How to Dance in Ohio - Under Control Lyrics

2023 Broadway
How to Dance in Ohio the Musical - Under Control Lyrics

Music by Jacob Yandura, Lyrics by Rebekah Greer Melocik.

DREW:
Check another box, ace another test
Watch how impressed
They are with how I've progressed
Go the extra mile, make a better plan
Be the poster child for:
"If he can, then you can"

So much improvement in such a hurry
Goal after goal after goal
I aced my ACTs, but still I worry
Is this all there is?
Everything under control

Get the perfect score,
Attend the perfect school
Learn to dеcipher each new invisiblе rule
Hide away the flaws
I don't want the world to see
Do the best impression
Of what my parents want of me

So much improvement,
It all gets blurry
Goal after goal after goal
They say I'm going far,
But still I worry
The bottom will drop
If I ever stop keeping
Everything under control

MEL:
Taking authority,
Some recognition

ALL:
Goal after goal after goal

DREW & MEL:
They say adulthood is a tough transition
Is this what I want?

REMY, CAROLINE, MARIDETH, TOMMY, & JESSICA:
There's so much I want
What about what I want?

DREW & MEL:
Goal after goal after goal

ALL:
Am I doing this right?
Is everything under control?

DREW:
Trust what they say,
Trust that they know
Just because I got in,
Does that mean I have to go?

The expectations are always rising
Goal after goal after goal
Is that why winning feels like compromising
The trophy in hand
To live somebody else's plans?

Is this what I want?
Everything under control
Everything under control
Everything under control

How to Dance in Ohio the Musical Lyrics

Today Is
Under Control
Unlikely Animals
Getting Ready for the Dance
So Much in Common
Building Momentum