JONATHAN
Stop the clock - Take time out
Time to regroup before you lose the bout
Freeze the frame - Back it up
Time to refocus before they wrap it up
Years are getting shorter
Lines on your face are getting longer
Feel like you're treading water
But the riptide's getting stronger
Don't panic, don't jump ship
Can't fight it, like taxes
At least it happens only once in your life
They're singing, "Happy Birthday"
You just wanna lay down and cry
Not just another birthday, it's 30/90
Why can't you stay 29
Hell, you still feel like you're 22
Turn thirty 1990
Bang! You're dead,
What can you do?
What can you do?
What can you do?
MICHAEL
Clear the runway - Make another pass
Try one more approach before you're out of gas
JONATHAN
Friends are getting fatter
Hairs on you head are getting thinner
Feel like a clean up batter
On a team that ain't a winner?
MICHAEL
Don't freak out, don't strike out
Can't fight it, like City Hall
JONATHAN
At least you're not alone
Your friends are there too
They're singing, "Happy Birthday"
JONATHAN and MICHAEL
You just wish you could run away
JONATHAN
Who cares about a birthday?
But 30/90, hey
Can't you be optimistic?
You're no longer the ingenue
Turn thirty, 1990
Boom! You're passe
JONATHAN and MICHAEL
What can you do?
JONATHAN
What can you do?
What can you do?
Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
Which way to Never Never Land?
Emerald City's gone to hell
Since the wizard
ALL
Blew off his command
JONATHAN
On the streets you hear the voices
Lost children, crocodiles
But you're not into
Making choices, wicked witches,
Poppy fields, or men behind the curtain
Tiger lilies, ruby slippers
ALL
Clock is ticking, that's for certain
JONATHAN
They're singing, "Happy Birthday"
I just wish it all were a dream
It feels much more like doomsday
F*ck
ALL
30/90
JONATHAN
Seems like I'm in for a twister
I don't see a rainbow, do you?
ALL
Turn 30 in the 90's
JONATHAN
Into my hands now
The ball has passed
I want the spoils, but not too fast
The world is calling
It's now or Neverland
Why can't I stay a child forever
And
30/90
30/90
30/90
30/90
30/90
30/90
What can I do?
ALL
What can I do?
Tick Tick Boom Musical Album Lyrics
Tick Tick Boom Musical Lyrics
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - 30/90
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - Green Green Dress
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - Johnny Can't Decide
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - Sunday
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - No More
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - Therapy
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - Real Life
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - Sugar
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - See Her Smile
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - Come To Your Senses
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - Why
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - Louder Than Words
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - Boho Days
- Tick Tick Boom Cast - 30/90 Playout
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - Green Green Dress
JONATHAN:
Deep dark velvet
Hugs your silhouette
Black silk stockings,
You're my Juliet
Soft blond hair baby,
Baby blue eyes
Cool me down
Before I jump into your thighs
The green green dress,
Twenty buttons and a strap
The green green dress,
What a pleasure to unwrap
Green dress,
Oh what it can do
What the green green dress
Does to me on you
Me on you
SUSAN:
Let's find a chair
Where we can sit and talk
Or get some fresh air,
Maybe we could take a walk
Tell me what you're thinkin',
Talk about your day
Tell me what to do,
I'll do anything you say
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
The green green dress,
Twenty buttons and a strap
The green green dress,
JONATHAN
What a pleasure to unwrap
BOTH
Green dress,
Oh what it can do
What the green green dress
JONATHAN
Does to me on you
Me on you
SUSAN:
Can I hear you laugh, babe?
Can you make me smile?
I'll forget what's on my mind
For a while
JONATHAN:
Can I tie you up love?
If you tell me yes
I'll unbutton every button
Down your green green dress - ow!
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
The green green dress,
Twenty buttons and a strap
The green green dress,
What a pleasure to unwrap
Green dress,
Oh what it can do
What the green green dress
JONATHAN
Does to me on you
Me on you
JONATHAN SUSAN
Me on the green green dress Green green dress
Me on the green green dress Green green dress
Me on you
JONATHAN:
Green green dress
SUSAN:
Green green dress
JONATHAN:
Green green dress
SUSAN:
The green green dress
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
The green green dress
Deep dark velvet
Hugs your silhouette
Black silk stockings,
You're my Juliet
Soft blond hair baby,
Baby blue eyes
Cool me down
Before I jump into your thighs
The green green dress,
Twenty buttons and a strap
The green green dress,
What a pleasure to unwrap
Green dress,
Oh what it can do
What the green green dress
Does to me on you
Me on you
SUSAN:
Let's find a chair
Where we can sit and talk
Or get some fresh air,
Maybe we could take a walk
Tell me what you're thinkin',
Talk about your day
Tell me what to do,
I'll do anything you say
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
The green green dress,
Twenty buttons and a strap
The green green dress,
JONATHAN
What a pleasure to unwrap
BOTH
Green dress,
Oh what it can do
What the green green dress
JONATHAN
Does to me on you
Me on you
SUSAN:
Can I hear you laugh, babe?
Can you make me smile?
I'll forget what's on my mind
For a while
JONATHAN:
Can I tie you up love?
If you tell me yes
I'll unbutton every button
Down your green green dress - ow!
