Musical by Ellen Schwartz and Laura I. Kramer A Letter to Harvey Milk the Musical - Turning The Tables Lyrics
WAITER: For centuries, the tyrants tried to starve us
SECOND WAITER: In the shtetels and the ghettos and the pale
THIRD WAITER: The cossacks and the clergy tried to carve us up
ALL THREE WAITERS: So how come we’re still here to tell the tale? The holy grail? Naah, the yiddishe kop
WAITER (spoken): Get it? Kop—cup?
ALL THREE WAITERS: Now, we’ve arrived at plotkin’s, jewish deli, usa A shrine to old world delicacies that still survive today
SECOND WAITER and THIRD WAITER: Turning, turning, turning, turning,
WAITER: Turning the tables, turning the tables Laughter is the enemy of tsouris
SECOND WAITER: If you come in feeling schvah You’ll walk out with ha-ha-ha!
THIRD WAITER: It’s a recipe we learned from those before us
ALL THREE WAITERS: Come by plotkin’s Eat the carp and join the chorus
WAITER: We are famous for our dishes
SECOND WAITER: Latkes
THIRD WAITER: Noodle pudding
WAITER: Knishes
SECOND WAITER: Our rugelach and cheesecake Make you cry
THIRD WAITER: Make you cry
WAITER: And the whitefish salad, vell! You could die from just the smell
SECOND WAITER: Let’s talk turkey
THIRD WAITER: Pastrami
SECOND & THIRD WAITER: And
ALL THREE WAITERS: Corned beef on rye
FIRST & SECOND WAITER: And the slivovitz shots you can score on the sly
HARRY: Waiter, why do you have your big, fat thumb on my brisket?
THIRD WAITER: So it shouldn’t fall on the floor—again!
SECOND and THIRD WAITER: Turning, turning, turning, While your stomach’s churning, churning...
WAITER: Turning the tables
SECOND and THIRD WAITER: Turning the tables
WAITER: The customer’s in charge? That’s what you know!
SECOND WAITER: If you think you’re some big deal
THIRD WAITER: Come by plotkin’s for a meal
WAITER: You’ll tip extra for the insults when you go
ALL THREE WAITERS: We make jokes much better than a vaudeville show
HARRY (spoken): Waiter, I want a glass tea, and this time bring me a clean glass!
BARBARA (spoken): Me too, a glass tea.
WAITER (spoken): So, which one of you ordered the clean glass?
BARBARA: Turning the tables, turning the tables The way they did at stonewall in new york All the queens stripped off their hose And like the warsaw ghetto rose To beat off billy clubs with peppermills and forks They stonewalled all the cops, then popped the corks
(spoken) Waiter, taste my soup!
SECOND WAITER (spoken): What are you talking? It’s the specialty of the house!
BARBARA (spoken): Taste it anyway!
SECOND WAITER (spoken): OK. So, where’s the spoon?
BARBARA (spoken): Aha!
SECOND & THIRD WAITERS: Turning, turning, turning, While the horseradish is burning
ALL THREE WAITERS, BARBARA & HARRY: Turning the tables, turning the tables
ALL THREE WAITERS: Fortune is a wheel that has to spin
WAITER: One day a boss, next day a waiter
SECOND WAITER: Who’s to know what’s coming later?
THIRD WAITER: One man’s loss is always someone else’s win
ALL THREE WAITERS: Come by plotkin’s, have a nosh and watch the games begin
SECOND AND THIRD WAITER: We will cater your bar mitzvah Weddings, parties or a shiva We’ll make a replica of rabbi goldberg in chopped liver
WAITER: We’ll create a diet plate that only serves a sllver— That costs a little extra... Why? So nu... Because we yearn to turn the tables
FIRST AND SECOND WAITER: We burn to turn the tables
ALL THREE WAITERS: We’ve learned to turn the tables
ALL THREE WAITERS, BARBARA AND HARRY: Turning, turning, turning, turning, Turning, turning, tables
ALL THREE WAITERS: On You!
WAITER (spoken): You wanna order?
Songs from musical: A Letter to Harvey Milk the Musical Lyrics Turning The Tables lyrics from A Letter to Harvey Milk
A Letter to Harvey Milk the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS Too Old For This Thanks To Her Since Then Write What You See Love, Harry What A Shanda Frannie's Hands Weren't We? Turning The Tables Love Is A Woman Honor Thy Daughter No One'll Do For You Too Close I'm Gonna Do For You A Letter To Harvey Milk Thanks To Her (Reprise) Finale
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