World
- I'll Be Seeing You / I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
- Climb Ev'ry Mountain
At The Ballet
[SHEILA:]
Daddy always thought that he married beneath him.
That's what he said, that's what he said.
When he proposed he informed my mother
He was probably her very last chance.
And though she was twenty-two,
Though she was twenty-two,
Though she was twenty-two,
She married him.
Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic
More like a 'Come as you are.'
When I was five I remember my mother
Dug earrings out of the car
I knew they weren't hers, But it wasn't
Something you'd want to discuss.
He wasn't warm.
Well, not to her.
Well, not to us
But
Everything was beautiful at the ballet.
Graceful men lift lovely girls in white.
Yes,
Everything was beautiful at the ballet.
I was happy... at the ballet.
That's why I started class...
[SHEILA AND BEBE:]
Up a steep and very narrow stairway.
To the voice like a metronome.
Up a steep and very narrow stairway.
[SHEILA:]
It wasn't paradise...
[BEBE:]
It wasn't paradise...
[MAGGIE:]
It wasn't paradise...
[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE:]
But it was home.
[BEBE:]
Mother always said I'd be very attractive
When I grew up, when I grew up.
'Diff'rent,' she said, 'With a special something
And a very, very personal flair.'
And though I was eight or nine,
Though I was eight or nine,
Though I was eight or nine,
I hated her.
Now,
'Diff'rent' is nice, but it sure isn't pretty.
'Pretty' is what it's about.
I never met anyone who was 'diff'rent'
Who couldn't figure that out.
So beautiful I'd never lived to see.
But it was clear
If not to her
Well, then to me
That
[MAGGIE AND BEBE:]
Everyone is beautiful at the ballet.
Every prince has got to have his swan.
Yes,
Everyone is beautiful at the ballet.
[BEBE:]
I was pretty...
[SHEILA:]
At the ballet
[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE:]
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
To the voice like a metronome.
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
[SHEILA:]
It wasn't paradise...
[BEBE:]
It wasn't paradise...
[MAGGIE:]
It wasn't paradise...
[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE:]
But it was home.
[MAGGIE (Spoken):]
I don't know what they were for or against, really,
except each other.
I mean I was born to save their marriage
but when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital
he said, 'Well, I thought this was going to help.
but I guess it's not...'
Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life.
I used to dance around the living room
with my arms up like this
My fantasy was that there was an Indian Chief...
And he'd say to me,
'Maggie, do you wanna dance?'
And I'd say, 'Daddy, I would love to dance!'
[MAGGIE:]
But it was clear...
When he proposed...
That I was born to help their marriage and when
[SHEILA:]
That's what he said...
[BEBE:]
That's what she said...
[MAGGIE:]
I used to dance around the living room...
[SHEILA:]
He wasn't warm...
[BEBE:]
Not to her...
[MAGGIE:]
It was an Indian chief and he'd say:
'Maggie, do you wanna dance?'
And I'd say, 'Daddy, I would love to...'
[SHEILA:]
Everything was beautiful at the ballet
Raise your arms and someone's always there.
Everything was beautiful at the ballet
At the ballet
At the ballet!!!
[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE:]
Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet.
[BEBE:]
I was pretty...
[SHEILA:]
I was happy...
[MAGGIE:]
'I would love to...'
[MAGGIE, SHEILA AND BEBE:]
At...the...ballet
Loving You
Loving you is not a choice,
It's who I am.
Loving you is not a choice
And not much reason to rejoice,
But it gives me purpose
Gives me voice to say to the world:
This is why I live
You are why I live.
Loving you is why I do
The things I do
Loving you is not in my control.
But loving you, I have a goal
For what's left of my life...
I would live,
And I would die for you.
Die for me? What kind of love is that?
The truest love. Would Clara give her life for you?
Would she? I would. Happily. In time you will come
to see what is beautiful about me. Do you wish me
to move to another compartment?
We're getting off at the next stop and I'm taking
you back. And then I'll go on to Milan.
You must be cold. Here.
Take this. Can't have you getting more ill, can I?
The moonlight makes even this landscape look lovely.