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
The green green dress,
Twenty buttons and a strap
The green green dress,
What a pleasure to unwrap
Green dress,
Oh what it can do
What the green green dress
JONATHAN
Does to me on you
Me on you
JONATHAN SUSAN
Me on the green green dress Green green dress
Me on the green green dress Green green dress
Me on you
JONATHAN:
Green green dress
SUSAN:
Green green dress
JONATHAN:
Green green dress
SUSAN:
The green green dress
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
The green green dress
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - Johnny Can't Decide
JONATHAN:
Break of day, the dawn is here
Johnny's up and pacing
Compromise, or persevere?
His mind is racing
Johnny has no guide - Johnny wants to hide
Can he make a mark, if he gives up his spark?
Johnny can't decide
SUSAN:
Susan longs to live by the sea,
She's through with competition
Susan wants a family
Johnny's got a tough decision
Johnny has no guide
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
Johnny wants to hide
Can he settle down - and still not drown?
JONATHAN:
Drown
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
Johnny can't decide
MICHAEL:
Michael's gonna have it all
His luck will never end
Johnny's backed against the wall
Can he bend his dreams just like his friend?
JONATHAN SUSAN MICHAEL:
Johnny sees that
Susan's right Susan's right -
Ambition eats right Ambition eats right Johnny sees right
Through you Through you Through you
Michael doesn't see
Michael doesn't see I Johnny Why Johnny
Hold on tight Hold on tight Holds so tight
To the things that To the things that
Johnny feels are true Johnny feels are true Johnny feels are true
SUSAN AND MICHAEL
Johnny has no guide
Johnny has no guide
Johnny has no guide
Johnny has no guide
ALL
How can you soar
If you're nailed to the
Floor?
Johnny can't decide
JONATHAN:
[Speaking]
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at the piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember, and do the same thing every morning for the rest of my life.
JONATHAN SUSAN AND MICHAEL
Johnny has no guide
Johnny has no guide
Johnny wants to hide
Johnny wants to hide
ALL
How do you know when it's time to let go?
Johnny can't decide
(Johnny can't decide)
Johnny can't decide
(Johnny can't decide)
Johnny can't decide
(Johnny can't decide)
Decide, decide, decide, decide
JONATHAN:
Johnny can't decide
Break of day, the dawn is here
Johnny's up and pacing
Compromise, or persevere?
His mind is racing
Johnny has no guide - Johnny wants to hide
Can he make a mark, if he gives up his spark?
Johnny can't decide
SUSAN:
Susan longs to live by the sea,
She's through with competition
Susan wants a family
Johnny's got a tough decision
Johnny has no guide
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
Johnny wants to hide
Can he settle down - and still not drown?
JONATHAN:
Drown
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
Johnny can't decide
MICHAEL:
Michael's gonna have it all
His luck will never end
Johnny's backed against the wall
Can he bend his dreams just like his friend?
JONATHAN SUSAN MICHAEL:
Johnny sees that
Susan's right Susan's right -
Ambition eats right Ambition eats right Johnny sees right
Through you Through you Through you
Michael doesn't see
Michael doesn't see I Johnny Why Johnny
Hold on tight Hold on tight Holds so tight
To the things that To the things that
Johnny feels are true Johnny feels are true Johnny feels are true
SUSAN AND MICHAEL
Johnny has no guide
Johnny has no guide
Johnny has no guide
Johnny has no guide
ALL
How can you soar
If you're nailed to the
Floor?
Johnny can't decide
JONATHAN:
[Speaking]
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at the piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember, and do the same thing every morning for the rest of my life.
JONATHAN SUSAN AND MICHAEL
Johnny has no guide
Johnny has no guide
Johnny wants to hide
Johnny wants to hide
ALL
How do you know when it's time to let go?
Johnny can't decide
(Johnny can't decide)
Johnny can't decide
(Johnny can't decide)
Johnny can't decide
(Johnny can't decide)
Decide, decide, decide, decide
JONATHAN:
Johnny can't decide
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - Sunday
DINER PATRONS AND WORKERS:
Straight back and to the left
Pick up those f*cking eggs
B...ring! B...ring!
We're out of milk
Who took my rye bread?
Four waters to table seven
I'm sorry, we don't deliver on Sunday
I need table three for two, yesterday
Is there a list?
Harrington? Harrington?
Kaplan, K-a-p-l-a-n for seven
JONATHAN
Order
DINER PATRONS AND WORKERS:
No, I'm sorry, those people were here first
We don't have tables for seven
Are we in smoking?
JONATHAN
Tension
MAN
I'll have the salad Nicoise and some honey bread
JONATHAN
Balance
WOMAN
I said, I wanted an omelet with no yolks
That's why you're just a waiter
JONATHAN:
Brunch
Sunday
In the blue, silver chromium diner
On the green, purple, yellow, red stools
Sit the fools
Who should eat at home
Instead, they pay on
ALL
Sunday
JONATHAN:
For a cool orange juice or a bagel
On the soft, green cylindrical stools
Sit the fools
Drinking cinnamon coffee
Or decaffeinated tea
ALL
Forever
In the blue, silver chromium diner
JONATHAN:
Drips the green, orange, violet drool
ALL
From the fools
JONATHAN:
Who'd pay less at home
Drinking coffee
ALL
Light
And dark
MICHAEL:
And cholesterol
And bums
Bums, bums, bums, bums,
Bums, bums, bums, bums,
Bums,
MAN and WOMAN
People screaming for their toast
In a small, SoHo cafe
JONATHAN:
On an island in
JONATHAN, MICHAEL AND SUSAN:
Two Rivers
On an ordinary
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday!
MICHAEL:
Brunch!
