MAYBE ANNIE Maybe far away Or maybe real nearby He may be pouring her coffee She may be straighting this tie! Maybe in a house All hidden by a hill She's sitting playing piano, He's sitting paying a bill! Betcha they're young Betcha they're smart Bet they collect things Like ashtrays, and art! Betcha they're good -- (Why shouldn't they be?) Their one mistake Was giving up me! So maybe now it's time, And maybe when I wake They'll be there calling me "Baby"... Maybe. Betcha he reads Betcha she sews Maybe she's made me A closet of clothes! Maybe they're strict As straight as a line... Don't really care As long as they're mine! So maybe now this prayer's The last one of it's kind... Won't you please come get your "Baby" ANNIE AND ORPHANS Maybe IT'S THE HARD-KNOCK LIFE ORPHANS It's the hard-knock life for us! It's the hard-knock life for us! ANNIE 'Steada treated, ORPHANS We get tricked! ANNIE 'Steada kisses, ORPHANS We get kicked! ALL It's the hard-knock life! Got no folks to speak of, so, It's the hard-knock row we how! ANNIE Cotton blankets, ORPHANS 'Steada of wool! ANNIE Empty Bellies ORPHANS 'Steada of full! ALL It's the hard-knock life! ANNIE Don't if feel like the wind is always howl'n? KATE AND TESSIE Don't it seem like there's never any light! DUFFY AND JULY Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in? MOLLY AND PEPPER It's easier than puttin' up a fight. ANNIE No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy! No one cares if you grow...of if you shrink! No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy! ALL From all the cryin' you would think this place's a sink! Ohhhh!!!!!!! Empty belly life! Rotten smelly life! Full of sorrow life! No tomorrow life! MOLLY Santa Claus we never see ANNIE Santa Claus, what's that? Who's he? ALL No one cares for you a smidge When you're in an orphanage! MOLLY (Making a whistling sound and imitating Miss. Hannigan) You'll stay up till this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler Building. ORPHANS Yank the whiskers from her chin Jab her with a safety Pin Make her drink a mickey finn I love you, Miss Hannigan MOLLY (whistle) Get to work! (whistle) Strip them beds! (whistle) I said get to work! ALL It's the hard-knock life for us It's the hard-knock life for us No one cares for you a smidge When your in an orphanage It's the hard-knock life It's the hard-knock life It's the hard-knock life! IT'S THE HARD-KNOCK LIFE (REPRISE) ALL Lucky kid, she's out there free MOLLY Runnin' free in N.Y.C. PEPPER Bet she finds her folks ALL Like that KATE Mom and Dad ALL Right off the bat JULY Lucky duck, she got away MOLLY But we're gonna have to pay KATE AND TESSIE Gonna get our faces slapped DUFFY AND PEPPER Gonna get our knuckles rapped ALL (EXCEPT MOLLY) It's the hard-knock life MOLLY Yes, it is. ALL (EXCEPT MOLLY) It's the hard-knock life MOLLY Yes, it is. ALL (EXCEPT MOLLY) It's the hard-knock life MOLLY Yes, it is. ALL (EXCEPT MOLLY) It's the hard-knock life MOLLY Yes, it is. ALL (EXCEPT MOLLY) It's the hard-knock life TOMORROW ANNIE The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun! Just thinkin' about Tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs, And the sorrow 'Til there's none! When I'm stuck a day That's gray, And lonely, I just stick out my chin And Grin, And Say, Oh! The sun'll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on 'Til tomorrow Come what may Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow! You're always A day A way! WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL Today we're living in a shanty Today we're scrounding for a meal SOPHIE Today I'm stealing coal for fires Who knew i could steal? MEN I used to winter in the tropics WOMEN I spent my summers at the shore FRED I used to throw away the paper-- ALL We'd like to thank you: Herber Hoover For really showing us the way We'd like to thank you: Herbert Hoover You made us what we are today Prosperity was 'round the corner The cozy cottage built for two In this blue heaven That you Gave us Yes! We're turning blue! They offered us Al Smith and Hoover We paid attention and we chose Not only did we pay attention We paid through the nose. In ev'ry pt he said "a chicken" But Herbert Hoover he forgot Not only don't we have the chicken We ain't got the pot! Hey Herbie WOMEN You left behind a greatful nation ALL So, Herb, our hats are off to you We're up to here with admiration SOPHIE Come down and have a little stew ALL Come down and share some Christmas dinner Be sure to bring the missus too We got no turkey for our stuffing