Look over there. There seem to be faces in those rocks.
They're smiling back at us.
It's who I am.
Loving you is not a choice
And not much reason to rejoice,
But it gives me purpose
Gives me voice to say to the world:
This is why I live
You are why I live.
Loving you is why I do
The things I do
Loving you is not in my control.
But loving you, I have a goal
For what's left of my life...
I would live,
And I would die for you.
Die for me? What kind of love is that?
The truest love. Would Clara give her life for you?
Would she? I would. Happily. In time you will come
to see what is beautiful about me. Do you wish me
to move to another compartment?
We're getting off at the next stop and I'm taking
you back. And then I'll go on to Milan.
You must be cold. Here.
Take this. Can't have you getting more ill, can I?
The moonlight makes even this landscape look lovely.
Look over there. There seem to be faces in those rocks.
They're smiling back at us.
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
Who can I turn to
When nobody needs me
My heart wants to know
So I must go
Where destiny leads me
With no star to guide me
And no one beside me
I'll go on my way
And after the day
The darkness will hide me
But maybe tomorrow
I'll find what I'm after
I'll throw off my sorrow
Beg, steal or borrow
My share of laughter
'Cause with you I could learn to
With you on a new day
But who can I turn to
If you turn away
With you I could learn to
With you on a new day
But who can I turn to
If you turn away
When nobody needs me
My heart wants to know
So I must go
Where destiny leads me
With no star to guide me
And no one beside me
I'll go on my way
And after the day
The darkness will hide me
But maybe tomorrow
I'll find what I'm after
I'll throw off my sorrow
Beg, steal or borrow
My share of laughter
'Cause with you I could learn to
With you on a new day
But who can I turn to
If you turn away
With you I could learn to
With you on a new day
But who can I turn to
If you turn away
The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened
First, there's cocktails at the Cosden's
Hun, we've got fish to fry.
Then, there's dinner at the Dodges', the reception at the Roosevelt's
And every party filled with millionaires who want
To build the biggest villa since the days of Ancient Rome.
So what do you say we just stay home?
You are the best thing that ever has happened to me,
You are.
Alright then, one of the best things that's happened to me.
You are.
They say we all find love.
I never bought it.
I never thought it would happen to me.
Who could foresee?
You are the god-damnd'est thing that has happened to me...
Ever.
When did I have this much happiness happen to me?
Never.
I can't believe my luck.
And all I can do
Is be the best thing that's happened to you.
So what do you say we just stay home?
What do you say we just go out on the boat and get smashed
And make love on the beach and stare up at the moon?
You might just be the best thing that has happened to me,
So far.
Of course, not much ever really has happened to me,
So far.
I didn't much like love.
I always fought it.
I never thought it would happen like this...
Give us a kiss.
We might just be the best thing that has happened to us,
Partner.
Another moment like this might not happen to us,
Lover.
When all is said and done,
I have to agree,
You are the best thing that's happened to me.
Who knew?
Who dreamed?
Beats me.
Hun, we've got fish to fry.
Then, there's dinner at the Dodges', the reception at the Roosevelt's
And every party filled with millionaires who want
To build the biggest villa since the days of Ancient Rome.
So what do you say we just stay home?
You are the best thing that ever has happened to me,
You are.
Alright then, one of the best things that's happened to me.
You are.
They say we all find love.
I never bought it.
I never thought it would happen to me.
Who could foresee?
You are the god-damnd'est thing that has happened to me...
Ever.
When did I have this much happiness happen to me?
Never.
I can't believe my luck.
And all I can do
Is be the best thing that's happened to you.
So what do you say we just stay home?
What do you say we just go out on the boat and get smashed
And make love on the beach and stare up at the moon?
You might just be the best thing that has happened to me,
So far.
Of course, not much ever really has happened to me,
So far.
I didn't much like love.
I always fought it.
I never thought it would happen like this...
Give us a kiss.
We might just be the best thing that has happened to us,
Partner.
Another moment like this might not happen to us,
Lover.
When all is said and done,
I have to agree,
You are the best thing that's happened to me.
