[ti:What A Waste]
[ar:George Gaynes/Warren Galjour/Albert Linville]
[al:Wonderful Town (1953 Original Broadway Cast Recording)]
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[00:00.00]What A Waste (From "Wonderful Town Original Cast Recording" 1953|Reissue|Remastered 2001) - George Gaynes/Warren Galjour/Albert Linville
[00:01.09]Go home
[00:02.15]Go West
[00:03.06]
[00:03.89]Go back where you came from
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[00:06.31]Oh why did you ever leave Ohio
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[00:11.38]A million kids just like you
[00:13.20]Come to town every day
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[00:16.60]With stars in their eyes
[00:19.54]
[00:20.16]They're going to conquer the city
[00:21.88]
[00:22.91]They're going to grab off the Pulitzer prize
[00:25.04]
[00:26.11]But it's a terrible pity
[00:27.85]
[00:29.09]Because they're in for a bitter surprise
[00:31.13]
[00:32.54]And their stories all follow one line
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[00:35.94]Like his
[00:36.77]Like his
[00:37.75]Like mine
[00:39.62]
[00:44.47]Born in Duluth natural writer
[00:47.23]Published at seven genius type
[00:50.06]Wrote the school play wrote the school paper
[00:52.93]Summa cum laude all of that tripe
[00:55.95]Came to New York
[00:57.39]Got on the staff here
[00:58.94]This was my chance to be heard
[01:01.46]And since then I haven't written a word
[01:04.33]What a waste
[01:05.84]What a waste
[01:07.31]What a waste of money and time
[01:09.77]
[01:14.31]Man from Detroit
[01:15.61]Wonderful artist
[01:17.21]Went to Picasso
[01:18.63]Pablo said
[01:19.37]Wow
[01:20.11]Settled in France
[01:21.44]Bought him a beret
[01:23.12]Lived in Montmartre
[01:24.78]Really learned how
[01:26.01]Came to New York
[01:27.46]Had an exhibit
[01:28.98]Art critics made a big fuss
[01:31.49]Now he paints those toothpaste ads on the bus
[01:34.57]What a waste
[01:35.94]What a waste
[01:37.32]What a waste of money and time
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[01:44.42]Girl from Mobile
[01:45.84]Versatile actress
[01:47.35]Tragic or comic
[01:48.78]Any old play
[01:50.11]Suffered and starved
[01:51.62]Met Stanislavsky
[01:53.15]He said the world would
[01:54.42]Cheer her some day
[01:56.02]Came to New York
[01:57.32]Repertoire ready
[01:58.96]Chekov's and Shakespeare's and Wilde's
[02:01.39]Now they watch her flipping flapjacks at Childs
[02:04.41]What a waste
[02:05.75]What a waste
[02:07.28]What a waste of money and time
[02:09.77]
[02:14.33]Kid from Cape Cod
[02:15.81]Fisherman's family
[02:17.21]Marvelous singer
[02:18.53]Big baritone
[02:20.36]Rented his boat
[02:21.52]Paid for his lessons
[02:23.15]Starved for his studies
[02:24.65]Down to the bone
[02:26.14]Came to New York
[02:27.59]Aimed at the opera
[02:29.04]Sing Rigoletto his wish
[02:31.59]At the Fulton Market now he yells Fish
[02:34.80]What a waste
[02:36.21]What a waste
[02:37.55]What a waste of money and
[02:39.62]Fish
[02:40.62]
[02:41.51]Go home
[02:42.46]Go West
[02:43.67]
[02:44.38]Go back where you came from
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[02:46.89]Go home