Straight back and to the left
Pick up those f*cking eggs
B...ring! B...ring!
We're out of milk
Who took my rye bread?
Four waters to table seven
I'm sorry, we don't deliver on Sunday
I need table three for two, yesterday
Is there a list?
Harrington? Harrington?
Kaplan, K-a-p-l-a-n for seven
JONATHAN
Order
DINER PATRONS AND WORKERS:
No, I'm sorry, those people were here first
We don't have tables for seven
Are we in smoking?
JONATHAN
Tension
MAN
I'll have the salad Nicoise and some honey bread
JONATHAN
Balance
WOMAN
I said, I wanted an omelet with no yolks
That's why you're just a waiter
JONATHAN:
Brunch
Sunday
In the blue, silver chromium diner
On the green, purple, yellow, red stools
Sit the fools
Who should eat at home
Instead, they pay on
ALL
Sunday
JONATHAN:
For a cool orange juice or a bagel
On the soft, green cylindrical stools
Sit the fools
Drinking cinnamon coffee
Or decaffeinated tea
ALL
Forever
In the blue, silver chromium diner
JONATHAN:
Drips the green, orange, violet drool
ALL
From the fools
JONATHAN:
Who'd pay less at home
Drinking coffee
ALL
Light
And dark
MICHAEL:
And cholesterol
And bums
Bums, bums, bums, bums,
Bums, bums, bums, bums,
Bums,
MAN and WOMAN
People screaming for their toast
In a small, SoHo cafe
JONATHAN:
On an island in
JONATHAN, MICHAEL AND SUSAN:
Two Rivers
On an ordinary
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday!
MICHAEL:
Brunch!
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - No More
MICHAEL:
No more
Walking up six flights of stairs
Or throwing down the key
Because there is no buzzer.
No more
Walking thirteen blocks
With thirty pounds of laundry
In the f*ckin' dead of winter
No more faulty wiring
No more painted floors
No more spitting out my Ultra Brite
On top of dirty dishes
In the one and only sink
Hello, to my walk in closets
Tidy as Park Avenue
Hello, my butcher block table
I could get used - I could get used
I could get used to you
No more
Climbing over sleeping people
Before you get out the door of your own building
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
No more
MICHAEL:
Noxious fumes from gas heaters that are illegal
JONATHAN:
Or will blow up while you are sleeping
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
Ohhhh!
MICHAEL:
No more
JONATHAN:
Leaky ceilings
MICHAEL:
No more
JONATHAN:
Holes in the floor
MICHAEL AND JUNATHAN:
No more
JONATHAN:
Taking a shower in the kitchen
While your roommate's eating breakfast
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
And you are getting water on his corn flakes
Hello, to shiny new parquet wood floors
As waxed as a wealthy girl's legs
Hello, dear Mister Dishwasher
MICHAEL:
I could get used
JONATHAN:
I could get used
MICHAEL:
I could get used to you
JONATHAN:
I could get used to you
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
I could get used to you
JONATHAN:
No more, exotic
MICHAEL:
No more, neurotic
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
No more anything
But pleasantly robotic
MICHAEL:
We are moving on up
JONATHAN:
We are moving on up
MICHAEL:
To the East Side
JONATHAN:
To the East Side
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
To a deluxe apartment
In the sky
JONATHAN:
What's that?
MICHAEL:
Oh, come on
Hold on, breathe
JONATHAN:
Uhhhh!
MICHAEL:
Easy
JONATHAN:
What are you doing?
MICHAEL:
It's him
Ah, hold the phone
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
Hello, to dear Mister Doorman
Who looks like Captain Kangaroo
Hello dear fellow, and how do you do?
JONATHAN:
I could get used
MICHAEL:
I could get used
JOHATHAN:
Even seduced
MICHAEL:
Even seduced
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
I could get used to you
Ooow!
Oh, yeah!
No more
Walking up six flights of stairs
Or throwing down the key
Because there is no buzzer.
No more
Walking thirteen blocks
With thirty pounds of laundry
In the f*ckin' dead of winter
No more faulty wiring
No more painted floors
No more spitting out my Ultra Brite
On top of dirty dishes
In the one and only sink
Hello, to my walk in closets
Tidy as Park Avenue
Hello, my butcher block table
I could get used - I could get used
I could get used to you
No more
Climbing over sleeping people
Before you get out the door of your own building
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
No more
MICHAEL:
Noxious fumes from gas heaters that are illegal
JONATHAN:
Or will blow up while you are sleeping
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
Ohhhh!
MICHAEL:
No more
JONATHAN:
Leaky ceilings
MICHAEL:
No more
JONATHAN:
Holes in the floor
MICHAEL AND JUNATHAN:
No more
JONATHAN:
Taking a shower in the kitchen
While your roommate's eating breakfast
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
And you are getting water on his corn flakes
Hello, to shiny new parquet wood floors
As waxed as a wealthy girl's legs
Hello, dear Mister Dishwasher
MICHAEL:
I could get used
JONATHAN:
I could get used
MICHAEL:
I could get used to you
JONATHAN:
I could get used to you
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
I could get used to you
JONATHAN:
No more, exotic
MICHAEL:
No more, neurotic
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
No more anything
But pleasantly robotic
MICHAEL:
We are moving on up
JONATHAN:
We are moving on up
MICHAEL:
To the East Side
JONATHAN:
To the East Side
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
To a deluxe apartment
In the sky
JONATHAN:
What's that?
MICHAEL:
Oh, come on
Hold on, breathe
JONATHAN:
Uhhhh!
