Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin - Dialogue and Script

MAYBE Annie: Maybe far away  Or maybe real nearby He may be pouring her coffee She may be straight'ning 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"... Annie and Orphans: Maybe... IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE Orphans: It's the hard-knock life for us! It's the hard-knock life for us! Annie: 'Steada treated, Orphans: We get tricked! Annie: 'Steada kisses, Orphans: We get kicked! All: It's the hard-knock life! Got no folks to speak of, so, It's the hard-knock row we hoe! Annie: Cotton blankets, Orphans: 'Steada of wool! Annie: Empty bellies Orphans: 'Steada of full! All: It's the hard-knock life! Annie: Don't it feel like the wind is always howlin'? Kate and Tessie: Don't it seem like there's never any light! Duffy and July: Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in? Molly and Pepper: It's easier than puttin' up a fight. Annie: No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy! No one cares if you grow or if you shrink! No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy! All: From all the cryin' you would think this place's a sink! Oh! Empty belly life! Rotten smelly life! Full of sorrow life! No tomorrow life! Molly: Santa Claus we never see Annie: Santa Claus, what's that? Who's he? All: No one cares for you a smidge When you're in an orphanage! Molly: (Making a whistling sound and imitating Miss. Hannigan) You'll stay up till this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler building. Orphans: Yank the whiskers from her chin Jab her with a safety Pin Make her drink a mickey finn I love you, Miss Hannigan All: It's the hard-knock life for us It's the hard-knock life for us No one cares for you a smidge When you're in an orphanage It's the hard-knock life It's the hard-knock life It's the hard-knock life! TOMORROW Annie: 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 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  A way! 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! WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU HERBERT HOOVER All: Today we're living in a shanty Today we're scrounding for a meal Sophie: Today I'm stealing coal for fires Who knew I could steal? Men: I used to winter in the tropics Women: I spent my summers at the shore Fred: I used to throw away the papers All: We'd like to thank you: Herber Hoover For really showing us the way We'd like to thank you: Herbert Hoover You made us what we are today Prosperity was 'round the corner The cozy cottage built for two In this blue heaven That you Gave us Yes! We're turning blue! They offered us Al Smith and Hoover We paid attention and we chose Not only did we pay attention We paid through the nose. In ev'ry pot he said "a chicken" But Herbert Hoover he forgot Not only don't we have the chicken We ain't got the pot! Hey Herbie Women: You left behind a greatful nation All: So, Herb, our hats are off to you We're up to here with admiration Sophie: Come down and have a little stew All: Come down and share some Christmas dinner Be sure to bring the missus too We got no turkey for our stuffing Why don't we stuff you! We'd like to thank you, Herbert Hoover For really showing us the way You dirty rat, you Bureaucrat, you Made us what we are today Come and get it, Herb! LITTLE GIRLS Miss Hannigan: Little girls Little girls Everywhere I turn I can see them Little girls Little girls Night and day I eat, sleep and breathe them I'm an ordinary woman With feelings I'd like a man to nibble on my ear But I admit no man has bit So how come I'm the mother of the year? Little cheeks Little teeth Everything around me is little If I wring Little necks Surely I will get an acquittal Some women are dripping with diamonds Some women are dripping with pearls Lucky me! Lucky me! Look at what I'm dripping with Little girls How I hate Little shoes Little socks And each little bloomer I'd have cracked  Years ago If it weren't for my Sense of humor Some day I'll step on their freckles Some night I'll straighten their curls Send a flood Send the flu Anything that You can do To little girls Some day I'll land in the nuthouse With all the nuts, and the squirr'ls There I'll stay Until the prohibition of Little girls. I THINK I'M GONNA LIKE IT HERE Grace: (spoken) Annie you are our guest for Christmas,  and for the next two weeks you're going to have a swell time! (sung) Cecille will pick out all your clothes Cecille: Green is her best color, no blue I think. Grace: Your bath is drawn by Mrs. Greer. Greer: Soap...no, bubbles, I think. Grace: Annette comes in to make your bed. Annette: The silk sheets, no the satin sheets, I think. Annie: I think I'm gonna like it here! Grace: The swimming pool is to the left Annie: Inside the house? Grace: Uh huh! Annie: Oh boy Grace: The tennis court is in the rear Annie: I never even picked up a racket. Grace: Have an instructor here at noon Oh, and get that Don Budge fellow if he's available. Annie: I think I'm gonna like it here. Grace: When you wake Ring for Drake Drake will bring your tray When you're through Mrs. Pugh Comes and takes it away. Grace and servants: No need to pick up any toys Annie: That's okay, I haven't got any anyway. Grace: No finger will you lift my dear All: We have but one request Please put us to the test Annie: I