Who knew?
Who dreamed?
Beats me.
Any Moment Now
Don't know where I'm at
Never lost my way like this before
How did I get here so near to Heaven's door
Never saw those stars
Never felt this strange new bliss before
Wonder what can be happening to me
Any moment now things will start
Something new stirs my heart
Any moment now chimes will ring
Trumpets blow, angels sing
All you did was breathe my name, hold my hand
Suddenly the world became wonderland
If it's love at last, whats to do
But to share each moment with you
Any moment now things will start
Something new stirs my heart
Any moment now chimes will ring
Trumpets blow, angels sing
All you did was breathe my name, hold my hand
Suddenly the world became wonderland
If it's love at last, whats to do
But to share each moment with you
Never lost my way like this before
How did I get here so near to Heaven's door
Never saw those stars
Never felt this strange new bliss before
Wonder what can be happening to me
Any moment now things will start
Something new stirs my heart
Any moment now chimes will ring
Trumpets blow, angels sing
All you did was breathe my name, hold my hand
Suddenly the world became wonderland
If it's love at last, whats to do
But to share each moment with you
Any moment now things will start
Something new stirs my heart
Any moment now chimes will ring
Trumpets blow, angels sing
All you did was breathe my name, hold my hand
Suddenly the world became wonderland
If it's love at last, whats to do
But to share each moment with you
Anything You Can Do
Anything you can do,
I can do better.
I can do anything
Better than you.
No, you can't.
Yes, I can. No, you can't.
Yes, I can. No, you can't.
Yes, I can,
Yes, I can!
Anything you can be
I can be greater.
Sooner or later,
I'm greater than you.
No, you're not. Yes, I am.
No, you're not. Yes, I am.
No, you're NOT!. Yes, I am.
Yes, I am!
I can shoot a partridge
With a single cartridge.
I can get a sparrow
With a bow and arrow.
I can live on bread and cheese.
And only on that?
Yes.
So can a rat!
Any note you can reach
I can go higher.
I can sing anything
Higher than you.
No, you can't. (High)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I CAN! (Highest)
Anything you can buy
I can buy cheaper.
I can buy anything
Cheaper than you.
Fifty cents?
Forty cents! Thirty cents?
Twenty cents! No, you can't!
Yes, I can,
Yes, I can!
Anything you can say
I can say softer.
I can say anything
Softer than you.
No, you can't. (Softly)
Yes, I can. (Softer) No, you can't. (Softer)
Yes, I can. (Softer) No, you can't. (Softer)
Yes, I can. (Softer)
YES, I CAN! (Full volume)
I can drink my liquor
Faster than a flicker.
I can drink it quicker
And get even sicker!
I can open any safe.
Without bein' caught?
Sure.
That's what I thought--
you crook!
Any note you can hold
I can hold longer.
I can hold any note
Longer than you.
No, you can't.
Yes, I can No, you can't.
Yes, I can No, you can't.
Yes, I can
Yes, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I No, you C-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-N'T--
CA-A-A-A-N! (Cough, cough!)
Yes, you ca-a-a-an!
Anything you can wear
I can wear better.
In what you wear
I'd look better than you.
In my coat?
In your vest! In my shoes?
In your hat! No, you can't!
Yes, I can
Yes, I CAN!
Anything you say
I can say faster.
I can say anything
Faster than you.
No, you can't. (Fast)
Yes, I can. (Faster) No, you can't. (Faster)
Yes, I can. (Faster) Noyoucan't. (Faster)
YesIcan! (Fastest)
I can jump a hurdle.
I can wear a girdle.
I can knit a sweater.
I can fill it better!
I can do most anything!
Can you bake a pie? No.
Neither can I.
Anything you can sing
I can sing sweeter.
I can sing anything
Sweeter than you.
No, you can't. (Sweetly)
Yes, I can. (Sweeter) No, you can't. (Sweeter)
Yes, I can. (Sweeter) No, you can't. (Sweeter)
Yes, I can. (Sweeter) No, you can't, can't, can't (sweeter)
Yes, I can, can, can (Sugary)
Yes, I can! No, you can't!
