An American in Paris the Musical Soundtrack Album Lyrics
An American in Paris the Musical Soundtrack Lyrics
- Concerto in F by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- I Got Rhythm by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Second Prelude by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- I've Got Beginner's Luck by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- The Man I Love by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Liza by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- 'S Wonderful by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Shall We Dance? by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Second Rhapsody / Cuban Overture by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Fidgety Feet by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Who Cares? by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- For You, For Me, Forevermore by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- But Not for Me by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- An American in Paris by Original Broadway Cast Recording
- They Can't Take That Away from Me by Original Broadway Cast Recording
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I Got Rhythm
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
Days can be sunny, with never a sigh
Don't need what money can buy
Birds in the trees sing their day full of song
Why shouldn't we sing along?
I'm chipper all the day, happy with my lot
How do I get that way? Look at what I've got
I got rhythm, I got music
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
I got daisys, in green pastures
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
Old man trouble
I don't mind him
You won't find him 'round my door
I got starlight
I got sweet dreams
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
Old man trouble
I don't mind him
You won't find him, 'round my door
I got startlight
I got sweet dreams
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
I got rhythm, I got music
I got daisys, in green pastures
I got startlight
I got sweet dreams
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
Don't need what money can buy
Birds in the trees sing their day full of song
Why shouldn't we sing along?
I'm chipper all the day, happy with my lot
How do I get that way? Look at what I've got
I got rhythm, I got music
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
I got daisys, in green pastures
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
Old man trouble
I don't mind him
You won't find him 'round my door
I got starlight
I got sweet dreams
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
Old man trouble
I don't mind him
You won't find him, 'round my door
I got startlight
I got sweet dreams
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
I got rhythm, I got music
I got daisys, in green pastures
I got startlight
I got sweet dreams
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
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Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
I've Got Beginner's Luck
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
JERRY:
At any gambling casino
From Monte Carlo to Reno,
They tell you that a beginner
Comes out a winner.
Beginner fishing for flounder
Will catch a seventeen pounder;
That's what I've always heard
And always thought absurd,
But now I believe ev'ry word!
For I've got beginner's luck;
The first time I'm in love
I'm in love with you,
Gosh I'm lucky!
I've got beginner's luck;
There never was such a smile
Or such eyes of blue,
Gosh I'm fortunate!
This thing we've begun
Is much more than a pastime,
For this time is the one
Where the first time is the last time!
I've got beginner's luck,
Lucky through and through,
For the first time that I'm in love,
I'm in love with you!
I've got beginner's luck;
The first time I'm in love
I'm in love with you,
Gosh I'm lucky!
I've got beginner's luck;
They told me beginners win,
Now I know it's true,
Gosh I'm fortunate!
This thing we've begun
Is much more than a pastime,
For this time is the one
Where the first time is the last time!
I've got beginner's luck,
Lucky through and through,
For the first time that I'm in love,
I'm in love with you!
At any gambling casino
From Monte Carlo to Reno,
They tell you that a beginner
Comes out a winner.
Beginner fishing for flounder
Will catch a seventeen pounder;
That's what I've always heard
And always thought absurd,
But now I believe ev'ry word!
For I've got beginner's luck;
The first time I'm in love
I'm in love with you,
Gosh I'm lucky!
I've got beginner's luck;
There never was such a smile
Or such eyes of blue,
Gosh I'm fortunate!
This thing we've begun
Is much more than a pastime,
For this time is the one
Where the first time is the last time!
I've got beginner's luck,
Lucky through and through,
For the first time that I'm in love,
I'm in love with you!
I've got beginner's luck;
The first time I'm in love
I'm in love with you,
Gosh I'm lucky!
I've got beginner's luck;
They told me beginners win,
Now I know it's true,
Gosh I'm fortunate!
This thing we've begun
Is much more than a pastime,
For this time is the one
Where the first time is the last time!
I've got beginner's luck,
Lucky through and through,
For the first time that I'm in love,
I'm in love with you!
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The Man I Love
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
LISE:
When the mellow moon begins to beam,
Ev'ry night I dream a little dream,
And of course Prince Charming is the theme,
The he for me.
Although I realize as well as you
It is seldom that a dream comes true,
For/To me it's clear
That he'll appear.
Some day he'll come along,
The man I love
And he'll be big and strong,
The man I love
And when he comes my way
I'll do my best to make him stay.
He'll look at me and smile
I'll understand;
And in a little while,
He'll take my hand;
And though it seems absurd,
I know we both won't say a word
Maybe I shall meet him Sunday
Maybe Monday, maybe not;
Still I'm sure to meet him one day
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day
He'll build a little home
Just meant for two,
From which I'll never roam,
Who would - would you?
