The Great Gatsby - Roaring On Lyrics

2024 Broadway
The Great Gatsby the Musical - Roaring On Lyrics

The song is written by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen.

NICK:
I left my home in Minnesota
To escape a kind restlessness
I couldn’t shake after the war
And when I stepped off of the train
At pennsylvania station
I felt that restlessness even more
All of new york city
Wanted what was coming next
Everyone was looking for what I was looking for

ENSEMBLE:
Tonight let’s misbehave
And take what happens to the grave
No matter what you crave
The city’s reignited

The great war has been won
The bacchanalia has begun
Manhattan’s come undone
And everyone’s invited

Where’s the party and can you take me there
And when the party’s over can
You find another party somewhere?
We live for today, we pay off the cops
And today is never over if the party never stops

Where’s the party and can you take me there
And when the party’s over can
You find another party somewhere?
We live for today, we pay off the cops
And when you think the party stops

The party’s roaring on
The party’s roaring on
Oh we beat on and on and on and on
And on and on and on

NICK: (spoken)
The practical thing was to find rooms in Manhattan.
Turns out, Manhattan’s expensive.
So when I heard of a cottage on the grounds
Of a Long Island mansion for 80 bucks a month,
I jumped on it.

ENSEMBLE:
A rumor’s going round
About a mansion on the sound
Going round
On the sound
The city’s found another
John jacob astor
Another
Uh uh uh uh
He opens up his place
Then disappears without a trace
His parties set the pace
Then he takes it faster

Where’s the party and can you take me there
And when the party’s over can
You find another party somewhere?
We live for today, we pay off the cops
And when you think the party stops

The party’s roaring on
The party’s roaring on
Oh we beat on and on and on and on
And on and on and on

NICK:
One evening I went down to the shoreline
Here is what I’ll never forget
There was my neighbor
Standing in silhouette

He was reaching ‘cross the water
His arm stretched to the sky
And then he was gone
And i was left to wonder why

I turned back to my cottage
What was he reaching for?
Then a letter from my neighbor
Fell to the floor

(spoken)
The honor would be entirely mine,
If you would attend my next little party.
Yours, Jay Gatsby.

(sung)
The very first time
I saw gatsby’s name
If only I knew then
That I would never be the same

ENSEMBLE:
Where's the party and can you take me there?

NICK:
He hypnotized a city
We were drawn to him
Like moths to a flame
Was there some other way
This all could have gone
Before we crossed
The rubicon

ENSEMBLE:
The party’s roaring on

NICK:
He had the world at his feet

ENSEMBLE:
The party’s roaring on

NICK:
He made the summer beat

NICK & ENSEMBLE:
On and on and on and on
And on and on and on

The party’s roaring on
The party’s roaring on
Oh we beat on and on
And on and on
And on
And on
And on

The Great Gatsby the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Roaring On
Absolute Rose
New Money
For Her
Valley of Ashes
Second-Hand Suit
For Better or Worse
The Met
Only Tea
My Green Light
Shady
Better Hold Tight
Past Is Catching Up to Me
La Dee Dah With You
Go
Made to Last
One-Way Road
God Sees Everything
For Her (Reprise)
New Money (Reprise)
Beautiful Little Fool
Finale: Roaring On