At the Ballet

At the Ballet - Deidre Goodwin/Mara Davi/Alisan Porter

Daddy always thought that he married beneath him

That's what he said that's what he said

When he proposed he informed my mother

He was probably her very last chance

And though she was twenty-two

Though she was twenty-two

Though she was twenty-two

She married him

Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic

More like a "Come as you are"

When I was five I remember my mother

Dug earrings out of the car

I knew they weren't hers But it wasn't

Something you'd want to discuss

He wasn't warm

Well not to her

Well not to us

But

Everything was beautiful at the ballet

Graceful men lift lovely girls in white

Yes

Everything was beautiful at ballet

Hey

I was happy at the ballet

That's why I started class

Up a steep and very narrow stairway

(SHEILA AND BEBE)

To the voice like a metronome

Up a steep and very narrow stairway

(SHEILA)

It wasn't paradise

(BEBE)

It wasn't paradise

(SHEILA AND BEBE)

It wasn't paradise

(SHEILA)

But it was home

(BEBE)

Mother always said I'd be very attractive

When I grew up when I grew up

"Diff'rent"she said""With a special something

And a very very personal flair "

And though I was eight or nine

Though I was eight or nine

Though I was eight or nine

I hated her

Now

"Diff'rent" is nice but it sure isn't pretty

"Pretty" is what it's about

I never met anyone who was "diff'rent"

Who couldn't figure that out

So beautiful I'd never lived to see

But it was clear

If not to her

Well then to me

That

(MAGGIE AND BEBE)

Everyone is beautiful at the ballet

Every prince has got to have his swan

Yes

Everyone is beautiful at the ballet

(MAGGIE)

Hey

(BEBE)

I was pretty

(SHEILA)

At the ballet

(MAGGIE SHEILA AND BEBE)

Up a steep and very narrow stairway

To the voice like a metronome

Up a steep and very narrow stairway

(MAGGIE)

It wasn't paradise

(BEBE)

It wasn't paradise

(SHEILA)

It wasn't paradise

(MAGGIE SHEILA AND BEBE)

But it was home

(MAGGIE (Spoken))

I don't know what they were for or against really

Except each other

I mean I was born to save their marriage

But when my father came to pick my mother up

At the hospital

He said Well I thought this was going to help

But I guess it's not

Anyway I did have a fantastic fantasy life

I used to dance around the living room

With my arms up like this

My fantasy was that there was an Indian Chief

And he'd say to me

"Maggie do you wanna dance "

And I'd say "Daddy I would love to dance "

(SHEILA AND MAGGIE)

Doo-doo-doo-doo

(BEBE)

But it was clear

(BEBE AND MAGGIE)

Doo-doo-doo

(SHEILA)

When he proposed

(SHEILA AND BEBE)

Doo-doo-doo

(MAGGIE)

That I was born to help their marriage and when

(MAGGIE AND BEBE)

Doo-doo-doo-doo

(SHEILA)

That's what he said

(SHEILA AND MAGGIE)

Doo-doo-doo

(BEBE)

That's what she said

(BEBE AND SHEILA)

Doo-doo-doo

(MAGGIE)

I used to dance around the living room

(BEBE AND SHEILA)

Doo-doo-doo-doo

(SHEILA)

He wasn't warm

(SHEILA AND MAGGIE)

Doo-doo-doo

(BEBE)

Not to her

(MAGGIE)

It was an Indian chief and he'd say:

"Maggie do you wanna dance "

And I'd say "Daddy I would love to"

Everything was beautiful at the ballet

Raise your arms and someone's always there

Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet

At the ballet

At the ballet

(MAGGIE SHEILA AND BEBE)

Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet

(MAGGIE)

HEY

(BEBE)

I was pretty

(SHEILA)

I was happy

(MAGGIE)

"I would love to"

(MAGGIE SHEILA AND BEBE)

At the ballet