Lyrics: Nathan Tysen
Music: Jason Howland
[GATSBY]I have waited five years and today is the day
I have spared no expense, all that stands in my way
Is a tiny little cottage with a tiny little table
Filled with tiny finger sandwiches
I am not okay
Only four hours left and there's too much to do
I don't know what to wear, what to say, how to stand when she's standing inside the foyer
Of a tiny little cottage, at a tiny little table
Filled with tiny finger sandwiches
drown me in the bay
[NICK]Mr. Gatsby? It's 7 o'clock in the morning
[GATSBY]Today's the day!
Have you got everything you need In the shap? of- of tea?
[NICK]I picked up some lemon cakes at Finn's
[GATSBY]At what?
[NICK]It's a delicatessen, I hope that's okay
[GATSBY]Yes, of course, of course, they're fine
Old sport
Paper says the rain should pass by
[NICK]A quick summer storm. Maybe there'll be a rainbow!
[GATSBY]This is an omen! We need to cancel the whole thing!
[NICK]It is tea, it's only tea
No need for such commotion
Soon you'll be laughin, reminiscin, you will see
It is tea, it's only tea
[GATSBY]I'm gonna walk into the ocean
[NICK]You're gonna go and put your feet up
And leave it all to me
[GATSBY]Of course, you're right. I'll just go get changed and-
Well, I didn't want to be a bother, so I picked up a few tea things
I'll bring those on by.
And some shrubbery
And remember, it's only tea
Put the oysters on ice (Oh, oh)
Cut the lilacs and cake (Oh, oh)
[ENSEMBLE]Shuck the oysters,Cut the cake
[GATSBY]Bring them over at once (Oh, Oh)
This is all make or break (Oh, oh)
[ENSEMBLE]Bring them over,Make or break
[GATSBY]It's a
Simple
Chance encounter at a
Simple Little table
Filled with Simple
Little sandwiches (Simple)
This is a mistake
[ENSEMBLE]It's time for tea
It's time for tea
Is it pinstripe or plaid?
Is it two-piece or three?
[ENSEMBLE]Pin or plaid, what does he need?
[GATSBY]Is it olive or Orval or brown? (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
I want carefree and fun (Oh, oh)
But not rodeo clown (Oh, oh)
She should know that I mean business
While I'm also being casual
With teeny-tiny sandwiches
I should go lie down
[ENSEMBLE]Easy-peasy, teeny-tiny Scrummy-yummy Sandwiches!
It is tea, it's only tea
It's not so complicated
[ENSEMBLE]It's not too complicated at all
Soon we'll be sittin, sippin, lost in memory
[ENSEMBLE]Lost in memory
It is tea, it's only tea
It's just been elevated
[ENSEMBLE]And not premeditated
[GATSBY]Oh, what a pleasant bit of serendipity
Will she see I've made my world (Ah-ah-ah)
In the image of her dreams?
The closer that I get (Ahh-ah-ah)
The farther that she seems
But there is no too much (Ah-ah-ah)
There is no too far
There is only tea (Ah-ah)
And the rewrite of the stars
[ENSEMBLE]Rewrite the stars
[GATSBY]How do I look?
[NICK]Perfectly tailored
[GATSBY]Too tailored? I told them to keep it casual!
[GATSBY, NICK, & ENSEMBLE]It is tea, it's only tea
[NICK]No need for ostentation (Ah-ah-ah)
[GATSBY]A little decoration
[NICK]Soon you'll be laughin, reminiscin, you will see
[ENSEMBLE]It is only tea
[GATSBY & NICK]It is tea, it is tea
[GATSBY,]I'm going home
[NICK]It's only-, wait what was that?
[GATSBY]Daisy isn't coming, I am going
thanks for helping
But I cannot wait all day
[NICK]Wait!
[GATSBY]She is late (Oh, oh)
So I'm off to go scream in a jar (Oh, oh)
[NICK, spoken]She's not late, Gatsby, stay where you are!
[GATSBY]In a tiny little cabin (Tea!)
Where I'm currently going manic (Tea!)
A tiny little cabin (Tea!)
[NICK]This is not the time to panic
[GATSBY]A tiny little cabin
In the hull of the Titanic
[NICK]There's the car
[ENSEMBLE]It's time for tea
[NICK]Gatsby?