Hey, Bob Fosse Lyrics – Forbidden Broadway, Vols. 1-4
Hey, Bob Fosse Lyrics
The minute we walk on the stage
You can tell we have a style of distinction
A good director
Bob Fosse, you're our guy
Say wouldn't you like to know what's going on in my thigh
Your dances get right to the point
And although they've got that razzle-dazzle look
Hey Bob Fosse
Spend a little time on the book
(Each singer keeps repeating the last word of the line)
Don't you want a good plot?
Don't you care about laughs?
You forgot them in
Plot
Laughs
Big deal!
Plot
Laughs
Big deal!
Plot, laughs, big deal
(Spoken) Yeah, the lights are cool, but how about turning them on so we can see the -- Plot
All those sexy bods, but we're ready for some -- Laughs
Why don't you use an original score that has something to do with the -- Story
You got something against Italians, son?
Instead of Sweet Charity, let's revive -- Damn Yankees!
(Sung) And forget about -- big deal
The minute we walk on the stage
You start changing lights
And raising smokescreens
And spinning scenery
So clever, so refined
But everything's so wild you'll leave the actor behind!
The story gets way off the point
And you have to do a rewrite, hook, or crook!
Hey Bob Fosse!
Hey Bob Fosse!
Hey Bob Fosse!
Spend a little time on the book!
Plot, laughs, story
Plot, laughs, story
Plot, laughs, story
How's about it Bobby?
Yeah
[Thanks to Garrett for lyrics]
You can tell we have a style of distinction
A good director
Bob Fosse, you're our guy
Say wouldn't you like to know what's going on in my thigh
Your dances get right to the point
And although they've got that razzle-dazzle look
Hey Bob Fosse
Spend a little time on the book
(Each singer keeps repeating the last word of the line)
Don't you want a good plot?
Don't you care about laughs?
You forgot them in
Plot
Laughs
Big deal!
Plot
Laughs
Big deal!
Plot, laughs, big deal
(Spoken) Yeah, the lights are cool, but how about turning them on so we can see the -- Plot
All those sexy bods, but we're ready for some -- Laughs
Why don't you use an original score that has something to do with the -- Story
You got something against Italians, son?
Instead of Sweet Charity, let's revive -- Damn Yankees!
(Sung) And forget about -- big deal
The minute we walk on the stage
You start changing lights
And raising smokescreens
And spinning scenery
So clever, so refined
But everything's so wild you'll leave the actor behind!
The story gets way off the point
And you have to do a rewrite, hook, or crook!
Hey Bob Fosse!
Hey Bob Fosse!
Hey Bob Fosse!
Spend a little time on the book!
Plot, laughs, story
Plot, laughs, story
Plot, laughs, story
How's about it Bobby?
Yeah
[Thanks to Garrett for lyrics]
Forbidden Broadway, Vols. 1-4 Lyrics: Song List
- Disc: 1
- Forbidden Broadway
- Non Plu Andral
- Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
- Annie's Favorite Showtune
- Pirates of Penzance Sequence
- Be a Catholic
- Triplets
- Bankable Stars
- I'm Entertainment
- Angela Lansbury Sequence/If the Show Had Run Past Labor Day
- Audition Sequence: Soliloquy from Carousel/I'm Sick of Playin [Excerpt]
- Merman & Martin Sequence: It's de-Lovely/My Heart Belongs to Daddy/Mu
- Carol Channing Sequence/Call on Carol/Dolly Is a Girl's Best Friend
- Ambition (Tradition)
- Forbidden Broadway (Reprise)
- Disc: 2
- Opening and Who Do They Know?
- Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 2
- Fugue for Scalpers
- Patti LuponeI / Get a Kick Out of Me
- Into the Woods/Weekend in the Country
- Annie 2
- Poor Butterfly
- Madonna's Brain
- Never, Never Panned
- Somewhat Overindulgent
- Chita-Rita
- I Ham What I Ham
- Hey, Bob Fosse
- Almost Like Vegas in New York
- Teeny Todd
- Liza
- Ladies Who Screech
- Phantom of the Musical: Goldfinger/Lloyd Weber
- George M.!
- More Miserable Sequence
- Finale
- Disc: 3
- Carol Channing Sequence: Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
- Forbidden Broadway Vol. III
- Trouble in New York City
- Guys and Dolls Sequence: Guys and Dolls/I Know I've Seen This Show ...
- If I Sing It Slower
- On the Ashkebad, Tbusi and Kiev Express
- I Could Have Danced All Night
- Grand Hotel/I Can't Learn This Song Quite So Quickly/Follies Bergere
- Someday
- Dear Antonio/The Sounds of Shakespeare
- Everything's Coming Up Merman/Old Fashioned Ballad/There's Nobody ...
- Tonight Who Will Play Miss Saigon?. You Are Hallmark, I Postcard
- Put on Your Phony Vocie/All I Ask of You
- Camelounge
- Mess of the Spider Woman: Prologue/Come and See Me/Mess of the ...
- Back to Broadway
- Tell Me It's Not True/I Think I'm Acting/Downshow
- Scenery, Fly Me, Amplify Me/Listening to Us
- Finale: What Happened to Heart?
- Disc: 4
- Parody Tonight: Oh What a Beautiful Moron/One Foot More (With One Look)
- Show Boat Medley: P.C. Show Boat/Make Believe/Ol' Show Show Boat
- My Souvenir Things
- Elaine Stritch
- Big
- Bernadette and Mandy in So Miscast (Wunderbar and So in Love)
- King Is Her/Whistle a Sondheim Tune/Shall We Boink?
-
Be Depressed
- Patti Lupone in Master Class/As If I Never Said Goodbye/Andrew ...
- You're the One I Want/Look at Me I'm Sandra Dee/There Are Worse Things
- Meow! I Hope I Get It (God I Hope I Get It)
- You Just Can't Sing
- Ann Reinking in Chicago
- Kiss Me Kate/Corrective Casting/Jerry and Liza
- Julie Hot
- Spoonful of Julie
- Tony Nominating Committee: Victor/Ignor-Ee-Ya
- Crazy Girl
- Rant
- Ouch! They're Tight
- Too Gay for You-Too Het'ro for Me
- Pretty Voices Singing: Think Punk
- Season of Hype
- This Ain't Boheme/Death and Resurrection
- Finale: Something Wonderful
- Encore-Ta-Ta Folks
- Exit Music: Julie the Star!