Barbra Streisand

[fox69]

"Hello, Dolly!"

"Hello, Dolly!"


[Dolly:]
Hello, Rudy
Well, Hello Harry
It's so nice to be back home where I belong
You are looking swell, Manny
I can tell, Danny
You're still glowin', you're still crowin'
You're still goin' strong
I feel the room swayin'
For the band's playin'
One of my old fav'rite songs from 'way back when
So, bridge that gap, fellas
Find me an empty lap, fellas
Dolly'll never go away again

[Waiters:]
Hello, Dolly,
Well Hello, Dolly,
It's so nice to have you back where you belong
You're looking swell, Dolly,
We can tell, Dolly,
You're still glowin', you're still crowin'
You're still goin' strong.
We feel the room swayin'
For the band's playin'
One of your old fav'rite songs from 'way back when, so...

[Dolly:]
Here's my hat fellas
I'm stayin' where I'm at, fellas

[Waiters:]
Promise you'll never go away again

[Dolly:]
I went away from the lights of fourteenth street
And into my personal haze
But now that I'm back in the lights of 14th Street
Tomorrow will be brighter than the good old days

[Waiters:]
Those good old days

[Dolly:]
Tell 'em to be sweet!

[Waiters:]
Hello, Well Hello Dolly!
Well hello, hey look there's Dolly!

[Dolly:]
Glad to see you Hank, let's thank my lucky star

[Waiters:]
Your lucky star

[Dolly:]
You're lookin' great, Stanley
Lose some weight, I think, I think you did,Stanley?
Dolly's overjoyed and overwhelmed and over par

[Waiters:]
I hear the ice tinkle

[Dolly:]
Do you hear the ice tinkle

[Waiters:]
See the lights twinkle

[Dolly:]
Can you see the lights twinkle

[Waiters:]
And you still get glances from us handsome men
So...

[Dolly:]
Look at you all, you're all so handsome
Golly gee, fellas
Find me a vacant knee, fellas

[Waiters:]
Dolly'll never go away again

(A Dance follows Dolly and the waiters)

[Louis:]
Well, hello

[Dolly:]
Look who's here!

[Louis:]
Dolly, this is Louis

[Dolly:]
Hello, Louis!

[Louis:]
Dolly,
It's so nice to have you back where you belong

[Dolly:]
I am so glad to be back!

[Louis:]
Are you lookin' swell,

[Dolly:]
Thank you, Louis!

[Louis:]
Dolly!
I can tell,

[Dolly:]
Does it show?

[Louis:]
Dolly!
You're still glowin', you're still crowin'
You're still

[Both:]
Uhm...goin' strong

[Louis:]
I feel the room swayin'

[Dolly:]
Pee pee pah dah pee pah

[Louis:]
And the band's playin'

[Dolly:]
pah pah pah dee pah dee pah pah

[Louis:]
One of our old favorite songs from way back when, so!

[Dolly:]
pah pah pah pah pah pah pah
I remember it so, you're my favorite!

[Louis:]
Show some snap, find her an empty lap, yeah!

[Dolly:]
Yeahuuhm!

[Both:]
Dolly'll never go away again...

[Waiters:]
Well, well Hello, Dolly,
Well, Hello, Dolly,
It's so nice to have you back where you belong
You're looking swell, Dolly,(wow)
We can tell, Dolly, (wow)
You're still glowin', you're still crowin'
You're still goin' strong.

[Waiters:]
I hear the ice tinkle

[Dolly:]
I hear it tinkle

[Waiters:]
See the lights twinkle

[Dolly:]
I see them twinkle

[Waiters:]
And you still get glances from us handsome men
So...

[Dolly:]
Mmmm, Wow wow wow, fellas

[Waiters:]
Hey, Yeah!

[Dolly:]
Look at the old girl now, fellas

[Waiters:]
Wow!

[Dolly & Waiters:]
Dolly'll never go away again.
Dolly'll never go away again.
Dolly'll never go away again.

 

[fox69]

"Hello, Dolly! Finale"

"Hello, Dolly! Finale"


[Horace:]
Hello, Dolly!
Well, hello, Dolly!
It's so nice to have you here
Where you belong
I never knew Dolly
Without you, Dolly
Life was awfully flat
And more than that
Was awfully wrong
[Dolly:]
Here's my hat, Horace!
I'm staying where I'm at, Horace!
Dolly will never go away...

[Horace:]
Wonderful woman!

[Both:]
Again. . .

[Townspeople:]
Put on you Sunday clothes
When you feel dawn and out
Strut down the street and have your picture took
Dressed like a dream your spirits seem to turn about
That Sunday shine is a certain sign
That you feel as fine as you look!

