[00:00:00] At The Ballet - Deidre Goodwin/Alisan Porter/Mara Davi [00:00:05] Daddy always thought that he married beneath him [00:00:07] That's what he said that's what he said [00:00:09] When he proposed he informed my mother [00:00:11] He was probably her very last chance [00:00:15] And though she was twenty-two [00:00:17] Though she was twenty-two [00:00:19] Though she was twenty-two [00:00:22] She married him [00:00:25] Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic [00:00:27] More like a "Come as you are" [00:00:30] When I was five I remember my mother [00:00:32] Dug earrings out of the car [00:00:35] I knew they weren't hers But it wasn't [00:00:37] Something you'd want to discuss [00:00:39] He wasn't warm [00:00:42] Well not to her [00:00:46] Well not to us [00:00:50] But [00:00:51] Everything was beautiful at the ballet [00:00:58] Graceful men lift lovely girls in white [00:01:05] Yes [00:01:05] Everything was beautiful at ballet [00:01:11] Hey [00:01:13] I was happy at the ballet [00:01:19] That's why I started class [00:01:20] Up a steep and very narrow stairway [00:01:23] (SHEILA AND BEBE) [00:01:24] To the voice like a metronome [00:01:27] Up a steep and very narrow stairway [00:01:29] (SHEILA) [00:01:30] It wasn't paradise [00:01:31] (BEBE) [00:01:32] It wasn't paradise [00:01:33] (SHEILA AND BEBE) [00:01:34] It wasn't paradise [00:01:35] (SHEILA) [00:01:35] But it was home [00:01:38] (BEBE) [00:01:42] Mother always said I'd be very attractive [00:01:44] When I grew up when I grew up [00:01:47] "Diff'rent"she said""With a special something [00:01:49] And a very very personal flair " [00:01:52] And though I was eight or nine [00:01:55] Though I was eight or nine [00:01:56] Though I was eight or nine [00:02:00] I hated her [00:02:02] Now [00:02:03] "Diff'rent" is nice but it sure isn't pretty [00:02:05] "Pretty" is what it's about [00:02:08] I never met anyone who was "diff'rent" [00:02:10] Who couldn't figure that out [00:02:12] So beautiful I'd never lived to see [00:02:19] But it was clear [00:02:22] If not to her [00:02:25] Well then to me [00:02:29] That [00:02:30] (MAGGIE AND BEBE) [00:02:30] Everyone is beautiful at the ballet [00:02:37] Every prince has got to have his swan [00:02:44] Yes [00:02:45] Everyone is beautiful at the ballet [00:02:51] (MAGGIE) [00:02:52] Hey [00:02:53] (BEBE) [00:02:53] I was pretty [00:02:57] (SHEILA) [00:02:57] At the ballet [00:02:58] (MAGGIE SHEILA AND BEBE) [00:03:00] Up a steep and very narrow stairway [00:03:04] To the voice like a metronome [00:03:07] Up a steep and very narrow stairway [00:03:10] (MAGGIE) [00:03:11] It wasn't paradise [00:03:12] (BEBE) [00:03:13] It wasn't paradise [00:03:14] (SHEILA) [00:03:14] It wasn't paradise [00:03:15] (MAGGIE SHEILA AND BEBE) [00:03:16] But it was home [00:03:19] (MAGGIE (Spoken)) [00:03:21] I don't know what they were for or against really [00:03:23] Except each other [00:03:25] I mean I was born to save their marriage [00:03:28] But when my father came to pick my mother up [00:03:30] At the hospital [00:03:31] He said Well I thought this was going to help [00:03:35] But I guess it's not [00:03:37] Anyway I did have a fantastic fantasy life [00:03:40] I used to dance around the living room [00:03:42] With my arms up like this [00:03:44] My fantasy was that there was an Indian Chief [00:03:46] And he'd say to me [00:03:47] "Maggie do you wanna dance " [00:03:50] And I'd say "Daddy I would love to dance " [00:03:53] (SHEILA AND MAGGIE) [00:03:55] Doo-doo-doo-doo [00:03:55] (BEBE) [00:03:57] But it was clear [00:03:58] (BEBE AND MAGGIE) [00:03:59] Doo-doo-doo [00:03:59] (SHEILA) [00:03:59] When he proposed [00:04:00] (SHEILA AND BEBE) [00:04:01] Doo-doo-doo [00:04:01] (MAGGIE) [00:04:01] That I was born to help their marriage and when [00:04:03] (MAGGIE AND BEBE) [00:04:04] Doo-doo-doo-doo [00:04:04] (SHEILA) [00:04:05] That's what he said [00:04:06] (SHEILA AND MAGGIE) [00:04:06] Doo-doo-doo [00:04:07] (BEBE) [00:04:07] That's what she said [00:04:07] (BEBE AND SHEILA) [00:04:08] Doo-doo-doo