Annie Album Lyrics

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Overture

(Annie Cast)

...morrow
To-tomorrow
To-to-tomorrow
To-tomorrow
To-to
It's the hard-knock life for us
It's the hard-knock life for us

(Stand clear of the closing doors, please)

I think I'm gonna like it
I'm sure I'm gonna like it
I think I'm gonna like it
I'm sure I'm gonna like it
I think I'm gonna like it here

(Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one)

Light it up!

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Maybe

(Quvenzhané Wallis, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Nicolette Pierini, Eden Duncan-Smith & Amanda Troya)

Maybe far away
Or maybe real nerby
He may be pouring her coffe
She may be straighting his 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"

Maybe

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It's the Hard-Knock Life

(Quvenzhané Wallis, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Nicolette Pierini, Eden Duncan-Smith & Amanda Troya)

It's the hard-knock life for us
It's the hard-knock life for us

Steada treated,
We get tricked
Steada kisses,
We get kicked
It's the hard-knock life!

It's the hard-knock life for us
It's the hard-knock life for us

Steada treated,
We get tricked
Steada kisses,
We get kicked
It's the hard-knock life!

Don't it feel like the wind is always howlin?
Don't it seem like there's never any light??
Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?
It's easier than puttin' up a fight

No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy
No one cares if you grow... or if you shrink

Empty belly life!
Rotten smelly life!
Full of sorrow life!
No tomorrow life!

Santa Claus we never see...
Santa Claus what's that? Who's he?

No one cares for you a bit
When you're a foster kid
It's the hard-knock life

"Make my bathroom shine!
But don't touch my medicine cabinet!"
(Good One Mia)

It's the hard-knock life for us
(Yank the whiskers off her chin)
It's the hard-knock life for us
(Jab her with a safety pin)

Steada treated, We get tricked
(Send her to the loony bin)
Steada kisses, We get kicked

It's the hard-knock life for us
(Yank the whiskers off her chin)
It's the hard-knock life for us
(Jab her with a safety pin)

No one cares for you a bit
(Send her to the loony bin)
When you're a foster kid
It's the hard-knock life!
(It's the hard-knock life!)

[Thanks to Shakoor for correcting these lyrics]

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Tomorrow

(Quvenzhane Wallis)

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 with 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 away!

When I'm stuck with 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 away!

Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
Away!

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I Think I'm Gonna Like it Here

(Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne & Stephanie Kurtzuba)

I think I'm gonna like it here

I think I'm gonna like it
I'm sure I'm gonna like it
I think I'm gonna like it here

So, think it and it shall appear
I think I'm gonna like it here
Because it knows just what you wanna see
Wait, I think it and it comes to me?

Here's something grand for you to play
Wait, I couldn't do that yesterday
I think I'm gonna like it here
It's very hard not to my dear

Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Think I'm gonna like it here
I think I'm gonna like it here
Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Think I'm gonna like it here

Look! It knows the temp your comfy in
That's great! Can it teach me to swim?
We'll get a coach, no need to fear
I think I'm gonna like it here

There's a big apple for you to eat
I'd have been full with just a seed
There's a whole new world in that mirror
I think I'm gonna like it here

Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Think I'm gonna like it here
I think I'm gonna like it here
Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Think I'm gonna like it here

Everything you've ever dreamed is at your fingertips
And if you haven't dreamed it yet, add it to your wishlist
Is this Mr. Stacks' room
No, Annie, this it your room
Sweet lord

I think I'm gonna like it
I know I'm gonna like it
I know you're gonna like it
Damn right you're gonna like it
I think I'm gonna like it here!

Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Think I'm gonna like it here
I think I'm gonna like it here
Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Yes, yes, I think I'm gonna like it here
Think I'm gonna like it here

Yes, yes!

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You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile

(Sia)

Hey, America
Let's turn it up
Yeah check out ourselves
Cause you know you're never fully dressed without a smile

Your clothes may be Chanel, Gucci
Your shoes crocodile
But baby you're never fully dressed without a smile

So, if you stand for nothing you'll fall further
We got all we need, got diamonds
You're never fully dressed without a smile
And if you stand for something you can't hold
If it's me you love then let it go
You're never fully dressed without a smile
You're never fully dressed without a smile
You're never fully dressed without a smile

Where the owner? Give all we've got
Yeah you can't deny
That baby you're never fully dressed without a smile
Don't sink the boat when you lose hope
I keep you alive
But baby you're never fully dressed without a smile

So, if you stand for nothing you'll fall further
We got all we need, got diamonds
You're never fully dressed without a smile
And if you stand for something you can't hold
If it's me you love then let it go
You're never fully dressed without a smile
You're never fully dressed without a smile
You're never fully dressed without a smile

Now look at us
We pick it up
We set it on fire
Cause you know you're never fully dressed without a smile
We show it out
We're playing now
We're living the life
But baby you're never fully dressed without a smile

