Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Listen to the rain on the roof go
Pit-pitty-pat, pit-pitty-pat-pitty
Sit, kitty cat, We won't get home for hours
Relax and Listen to the rain on the roof go
Plunk-planka-plink, Plunk-planka-plink-planka
Let's have a drink And shelter from the showers
Rain, rain, don't go away
Fill up the sky
Rain through the night
We'll stay cozy and dry
Listen to the rain on the roof go
Pit-pitty-pat-Plunk-a-plink-Plank
Pity that It's not a hurricane
Listen - plink - to the - Lovely rain
New York has neon, Berlin has bars
But ah! Paris!
Shanghai has silk and Madrid guitars
But ah! Paris!
In Cairo you find bizarre bazaars
In London - pip! pip! You sip tea
But when it comes to love
None of the above...
...Compares, Compris?
So if it's making love That you're thinking of
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah...
Paris!
I have seen the ruins of Rome
I've been in the igloos of Nome
I have gone to Moscow, It's very gay
Well, anyway, On the first of May!
I have seen Rangoon and Soho
And I like them more than so-so
But when there's a moon
Goodbye Rangoon
Hello, Montmartre
hello
Peking has rickshaws, New Orleans jazz
But ah! Paris!
Beirut has sunshine - that's all it has
But ah! Paris!
Constantinople has Turkish baths
And Athens that lovely debris
Carlsbad may have a spa, But for ooh-Ia-Ia
You come with me
Carlsbad is where you're cured After you have toured...
...Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah...
Paris!
I'm just a Broadway Baby
Walking off my tired feet
Pounding 42nd Street To be in a show
Broadway Baby
Learning how to sing and dance
Waiting for that one big chance To be in a show
Gee, I'd like to be On some marquee
All twinkling lights
A spark To pierce the dark
From Battery Park To Washington Heights
Some day, maybe, All my dreams will be repaid
Hell, I'd even play the maid To be in a show
Say, Mr Producer
I'm talking to you, sir
I don't need a lot
Only what I got
Plus a tube of greasepaint and a follow-spot
I'm a Broadway Baby
Slaving at a five-and-ten
Dreaming of the great day when I'll be in a show
Broadway Baby
Making rounds all afternoon
Eating at a greasy spoon To save on my dough
At My tiny flat
There's just my cat, A bed and a chair
Still I'll stick it till
I'm on a bill All over Times Square
Broadway Baby, walking off my tired feet, Pounding 42nd Street To be in a show.../New York has neon, Berlin has bars, But ah! Paris! Shanghai Has silk and Madrid.../Listen to the rain on the roof go Pit-pitty-pat...
Working for a nice man Like a Ziegfeld or a Weismann
In a great big Broadway Show!