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Broadway revival (2015)
On the Twentieth Century the Musical - I Rise Again Lyrics
OSCAR
(spoken) Traitors! Look at the two of you:
Judas Iscariot and his sister Sue.
You think I’m finished?
They all think I’m finished.
Just because I've had a failure...
all right, four failures. But what glorious ones!
The burning of Joan of Arc in "The French Girl"
was the most transcendant
theatrical experience since "The Magic Fire"
scene in "Die Walkuere"! Let me enemies gloat.
Let them kick me when I'm down...
But every time they think I’m through…
(sung) I rise again
Full size again,
And give those doubting
Thomases a walloping surprise again!
I sneer at them,
I jeer at them,
I thumb my nose and bite my thumb
and bare my royal rear at them!
With my back up against the wall,
With the wolves yapping at my heels,
With the noose tightening ‘round my neck,
That's the time I know how living really feels.
With the wall up against my back,
With the water rising to my chin,
Chained and bound tight inside a sack,
That's the plight that I'm delighted in!
For I have powers like Aladdin's Genie did.
I do escape tricks better than Houdini did.
In the black of my cul-de-sac,
Do I crack and fall? No – I attack!
With my back up against the wall…
OLIVER & OWEN
Listen boss, you've got to use your brain.
Everyone you owe will meet the train
OSCAR
I Shine again,
All is mine again,
A fighter rising from the canvas at the count of nine
OLIVER & OWEN
Nine? The count is ten!
You're out! The drums of doom are knocking.
Your theatre and your offices
The bankers will be locking.
OSCAR
I spit at them,
Spray flit at them.
I'll face those grim Goliaths with my sling shot
And I’ll hit at them.
With my back up against the wall,
Angry birds pecking with their beaks
Or submerged, sealed inside a tomb –
That challenge brings the roses to my cheeks.
So rally 'round me now, my musketeering men.
We’ll turn that raging lynch mob into cheering men!
From the false reports of my demise,
Like the phoenix right before their eyes
With my back up against the wall…
OWEN
With his back up against the wall…
OLIVER
With his back up against the wall…
OSCAR
I rise again!
OWEN & OLIVER
Ah-ah-ah
ALL THREE
I (He'll) rise again!
Read more: On the Twentieth Century the Musical Songs Lyrics
I Rise Again Lyrics On the Twentieth Century
On the Twentieth Century the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Stranded Again
Saddle Up the Horse
On the Twentieth Century
I Rise Again
Indian Maiden's Lament
Veronique
I Have Written a Play
Together
Never
Our Private World
Repent
Mine
I've Got it All
On the Twentieth Century (reprise)
Life is Like a Train
I Have Written a Play (reprise 1)
Five Zeros
I Have Written a Play (reprise 2)
Sextet
She's a Nut
Max Jacobs
Babbette
The Legacy
Lily, Oscar
Finale
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