So, if you stand for nothing you'll fall further
We got all we need, got diamonds
You're never fully dressed without a smile
And if you stand for something you can't hold
If it's me you love then let it go
You're never fully dressed without a smile
You're never fully dressed without a smile
You're never fully dressed without a smile

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Moonquake Lake

(Sia & Beck)

She's a fish and he's a boy
Moonquake, moonquake
I want to take a swim in Lake Moon
Now I am awake, always
Since I dove into your blue
Moonquake, moonquake
I want to take a swim in Lake Moon
Now I am awake, always
Since I dove into your blue

She came from the Moon ready to fight
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
With scales and a tail and a fishy bite
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Ready to destroy all of humankind
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Fierce and fighting with a brook trout mind
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah

He was born in an airship above the earth
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Strong in legend, my soul's in mirth
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Son of mom and a bee farmer
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
With just a smile for a sweet...
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah

They were never meant to meet (but fate didn't listen)
They were never meant to be (oh it never does)
They were never meant to see (it didn't listen)
They were never ...
She's a fish and he's a boy

Moonquake, moonquake
I want to take a swim in Lake Moon
Now I am awake always
Since I dove into your blue
Moonquake, moonquake
I want to catch you in my net
Now I am awake always
Like the day we never met

They met one solstice at a fishing hole
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
He was unsure casting his pole
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
She swam right up to him and took the bait
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
He reeled her in and made it a date
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah

When your worlds are worn and you look inside
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Fight the power, stop the divide
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Four eyes, two gills, one human nose
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Wrap your arms around me and then lean in close
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
You'll have clothes and I'll have those

Moonquake, moonquake
I want to take a swim in Lake Moon
Now I am awake always
Since I dove into your blue
Moonquake, moonquake
I want to catch you in my net
Now I am awake always
Like the day we never met

Moonquake
Moonquake
Moonquake
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Moonquake
Moonquake
Moonquake
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Moonquake
Moonquake
Moonquake
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah

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Little Girls

(Cameron Diaz)

Little girls little girls
Everywhere I turn I can see them
(Ugh!)
Little girls, little girls
Night and day I eat, sleep and breathe them
(Get out of here!)
I should be anywhere but here
Private planes, on a stage or on TV
But I find myself here at the snot house
Little shoes, little socks
Please kill me!
I'm serious, please kill me
I'm not singing, I'm asking

Locked in a cage with all the rats
I've slipped through the cracks and now I'm
Stuck with the scraps and I can't seem to find my way back
Get me out, get me out of here
(Oh get her out!)
I'm ready for stardom after all these years
I'm done!
With little girls
I wanna be someone
In this world

Little girls, little girls
everywhere I turn I can see them
(Ugh!)
Little girls, little girls
Night and day I eat, sleep and breathe them
(Get out of here!)

Yes, I wanna tear my hair out
I should be famous, a part of history
But I find myself here at the snot house
Little shoes, little socks
Please kill me!
I'm serious please kill me
I'm not singing I'm asking

Locked in a cage with all the rats
I've slipped through the cracks and now I'm
Stuck with the scraps and I can't seem to find my way back
Get me out, get me out of here
(Oh throw me a rope)
I'm ready for stardom after all these years
I'm done!
With little girls
I wanna be someone
In this world
Little girls, little girls
(hee hee hee hee hee)
(Ugh!)

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The City's Yours

(Jamie Foxx & Quvenzhane Wallis)

This is just the start of your story
If you got guts you get glory
Anyone can make it even you
In New York City

And now's the time you gota stand tough
Cause if you work hard you can rise up
Anyone can make it even you
In New York City

Look at me I'm just blood pumpin
you and me are two hearts thumpin
We are two souls giving the same feed
So take it all, the city's yours, it's worth fighting for, it's all yours
So take it all, the city's yours, it's worth fighting for, it's all mine, it's all yours
In New York City
In New York City
In New York City

So put your gloves start trainin
You gota get wet when it's rainin
If you got heart you can make it too
In New York City

You see what I see look harder
You know we're the same when we start off
Four walks two heads one heart paired

So take it all, the city's yours, ask it for more, when you arrange a tour
So take it all, the city's yours, it's worth fighting for, it's all mine, it's all yours
In New York City
In New York City

So take it all
So take it all,
the city's yours,
the city's mine,
it's worth fighting for
it's worth fighting for,
it's all mine
it's all mine

So take it all
So take it all,
the city's yours,
the city's mine,
it's worth fighting for
it's worth fighting for,
it's all mine
it's all mine,
it's all yours

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Opportunity

(Quvenzhane Wallis)

Under the glow of the very bright lights
I turn my face towards the warm night skies
And I am not afraid of a thousand eyes
When they're above five hundred smiles
Oh I used to think What wouldn't I give
For a moment like, this This moment, this gift!
Now look at me and this opportunity
It's standing right in front of me
But one thing I know
It's only part luck and so
I'm putting on my best show
Under the spotlight
I'm starting my life
Big dreams becoming real tonight
So look at me and this opportunity
You're witnessing my moment, you see?

