所属专辑:The Long Runs On Broadway
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At the Ballet - The Hit Co. (热歌公司)[00:00:00]
Daddy always thought that he married beneath him.[00:00:06]
That's what he said, that's what he said.[00:00:08]
When he proposed he informed my mother[00:00:10]
He was probably her very last chance.[00:00:13]
And though she was twenty-two,[00:00:17]
Though she was twenty-two,[00:00:19]
Though she was twenty-two,[00:00:21]
She married him.[00:00:25]
Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic[00:00:29]
More like a "Come as you are"[00:00:31]
When I was five I remember my mother[00:00:34]
Dug earrings out of the car[00:00:36]
I knew they weren't hers, But it wasn't[00:00:39]
Something you'd want to discuss.[00:00:42]
He wasn't warm.[00:00:44]
Well, not to her.[00:00:47]
Well, not to us[00:00:48]
But[00:00:54]
Everything was beautiful at the ballet.[00:00:54]
Graceful men lift lovely girls in white.[00:01:02]
Yes,[00:01:08]
Everything was beautiful at ballet.[00:01:09]
Hey![00:01:16]
I was happy. at the ballet.[00:01:17]
That's why I started class[00:01:23]
Up a steep and very narrow stairway.[00:01:24]
To the voice like a metronome.[00:01:26]
Up a steep and very narrow stairway.[00:01:33]
It wasn't paradise[00:01:37]
It wasn't paradise[00:01:38]
It wasn't paradise[00:01:40]
But it was home.[00:01:42]
Mother always said I'd be very attractive[00:01:50]
When I grew up, when I grew up.[00:01:52]
"Diff'rent"she said""With a special something[00:01:54]
And a very, very personal flair."[00:01:57]
And though I was eight or nine,[00:02:01]
Though I was eight or nine,[00:02:03]
Though I was eight or nine,[00:02:05]
I hated her.[00:02:09]
Now,[00:02:13]
"Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty.[00:02:13]
"Pretty" is what it's about.[00:02:15]
I never met anyone who was "diff'rent"[00:02:17]
Who couldn't figure that out.[00:02:20]
So beautiful I'd never lived to see.[00:02:23]
But it was clear,[00:02:29]
If not to her,[00:02:33]
Well, then to me[00:02:35]
That[00:02:40]
Everyone is beautiful at the ballet.[00:02:41]
Every prince has got to have his swan.[00:02:48]
Yes,[00:02:56]
Everyone is beautiful at the ballet.[00:02:56]
Hey![00:03:02]
I was pretty[00:03:02]
At the ballet[00:03:06]
Up a steep and very narrow stairway[00:03:12]
To the voice like a metronome.[00:03:15]
Up a steep and very narrow stairway[00:03:19]
It wasn't paradise[00:03:23]
It wasn't paradise[00:03:26]
It wasn't paradise[00:03:27]
But it was home.[00:03:29]
I don't know what they were for or against, really,[00:03:35]
Except each other.[00:03:37]
I mean I was born to save their marriage[00:03:39]
But when my father came to pick my mother up[00:03:41]
At the hospital[00:03:44]
He said, Well, I thought this was going to help.[00:03:44]
But I guess it's not[00:03:48]
Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life.[00:03:49]
I used to dance around the living room[00:03:54]
With my arms up like this[00:03:55]
My fantasy was that there was an Indian Chief[00:03:58]
And he'd say to me,[00:04:00]
"Maggie, do you wanna dance?"[00:04:01]
And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance!"[00:04:02]
Doo-doo-doo-doo[00:04:07]
But it was clear[00:04:07]
Doo-doo-doo[00:04:09]
When he proposed[00:04:09]
Doo-doo-doo[00:04:10]
That I was born to help their marriage and when[00:04:11]
That's what he said[00:04:14]
Doo-doo-doo[00:04:16]
That's what she said[00:04:16]
Doo-doo-doo[00:04:17]
I used to dance around the living room.[00:04:17]
Doo-doo-doo-doo[00:04:22]
He wasn't warm[00:04:22]
Doo-doo-doo[00:04:24]
Not to her[00:04:25]
It was an Indian chief and he'd say:[00:04:27]
"Maggie, do you wanna dance?"[00:04:30]
And I'd say,"Daddy, I would love to"[00:04:34]
Everything was beautiful at the ballet,[00:04:38]
Raise your arms and someone's always there.[00:04:46]
Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet,[00:04:54]
At the ballet,[00:05:02]
At the ballet![00:05:05]
Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet.[00:05:26]
HEY![00:05:33]
I was pretty[00:05:35]
I was happy[00:05:37]
"I would love to"[00:05:40]
At the ballet.[00:05:43]