know I'm gonna like it here Used to room in a tomb Where I'd sit and freeze Get me now, holy cow Could someone pinch me please Ouch! Grace: She didn't mean it. We've never had a little girl All: We've never had a little girl Annie: I'm very glad to volunteer Grace and Servants: We hope you understand Your wish is our command Annie: I know I'm gonna like it here Grace and Servants: We know you're gonna like it here All: Welcome N.Y.C. Warbucks: NYC What is it about you You're big You're loud You're tough NYC I go years without you Then I Can't get Enough Enough of cab drivers answering back In the language far from pure Enough of frankfurters answering back Brother, you know you're in NYC Too busy, too crazy Too hot Too cold Too late I'm sold Again On NYC All (New Yorkers and Grace, Annie and Warbucks): NYC Grace: The shadows at sundown The roofs  That scrape The sky All: NYC Warbucks and Grace: The rich and the rundown The big parade goes by Warbucks: No other town has the Empire State And a mayor five foot two No other town in the whole forty eight Can half compare to you All: Oh NYC Warbucks: You make 'em all postcards Warbucks and Grace: You crowd You cramp You're still The champ Amen For NYC (NYC) The shimmer of Times Square Warbucks: The pulse Grace: The beat Warbucks and Grace: The drive! (NYC) Warbucks: You might say the Times Square But then I come alive! Warbucks and Grace: The city's bright As a penny arcade It blinks, it tilts, it rings Annie: To think that I've lived here all of my life And never seen these things All: Oh, NYC The whole world keeps coming Warbucks: By bus Grace: By train Warbucks and Grace: You can't  Explain Their yen for... Star to be: NYC Just got here this morning Three bucks Two bags One me NYC I give you fair warning Up there In lights  I'll be Go ask the Gershwins or Kaufman and Hart The place they love the best Through California pays big for thier art Their fan mail comes addressed to NYC Tomorrow a penthouse That's way up high Tonight The "Y" Why not It's NYC All: NYC You're standing room only You crowd You cramp You're still The champ Amen For NYC EASY STREET Rooster: I remember the way Our sainted mother Would sit and croon us Her lullaby Hannigan: She'd say, kids, there's a place That's like no other You got to get there before you die Rooster: You don't get there By playing from the rule book Hannigan: You stack the aces Rooster: You load the dice Hannigan and Rooster: Mother dear Oh, we know you're down there listening, How can we follow  Your sweet Advice to... Rooster: Easy street Easy street Where you sleep till noon Hannigan: Yeah, yeah, yeah Rooster and Hannigan: She'd repeat Easy street Better get there soon. Rooster, Hannigan, and Lily: Easy street Easy street Where the rich folks play Yeah, yeah, yeah Move them feet Hannigan: Move them ever-lovin' feet Rooster, Hannigan, and Lily: To easy street Hannigan: Easy street Rooster, Hannigan, and Lily: When you get there stay Rooster: It ain't fair How we scrounge For three of four bucks While she gets Warbucks Hannigan: The little brat! It ain't fair this here life Is drivin' me nuts! While we get peanuts She's livin' fat! Rooster: Maybe she holds the key That little lady Hannigan: To gettin' more bucks Rooster: Instead of less Maybe we fix the game With something shady Lily: Where does that put us? Hannigan: Oh, tell her. Rooster: If you want: yes! Rooster, Hannigan, and Lily: Yes! Easy street Easy street Annie is the key Yes sirree Yes sirree Yes sirree Easy street Easy street That's where we're gonna...be! YOU WON'T BE AN ORPHAN FOR LONG Grace: If he should need the F.B.I. Then he will have the F.B.I. All: With all the favors that he's done J. Edger Hoover owes him one. Cecille and Annette: And then the midnight oil gets burned 'Till not a stone is left unturned All: He will search everywhere And he'll find them, I swear. Grace: Oh, you won't be an orphan for long! All: Where other men would call it quits And disappear He'll use his fortune and his wits. So never fear Cross the street Or cross the sea Annie, sweet We guarantee That you won't be an orphan... No, you won't be an orphan for long! Grace and the servants: Tomorrow morning it begins You're with a man who always wins Trust him and he'll prove Mountains easily move Oh, you won't be an orphan... No, you won't be an orphan for long! YOU'RE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE Healy: Hey, hobo man Hey, Dapper Dan You've both got your style But Brother, You're never fully dressed  Without a smile! Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly They stand out a mile, But Brother, You're never fully dressed Without a smile! Who cares what they're wearing On Main Street, Or Saville Row, It's what you wear from ear to ear And not from head to toe that matters! So, Senator, So, Janitor, So long for a while Remember, You're never fully dressed Without a smile! Healy: Ah, the lovely Boylan Sisters Boylan Sisters: Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly They stand out a mile But, bother You're never fully dressed You're never dressed Without an Connie Boylan: S- Bonnie Boylan: M- Ronnie Boylan: I- Connie Boylan: L- All Three: E. Smile darn ya smile. Healy: Who cares what they're wearing On Main Street, Or Saville Row, It's what you wear from ear to ear And not from head to toe that matters... Tessie: