Carrie the musical - I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance Lyrics |
Broadway Production 1988 Carrie: the Musical - I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance Lyrics
Margaret: I REMEMBER HOW THOSE BOYS COULD DANCE PRESSING CLOSE ON FRIDAY NIGHTS THEY COULD SWEEP ME AWAY OH, HOW THOSE BOYS WERE DEMONS OF ROMANCE IN THEIR CARS, WE'D CHASE THE LIGHTS I KNOW JUST HOW BOYS WILL BEHAVE Carrie: You'll like this boy, Momma. He's not like the others. He's so sweet and and so polite. He's nice, Momma, you'll like him You'll see, really you will. Everyone isn't bad, momma. Everything's not a sin Margaret: OH, HOW YOUR FATHER WHISPERED IN MY EAR FIRST THE KISS AND THEN THE TOUCH MIXING LIES WITH THE TRUTH HE WOULD SIGH AND TRY TO DRAW ME NEAR OH, HE'D SWEAR HE CARED SO MUCH THAT'S WHAT THE BOYS DO THEY'LL MAKE PROMISES THEY WILL BREAK YOUR HEART THEN THEY'LL LAUGH AT YOU WATCHING YOU FALL APART DON'T YOU THINK THAT I KNOW DON'T YOU THINK THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE? IT'S THE SMELL OF THE BLOOD THAT WILL DRIVE THEM MAD CHASING YOU LIKE A WHORE!
Carrie: No! Margaret: Yes! Carrie: BUT I DID NOTHING WRONG I'VE BEEN GOOD FOR SO LONG IT'S THE VERY FIRST TIME Margaret: I'M AFRAID FOR YOUR SOUL. Carrie: MOMMA, IT’S NOT A CRIME Margaret: NOW YOU’RE OUT OF CONTROL Carrie: TOMMY ASKED ME TO GO Margaret: YOU WILL TURN THAT BOY DOWN Carrie: IT’S TOO LATE TO SAY NO Margaret: OR WE’LL MOVE FROM THIS TOWN Carrie: ONCE YOU MEET HIM YOU’LL FIND Margaret: YOU’RE A MOTH TO HIS FLAME Carrie: HE’S SO GENTLE AND KIND Margaret: MEN ARE ALL THE SAME! DON'T YOU KNOW THEIR GAME? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? CAN'T YOU SEE SATAN'S PASSION HAS MADE YOU BLIND? AND THIS BOY'S LIKE THE REST AND THEY'RE ALL LIKE THE SERPENTS WHO CRAWL Carrie: YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND Margaret: YOU CAN BEG ALL YOU WANT TO BUT I RECALL HOW YOUR FATHER CAME TO ME THAT NIGHT Carrie: THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN TO ME Margaret: WITH THE SMELL OF SMOKE AND GIN Carrie: GIVE ME A CHANCE AND YOU'LL SEE! Margaret: WITH THE LUST IN HIS EYES AND HE TOOK ME AND TOUCHED ME - I TRIED TO FIGHT. Carrie: GOD, MOMMA, HAVE YOU HEARD EVEN ONE WORD THAT I'VE SAID? Margaret: SATAN MADE YOUR FATHER SIN Carrie: SOMETIMES I WISH YOU WERE DEAD! Margaret slaps Carrie Margaret: BUT THE SIN NEVER DIES! Carrie: I said yes Momma, I said Yes! Margaret: Come and pray! Carrie: No more praying, Momma! No! No! Carrie flexes her mind and Margaret is pushed away from Carrie No! No! Carrie flexes and Margaret is forced into her chair unable to move. No! No! Flames shoot out of Carrie’s hands as a wall of fire erupts from the ground separating her from her mother Carrie: I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU AT ALL I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE I HAVE POWER I CAN USE NOTHING YOU CAN SAY OR DO WILL EVER STOP ME AGAIN
Review: Carrie Musical Lyrics 1988 I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance lyrics Carrie
Carrie the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS In Dream On Carrie Song Open Your Heart And Eve Was Weak Don't Waste the Moon Evening Prayers Unsuspecting Hearts Do Me a Favor I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance Out for Blood It Hurts to Be Strong I'm Not Alone When There's No One Unsuspecting Hearts (Reprise) Heaven Alma Mater The Destruction Carrie (Finale) Epilogue
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