A Very Nice Prince / First Midnight / Giants in the Sky
Laura Benanti, Adam Wylie
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He's a very nice prince And? And It's a very nice ball And? And When I entered, they trumpeted And? The Prince? Oh, the Prince Yes, the Prince! Well, he's tall Is that all? Did you dance? Is he charming? They say that he's charming We did nothing but dance Yes? And? And it made a nice change No, the Prince! Oh, the Prince? Yes, the Prince He has charm for a Prince, I guess Guess? I don't meet a wide range Did he bow? Was he cold and polite? And it's all very strange Did you speak? Did he flirt? Could you tell right away he was royalty? Is he sensitive Clever Well-mannered Considerate Passionate Charming As kind as he's handsome As wise as he's rich Is he everything you've ever wanted? Would I know? Well, I know! But how can you know what you want 'Til you get what you want And you see if you like it? Would I know? All I know is I never wish What I want most of all Just within reason Is to know what I want When you know you can't have what you want Where's the profit in wishing? He's a very nice prince What I wouldn't give to be in your shoes Will you look over there? An enormous beanstalk growing next to that little cottage! I mean slippers as pure as gold! I must get home! I need your shoe! Wait! One midnight gone No knot unties itself Sometimes the things you most wish for are not to be touched The harder to get, the better to have Never wear mauve at a ball Or pink Or open your mouth The difference between a cow and a bean Is a bean can begin an adventure Slotted spoons don't hold much soup The prettier the flower, the farther from the path The closer to the family, the closer to the wine Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah One midnight gone! The mouth of a wolf's not the end of the world A servant is not just a dog to a prince Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor You may know what you need But to get what you want Better see that you keep what you have One midnight gone Sometimes the things you most wish for are not to be touched The harder to get, the better to have One midnight gone one midnight gone Never wear mauve at a ball Or pink Slotted spoons don't hold much soup To get what you want better keep what you The prettier the flower One midnight gone one midnight gone Into the woods Into the woods Into the woods, then out of the woods And home before! There are giants in the sky! There are big tall terrible giants in the sky! When you're way up high and you look below At the world you've left and the things you know Little more than a glance is enough to show You just how small you are When you're way up high and you're on your own In a world like none that you've ever known Where the sky is lead and the earth is stone You're free to do Whatever pleases you Exploring things you'd never dare 'Cause you don't care When suddenly there's A big tall terrible giant at the door A big tall terrible lady giant sweeping the floor And she gives you food And she gives you rest And she draws you close To her giant breast And you know things now that you never knew before Not 'til the sky Only just when you've made a friend and all And you know she's big but you don't feel small Someone bigger than her comes along the hall To swallow you for lunch And your heart is lead and your stomach stone And you're really scared being all alone And it's then that you miss all the things you've known And the world you left, and the little you own The fun is done You steal what you can and run! And you scramble down And you look below And the world you know Begins to grow: The roof, the house, and your mother at the door The roof, the house, and the world You never thought to explore And you think of all of the things you've seen And you wish that you could live in between And you're back again Only different than before After the sky There are giants in the sky! There are big tall terrible awesome scary Wonderful giants in the sky!
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Written by: Stephen Sondheim
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