Take the someone whose arms you're in
Hold onto her tight and spin
And one two three, one two three, one two three
Look!

[Cornelius:]
I held her
For an instant
But my arms felt sure and strong

[All:]
It only takes a moment
To be loved a whole life long...

[Men:]
Yes, it takes a woman
A dainty woman
A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife
Oh yes, It takes a woman
A fragile woman
To bring you the sweet things
In life!

[All:]
Well, well, hello, Dolly!
Well, hello, Dolly!
It' so nice to have you back
Where you belong
You're looking swell, Dolly!
We can tell, Dolly!
You're still glowin'
You're still crowin'
You're still goin' strong
You'll see the crowd swayin'
For the band's playin'
One of your old favorite songs
From way back when

Dolly
Wow, wow, wow, fellas
Look at the old girl now, fellas!

[Chorus:]
Dolly, you'll never go away
Dolly, you'll never go away
Dolly, you'll never go away
Again!

 

[fox69]

"Henry Street"

"Henry Street"


[Rose Brice's Saloon on Henry Street is the center of a block party decorated with banners congratulating Fanny. The neighbors and party guests all sing:]

[All:]
Henry Street,
No, it ain't Broadway, it's Henry Street.
Way after midnight
Lit up as bright as a lighthouse
Brighter tonight than the White House.
[Boys:]
We're proud to tell you that C.P.A.'s
We got in dozens, and lawyers, take your choice.
Messes and messes of young D.D.-esses,
A looney who teaches voice,
[Girls:]
Ah, ha, ha, ha--
[All:]
Henry Street has something it ain't had so far:
The greatest, most glamorous, genuine, glorified
Ziegfeld star.
We're proud to tell you that C.P.A.'s
We got in dozens, and lawyers, take your choice.
Messes and messes of young D.D.-esses,
A looney who teaches voice,
Ah, ha, ha, ha--
Henry Street has something it ain't had so far:
The greatest, most glamorous, genuine, glorified
Ziegfeld star.

 

[fox69]

"Here We Are At Last"

"Here We Are At Last"


Here we are at last
Children in the dark
Running from the past
Into the unknown
Secrets from the heart
Promises we make
Lips that never part
Until the dawn breaks

I can't remember feeling this familiar
I see myself becoming his
It frightens me to learn
That love is...

Finally here at last
No place left to hide
Too powerful to fast
To keep it inside

Everything's so new,
So innocent, so true
We're reaching for that star,
'Cause darling, here we are
Here at last

[Instrumental]

I can't remember feeling this familiar
I feel myself becoming his
It strengthens me to finally see that

Love is here at last
No place left to run
The actors have unmasked
The play has begun

Every moment true
Each day for lovers who
Have never come this far
But darlin' here we are
Here at last
Here at last...

 

[fox69]

"Here's That Rainy Day"

"Here's That Rainy Day"


Maybe I should have saved
Those left-over dreams
Funny, but here's that rainy day!

Here's that rainy day
They told me about
And I laughed at the thought
That it might turn out this way!

Where is that worn-out wish
That I threw aside,
After it brought my lover near?

Funny how love becomes
A cold rainy day
Funny, that rainy day is here!

[Instrumental break]

Funny how love becomes
A cold rainy day
Funny...
That rainy day is here!

 

[fox69]

"Here's To Life"

"Here's To Life"



No complaints and no regrets
I still believe in chasing dreams and placing bets
And I have learned that all you give is all you get
So give it all you've got

I had my share, I drank my fill
And even though I'm satisfied, I'm hungry still
To see what's down another road, beyond a hill
And do it all again

So here's to life
And every joy it brings
Here's to life
To dreamers and their dreams

Funny how the time just flies
How love can go from warm hellos to sad goodbyes
And leave you with the memories you've memorized
To keep your winters warm

But there's no yes in yesterday
And who knows what tomorrow brings, or takes away
As long as I'm still in the game, I want to play
For laughs, for life, for love

So here's to life
And every joy it brings
Here's to life
To dreamers and their dreams
May all your storms be weathered
And all that's good get better

Here's to life
Here's to love
And here's to you

 

[fox69]

"Hideaway"

"Hideaway"



I saw you looking in the mirror
I saw you fighting with your conscious
I think you need a little time away and I may give you mine
And you can find me in the moon glow
You find me underneath your pillow
And we can find a little hideaway where we can go

I'm in the corner with a friend of mine
I stood with my defenses down
So many things that bring you close to me
That we be led astray
The wonder of desire
To love the things we can not touch