We'd like to thank you, Herbert Hoover For really showing us the way You dirty rat, you Bureaucrat, you Made us what we are today Come and get it, Herb! LITTLE GIRLS MISS HANNIGAN Little girls Little girls Everywhere I turn I can see them Little girls Little girls Night and day I eat, sleep and breathe them I'm an ordinary woman With feelings I'd like a man to nibble on my ear But no man as bit So how come I'm the mother of the year? Little cheeks Little teeth Everything around me is little If I wring Little necks Surely I will get an acquittal Some women are dripping with diamonds Some women are dripping with pearls Lucky me! Lucky me! Look at what I'm dripping with Little girls How I hate Little shoes Little socks And each little sloomer I'd have cracked Years ago If it weren't for my Sense of humor Some day I'll step on their freckles Some night I'll straighten their curls Send a flood Send the flu Anything that You can do To little girls Some day I'll land in the nut house With all the nuts and the squirrels There I'll stay Until the prohibition of Little girls. I THINK I'M GONNA LIKE IT HERE GRACE Cecille will pick out all your clothes CECILLE (spoken) Green is her best color, no blue I think. GRACE Your bath is drawn by Mrs. Greer. GREER (spoken) Soap...no, bubbles, I think. GRACE Annette comes in to make your bed. ANNETTE (spoken) The silk, no the satin sheets, I think. ANNIE I think I'm gonna like it here! GRACE The swimming pool is to the left ANNIE (spoken) Inside the house? Oh boy. GRACE The tennis court is in the rear ANNIE (spoken) I never even picked up a racket. GRACE Have an instructor here at noon (spoken) Oh, and get that Don Budge fellow if he's available. ANNIE I think I'm gonna like it here. GRACE When you wake Ring for Drake Drake will bring your tray When you're through Mrs.Pugh Comes and takes it away. GRACE AND SERVANTS No need to pick up any toys ANNIE (spoken) That's okay, I haven't got any anyway. GRACE No finger will you lift my dear ALL We have but one request Please put us to the test ANNIE I know I'm gonna like it here Used to room in a tomb Where i'd sit and freeze Get me now, holy cow Could someone pinch me please. GRACE (spoken) She didn't mean it. (Singing) We've never had a little girl ALL We've never had a little girl GRACE AND SERVANTS We hope you understand Your wish is our command ANNIE, GRACE AND SERVANTS I know I'm gonna like it here We know you're gonna like It here ALL Welcome N.Y.C. WARBUCKS What is it about you You're big You're loud You're tough NYC I go years without you Then I Can't get Enough Enough of the cab drivers answering back In the language far from pure Enough of frankfurters answering back Brother, you know you're in NYC Too busy Too crazy Too hot Too cold Too late I'm sold Again On NYC (spoken) Come on you slowpokes, we gotta get to the Roxy before the prices change. NEW YORKERS, GRACE, ANNIE AND WARBUCKS NYC GRACE The shadows at sundown The roofs That scrape The sky ALL NYC WARBUCKS AND GRACE The rich and the rundown The parade Goes by WARBUCKS That other town has the Empire State And a mayor five foot two No other town in The whole forty eight Can half compare To you ALL Oh NYC WARBUCKS You make 'em all postcards WARBUCKS AND GRACE You crowd You cramp You're still The champ Amen For NYC (NYC) The shimmer of Times Square WARBUCKS The pulse GRACE The beat WARBUCKS AND GRACE The drive! (NYC) WARBUCKS AND GRACE The city's bright As a penny arcade It blinks, it tilts, it rings ANNIE To think that I've lived here all of my life And never seen these things ALL Oh, NYC The whole world keeps coming WARBUCKS By bus GRACE By train WARBUCKS AND GRACE You can't Explain Their yen For STAR TO BE NYC Just got here this morning Three bucks Two bags One me NYC I give you fair warning Up there In lights I'll be Go ask the Gershwins or Kaufman and Hart The place they love the best Though California pays big for their art Their fan mail comes addressed to NYC Tomorrow a penthouse That's way up high Tonight The "Y" Why not It's NYC ALL NYC You're standing room only You crowd You cramp You're still The champ Amen For NY MAN (spoken) Keep it quiet down there! ALL (QUIETLY) NYC USHERETTE (spoken) Immediate seating... there is immediate seating. WARBUCKS (spoken) Popcorn, what do you say to some popcorn? I haven't had popcorn since... (Annie yawns) (singing) Give in Don't fight Good girl Good night Sleep tight In NYC EASY STREET ROOSTER I remember the way Our sainted mother Would sit and croon us Her lullaby MISS HANNIGAN She'd say, kids, there's a place