Roaring On

Roaring On - Original Broadway Cast of The Great Gatsby - A New Musical

Lyrics by：Nathan Tysen

Composed by：Jason Howland

Arranged by：Jason Howland

Produced by：Jason Howland/Nathan Tysen/Billy Jay Stein/Chunsoo Chin/Mark Shacket/Kait Kerrigan

I left my home in Minnesota

To escape a kind of restlessness

I couldn't shake after the war

And when I stepped off of the train at Pennsylvania Station

I felt that restlessness even more

All of New York City wanted what was coming next

Everyone was looking for what I was looking for

Tonight, let's misbehave

And take what happens to the grave

No matter what you crave, the city's reignited

The Great War has been won

The Bacchanalia has begun

Manhattan's come undone and everyone's invited

Where's the party, and can you take me there?

And when the party's over, can you find another party somewhere?

We live for today

We pay off the cops

And today is never over if the party never stops

Where's the party, and can you take me there?

And when the party's over, can you find another party somewhere?

We live for today

We pay off the cops

And when you think the party stops

The party's roaring on

The party's roaring on

Oh, we beat on, and on and on, and on

And on, and on, and on

The practical thing was to find rooms in Manhattan

Turns out Manhattan's expensive!

So when I heard of a cottage on the grounds of a Long Island Mansion

For 80 bucks a month, I jumped on it!

A rumor's going round

About a mansion on the Sound

The city's found another John Jacob Astor

He opens up his place

Then disappears without a trace

His parties set the pace

Then he takes it faster!

Where's the party, and can you take me there?

And when the party's over, can you find another party somewhere?

We live for today

We pay off the cops

And when you think the party stops

The party's roaring on

The party's roaring on

Oh, we beat on, and on, and on, and on

And on, and on, and on

One evening, I went down to the shoreline

Here is what I'll never forget

There was my neighbor standing in silhouette

He was reaching 'cross the water

His arms stretched to the sky and then he was gone

And I was left to wonder why

I turned back to my cottage

What was he reaching for?

Then a letter from my neighbor fell to the floor

"The honor would be entirely mine

If you would attend my next little party"

Yours, Jay Gatsby"

(Oh)

The very first time (oh oh oh oh)

I saw Gatsby's name (oh oh oh!)

If only I knew then

That I would never be the same (be the same)

(Where's the party and can you take me there?)

He hypnotized the city (yeah)

We were drawn to him like moths to a flame (take me there)

Was there some other way (some other way)

This all could've gone (this all could've gone)

Before we crossed the Rubicon? (Whoo!)

(The party's roaring on)

He had the world at his feet

(The party's roaring on)

Oh, he made the summer beat

(Oh, we beat) on, and on and on (and on)

(And on, and on, and on)

(And on)

The party's roaring on (the party's roaring on)

The party's roaring on (the party's roaring on, and on)

(Oh we beat on, and on)

(And on, and on)

And on! (And on)

And on! (And on, and on)

And on!

And on! (And on!)