Merrily We Roll Along - It's A Hit Lyrics

2012 New York City Center Encores!
Merrily We Roll Along the Musical - It's A Hit Lyrics


Joe:
Listen to that!
Will you listen to that!

Frank:
Do you know what that means?
Let me tell you what that means —
Wait, no, anyone who even thinks it,
Don’t say it, you’ll jinx it —

Charley:
Listen to that!

Joe:
Did you listen to that?

Frank:
Does that make you feel proud?
Well, feel more than just proud —

Okay, wait, i’ll tempt fate
And i’ll state it out loud

That’s the sound of a —

Hit!
It’s a hit!
Gang, i think this is it!
No more writing clever little shows
For those basement saloons,
No more proclamations from the pros
That “you can’t hum the tunes”—

Charley:
No more sneaking in at intermission
To the plays you wish you could afford —

Mary:
Or producers having you audition
Whenever they’re bored —

Charley:
And who’ll say
Right away
As you play
The first chord:

All:
We’re a hit!
We’re a hit!

Joe:
Standing up —
The whole bit!

Frank:
No more coaching those sopranos
With voices like bees —

Charley:
No more secondhand pianos
With six broken keys —

Mary:
No more agents giving you opinions
As they turn you over to their minions —

All:
Just for these
Guarantees
We should please
Thank the lord
It’s a hit!
It’s a hit!

Beth:
Will my folks have a fit!
After all of that baloney
They’ve made me go through,
All that, ‘honey, not that he’s a phony,
But what does he do?’
Will their faces be stony
When they see on their sony
Someone handing the phony
The tony
Award!

Frank:
Listen to that!
Will you listen to that?
Tell me, is that a noise
Or is that a noise?
That is a noise we’ve been waiting
The whole of our lives to hear!

Beth:
Listen to that!
Did you listen to that?
Honey, is that a noise
Or is that a noise?
That is the loveliest noise
For a breadwinning wife to hear!

Frank:
Listen to that,
Will you listen to that!
I can’t stand it!

Mary:
Listen to that!
That’s obscene!

Mary, joe:
That is a noise,
That is really a —
Listen to that!
Will you listen to that?
Golly, i can’t — listen to that!
Will you listen to that?

Charley:
Listen to that!
Fellas, that is a noise,
That is really a noise!
I can’t stand it!
Will you listen to that!
Will you listen to that!

Beth:
Listen to that!
Did you listen to that?
I can’t stand it!
Did you listen to that!
Listen to that!
Will you listen to that!

Frank:
Listen to that!
That is the noise i’ve been waiting
My life to hear!
Listen to that!
Will you listen to that!
Will you listen to that!

All:
That’s the sound of an audience
Losing its mind!
It’s the pope on his balcony
Blessing mankind!

Joe:
Folks, it’s “funny girl,” “fiddler”
And “dolly” combined!

All:
It’s a hit!
It’s a hit!
It’s a palpable hit!

Frank, charley
If it only even runs a minute
At least it’s a wedge,
It’s the theater and we’re really in it,
Not just on the edge!

Joe:
If your spirits ever need improving,
You can drop in any night for free!

Frank:
But the thing that’s positively moving —

Charley:
You could have fooled me —

Frank, charley:
Is we’re still old friends!
Nothing can kill old friends!

Frank, charley, mary:
Where there’s a will, old friends
Don’t need success to survive!

Trio, beth:
And us, old friends,
What’s to discuss, old friends?

All:
We’ve got a surefire
Genuine
Walkaway
Blockbuster
Lines down to broadway
Boffola
Sensational
Box office
Lalapalooza
Gargantuan —
Hit!

It’s a hit! (and again)
It’s a hit!
It’s a hit!
It’s a hit!
It’s a hit!


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Merrily We Roll Along the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Merrily We Roll Along
That Frank
First Transition
Old Friends (Part I)
Like It Was
Franklin Shepard Inc
Second Transition
Old Friends (Part II)
Growing Up
Third Transition
Not a Day Goes By 1
Now You Know
Gussie's Opening Number
It's A Hit
Fourth Transition
The Blob (Part I)
Growing Up (Part II)
Good Thing Going
The Blob (Part II)
Fifth Transition
Bobby and Jackie and Jack
Not A Day Goes By
Sixth Transition
Opening Doors
Seventh Transition
Our Time