That's like no other You got to get there before you die ROOSTER You don't get there By playing from the rule book MISS HANNIGAN You stack the ages ROOSTER You load the dice MISS HANNIGAN AND ROOSTER Mother dear Oh, we know you're down there listening -- How can we follow Your sweet Advice To ROOSTER Easy street Easy street Where you sleep till noon MISS HANNIGAN Yeah, yeah, yeah ROOSTER AND MISS HANNIGAN She'd repeat Easy street Better get there soon. ROOSTER, MISS HANNIGAN, AND LILY Easy street Easy street Where the rich folks play Yeah, yeah, yeah Move them feet MISS HANNIGAN Move them ever-lovin' feet ROOSTER, MISS HANNIGAN, AND LILY To easy street MISS HANNIGAN Easy street ROOSTER, MISS HANNIGAN, AND LILY When you get there stay ROOSTER It ain't fair How we scrounge For three of four bucks While she gets Warbucks MISS HANNIGAN The little brat! It ain't fair this here life Is drivin' me nuts! While we get peanuts She's livin' fat! ROOSTER Maybe she holds the key That little lady MISS HANNIGAN To gettin' more bucks ROOSTER Instead of less Maybe we fix the game With something shady LILY Where does that put us? MISS HANNIGAN Oh, tell her. ROOSTER, MISS HANNIGAN, AND LILY Yes! Easy street Easy street Annie is the key Yes sirree Yes sirree Yes sirree Easy street Easy street That's where we're gonna -- Be! YOU WON'T BE AN ORPHAN FOR LONG GRACE If he should need the F.B.I. Then he will have the F.B.I. ALL With all the favors that he's done J. Edger Hoover owes him one. CECILLE AND ANNETTE 'Till not a stone is left unturned ALL He will search everywhere And he'll find them, I swear. GRACE Oh, you won't be an orphan for long! ALL Where other men would call it quits And disappear He'll use his fortune and his wits. So never fear Cross the street Or cross the sea Annie, sweet We guarantee That you won't be an orphan... GRACE AND THE SERVANTS Tomorrow morning it begins You're with a man who always wins Trust him and he'll prove Mountains easily move Oh, you won't be an orphan -- No, you won't be an orphan for long! FULLY DRESSED HEALY (spoken) This is Bert Healy saying ... (singing now) Hey, hobo man Hey, Dapper Dan You've both got your style But Brother, You're never fully dressed Without a smile! Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly They stand out a mile -- But Brother, You're never fully dressed Without a smile! Who cares what they're wearing On Main Street, Or Saville Row, It's what you wear from ear to ear And not from head to toe (That matters) So, Senator, So, Janitor, So long for a while Remember, You're never fully dressed Without a smile! BOYLAN SISTER Ready or not, here he goes Listen to Bert Tap his smilin' toes HEALY (spoken) Ah, the lovely Boylan Sisters BOYLAN SISTERS Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly They stand out a mile But, bother You're never fully dressed You're never dressed Without an CONNIE BOYLAN S- BONNIE BOYLAN M- RONNIE BOYLAN I- CONNIE BOYLAN L- ALL THREE E. Smile darn ya smile. ALL That matters So Senator So Janitor So long for a while FULLY DRESSED -- ORPHANS TESSIE (spoken) So, for all of the "Hours of Smiles" Family, this is Bert Healy saying... (singing) Hey hobo man, Hey Dapper Dan, You've both got your style ALL ORPHANS But brother, you're never fully dressed Without a smile Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly They stand out a mile But brother you're never fully dressed Without a smile JULY (spoken) Who cares what they're wearing on Main Street of Saville Row It's what you wear from ear to ear And not from head to toe. MOLLY That matters TESSIE (spoken) Ah. the lovely Boylan Sisters. DUFFY, KATE AND PEPPER Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo ALL ORPHANS Who cares what they're wearing on Main Street or Saville Row It's what you wear from ear to ear And not from head to toe that matters So, Senator, so, janitor So long for a while Remember you're never fully dressed Though you may wear the best You're never fully dressed without a Smile Smile Smile!!! Smile darn ya, smile. EASY STREET (REPRISE) ROOSTER, LILY AND MISS HANNIGAN Easy street, easy street Annie is the key Yes sirree, yes sirree, yes sirree Easy street, easy street That's where we're gonna That's where we're gonna That's where we're gonna be. TOMORROW -- CABINET ANNIE Just thinkin' about Tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs, And the sorrow Till there's none! When I'm stuck a day That's gray, And lonely, I just stick out my chin And grin, And say, Oh, the sun'll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on 