MICHAEL:
Easy
JONATHAN:
What are you doing?
MICHAEL:
It's him
Ah, hold the phone
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
Hello, to dear Mister Doorman
Who looks like Captain Kangaroo
Hello dear fellow, and how do you do?
JONATHAN:
I could get used
MICHAEL:
I could get used
JOHATHAN:
Even seduced
MICHAEL:
Even seduced
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
I could get used to you
Ooow!
Oh, yeah!
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - Therapy
SUSAN:
Are you saying we can't talk?
JONATHAN:
Are you saying we are not talking?
SUSAN:
What are you saying?
JONATHAN:
What are you saying?
I'm saying:
I feel bad, that you feel bad
About me feeling bad, about you feeling bad
About what I said, about what you said
About me not being able to share a feeling
SUSAN:
If I thought that what you thought
Was that I hadn't thought about sharing my thoughts
Then my reaction to your reaction
To my reaction
Would have been more revealing
JONATHAN:
I was afraid that you'd be afraid
If I told you that I was afraid of intimacy
If you don't have a problem with my problem
Maybe the problem is simply co-dependency
SUSAN:
Yes I know that now you know
That I didn't know that you didn't know
That when I said "No"
I meant "Yes, I know"
And that now I know that you knew
That you knew you adored me
JONATHAN:
I was wrong to
SUSAN:
Say you were wrong to
JONATHAN:
Say I was wrong about
SUSAN:
You being wrong
JONATHAN:
When you rang to say that
SUSAN:
The ring was the wrong thing to bring
JONATHAN:
If I meant what I said
When I said "rings bore me"
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
I'm not mad that you got mad that I got mad
When you said I should go drop dead
JONATHAN:
If I were you and I'd done what I'd done
I'd do what you did when I gave you the ring
Having said what I said
JONATHAN:
I feel bad, that you feel bad
About me feeling bad, about you feeling bad
About what I said, about what you said
About me not being able to share a feeling
I thought you thought I reacted shallowly
When I reacted to you
I'm not mad
You got mad
Go drop dead
If I were you and I'd done what I'd done
I'd do what you did when I gave you the ring
Having said what I said
SUSAN:
I feel badly about you
Feeling badly about me
Feel badly about you
If I thought that what you thought
Was that I hadn't thought about sharing my thoughts
Then my reaction to your reaction
To my reaction
Would have been more revealing
I'm not mad that you got mad that I got mad
When you said I should go drop dead
If I were you
But I'm not you
Said what I said
JONATHAN:
But now it's out in the open
SUSAN:
Now it's off our chest
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
Now it's four am
And we have therapy tomorrow
It's too late to screw
So lets just get some rest
Are you saying we can't talk?
JONATHAN:
Are you saying we are not talking?
SUSAN:
What are you saying?
JONATHAN:
What are you saying?
I'm saying:
I feel bad, that you feel bad
About me feeling bad, about you feeling bad
About what I said, about what you said
About me not being able to share a feeling
SUSAN:
If I thought that what you thought
Was that I hadn't thought about sharing my thoughts
Then my reaction to your reaction
To my reaction
Would have been more revealing
JONATHAN:
I was afraid that you'd be afraid
If I told you that I was afraid of intimacy
If you don't have a problem with my problem
Maybe the problem is simply co-dependency
SUSAN:
Yes I know that now you know
That I didn't know that you didn't know
That when I said "No"
I meant "Yes, I know"
And that now I know that you knew
That you knew you adored me
JONATHAN:
I was wrong to
SUSAN:
Say you were wrong to
JONATHAN:
Say I was wrong about
SUSAN:
You being wrong
JONATHAN:
When you rang to say that
SUSAN:
The ring was the wrong thing to bring
JONATHAN:
If I meant what I said
When I said "rings bore me"
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
I'm not mad that you got mad that I got mad
When you said I should go drop dead
JONATHAN:
If I were you and I'd done what I'd done
I'd do what you did when I gave you the ring
Having said what I said
JONATHAN:
I feel bad, that you feel bad
About me feeling bad, about you feeling bad
About what I said, about what you said
About me not being able to share a feeling
I thought you thought I reacted shallowly
When I reacted to you
I'm not mad
You got mad
Go drop dead
If I were you and I'd done what I'd done
I'd do what you did when I gave you the ring
Having said what I said
SUSAN:
I feel badly about you
Feeling badly about me
Feel badly about you
If I thought that what you thought
Was that I hadn't thought about sharing my thoughts
Then my reaction to your reaction
To my reaction
Would have been more revealing
I'm not mad that you got mad that I got mad
When you said I should go drop dead
If I were you
But I'm not you
Said what I said
JONATHAN:
But now it's out in the open
SUSAN:
Now it's off our chest
JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
Now it's four am
And we have therapy tomorrow
It's too late to screw
So lets just get some rest
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - Real Life
MICHAEL:
Sunlight
Through the window
Across from your bed
Beauty is still
Can you see it?
What more can you want?
Is this real life?
Is this real life?
Heartbeats
Of your children
Asleep in the next room
Trust so still
Can you hear it?
What more can you want?
Is this real life?
Is this real life?
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
Why do we seek out ecstasy
In all the wrong places?
Why is it hard to see
That heaven can have simpler faces?
MICHAEL:
Warm breath
Of an angel
MICHAEL AND SUSAN:
Awake next to you
Love's so still
Can you feel it?
What more do you want?
MICHAEL, JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
Is this real life?