So, for all of the "Hours of Smiles" Family, this is Bert Healy saying... Hey hobo man, Hey Dapper Dan, You've both got your style All Orphans: But brother, you're never fully dressed Without a smile Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly They stand out a mile But brother you're never fully dressed Without a smile Judy: Who cares what they're wearing on Main Street or Saville Row It's what you wear from ear to ear And not from head to toe. Molly: That matters Tessie: Ah. the lovely Boylan Sisters. Duffy, Kate and Pepper Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo All Orphans: So, Senator, so, janitor So long for a while Remember you're never fully dressed Though you may wear the best You're never fully dressed without a  Smile Smile Smile Smile darn ya, smile! TOMORROW (REPRISE) Annie: Just thinkin' about  Tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs, And the sorrow Till there's none! When I'm stuck 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! Ikes: The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow  There'll be sun! Perkins and Ikes: Just thinking about Tomorrow Annie, Perkins, and Ikes: Clears away the cobwebs And the sorrow 'Til there's none! Roosevelt: Solo for the President! When I'm stuck with a day That's gray and lonely I just stick out my chin And grin, and say... All: 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 Tomorrow You're only a day away! SOMETHING WAS MISSING Warbucks: I've made me a fortune That fortune made ten Been headlined And profiled Again and again But something was missing I never quite knew That something was someone, but who? My speeches are greeted With thunderous acclaim At two universities Bearing my name Yes, something was missing Each time i got through That something was someone, but who? Who could that someone be? How could she make it known? Who would need me for me? Need me for me alone? The world was my oyster But where was the pearl? Who dreamed I could find it In one little girl Yes something was missing But dreams can come true That something is no one but you. Who would need me for me Need me for me alone The world was my oyster But where was the pearl Who'd dream I would find it In one little girl Yes, something was missing But dreams do come true That something is no one but you! I DONT NEED ANYTHING BUT YOU Warbucks and Annie: Together at last! Together for ever! We're tying a knot, They never can sever! Warbucks: I don't need sunshine now,  To turn my skies at blue Warbucks and Annie: I don't need anything but you! Warbucks: You've wrapped me around That cute little finger. You've made life a song, You've made me the singer! Annie: And what's the bathtub tune You always "Bu-Bu-Boo?" Warbucks: Bu-Bu-Bu Anything but you Annie: Yesterday was plain awful Warbucks: You can say that again Annie: Yesterday was plain awful Warbucks: But that's Annie: Not now Warbucks and Annie: That's then Annie: I'm poor as a mouse, Warbucks: I'm richer than Midas. Warbucks and Annie: But nothing on earth Could ever divide us! And if tomorrow, I'm an apple seller, too I don't need anything but you! All: They're two of a kind The happiest pair now Like Fred and Adelle, they're floating On air now And what's the title of the dream  That's just come true Warbucks: I don't need anything Annie: Anything All: Anything I don't need anything But you ANNIE All (Servants): Annie Annie Annie Everything's humming now Annie Annie Good times are coming now Since you came our way It's Christmas, Christmas everyday We dismiss Bad times, sad times Now they're all yesterday news Since Annie kicked out the blues Annie  Annie  Annie Look what you've done for us Annie  Annie Annie Turned on the sun for us Grace: Have they sent the cheese? Drake: Yes and ice camemberts and bries Grace: Judge Brandeis All: Annie Annie You filled our life with a song NEW DEAL FOR CHRISTMAS Warbucks: I know the Depression's depressing Grace: The carols are stilled The stored aren't filled Warbucks: And the windows are minus the dressing Grace: The children don't grin The Santa's are thin Grace and Warbucks: And I've heard a terrible rumour No goodwill no cheer Warbucks: But we'll get a new deal for Christmas This year Annie and Orphans: The snowflakes are frightened of falling Molly: And oh, what a fix No peppermint sticks! Warbucks: And all through the land folks are bawling Grace: And filled with despair 'Cause cupboards are bare Warbucks: But Santa's got brand new assistants There's nothing to fear They're bringing a new deal deal for Christmas This year. Servants: ***, ***, ***, *** ***, ***, ***, *** Roosevelt: On Farley and Perkins On Ikes and Wallace On Monganthau and Cummings. All: Fill our pockets with dollars Roosevelt: On Roper and Swanson Roosevelt and Warbucks: Get along Cordell Hull Orphans: Get along giddy up Men: Call your committee up Women: Build every city up All: Cheer every kiddy up Fill every stocking with laughter We haven't got room for any more gloom Let's ring every bell from it's rafter Warbucks: And chime cross the land Annie: Tomorrow's at hand Warbucks: Those happy days that we were promised. Roosevelt: Are finally here All: We're getting a new deal for Christmas We're getting a new deal for Christmas We're getting a new deal for Christmas We're getting a new deal for Christmas Christmas This year!