Montage 3: Gimmie the Ball Lyrics - A Chorus Line Soundtrack

(Greg)
The worst thing in school was that everytime the teacher called on me
I’d be hard! I’d be hard!
Really!
I mean, I had to lean against the desk, like this. And the teacher would say
Stand up straight!
I can’t I have a pain in my... side!
Stand up straight!
Or walking down the halls, you’d have to walk, like this,
With all your books stacked up in front of you.
(Mike)
Yeah, I did too. I thought I was a sex maniac!
(Connie and Maggie)
You are!!
(Bobby)
Me too. It didn’t go down for three years.
(Greg)
Oh, and the bus. The bus was the worst. I’d take even one look at a bus and
Bingo!
And then there was the time
I was making out with Sally Ketchum in the back seat of the car.
We were kissing and necking and
I was feeling her boobs. And after about an hour or so,
she said,
Ohhh, don’t you wanna feel anything else?
And I suddenly thought to myself, ‘No, I don’t.’
Well, I guess yeah, because it was the first time I realized I was homosexual.
And I got so depressed,
because I thought being gay meant being a bum all the rest of my life.
(All)
Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen,
Hello love
(Val)
Shit! Made it through high school without growing tits!
(Random voices)
Doubt, to break out
It’s a mess
Time to grow, time to go
(Paul)
What am I gonna say when he calls on me?!!
(Random voices until all join in)
My only adolesence
Where did it go it was so
Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen
Suddenly I’m seventeen and
(All)
Suddenly I’m seventeen and
Suddenly I’m seventeen and
Suddenly
There’s a lot I am not
Certain of
Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen
Hello
(Boys I)
Wah, wah wah wah wah, wah wah wah wah
(Boys II)
Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah
(Girls I)
Doo dit, dit doo dit, dit doo dit, dit doo dit
(Girls II)
Du de du de du de du de doo dit
(Richie)
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball
Yeah!
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball
Yeah!
I was always running around shouting
Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball
Yeah!
I was so enthusiastic I was into everything
The yearbook was filled with my picture
And I was lucky cause I got
A scholarship to college!
A scholarship to college!
So I went (so he went)
Yes I went (yes he went)
So I’m gonna be this kindergarten teacher-
Can you imagine me this kindergarten teacher?
And I thought Shit (Shit, Richie)
Shit! (shit, Richie)
What are you gonna be (shit, Richie, shit Richie)
When you get shoved outta here (shit, Richie, shit, Richie)
Honey, ain’t nobody gonna be standing there (shit, Richie, shit, Richie)
With no scholarship to life
And I was scared (shit, Richie) scared (shit, Richie)
Scared (shit, Richie) Scared!! (shit, Richie!)
(Girls)
My braces gone,
(Boys)
my pimples gone
(All)
My childhood gone goodbye
Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen
Goodbye fourteen, goodbye fifteen
Goodbye sixteen, goodbye seventeen
Hello love
Go to it, go to it
Go to it, go to it
Go to it, go to it
(All)
And now life really begins (go to it)
And now life really begins (go to it)
And now life really begins (go to it)
And now life really begins (go to it)
Go to it!