Real life
Is this real life?
Is this real...
Is this real life?
Is this real life?
Real life
Is this real life?
Is this real...
Is this real...
Is this...
MICHAEL
Is this real life?
Sunlight
Through the window
Across from your bed
Beauty is still
Can you see it?
What more can you want?
Is this real life?
Is this real life?
Heartbeats
Of your children
Asleep in the next room
Trust so still
Can you hear it?
What more can you want?
Is this real life?
Is this real life?
MICHAEL AND JONATHAN:
Why do we seek out ecstasy
In all the wrong places?
Why is it hard to see
That heaven can have simpler faces?
MICHAEL:
Warm breath
Of an angel
MICHAEL AND SUSAN:
Awake next to you
Love's so still
Can you feel it?
What more do you want?
MICHAEL, JONATHAN AND SUSAN:
Is this real life?
Real life
Is this real life?
Is this real...
Is this real life?
Is this real life?
Real life
Is this real life?
Is this real...
Is this real...
Is this...
MICHAEL
Is this real life?
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - Sugar
JONATHAN:
She can be white
She can be brown
She's always easy
Goin' down, goin' down
She don't care - What I look like
Or how I dress
She never says, "no"
Always says, "yes"
Oh, oh, oh
Sugar, she's refined
For a small price
She blows my mind
Sugar, she's got the power
Soothes my soul for half an hour
Half an hour, half an hour, half an hour
KARESSA
Twinkies, oh my God, I love them!
She's my honey
She's my tart
I'm her cream puff
She's my sweetheart
JONATHAN:
Knocks me out
And strips me bare
Sugar, sugar, sugar
I won't care
COUNTER GUY:
Late at night
COUNTER GUY and KARESSA:
When I'm sad and lonely
One thing only
Cures by blues
JONATHAN AND COUNTER GUY:
Stressed out
KARESSA:
Burned out
ALL:
Hangin' by a string
Sugar, sugar, sugar
I won't feel a thing
Sugar so sweet
JONATHAN:
Sugar, sugar, sugar
You got me
Kissing your feet
ALL
Kissing your feet
Pretty baby
JONATHAN
She don't care
ALL
What I look like
JONATHAN
Or how I dress
KARESSA AND COUNTER GUY:
She don't care
ALL
No, no, no, no, no, no
JONATHAN:
The only thing I know
Is that she makes
My life such a mess
KARESSA and COUNTER GUY:
Oh, yes
JONATHAN:
Sugar, oh yeah
KARESSA and COUNTER GUY:
Sugar, sugar, oh yeah
JONATHAN:
Sugar, oh yeah, yeah, yeah
KARESSA and COUNTER GUY:
Sugar, sugar
ALL
Sugar, oh yeah
Sugar, oh yeah
S-U-G-A-R
Ooooh! Yeah!
She can be white
She can be brown
She's always easy
Goin' down, goin' down
She don't care - What I look like
Or how I dress
She never says, "no"
Always says, "yes"
Oh, oh, oh
Sugar, she's refined
For a small price
She blows my mind
Sugar, she's got the power
Soothes my soul for half an hour
Half an hour, half an hour, half an hour
KARESSA
Twinkies, oh my God, I love them!
She's my honey
She's my tart
I'm her cream puff
She's my sweetheart
JONATHAN:
Knocks me out
And strips me bare
Sugar, sugar, sugar
I won't care
COUNTER GUY:
Late at night
COUNTER GUY and KARESSA:
When I'm sad and lonely
One thing only
Cures by blues
JONATHAN AND COUNTER GUY:
Stressed out
KARESSA:
Burned out
ALL:
Hangin' by a string
Sugar, sugar, sugar
I won't feel a thing
Sugar so sweet
JONATHAN:
Sugar, sugar, sugar
You got me
Kissing your feet
ALL
Kissing your feet
Pretty baby
JONATHAN
She don't care
ALL
What I look like
JONATHAN
Or how I dress
KARESSA AND COUNTER GUY:
She don't care
ALL
No, no, no, no, no, no
JONATHAN:
The only thing I know
Is that she makes
My life such a mess
KARESSA and COUNTER GUY:
Oh, yes
JONATHAN:
Sugar, oh yeah
KARESSA and COUNTER GUY:
Sugar, sugar, oh yeah
JONATHAN:
Sugar, oh yeah, yeah, yeah
KARESSA and COUNTER GUY:
Sugar, sugar
ALL
Sugar, oh yeah
Sugar, oh yeah
S-U-G-A-R
Ooooh! Yeah!
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - See Her Smile
JONATHAN:
It's not you, she says
It's just that life's so hard
We all get blue, I say
Hang on tight
I'll be your bodyguard
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Oh, oh, I just wanna see her smile
It's such a drag, she says
When the world's so mean
It's just a red flag, I say
Gotta look for the green
Oh, oh, oh
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Oh, oh, I just wanna see her smile
Cynical town can be tough on an angel
JONATHAN and MICHAEL
Clip her wings baby, one, two, three
JONATHAN
I'm her clown cause a
JONATHAN and MICHAEL
Laughin' angels richer than kings
JONATHAN
Oh, baby, don't you see?
Baby, don't you agree?