'Til tomorrow Come what may Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow! IKES The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun! PERKINS AND IKES Just thinking about Tomorrow ANNIE, PERKINS AND IKES Clears away the cobwebs And the sorrow 'Til there's none! ROOSEVELT (spoken) Solo for the President .....! (singing) When I'm stuck with a day That's gray and lonely I just stick out my chin And grin, and say-- ALL The sun'll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on 'Til tomorrow Come what may Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow! You're always a day away Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya, tomorrow You're always a day away! SOMETHING WAS MISSING WARBUCKS I've made me a fortune (That fortune made ten) Been headlined And profiled Again and again But something was missing (I never quite knew) That something was someone -- But who? My speeches are greeted With thunderous acclaim At two universities Bearing my name Yes, something was missing Each timeI got through That something was someone -- But who? Who could that someone be? How could she make it known? Who would need me for me? Need me for me alone? he world was my oyster -- But where was the pearl? Who dreamed I could find it Yes something was missing -- But dreams can come true That something Is no one But you Who would need me for me ? Need me for me alone The world was my oyster But where was the pearl ? Who'd dream I would find it In one little girl ? Yes, something was missing But dreams do come true That something is no one.....but you. I DON'T NEED ANYTHING BUT YOU WARBUCKS AND ANNIE Together at last! Together for ever! We're tying a knot, They never can sever! WARBUCKS I don't need sunshine now, To turn my skies at blue -- WARBUCKS AND ANNIE I don't need anything but you! WARBUCKS You've wrapped me around That cute little finger. You've made life a song ..... You've made me the singer! ANNIE And what's the bathtub tune You always "Bu-Bu-Boo?" WARBUCKS Bu-Bu-Bu Anything but you ANNIE Yesterday was plain awful WARBUCKS You can say that again ANNIE Yesterday was plain awful WARBUCKS But that's ANNIE Not now WARBUCKS AND ANNIE That's then ANNIE I'm poor as a mouse, WARBUCKS I'm richer than Midas. WARBUCKS AND ANNIE But nothing on earth Could ever divide us! And if tomorrow, I 'm an apple seller, too-- I don't need anything but you! SERVANTS Annie Annie Annie Everything's humming now Annie Annie Good times are coming now Since you came our way It's Christmas, Christmas everyday We dismiss Bad times, sad times Now they're all yesterday news Since Annie Kicked out The blues Annie Annie Annie Look what you've done for us Annie Annie Annie Turned on the sun for us GRACE Have they sent the cheese? DRAKE Yes and ice camemberts and bries GRACE Judge Brandeis ALL Annie Annie You filled our life with a song They're two of a kind The happiest pair now Like Fred and Adelle, they're floating On air now And what's the title of the dream WARBUCKS I don't need anything ANNIE Anything ALL Anything I don't need anything But you NEW DEAL FOR CHRISTMAS WARBUCKS I know the Depression's depressing GRACE The carols are stilled The stored aren't filled WARBUCKS And the windows are minus the dressing GRACE The children don't grin The Santa's are thin GRACE AND WARBUCKS And I've heard a terrible rumour No goodwill no cheer WARBUCKS But we'll get a new deal for Christmas This year ANNIE AND ORPHANS The snowflakes are frighting of falling MOLLY And oh, what a fix No peppermint sticks! WARBUCKS And all through the land folks are bawling GRACE And filled with despair 'Cause cupboards are bare WARBUCKS But Santa's got brand new assistants There's nothing to fear They're bringing a new deal deal for Christmas This year. SERVANTS Bong, bong, bong, bong Bong, bong, bong, bong ROOSEVELT On Farley and Perkins On Ikes and Wallace On Monganthau and Cummings. ALL Fill our pockets with dollars ROOSEVELT On Roper and Swanson ROOSEVELT AND WARBUCKS Get along Cordell Hull ORPHANS Get along, giddy up! MEN Call your committee up WOMEN Build every city up ALL Cheer every kiddy up Fill every stocking with laughter We haven't got room for any more gloom Let's ring every bell from it's rafter WARBUCKS And chime cross the land ANNIE Tomorrow's at hand WARBUCKS (spoken) Those happy days that we were promised. ROOSEVELT Are finally here ALL We're getting a new deal for Christmas We're getting a new deal for Christmas We're getting a new deal for Christmas We're getting a new deal for Christmas Christmas This year