《What A Waste(From ”Wonderful Town Original Cast Recording” 1953|Reissue|Remas)》歌词

[00:00:00] What A Waste (Wonderful Town/1953 Original Broadway Cast/Remastered) - George Gaynes/Warren Galjour/Albert Linville

[00:00:01] Go home

[00:00:02] Go West

[00:00:03] Go back where you came from

[00:00:06] Oh why did you ever leave Ohio

[00:00:11] A million kids just like you

[00:00:13] Come to town every day

[00:00:16] With stars in their eyes

[00:00:20] They're going to conquer the city

[00:00:22] They're going to grab off the Pulitzer prize

[00:00:26] But it's a terrible pity

[00:00:29] Because they're in for a bitter surprise

[00:00:32] And their stories all follow one line

[00:00:35] Like his

[00:00:36] Like his

[00:00:37] Like mine

[00:00:44] Born in Duluth natural writer

[00:00:47] Published at seven genius type

[00:00:50] Wrote the school play wrote the school paper

[00:00:52] Summa cum laude all of that tripe

[00:00:55] Came to New York

[00:00:57] Got on the staff here

[00:00:58] This was my chance to be heard

[00:01:01] And since then I haven't written a word

[00:01:04] What a waste

[00:01:05] What a waste

[00:01:07] What a waste of money and time

[00:01:14] Man from Detroit

[00:01:15] Wonderful artist

[00:01:17] Went to Picasso

[00:01:18] Pablo said

[00:01:19] Wow

[00:01:20] Settled in France

[00:01:21] Bought him a beret

[00:01:23] Lived in Montmartre

[00:01:24] Really learned how

[00:01:26] Came to New York

[00:01:27] Had an exhibit

[00:01:28] Art critics made a big fuss

[00:01:31] Now he paints those toothpaste ads on the bus

[00:01:34] What a waste

[00:01:35] What a waste

[00:01:37] What a waste of money and time

[00:01:44] Girl from Mobile

[00:01:45] Versatile actress

[00:01:47] Tragic or comic

[00:01:48] Any old play

[00:01:50] Suffered and starved

[00:01:51] Met Stanislavsky

[00:01:53] He said the world would

[00:01:54] Cheer her some day

[00:01:56] Came to New York

[00:01:57] Repertoire ready

[00:01:58] Chekov's and Shakespeare's and Wilde's

[00:02:01] Now they watch her flipping flapjacks at Childs

[00:02:04] What a waste

[00:02:05] What a waste

[00:02:07] What a waste of money and time

[00:02:14] Kid from Cape Cod

[00:02:15] Fisherman's family

[00:02:17] Marvelous singer

[00:02:18] Big baritone

[00:02:20] Rented his boat

[00:02:21] Paid for his lessons

[00:02:23] Starved for his studies

[00:02:24] Down to the bone

[00:02:26] Came to New York

[00:02:27] Aimed at the opera

[00:02:29] Sing Rigoletto his wish

[00:02:31] At the Fulton Market now he yells Fish

[00:02:34] What a waste

[00:02:36] What a waste

[00:02:37] What a waste of money and

[00:02:39] Fish

[00:02:41] Go home

[00:02:42] Go West

[00:02:44] Go back where you came from

[00:02:46] Go home