Wish I knew why, she says
But on a sunny day, I find the rain
Let's give it a try, I say
We can dance all through the pain
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Oh, oh
Oh,oh
Oh,oh
Ooooh, oh, oh
I just wanna see her smile
I just wanna see her smile
I just wanna see her smile
I just wanna see her
Just wanna see her...smile
It's not you, she says
It's just that life's so hard
We all get blue, I say
Hang on tight
I'll be your bodyguard
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Oh, oh, I just wanna see her smile
It's such a drag, she says
When the world's so mean
It's just a red flag, I say
Gotta look for the green
Oh, oh, oh
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Oh, oh, I just wanna see her smile
Cynical town can be tough on an angel
JONATHAN and MICHAEL
Clip her wings baby, one, two, three
JONATHAN
I'm her clown cause a
JONATHAN and MICHAEL
Laughin' angels richer than kings
JONATHAN
Oh, baby, don't you see?
Baby, don't you agree?
Wish I knew why, she says
But on a sunny day, I find the rain
Let's give it a try, I say
We can dance all through the pain
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Something's breakin' my baby's heart
Oh, oh
Oh,oh
Oh,oh
Ooooh, oh, oh
I just wanna see her smile
I just wanna see her smile
I just wanna see her smile
I just wanna see her
Just wanna see her...smile
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - Come To Your Senses
KARESSA
You're on the air,
I'm underground
Signal's fading,
Can't be found
I finally open up
For you I would do anything
But you've turned off the volume
Just when I've begun to sing
Come to your senses
Defenses are not the way to go
And you know,
Or at least you knew
Everything's strange,
You've changed and I don't know what to do
To get through
I don't know what to do
I have to laugh
We sure put on a show
Love is passe in this day and age
How can we expect it to grow?
You as the knight
Me as the queen
All I've got tonight
Is static on a screen
Come to your senses
The fences inside are not for real
If we feel as we did, and I do
Can't you recall
When this all began
It was only you and me
It was only me and you
But now the air is filled with confusion
We've replaced care with illusion
It's cool to be cold
Nothing lasts anymore
Love becomes disposable
This is the shape of things
We cannot ignore
Come to your senses
Suspense is fine
If you're just an empty image
Emanating out of a screen
Baby be real,
You can feel again
You don't need a music box melody
To know what I mean
Deep in my eyes,
What do you see
Deep in my sighs,
Listen to me
Let the music commence from inside
Not only one sense, but use all five
Come to your senses
Come to your senses
Come to your senses
Baby come back alive
You're on the air,
I'm underground
Signal's fading,
Can't be found
I finally open up
For you I would do anything
But you've turned off the volume
Just when I've begun to sing
Come to your senses
Defenses are not the way to go
And you know,
Or at least you knew
Everything's strange,
You've changed and I don't know what to do
To get through
I don't know what to do
I have to laugh
We sure put on a show
Love is passe in this day and age
How can we expect it to grow?
You as the knight
Me as the queen
All I've got tonight
Is static on a screen
Come to your senses
The fences inside are not for real
If we feel as we did, and I do
Can't you recall
When this all began
It was only you and me
It was only me and you
But now the air is filled with confusion
We've replaced care with illusion
It's cool to be cold
Nothing lasts anymore
Love becomes disposable
This is the shape of things
We cannot ignore
Come to your senses
Suspense is fine
If you're just an empty image
Emanating out of a screen
Baby be real,
You can feel again
You don't need a music box melody
To know what I mean
Deep in my eyes,
What do you see
Deep in my sighs,
Listen to me
Let the music commence from inside
Not only one sense, but use all five
Come to your senses
Come to your senses
Come to your senses
Baby come back alive
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - Why
JONATHAN
When I was nine,
Michael and I
Entered a talent show down at the Y
Nine A.M. went to rehearse by some stairs
Mike couldn't sing
But I said, "No one cares"
We sang "Yellow Bird" and "Let's Go Fly A Kite"
Over and over and over
Till we got it right
When we emerged from the YMCA
Three o'clock sun had made the grass hay
I thought,
Hey, what a way to spend a day
Hey, what a way to spend a day
I make a vow, right here and now
I'm gonna spend my time this way
When I was sixteen,
Michael and I
Got parts in "West Side"
At White Plains High
Three o'clock went to rehearse in the gym
Mike played "Doc", who didn't sing
Fine with him
We sang, "gotta rocket in your pocket"
And "the Jets are gonna have their day - tonight"
Over and over and over
Till we got it right
When we emerged,
Wiped out by that play
Nine o'clock, stars and moon lit the way
I thought,
Hey, what a way to spend a day
Hey, what a way to spend a day
I made a vow
I wonder now
Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
With only so much time to spend
Don't wanna waste the time I'm given
"Have it all, play the game" - some recommend
I'm afraid, it just may be time to give in
I'm twenty-nine,
Michael and I
Live on the west side of SoHo, N.Y.
Nine A.M.
I write a lyric or two
Mike sings his song now on Mad Avenue
I sing, "Come to your senses
Defenses are not the way to go"
Over and over and over
Till I got it right
When I emerge from B Minor or A
Five o'clock, diner calls, "I'm on my way"
I think,
Hey, what a way to spend a day
Hey, what a way to spend a day
I make a vow - right here and now
I'm gonna spend my time this way
I'm gonna spend my time this way
When I was nine,
Michael and I
Entered a talent show down at the Y
Nine A.M. went to rehearse by some stairs
Mike couldn't sing
But I said, "No one cares"
We sang "Yellow Bird" and "Let's Go Fly A Kite"
Over and over and over
Till we got it right
When we emerged from the YMCA
Three o'clock sun had made the grass hay
I thought,
Hey, what a way to spend a day
Hey, what a way to spend a day
I make a vow, right here and now
I'm gonna spend my time this way
When I was sixteen,
Michael and I
Got parts in "West Side"
At White Plains High
Three o'clock went to rehearse in the gym
Mike played "Doc", who didn't sing
Fine with him
We sang, "gotta rocket in your pocket"
And "the Jets are gonna have their day - tonight"
Over and over and over
Till we got it right
When we emerged,
Wiped out by that play
Nine o'clock, stars and moon lit the way
I thought,
Hey, what a way to spend a day
Hey, what a way to spend a day
I made a vow
I wonder now
Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
With only so much time to spend
Don't wanna waste the time I'm given
"Have it all, play the game" - some recommend
I'm afraid, it just may be time to give in
I'm twenty-nine,
Michael and I
Live on the west side of SoHo, N.Y.