Now I find myself here, and it's time
Yes this is real, and it's a gold-mine
I'm not afraid to fly
When it's above five hundred smiles

Oh I used to think
What wouldn't I give
For a moment like this?
This moment, this gift
Oh, now look at me
And this opportunity
Is standing right in front of me
But one thing I know
It's only part luck and so
I'm putting on my best show
Under the spotlight
I'm starting my life
Big dreams becoming real tonight
So, look at me and this opportunity
You're witnessing my moment, you see?
My big opportunity
Yeah, I won't waste it
I guarantee

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Easy Street

(Cameron Diaz & Bobby Cannavale)

You know I'm tired of being the black hat
Of running the show down in the snake pit
So this is our chance to get out of this place
So come on let's run for it, to...

Easy street
Easy street
Where you sleep till noon

Yeah, yeah, yeah

We're running free, on...
Easy street
We're going to be there soon

Yeah I'll be the girl who's drippin' in jewelry
The crowds'll go wild when I sing
I won't have to look out on a fire escape
The view will be billboards of me, on...

Easy street
Easy street
Where we all get paid

Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Move them feet, to...
Easy street
When ya get there
When ya get there
When ya get there... stay

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Who Am I?

(Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz & Quvenzhané Wallis)

Who am I, what have I become?
Do I stand for something, or for money?
Who am I, where's my good girl gone?
You know I had a good heart once, you see.

Who am I, now that my armor's gone?
You gave me what I didn't know I needed.
Who am I, now that my heart is won?
I didn't know I needed anyone.

But I've got today, I've got to make,
The best I can of it.
'Cause yesterday is dead and gone,
And me along with it.

I want to start again, so I look within
Remember what I wanted
'Cause I don't know who I've become
But I will trust in it, Yeah I will trust in it.

Who am I? I spent my life alone
Forever looking for some place to call home.
Who am I? About to meet myself
This should feel right, but something don't.

I want to start again, so I look within
Remember what I wanted
'Cause I don't know who I've become
But I will trust in it. I will trust in it
Oh I will trust in it. Oh I will trust in it

But today, I've got to make,
The best I can of it.
'Cause yesterday is dead and gone
And me along with it
I want to start again

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I Don't Need Anything But You

(Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhane Wallis & Rose Byrne)

Together at last
Together forever
We're tying a knot,
They never can sever

I don't need sunshine now,
To turn my skies to blue

I don't need anything but you!

You've wrapped me around
That cute little finger.
You've made life a song
You've made me the singer!

You're not warm and fuzzy
And ain't the most shyest girl
But nothing on Earth
Could ever divide us!

Today was terrible
Today was a straight up nightmare

But that was then
Cause I was looking for something
Looking for my loose end
Now I don't need anything, but you

But that was then
Cause I was looking for something
Looking for my loose end
Now I don't need anything, but you

But nothing on earth
Could ever divide us!
But nothing on earth
Could ever divide us!
But nothing on earth
Could ever divide us!
But nothing on earth
Could ever divide us!

Together at last
Together forever
We're tying a knot,
They never can sever

You're two of a kind
The happiest pair now
Like bright shooting stars
You're floating on air now

And what's the title of the dream that just came true?
I don't need anything, anything, anything
I don't need anything but you!

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Tomorrow (Reprise)

(Annie Cast)

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 with a day (a day)
That's gray (that's gray)
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin (my chin)
And Grin (and grin)
And Say,

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!

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Opportunity

(Sia)

Under the glow of the very bright lights
I turn my face towards the warm night sky
And I am not afraid of a thousand eyes
When they're above
Five hundred smiles

Oh I used to think
What wouldn't I give
For a moment like this?
This moment is gift

Oh, now look at me
And this opportunity
Is standing right in front of me
But one thing I know
It's only part luck and so
I'm putting on my best show
Under the spotlight
I'm starting my life
Big dreams becoming real tonight
So look at me and this opportunity
You're witnessing my moment, you see?

Now I find myself here, and it's time
Yes this is real, and it's a gold-mine
I'm not afraid to fly
When it's above five hundred smiles

Oh I used to think
What wouldn't I give
For a moment like this?
This moment this gift

Oh, now look at me
And this opportunity
Is standing right in front of me
But one thing I know
It's only part luck and so
I'm putting on my best show
Under the spotlight
I'm starting my life
Big dreams becoming real tonight
So, look at me and this opportunity
You're witnessing my moment, you see?

My big opportunity
Yeah, I won't waste it
I guarantee