Roxie

Roxie - Gwen Verdon/Chicago Ensemble

Written by：John Kander/Fred Ebb

Arranger：Peter Howard

Producer：Martin Richards/Joseph Harris/Ira Bernstein/Phil Ramone/Didier C. Deutsch

I always wanted my name in the papers

Before Aremus I used to date this well to do ugly bootlegger

He used to like to take me out and show me off

Ugly guys like to do that

Once it said in the paper

Gangland's al capelli

Seen with cute red headed Corenne

That was me I clipped it out and saved it

Look I'm gonna tell you the truth

Not that the truth really matters

But I'm gonna tell you anyway

The thing is see I'm older than I ever intended to be

And all my life I wanted to be a dancer

In vaudeville ooh yeah

Have my own act but no no no

They always turned me down

It was one big world full of no life

Then Amus came along sweet safe Amus who never says no

You know some guys are like mirrors

And when I catch myself in Amus's face

I'm always a kid you could love a guy like that

Look now I gotta tell you

Now I hope this ain't too crude

In the bed department Amus was zero

I mean when we went to bed

He made love to me like he was

Fixing a carburetor or something

I love ya honey I love ya

Anyway to make a long story short

I started fooling around

Then I started screwing around

Which is fooling around without dinner

I gave up the vaudeville idea

Because well after all those years

Oh he was here

He sorta figured opportunities just passed you by

Ooh it ain't oh no no no no babe it ain't

If this film guy gets me off

And with all this publicity now I got me a world full of yes

The name on everybody's lips is gonna be Roxie

The lady raking in the chips is gonna be Roxie

I'm gonna be a celebrity that means somebody everyone knows

They're gonna recognize my eyes

My hair my teeth my boobs my nose

From just some dumb mechanic's wife

I'm gonna be Roxie

Who says that murder's not an art

And who in case she doesn't hang

Can say she started with a bang

Roxie heart

I gotta get me some boys

I'm gonna get me a whole bunch of boys

They're gonna wait outside in line to get to see Roxie

Think of those autographs outside good luck to you Roxie

And I'll appear in a lavaliere that goes all the way down to my waist

Here a ring there a ring everywhere a ring a ling

But always in the best of taste

I'm a star and they love me and I love them

And they love me for loving them

And I love them for loving me and we love each other

That's because none of us got enough love in our childhood

And that's showbiz kid

She's giving up her hum drum life

I'm gonna be a Roxie

She made to stand tall and a star

And Sophie duck her old ship I know

To see her name yet build below

Roxie Roxie heart