And so all else above
I'm waiting for the man I love.
When the mellow moon begins to beam,
Ev'ry night I dream a little dream,
And of course Prince Charming is the theme,
The he for me.
Although I realize as well as you
It is seldom that a dream comes true,
For/To me it's clear
That he'll appear.
Some day he'll come along,
The man I love
And he'll be big and strong,
The man I love
And when he comes my way
I'll do my best to make him stay.
He'll look at me and smile
I'll understand;
And in a little while,
He'll take my hand;
And though it seems absurd,
I know we both won't say a word
Maybe I shall meet him Sunday
Maybe Monday, maybe not;
Still I'm sure to meet him one day
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day
He'll build a little home
Just meant for two,
From which I'll never roam,
Who would - would you?
And so all else above
I'm waiting for the man I love.
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Liza
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
JERRY:
Moon shinin' on the river come along, my Liza
Breeze singin' through the treetops come along, my Liza
Somethin' mighty sweet I want to whisper sweet and low
That you ought to know, my Liza
I get lonesome, honey, when I'm alone so long
Don't make me wait, don't hesitate, come and hear my song
Liza, Liza, skies are gray
But if you smile on me all the clouds'll roll away
Liza, Liza, don't delay
Come, keep me company, and the clouds'll roll away
See the honeymoon a-shinin' down
We should make a date with Parson Brown
So, Liza, Liza, name the day when you'll belong to me
All the clouds'll roll away
Liza, Liza, name the day when you'll belong to me
All the clouds'll roll away
Moon shinin' on the river come along, my Liza
Breeze singin' through the treetops come along, my Liza
Somethin' mighty sweet I want to whisper sweet and low
That you ought to know, my Liza
I get lonesome, honey, when I'm alone so long
Don't make me wait, don't hesitate, come and hear my song
Liza, Liza, skies are gray
But if you smile on me all the clouds'll roll away
Liza, Liza, don't delay
Come, keep me company, and the clouds'll roll away
See the honeymoon a-shinin' down
We should make a date with Parson Brown
So, Liza, Liza, name the day when you'll belong to me
All the clouds'll roll away
Liza, Liza, name the day when you'll belong to me
All the clouds'll roll away
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'S Wonderful
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
'S wonderful! 'S marvelous!
She should care for me!
'S awful nice! 'S paradise!
'S what I love to see!
She's made my life so glamorous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous
Oh! 'S wonderful! 'S marvelous!
That you should care for me!
'S wonderful! 'S marvelous!
That she should care for me!
'S awful nice! 'S paradise!
'S what I love to see!
She's made my life so glamorous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous
Oh! 'S wonderful! 'S marvelous!
That you should care for me!
She should care for me!
'S awful nice! 'S paradise!
'S what I love to see!
She's made my life so glamorous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous
Oh! 'S wonderful! 'S marvelous!
That you should care for me!
'S wonderful! 'S marvelous!
That she should care for me!
'S awful nice! 'S paradise!
'S what I love to see!
She's made my life so glamorous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous
Oh! 'S wonderful! 'S marvelous!
That you should care for me!
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Shall We Dance?
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
MILO:
Drop that long face
C'mon have your fling
Why keep nursing the blues?
If you want this whole world on a swing
Put on your dancing shoes
Stop wasting time
Put on your dancing shoes
Watch your spirits climb
Shall we dance or keep on moping?
Shall we dance or walk on air?
Shall we give in to despair
Or shall we dance with never a care
Life is short, we're getting older
Don't you be an also-ran
You better dance little lady
Dance little man, dance whenever you can
Drop that long face
C'mon have your fling
Why keep nursing the blues?
If you want this whole world on a swing
Put on your dancing shoes
Stop wasting time
Put on your dancing shoes
Watch your spirits climb
Shall we dance or keep on moping?
Shall we dance or walk on air?
Shall we give in to despair
Or shall we dance with never a care
Life is short, we're getting older
Don't you be an also-ran
You better dance little lady
Dance little man, dance whenever you can
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Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Fidgety Feet
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
Fidgety Feet
[JERRY]
I've got fidgety feet, fidgety feet, fidgety feet
Oh, what fidgety feet fidgety feet, fidgety feet
Say, mate, come and be my sway-mate
How can anyone resist that rhythmical beat?
You will never go wrong, never go wrong, never go wrong
If you toddle along, toddle along, toddle along
All I need's a partner to make my life complete
Two more fidgety, fidgety
[ADAM, spoken]
What are you on?
[Instrumental Break]
[JERRY & COMPANY]
I've got fidgety feet, fidgety feet, fidgety feet
Oh, what fidgety feet fidgety feet, fidgety feet
Say, mate, come and be my sway-mate
How can anyone resist that rhythmical beat?
