Montage, Part 4: Gimme the Ball

Montage, Part 4: Gimme the Ball - A Chorus Line Ensemble

Lyrics by：Edward L. Kleban

Composed by：Marvin Hamlisch

And it was the first time I'd ever seen a dead body

But then when I was fifteen the most terrible thing happened

The Ted Mack amateur hour held auditions in St Louis

And I didn't hear about it 'til after they'd gone

And I nearly killed myself

Nearly killed myself

I tried to walk in front of a speeding streetcar

And I remember noticing boys for the first time

Anyway I do remember practising kissing Leslie

Well she was my best girl-friend

Did any of you ever practice kissing with another girl

So that when the time came you'd know how to

No oh my God

Judy

Did you girl

Yeah but just a couple of times

Oh hell count me in

Thank God

Anyway I do remember

The worst thing in school was

Every time the teacher'd call on me

I'd be hard I'd be hard

Really I'd had to lean against the desk

Like this and the teacher would say

Stand up straight

I can't I have a pain in my side

Stand up straight

Or walking down the halls you'd have to walk like this

With all your books stacked up in front of you

Yeah I thought it was only me

I thought I was a sex maniac

You are

I did too I mean it didn't go down for three years

Oh and the bus

Oh the bus was the worst

I'd just look at a bus and

Bingo

And then there was the time

I was making out in the backseat with Sally Ketchum

We were necking and I was feeling her boobs

And feeling her boobs after about an hour or so she said

Ooh don't you wanna feel anything else

And I suddenly thought to myself

No I don't

Did that come as a surprise to you

Well I guess yeah

Probably the first time

I realized I was homosexual

And I got so depressed because

I thought being gay meant

Being an outcast the rest of my life

A bum and I said

Gee I'll never get to wear nice clothes

And I was so into clothes then

I had this fabulous pair of

Powder blue and pink gabardine pants

Goodbye twelve

Early to bed

Goodbye thirteen

Early to rise

Hello love

Your broad goes out with other guys

A diaphragm

A diaphragm

I stayed home

No that

S**t made it through high school without growing tits

Doubt

To break out

It's a mess

I can't get any of them

Why to the call

Why to the call

That 'em

What am I gonna say when he calls on me

My only adolescence

My only adolescence

My only adolescence

My only adolescence

Suddenly I'm seventeen and

Suddenly I'm seventeen and

Suddenly I'm seventeen and

Suddenly

There's a lot I am not

Certain of

Goodbye twelve goodbye thirteen

Hello

Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah

Wah wah wah wah

Oooohhhhhhhhhhh

Gimme the ball gimme the ball gimme the ball

Yeah

Gimme the ball gimme the ball gimme the ball

Yeah

I was always running around shouting

Gimme the ball gimme the ball gimme the ball

Yeah

I was so enthusiastic I was into everything

The yearbook was filled with my pictures

And I was lucky 'cause I got

A scholarship to college

A scholarship to college

So I went

So he went

Yes I went

Yes he went

So I'm gonna be this kindergarten teacher

Imagine me this kindergarten teacher

And I thought s**t

S**t Richie

S**t

S**t Richie

What are you gonna be

S**t Richie

When you get shoved outta here

Honey ain't nobody gonna be standing there

With no scholarship to life

And I was scared

S**t Richie

Scared

S**t Richie

Scared

S**t Richie

Scared

S**t Richie

My braces gone

My pimples gone

My childhood gone goodbye

Goodbye twelve goodbye thirteen

Goodbye fourteen goodbye fifteen

Goodbye sixteen goodbye seventeen

Hello love

Go to it go to it

Go to it go to it

And now life really begins

Go to it

And now life really begins

Go to it

And now life really begins

Go to it

And now life really begins

Go to it

Go to it