Nine A.M.
I write a lyric or two
Mike sings his song now on Mad Avenue
I sing, "Come to your senses
Defenses are not the way to go"
Over and over and over
Till I got it right
When I emerge from B Minor or A
Five o'clock, diner calls, "I'm on my way"
I think,
Hey, what a way to spend a day
Hey, what a way to spend a day
I make a vow - right here and now
I'm gonna spend my time this way
I'm gonna spend my time this way
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - Louder Than Words
JONATHAN
Why do we play with fire?
Why do we run our finger through the flame?
Why do we leave our hand on the stove,
Although we know, we're in for some pain?
Oh, why do we refuse to hang a light,
When the streets are dangerous?
Why does it take an accident,
Before the truth gets through to us?
Cages or wings,
Which do you prefer?
Ask the birds
Fear or love, baby
Don't say the answer
Actions speak louder than words
Why should we try to be our best
When we can just get by and still gain?
Why do we nod our heads
MICHAEL and JONATHAN
Although we know
MICHAEL
The boss is wrong as rain?
JONATHAN
Why should we blaze a trail
When the well worn path Seems safe and
JONATHAN and SUSAN
So inviting?
SUSAN
How, as we travel, can we
JONATHAN and SUSAN
See the dismay
And keep from fighting?
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Cages or wings, Cages or wings,
Which do you prefer?
Ask the birds Ah:
ALL
Fear or love, baby
Don't say the answer
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Actions speak louder than Louder than, louder than:
Words
What does it take
To wake up a generation?
ALL
How can you make someone
Take off and fly?
JONATHAN
If we don't wake up
And shake up the nation
We'll eat the dust
Of the world wondering why
SUSAN
Why do we stay with lovers
SUSAN and JONATHAN
Who we know, down deep
SUSAN
Just aren't right?
JONATHAN
Why would we rather
ALL
Put ourselves through hell
Than sleep alone at night?
JONATHAN
Why do we follow leaders who never lead?
MICHAEL
Why does it take catastrophe to start a revolution
MICHAEL and SUSAN
If we're so free?
Tell me why
JONATHAN
Someone tell me why
So many people bleed
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Cages or wings, Cages or wings,
Which do you prefer?
Ask the birds Ah:
ALL
Fear or love, baby
Don't say the answer
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Actions speak louder than Louder than, Louder than,
Louder than, Louder than
ALL
Cages or wings,
Which do you prefer?
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Ask the birds Ah:
ALL
Fear or love, baby
Don't say the answer
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Actions speak louder Louder than, Louder than
They speak louder Louder than, Louder than
Actions speak louder than words!
Why do we play with fire?
Why do we run our finger through the flame?
Why do we leave our hand on the stove,
Although we know, we're in for some pain?
Oh, why do we refuse to hang a light,
When the streets are dangerous?
Why does it take an accident,
Before the truth gets through to us?
Cages or wings,
Which do you prefer?
Ask the birds
Fear or love, baby
Don't say the answer
Actions speak louder than words
Why should we try to be our best
When we can just get by and still gain?
Why do we nod our heads
MICHAEL and JONATHAN
Although we know
MICHAEL
The boss is wrong as rain?
JONATHAN
Why should we blaze a trail
When the well worn path Seems safe and
JONATHAN and SUSAN
So inviting?
SUSAN
How, as we travel, can we
JONATHAN and SUSAN
See the dismay
And keep from fighting?
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Cages or wings, Cages or wings,
Which do you prefer?
Ask the birds Ah:
ALL
Fear or love, baby
Don't say the answer
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Actions speak louder than Louder than, louder than:
Words
What does it take
To wake up a generation?
ALL
How can you make someone
Take off and fly?
JONATHAN
If we don't wake up
And shake up the nation
We'll eat the dust
Of the world wondering why
SUSAN
Why do we stay with lovers
SUSAN and JONATHAN
Who we know, down deep
SUSAN
Just aren't right?
JONATHAN
Why would we rather
ALL
Put ourselves through hell
Than sleep alone at night?
JONATHAN
Why do we follow leaders who never lead?
MICHAEL
Why does it take catastrophe to start a revolution
MICHAEL and SUSAN
If we're so free?
Tell me why
JONATHAN
Someone tell me why
So many people bleed
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Cages or wings, Cages or wings,
Which do you prefer?
Ask the birds Ah:
ALL
Fear or love, baby
Don't say the answer
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Actions speak louder than Louder than, Louder than,
Louder than, Louder than
ALL
Cages or wings,
Which do you prefer?
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Ask the birds Ah:
ALL
Fear or love, baby
Don't say the answer
JONATHAN MICHAEL AND SUSAN
Actions speak louder Louder than, Louder than
They speak louder Louder than, Louder than
Actions speak louder than words!