I can do better.
I can do anything
Better than you.
No, you can't.
Yes, I can. No, you can't.
Yes, I can. No, you can't.
Yes, I can,
Yes, I can!
Anything you can be
I can be greater.
Sooner or later,
I'm greater than you.
No, you're not. Yes, I am.
No, you're not. Yes, I am.
No, you're NOT!. Yes, I am.
Yes, I am!
I can shoot a partridge
With a single cartridge.
I can get a sparrow
With a bow and arrow.
I can live on bread and cheese.
And only on that?
Yes.
So can a rat!
Any note you can reach
I can go higher.
I can sing anything
Higher than you.
No, you can't. (High)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I CAN! (Highest)
Anything you can buy
I can buy cheaper.
I can buy anything
Cheaper than you.
Fifty cents?
Forty cents! Thirty cents?
Twenty cents! No, you can't!
Yes, I can,
Yes, I can!
Anything you can say
I can say softer.
I can say anything
Softer than you.
No, you can't. (Softly)
Yes, I can. (Softer) No, you can't. (Softer)
Yes, I can. (Softer) No, you can't. (Softer)
Yes, I can. (Softer)
YES, I CAN! (Full volume)
I can drink my liquor
Faster than a flicker.
I can drink it quicker
And get even sicker!
I can open any safe.
Without bein' caught?
Sure.
That's what I thought--
you crook!
Any note you can hold
I can hold longer.
I can hold any note
Longer than you.
No, you can't.
Yes, I can No, you can't.
Yes, I can No, you can't.
Yes, I can
Yes, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I No, you C-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-N'T--
CA-A-A-A-N! (Cough, cough!)
Yes, you ca-a-a-an!
Anything you can wear
I can wear better.
In what you wear
I'd look better than you.
In my coat?
In your vest! In my shoes?
In your hat! No, you can't!
Yes, I can
Yes, I CAN!
Anything you say
I can say faster.
I can say anything
Faster than you.
No, you can't. (Fast)
Yes, I can. (Faster) No, you can't. (Faster)
Yes, I can. (Faster) Noyoucan't. (Faster)
YesIcan! (Fastest)
I can jump a hurdle.
I can wear a girdle.
I can knit a sweater.
I can fill it better!
I can do most anything!
Can you bake a pie? No.
Neither can I.
Anything you can sing
I can sing sweeter.
I can sing anything
Sweeter than you.
No, you can't. (Sweetly)
Yes, I can. (Sweeter) No, you can't. (Sweeter)
Yes, I can. (Sweeter) No, you can't. (Sweeter)
Yes, I can. (Sweeter) No, you can't, can't, can't (sweeter)
Yes, I can, can, can (Sugary)
Yes, I can! No, you can't!
Pure Imagination
Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation
What we'll see
Will defy
Explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it
There is no
Life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be
If you want to see magic lands
Close your eyes and you will see one
Want to be a dreamer, be one
Anytime you please and please save me one
Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination
There is no
Place to go
To compare with your imagination
So go there
To be free
If you truly wish to be
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be
And you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation
What we'll see
Will defy
Explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it
There is no
Life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be
If you want to see magic lands
Close your eyes and you will see one
Want to be a dreamer, be one
Anytime you please and please save me one
Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination
There is no
Place to go
To compare with your imagination
So go there
To be free
If you truly wish to be
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be
Take Me To The World
Let me see the world with clouds
Take me to the world
Out where I can push through crowds
Take me to the world
A world that smiles
With streets instead of aisles
Where I can walk for miles with you
Take me to the world that's real
Show me how it's done
Teach me how to laugh, to feel
Move me to the sun
Just hold my hand whenever we arrive
Take me to a world where I can be alive
The world is better here
I know I've seen them both
Let me see the world that smiles
A poet doesn't count for much out there
Take me to the world
We'd be cold and hungry in the winter
Somewhere I can walk for miles
A shabby room with cracked plaster
Take me to the world
You couldn't get a job
With all around things growing in the ground
We'd end up hating each other
We'd have fights, you'd cry
Where birds that make a sound are birds
Let me see the world that's real
I have seen the world
Show me how it's done
And it's mean and ugly
Teach me how to laugh, to feel
We could laugh together
Move me to the sun
Stay here with me
Just hold my hand whenever we arrive
Stay here, I love you but we're happy here
Let it be a world with you, stay with me
Any other world with you
Take me to a world where I can be alive
Do you want the world?
