The Original Broadway ProductionChicago the Musical - Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag LyricsROXIE ...gone, it's all gone. It's good, isn't it? Grand, isn't it? Great, isn't it? Swell, isn't it? Fun, isn't it? Nowadays There's man, everywhere Jazz, everywhere Booze, everywhere Life, everywhere Joy, everywhere Nowadays You can like the life you're living You can live the life you like You can even marry Harry But mess around with Ike And that's Good, isn't it? Grand, isn't it? Great, isn't it? Swell, isn't it? Fun, isn't it... ANNOUNCER Ladies and Gentlemen, the Vickers Theater, Chicago's finest home of family and entertainment, is proud to announce a first. The first time, anywhere, there has been an act of this nature. Not only one little lady, but two! You've read about them in the papers and now here they are - a double header! Chicago's own killer dillers - those two scintillating sinners - Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly! ROXIE & VELMA You can like the life you're living You can live the life you like You can even marry Harry But mess around with Ike And that's Good, isn't it? Grand, isn't it? Great, isn't it? Swell, isn't it? Fun, isn't it? But nothing stays In fifty years or so It's gonna change, you know But, oh, it's heaven Nowadays And that's Good, isn't it? Grand, isn't it? Great, isn't it? Swell, isn't it? Fun, isn't it? But nothing stays In fifty years or so It's gonna change, you know But, oh, it's heaven Nowadays ANNOUNCER Okay, you babes of jazz. Let's pick up the pace. Let's shake the blues away. Let's make the parties longer. Let's make the skirts shorter and shorter. Let's make the music hotter. Let's all go to hell in a fast car and KEEP IT HOT! Read more Chicago Song Lyrics |