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Tick Tick Boom Cast - Boho Days
JONATHAN LARSON
Don't step on Simon, Renaud and Phillipe
They're still on the living room floor, asleep
Flight was delayed
But they got it so cheap
In Amsterdam
The cat jumped off of the fire escape
He's a little shook up
But he don't have a scrape
Climb up to the roof
Let's make a crepe
You bring the jam
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
Bohemia
Shower's in the kitchen
There might be some soap
Dishes in the sink
Brush your teeth, if you can cope
Toilet's in the closet
You better hope
There's a light bulb in there, bo bo bo
Dino called yesterday
The rent is overdue
Con Ed and New York Telephone are mad too
Better screen the calls for a day or two
Or cough up your share
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
Bohemia
Revolving door roommates
Prick up your ears
Fourteen people in just four years
Ann and Max and Jonathan
And Jonathan and Kerri
David, Tim, no Tim was just a guest
From June to January
Margaret, Lisa, David, Susie,
Stephen, Joe and Sam
And Elsa, the bill collector's dream
Who is still on the lam
Don't forget the neighbors
Michelle and Gay
More like a family
Than a family, hey
The cat's - Lucy, Mr. Beebe
Bouncer, rest his soul
And Finster, who took one look
And stayed for days down in that hole.
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
Bohemia
The garbage trucks
Have turned into limousines
Rat infested diners
Now are fancy restaurants
The gallery opens
You know what that means
There goes the neighborhood
Here come the debutantes
But at 508 the halls
Are still that dingy brown
508, the walls are cracked or falling down
508, we all know the day it changes
Is the day we all should blow this town
The time is flying
And everything is dying
I thought by now
I'd have a dog, a kid, and wife
The ship is sort of sinking
So let's start Drinking
Before we start thinking
Is this a life?
Is this a life?, bo bo, bo bo bo
Is this a life?, no no, no no no
Is this a life?, bo bo, bo bo bo
Bohemia
Bohemia
Bo-he-mi-a
Bo, bo, bo, bo
Don't step on Simon, Renaud and Phillipe
They're still on the living room floor, asleep
Flight was delayed
But they got it so cheap
In Amsterdam
The cat jumped off of the fire escape
He's a little shook up
But he don't have a scrape
Climb up to the roof
Let's make a crepe
You bring the jam
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
Bohemia
Shower's in the kitchen
There might be some soap
Dishes in the sink
Brush your teeth, if you can cope
Toilet's in the closet
You better hope
There's a light bulb in there, bo bo bo
Dino called yesterday
The rent is overdue
Con Ed and New York Telephone are mad too
Better screen the calls for a day or two
Or cough up your share
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
Bohemia
Revolving door roommates
Prick up your ears
Fourteen people in just four years
Ann and Max and Jonathan
And Jonathan and Kerri
David, Tim, no Tim was just a guest
From June to January
Margaret, Lisa, David, Susie,
Stephen, Joe and Sam
And Elsa, the bill collector's dream
Who is still on the lam
Don't forget the neighbors
Michelle and Gay
More like a family
Than a family, hey
The cat's - Lucy, Mr. Beebe
Bouncer, rest his soul
And Finster, who took one look
And stayed for days down in that hole.
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
This is the life, bo bo, bo bo bo
Bohemia
The garbage trucks
Have turned into limousines
Rat infested diners
Now are fancy restaurants
The gallery opens
You know what that means
There goes the neighborhood
Here come the debutantes
But at 508 the halls
Are still that dingy brown
508, the walls are cracked or falling down
508, we all know the day it changes
Is the day we all should blow this town
The time is flying
And everything is dying
I thought by now
I'd have a dog, a kid, and wife
The ship is sort of sinking
So let's start Drinking
Before we start thinking
Is this a life?
Is this a life?, bo bo, bo bo bo
Is this a life?, no no, no no no
Is this a life?, bo bo, bo bo bo
Bohemia
Bohemia
Bo-he-mi-a
Bo, bo, bo, bo
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Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Tick, Tick... Boom! (styled as tick, tick... BOOM!) is a musical by Jonathan Larson. It tells the story of an aspiring composer named Jon, who lives in New York City in 1990. Jon is worried he has made the wrong career choice to be part of the performing arts. The story is semi-autobiographical, as stated by Larson's father in the liner notes of the cast recording - Larson had been trying to establish himself in theater since the early 1980s.
Larson began to perform the piece as a solo work in 1990. After his death in 1996, it was revised and revamped by playwright David Auburn as a three-actor piece and was premiered Off-Broadway in 2001. Since then, the show has had an Off West End production, a West End production, an American national tour, two Off-Broadway revivals, in 2014 and 2016, and numerous local and international productions.
A film adaptation, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and starring Andrew Garfield in the lead role, was released by Netflix in November 2021. It was generally well received by critics, and Garfield received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
Genre(s):
Soundtrack, Musical Larson began to perform the piece as a solo work in 1990. After his death in 1996, it was revised and revamped by playwright David Auburn as a three-actor piece and was premiered Off-Broadway in 2001. Since then, the show has had an Off West End production, a West End production, an American national tour, two Off-Broadway revivals, in 2014 and 2016, and numerous local and international productions.
A film adaptation, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and starring Andrew Garfield in the lead role, was released by Netflix in November 2021. It was generally well received by critics, and Garfield received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
Released: May 23rd, 2001
Year: 2001