Maybe we turn and say goodnight and walk away
And then the story can go on without a single tear
You take a chance on it and change the history
And for a time we fall in love with someone
So who am I to say the words that say we've found each other
Can we imagine any hideaway is right
And our adventure down in paradise
Born upon the wind
And we are one with the night

Maybe we shuffle of to Rio
A little Rio de Janeiro
And then I get a little chance to say
I'm falling into you

And you and I can change the world if we just try
This lonely heart of mine has found a mission for your light
To make the sense of it
And solve the mystery
It's just the love you forever leave with someone
So who am I to say the words that say we've found each other
Can we imagine any hideaway is right
And our adventure down in paradise
Born upon the wind
And we are one with the night

And our adventure down in paradise
Born upon the wind
And we are one with the night
Hmmm hmm...

 

[fox69]

"Higher Ground"

"Higher Ground"



Walk me over
this horizon
let the sun's light
warm my face
once again the times are changin
once again i lost my way
well the words of ancient poets
fall like dust upon my shoes
grief has robbed me of my vision
turned my heart from higher truths
so take my hand
and lift me higher
be my love and my desire
hold me safe
and honor bound
take my heart to
higher ground
I have walked
too long in darkness
I have walked
too long alone
blindly clutching
fists of diamonds
that i found were only stones
i would trade the world of ages
for a warmer hand to hold
the path of light is narrow
but it leads to streets of gold
so take my hand
and lift me higher
be my love and my desire
hold me safe
and honor bound
take my heart to
higher ground

in this world
we move through shadows
never sure
of what we see
while the truth that lies between us
come and share the truth with me
so take my hand
and lift me higher
be my love and my desire
hold me safe
and honor bound
take my heart to
higher
higher ground

hmmmmm hmm hmmmm hmmmm

 

[fox69]

"His Love Makes Me Beautiful"

"His Love Makes Me Beautiful"


[Fanny is now part of the Ziegfeld Follies.
She tells Florenz Ziegfeld she doesn't want to be in the finale because she finds the lyrics inappropriate but Ziegfeld insists.]

[Tenor:]
For better or for worse, "Oh Promise Me,"
Why does ev'ry bride glow ravishingly?
Within the secret heart of ev'ry bride
These are the words repeating, repeating,
Repeating inside: (Bing, bong, bing, bong)
You are the beautiful reflection
Of his love's affection,
A walking illustration
Of his adoration

His love makes you beautiful,
So beautiful,
So beautiful,
You ask your looking glass,
What is it?
Makes you so exquisite?
The answer to your query
Comes back, dearie--
His love makes you beautiful,
So beautiful,
So beautiful,
And woman loved is woman glorified!
You'll make a beautiful,
Beautiful,
Beautiful,
Beautiful bride!
[Chorus:]
Here comes the bride,
Another beautiful bride.
Ziegfeld presents her
With justifiable pride.


Fanny enters with a pillow stuffed under her bridal gown
so that she appears pregnant.

[Fanny:]
I am the beautiful reflection
Of my love's affection,
A walking illustration
Of his adoration.
His love makes me beautiful,
So beautiful,
So beautiful,
[Tenor:]
And woman loved is woman glorified--
[Fanny:]
I'll make a beautiful,
Beautiful,
Beautiful,
Beautiful--
I'm beautiful? Oy!
[Chorus:]
You are so beautiful,
You are so beautiful,
You are so beautiful,
[Tenor:]
Such a beautiful bride.

 

[fox69]

"Home"

"Home"



When I think of home, I think of a place
Where there's love overflowing
I wish I was home, I wish I was back there
With the things I've been knowin'
Wind that makes the tall trees bend into leaning
Suddenly the snowflakes that fall they have a meaning
Sprinkling the scene
Makes it all clean

Maybe there's a chance for me to go back
Now that I have some direction
It would sure be nice to back home
Where there's love and affection
And just maybe I can convince time to slow up
Giving me enough time in my life to grow up
Time be my friend
Let me start again

Suddenly my world's gone and changed its face
But I still know where I'm going
I have had my mind spun around in space
And yet I've watched it growing
If you're listening God, please don't make it hard to go
To know if we should believe the things that we see
Tell us should we run away? should we try and stay?
Or would it be better just to let things be?

Living here in this brand new world might be a fantasy
But it's taught me to love so it's real to me
And I've learned that we must look inside our hearts to find
A world full of love like yours and mine
Like Home

My friends smiling down on me, giving me nursery.
I think of a peaceful world enjoy all around me
Love like we shared can never be taken away from me
I just sit down and it get's all down in my bones
I hear my friends telling me, "Stephanie, please sing my song"
I wanna sing, I wanna shout, I wanna tell you what it's all about.