The King of Broadway

The King of Broadway - Nathan Lane/The Producers Orchestra

I used to be the king the king of old Broadway

The best of ev'rything was mine to have each day

I always had the biggest hits

The biggest bathrooms at the Ritz

My showgirls had the biggest tits

I never was the pits in any way

We believe you thousands wouldn't

We believe you ev'ry word

We believe you thousands couldn't

We believe each word we've heard

I used to be the king

The King

The king of old Broadway

It's good to be the king

My praises they would sing

A Ziegfeld so they'd say

My shows were always filled with class

The best champagnes would fill my glass

My lap was filled with gorgeous ass

You couldn't call me crass in any way

We believe you thousands wouldn't

We believe you ev'ry word

We believe you thousands couldn't

We believe each word we've heard

There was a time

When I was young and gay

But straight

There was a time

When I was bold

There was a time

When each and ev'ry play I touched

Would turn to gold

There was a time

He wore the finest clothes

His shoes were always new

Ahh

Now I wear a rented tux

That's two weeks overdue

Poor Bialy what a shmoozer

Poor Bialy what a shame

Poor Bialy what a loser

Poor Bialy goodbye fame

Such reviews How dare they insult me in this manner

How quickly they forget I am Max Bialystock

The first producer ever to do summer stock in the winter

Once he was the king

You've heard of Theatre in the Round

You're looking at the man who invented Theatre in the Square

Nobody had a good seat

King of old Broadway

I've spent my entire life in the theater

I was a protege of the great Boris Tomaschevski

Yes He taught me everything I know

I'll never forget he turned to me on his deathbed and said

"Maxella alle menschen muss zu machen jeden tug a gentzen kachen "

What does that mean

Who knows I don't speak Yiddish Strangely enough neither did he

But in my heart I knew what he was saying

He was saying when you're down and out and everybody thinks you're finished

That's the time to stand up on your two feet and shout

"Who do you have to f**k to get a break in this town "

Yay

I used to be the king

The king of old Broadway

Again I will be king

And be on top to stay

There'll be gala opening nights again

You'll see my name in lights again

I'll go from dark to brights again

My spirits high as kites again

I'll never suffer slights again

I'll taste those sweet delights again

No plethora of plights again

No blossoming of blights again

No frantic fits or frights again

Fame is in my sights again

I'll take those fancy flights again

I'm gonna scare the heights again

Bialystock will never drop

Bialystock will never stop

Bialystock will be on top again

Fame is in his sights again

He'll take those fancy flights again

He's gonna scale the heights again

I'll be on top again hey