Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
Music: Andrew Lippa
JIMMY: Dance to the harvest
Dance to the Sun God
Thanks to the Sun God
For uncle Lester's musical
MOTHER: Thanks to the Sun God
For helping Uncle Lester
JIMMY: To Inti-raymi
ALL: All thanks
JIMMY: To Ataguchu
ALL: All thanks
JIMMY: To Copacati
ALL: All thanks
JIMMY: To Pariacaca
ALL: All thanks
MOTHER: We've called on all the Gods
On Jimmy's Inca list
Give thanks to all the Gods
FATHER: No!
There's one God we've missed
To the God of Broadway Musicals
And the hope that dreams come true
From the God of Broadway Musicals
To the New York Times review
I believe our Lester's got that thing
That'll make Long Island stop and sing
When your hope is gone on the losing streak
Call the God who's on 8 shows a week
MOTHER: If the God of Broadway Musicals
Has a heart or answers prayers
There's a Rodgers and a Hammerstein
Writing standards right upstairs
LISI: He'll be famous here and overseas
FATHER: While his agent counts the royalties
MOTHER: You're a showbiz God
So I'll knock on wood
Tell the Schuberts, Lester's here for good
JIMMY: As the God of Broadway musicals
We expect a little glitz
FATHER: Every season there's a show or two
Join the pantheon of hits
LISI: You'll decide what flops and what’s divine
MOTHER: What they'll hail the next “A Chorus Line”
FATHER: If you are a God
Let the spotlight burn
ALL: ‘Cause tonight is Uncle Lester’s turn
To the God of Broadway Musicals
Though it may be premature
Let the audience be large enough
For a first-class national tour (First-class tour)
There are well-known Gods or avant-garde
There are some who went to Julliard
But the one we want, and we all agree
Is the God who reads Variety
Everyone reads Variety
ALL: So the God of Broadway Musicals
Knows the future, cursed or blessed
We beseech you, God of Musicals
With a singular request
Uncle Lester wrote the perfect song
Made the backers cry and hum along
All we have is one more simple thing to say:
Give him dancing girls and color lights
Give him acrobats and dogs in tights
Giant orchestras and singing trees
JIMMY: Give him magic tricks and Twizzlers please?
ALL: Put his musical on Broadway!