What A Party Lyrics > Wild Party
What A Party Lyrics
OFFSTAGE VOICES
And the gang took wing,
And the shadows leapt,
Any fool could see -
What a party.
ENSEMBLE
And the gang took wing,
And the shadows leapt,
Any fool could see -
What a party.
While the candles glared
And the neighbors wept
Any swell could be
At a party.
Lightly,
Quickly,
Slightly sickly
Pasty,
Tasty,
Like birds of prey
'Round the hors d'oeuvre tray.
When the laughter starts
And the game begins
You can guarantee
That's how to blow
That's how to grow
That how to throw a party!
(The guests enter, one by one.)
BURRS
Madelaine True -
MADELAINE
Lesbian.
BURRS
Eddie -
EDDIE
Pugilist.
ALL
Crazy,
Crowded,
Smartly shrouded.
Drinking,
Stinking,
Till by and by
They began to fly.
BURRS & ENSEMBLE
Jackie -
Sweet dancer.
BURRS & ENSEMBLE
The brothers d'Armano
OSCAR
Pianists.
PHIL
Composers.
BURRS & ENSEMBLE
Dolores.
DOLORES
A hooker.
BURRS & ENSEMBLE
Mae.
MAE
A looker.
BURRS & ENSEMBLE
Nadine.
MADELAINE
A minor.
BURRS & ENSEMBLE
Oooh:
And the gang took wing,
And the clock ticked on
Any fool could see,
What a party.
For the mood could swing
When the blues got gone
While the booze was free
At a party.
Panting,
Prying,
Loudly lying,
Raving,
Craving
Like birds of prey
'Round the hors d'oeuvre tray -
(Queenie appears, dressed all in white.)
BURRS
But tonight,
Queenie surpassed them all,
And tonight,
Queenie stood firm and tall.
ENSEMBLE
With a face of ivory,
And gold for hair.
BURRS
She was something
To kneel before in prayer.
My God,
Queenie,
You're looking swell.
ENSEMBLE
Quoth Queenie
Last Update: January, 10th 2014
Wild Party Lyrics
- The Wild Party - Original Off-Broadway Cast:
- Queenie Was A Blonde
- Out Of The Blues
- What A Party
- Raise The Roof
- Look At Me Now
- Poor Child
- An Old-Fashioned Love Story
- By Now The Room Was Moving
- The Juggernaut
- A Wild, Wild Party
- Two Of A Kind
- Maybe I Like It This Way
- What Is It About Her?
- The Life Of The Party
- I'll Be Here
- Let Me Drown
- Tell Me Something
- Come With Me
- Jackie's Last Dance
- Make Me Happy
- How Did We Come To This?/Queenie Was A Blonde (Reprise)
- The Wild Party (LaChiusa) - Original Broadway Cast:
- Queenie Was A Blonde
- Marie Is Tricky
- Wild Party
- Dry
- Welcome To My Party
- Like Sally
- Uptown
- Eddie & Mae
- Gold & Goldberg
- Moving Uptown
- Best Friend
- A Little Mmm
- Tabu / Taking Care Of The Ladies
- Wouldn't It Be Nice?
- Lowdown-Down
- Gin / Wild
- Black Is A Moocher
- People Like Us
- After Midnight Dies
- When The Golden Boy Goes Down
- The Movin' Uptown Blues
- The Lights Of Broadway
- More
- Love Ain't Nothin'/ Welcome To Her Party
- How Many Women In The World?
- When It Ends
- This Is What It Is
- Finale "The Wild Party"