You will never go wrong, never go wrong, never go wrong
If you toddle along, toddle along, toddle along
All I need's a partner to make my life complete
Two more fidgety, fidgety
Fidgety, fidgety
Fidgety, fidgety feet
[JERRY]
I've got fidgety feet, fidgety feet, fidgety feet
Oh, what fidgety feet fidgety feet, fidgety feet
Say, mate, come and be my sway-mate
How can anyone resist that rhythmical beat?
You will never go wrong, never go wrong, never go wrong
If you toddle along, toddle along, toddle along
All I need's a partner to make my life complete
Two more fidgety, fidgety
[ADAM, spoken]
What are you on?
[Instrumental Break]
[JERRY & COMPANY]
I've got fidgety feet, fidgety feet, fidgety feet
Oh, what fidgety feet fidgety feet, fidgety feet
Say, mate, come and be my sway-mate
How can anyone resist that rhythmical beat?
You will never go wrong, never go wrong, never go wrong
If you toddle along, toddle along, toddle along
All I need's a partner to make my life complete
Two more fidgety, fidgety
Fidgety, fidgety
Fidgety, fidgety feet
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Who Cares?
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
Who cares if the sun cares to fall in the sea?
Who cares what banks failed in Yonkers?
As long as you've got a kiss that conquers
Why should I care?
Life is one long jubilee
As long as I care for you, and you care for me
Who cares if the sun cares to fall in the sea?
Who cares about a bank that failed in Yonkers?
As long as you have got a kiss that conquers
Why should I care?
Life is one long jubilee
As long as I care for you, and you care
You care, baby, for me
Who cares what banks failed in Yonkers?
As long as you've got a kiss that conquers
Why should I care?
Life is one long jubilee
As long as I care for you, and you care for me
Who cares if the sun cares to fall in the sea?
Who cares about a bank that failed in Yonkers?
As long as you have got a kiss that conquers
Why should I care?
Life is one long jubilee
As long as I care for you, and you care
You care, baby, for me
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For You, For Me, Forevermore
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
Paradise can not refuse us
Never such a happy pair
Everybody must excuse us
If we walk on air
All the shadows now will lose us
Lucky stars are everywhere
As a happy being
Here's what I'm foreseeing
For you, for me, forever more
It's bound to be forever more
It's plain to see
We found, by finding each other
The love we waited for
I'm yours, you're mine
And in our hearts
The happy ending starts
What a lovely world
This world will be
With a world of love in store
For you, for me, forever more.
What a lovely world
This world will be
With a world of love in store
For you, for me, forever more.
Never such a happy pair
Everybody must excuse us
If we walk on air
All the shadows now will lose us
Lucky stars are everywhere
As a happy being
Here's what I'm foreseeing
For you, for me, forever more
It's bound to be forever more
It's plain to see
We found, by finding each other
The love we waited for
I'm yours, you're mine
And in our hearts
The happy ending starts
What a lovely world
This world will be
With a world of love in store
For you, for me, forever more.
What a lovely world
This world will be
With a world of love in store
For you, for me, forever more.
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But Not for Me
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
Old man sunshine, listen you
Don't you tell me dreams come true
Just try it, and I'll start a riot
Beatrice Fairfax, don't you dare
Ever tell me, he will care
I'm certain, it's the final curtain
I never wanna hear
From any cheerful Pollyannas
Who tell you Fate supplies a mate
It's all bananas
They're writing songs of love
But not for me
A lucky star's above
But not for me
With love to lead the way
I found more clouds of gray
Than any Broadway play
Could guarantee
I was a fool to fall
And get that way
Hi-ho, alas!
And also, lack-a-day
But still I can't dismiss
The memory of his kiss
I guess he's not for me
Don't you tell me dreams come true
Just try it, and I'll start a riot
Beatrice Fairfax, don't you dare
Ever tell me, he will care
I'm certain, it's the final curtain
I never wanna hear
From any cheerful Pollyannas
Who tell you Fate supplies a mate
It's all bananas
They're writing songs of love
But not for me
A lucky star's above
But not for me
With love to lead the way
I found more clouds of gray
Than any Broadway play
Could guarantee
I was a fool to fall
And get that way
Hi-ho, alas!
And also, lack-a-day
But still I can't dismiss
The memory of his kiss
I guess he's not for me
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I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
All you preachers
Who delight in panning the dancing teachers,
Let me tell you there are a lot of features
Of the dance that carry you through
The gates of Hea-ven.
It's madness
To be always sitting around in sadness,
When you could be learning the steps of gladness.
You'll be happy when you can do
Just six or seven;
Begin to day!
You'll find it nice,
The quickest way to paradise.
