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Ready, Set, Not Yet Lyrics - Artist : Beetlejuice Original Broadway Cast
[ADAM:]
Look at this crib In all of its glorious antiquary Every curve and surface speaks to me Saying pamper and spoil me Sand me and oil me Come on I know to the untrained eye it's boring But nothing's a chore when you're restoring Apart from frustration, pain, and financial drain It's fun! Folks say "Adam Why do you polish your crib when you don't have a kid? And even if you did have a kid, This crib is too precious for placing a baby inside it So it simply exists to remind you Your sense of perfection is just a reflection that you are not mentally prepared to make room for a kid Adam, why don't you live? Adam, just make a start" Are you willing to take the next step? Ready, set- Ready, set- [BARBARA, spoken:] Look at these jugs! [BARBARA, sung:] Amazingly glazed and terracotta-ery I took some clay and made you pottery The world will never wreck you I'll protect you in a mother's embrace Folks say, "Barbara Why can't you see that ceramics is simply a manifestation of motherly panic By making a baby that's breakable Aren't you creating a way of translating the terror of making maternal mistakes into clay Hiding away so you don't have to face being a bad mom Barbara That's what you've done, Barbara Just make a start" Are you willing to take the next step? Ready, set- [BOTH:] Here we stand At the end of a 10-year plan A house A yard A minivan A baby should be next Together let's leap off the cliff Fall forever, then smash to bits Trapped in a terrifying viper pit Of diapers and regret Are we willing to take the next step? [ADAM:] Ready, set- [BARBARA:] Ready, set- [ADAM:] Not yet [BARBARA:] Not yet [ADAM:] Why rush? [BARBARA:] Why rush? [BOTH:] Soon enough, our hopes and our dreams will be crushed [BARBARA:] But not yet! [ADAM:] But not yet! [BARBARA:] Not now [ADAM:] Not now [*floorboard creaks*] [ADAM, spoken:] Ooohh? [*floorboard creaks*] [ADAM, spoken:] No! [*floorboard creaks*] [ADAM, spoken:] See? We can't start a family in a house with creaky floorboards [BARBARA:] You are absolutely right Let's add it to the list With the cracks in the plaster [ADAM:] The wi-fi should be faster [BARBARA:] This sofa needs a castor [ADAM:] The bathroom's a disaster! [BARBARA:] What about global poverty? [ADAM:] What about world peace? [BARBARA:] Then there's the whole darn economy [ADAM:] The whole Middle East [BARBARA:] We should learn Mandarin [ADAM:] Yeah! Or Spanish at least. [BOTH:] No habla español Dos cervezas por favor And that's all we got And that's not a lot Do we want a bilingual household or not? So let's go slow No breaking a sweat What's the point of having children If we're drowning in debt? [BARBARA:] Now we're totally [ADAM:] Completely [BARBARA:] Maybe eighty percent [ADAM:] I'd say seventy-eight [BOTH (BETELGEUSE):] Ready to take The next step (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah Yeah!) The next step (Zooby dooby dooby, dooby dop and bow!) The next step (Zweeby, beeby, boo-bah-bah-dee!) The next step Ready, set let's- Ah! [BETELGEUSE:] See I wasn't kidding It's a show about death! |
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