Well then, you shall have the world
Ask me for the world again
You shall have the world
A world of skies
That's bursting with surprise
To open up your eyes for joy
We shall see the world come true
We shall have the world
I won't be afraid with you
We shall have the world
You'll hold my hand and know you're not alone
You shall have the world to keep
Such a lovely world you'll weep
We shall have the world forever for our own
Take me to the world
Out where I can push through crowds
Take me to the world
A world that smiles
With streets instead of aisles
Where I can walk for miles with you
Take me to the world that's real
Show me how it's done
Teach me how to laugh, to feel
Move me to the sun
Just hold my hand whenever we arrive
Take me to a world where I can be alive
The world is better here
I know I've seen them both
Let me see the world that smiles
A poet doesn't count for much out there
Take me to the world
We'd be cold and hungry in the winter
Somewhere I can walk for miles
A shabby room with cracked plaster
Take me to the world
You couldn't get a job
With all around things growing in the ground
We'd end up hating each other
We'd have fights, you'd cry
Where birds that make a sound are birds
Let me see the world that's real
I have seen the world
Show me how it's done
And it's mean and ugly
Teach me how to laugh, to feel
We could laugh together
Move me to the sun
Stay here with me
Just hold my hand whenever we arrive
Stay here, I love you but we're happy here
Let it be a world with you, stay with me
Any other world with you
Take me to a world where I can be alive
Do you want the world?
Well then, you shall have the world
Ask me for the world again
You shall have the world
A world of skies
That's bursting with surprise
To open up your eyes for joy
We shall see the world come true
We shall have the world
I won't be afraid with you
We shall have the world
You'll hold my hand and know you're not alone
You shall have the world to keep
Such a lovely world you'll weep
We shall have the world forever for our own
I'll Be Seeing You / I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
[I'll Be Seeing You]
I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day and through
In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut trees, the wishing well
I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
[I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face]
I've grown accustomed to her face
She almost makes the day begin
I've grown accustomed to the tune she whistles night and noon
Her smiles, her frowns, her ups and downs
Are second nature to me now
Like breathing out and breathing in
I was serenely independent and content before we met
Surely I could always be that way again and yet
I've grown accustomed to her looks, accustomed to her voice
Accustomed to her face
She's second nature to me now
Like breathing out and breathing in
I'm very grateful she's a woman and so easy to forget
Rather like a habit one can always break and yet
I've grown accustomed to the trace of something in the air
Accustomed to her face
I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day and through
In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut trees, the wishing well
I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
[I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face]
I've grown accustomed to her face
She almost makes the day begin
I've grown accustomed to the tune she whistles night and noon
Her smiles, her frowns, her ups and downs
Are second nature to me now
Like breathing out and breathing in
I was serenely independent and content before we met
Surely I could always be that way again and yet
I've grown accustomed to her looks, accustomed to her voice
Accustomed to her face
She's second nature to me now
Like breathing out and breathing in
I'm very grateful she's a woman and so easy to forget
Rather like a habit one can always break and yet
I've grown accustomed to the trace of something in the air
Accustomed to her face
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Climb every mountain,
Search high and low,
Follow every highway,
Every path you know.
Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
'Till you find your dream.
A dream that will need
All the love you can give,
Every day of your life
For as long as you live.
Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
Till you find your dream
A dream that will need
All the love you can give,
Every day of your life,
For as long as you live.
Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
Till you find your dream
Search high and low,
Follow every highway,
Every path you know.
Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
'Till you find your dream.
A dream that will need
All the love you can give,
Every day of your life
For as long as you live.
Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
Till you find your dream
A dream that will need
All the love you can give,
Every day of your life,
For as long as you live.
Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
Till you find your dream
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