When you practise,
Here's the thing to know,
Simply say as you go...
(Chorus:)
I'll build a stairway to Paradise
With a new step ev'ry day !
I'm gonna get there at any price;
Stand aside, I'm on my way !
I've got the blues
And up above it's so fair.
Shoes ! Go on and carry me there !
I'll build a stairway to Paradise
With a new step ev'ry day.
Ev'ry new step
Helps a bit ; but any old kind of two step,
Does as well. It don't matter what step you step,
If you work it into your soul
You'll get to Heaven.
Get bu-sy ;
Dance with Maud the countess, or just plain Lizzy:
Dance until you're blue in the face and dizzy.
When you've learn'd to dance in your sleep
You're sure to win out.
In time you'll get Saint Vitus dance,
Which beats the latest thing from France.
Take no chances on this Paradise ;
Let me give you advice.
Chorus (x2)
Who delight in panning the dancing teachers,
Let me tell you there are a lot of features
Of the dance that carry you through
The gates of Hea-ven.
It's madness
To be always sitting around in sadness,
When you could be learning the steps of gladness.
You'll be happy when you can do
Just six or seven;
Begin to day!
You'll find it nice,
The quickest way to paradise.
When you practise,
Here's the thing to know,
Simply say as you go...
(Chorus:)
I'll build a stairway to Paradise
With a new step ev'ry day !
I'm gonna get there at any price;
Stand aside, I'm on my way !
I've got the blues
And up above it's so fair.
Shoes ! Go on and carry me there !
I'll build a stairway to Paradise
With a new step ev'ry day.
Ev'ry new step
Helps a bit ; but any old kind of two step,
Does as well. It don't matter what step you step,
If you work it into your soul
You'll get to Heaven.
Get bu-sy ;
Dance with Maud the countess, or just plain Lizzy:
Dance until you're blue in the face and dizzy.
When you've learn'd to dance in your sleep
You're sure to win out.
In time you'll get Saint Vitus dance,
Which beats the latest thing from France.
Take no chances on this Paradise ;
Let me give you advice.
Chorus (x2)
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Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
They Can't Take That Away from Me
by Original Broadway Cast Recording
Our romance won't end on a sorrowful note,
Though by tomorrow you're gone;
The song is ended, but as the songwriter wrote,
The melody lingers on.
They may take you from me, I'll miss your fond caress.
But though they take you from me, I'll still possess.
The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no, they can't take that away from me
The way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no, they can't take that away from me
We may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still, I'll always, always keep the memory of
The way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no, they can't take that away from me
No, they can't take that away from me
We may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still, I'll always, always keep the memory of
The way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no, they can't take that away from me
No, they can't take that away
Can't take that away
Can't take that away from me
Though by tomorrow you're gone;
The song is ended, but as the songwriter wrote,
The melody lingers on.
They may take you from me, I'll miss your fond caress.
But though they take you from me, I'll still possess.
The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no, they can't take that away from me
The way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no, they can't take that away from me
We may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still, I'll always, always keep the memory of
The way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no, they can't take that away from me
No, they can't take that away from me
We may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still, I'll always, always keep the memory of
The way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no, they can't take that away from me
No, they can't take that away
Can't take that away
Can't take that away from me
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An American in Paris is a musical play inspired by the 1951 film of the same name and adapted for the stage by Christopher Wheeldon. It first opened at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in December 2014 and then at the Palace Theatre on Broadway in April 2015. Incorporating songs from George and Ira Gershwin, the book is by Craig Lucas. The musical won four Tony Awards.
The Broadway production closed in October 2016. A US national tour opened in the autumn of 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts, and a London West End production opened at the Dominion Theatre in March 2017. The Italian premiere took place in Genoa in Teatro Carlo Felice in October 2018.
Setting: Paris, 1945, at the end of the Second World War.
Following its COVID-19 pandemic closing in 2020, the second US national tour opened at the Palace Theater (Waterbury, CT) on January 28, 2022 starring Branson Bice and Camila Rodrigues. The tour will travel to over 20 cities in the continental United States before closing in May 2022.
-Wikipedia
Genre(s):
Musical, Soundtrack The Broadway production closed in October 2016. A US national tour opened in the autumn of 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts, and a London West End production opened at the Dominion Theatre in March 2017. The Italian premiere took place in Genoa in Teatro Carlo Felice in October 2018.
Setting: Paris, 1945, at the end of the Second World War.
Following its COVID-19 pandemic closing in 2020, the second US national tour opened at the Palace Theater (Waterbury, CT) on January 28, 2022 starring Branson Bice and Camila Rodrigues. The tour will travel to over 20 cities in the continental United States before closing in May 2022.
-Wikipedia
Released: December 10th, 2014
Year: 2014