At the Ballet-Carole Bishop/Nancy Lane/Kay Cole

[ti:At the Ballet (From "A Chorus Line")] [ar:Carole Bishop/Nancy Lane/Kay Cole] [al:A Chorus Line (Original Broadway Cast Recording)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]At the Ballet (From "A Chorus Line") - Carole Bishop/Nancy Lane/Kay Cole [00:05.74]Daddy always thought that he married beneath him [00:08.27]That's what he said that's what he said [00:09.95] [00:10.84]When he proposed he informed my mother [00:13.11]He was probably her very last chance [00:16.15] [00:17.15]And though she was twenty two [00:18.78] [00:19.48]Though she was twenty two [00:20.75] [00:21.47]Though she was twenty two [00:23.10] [00:25.02]She married him [00:26.27] [00:28.99]Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic [00:30.88] [00:31.57]More like a come as you are [00:32.89] [00:34.04]When I was five I remember my mother [00:36.16] [00:36.78]Dug earrings out of the car [00:38.26] [00:39.40]I knew they weren't hers but it wasn't [00:41.91]Something you'd want to discuss [00:43.20] [00:44.38]He wasn't warm [00:45.11] [00:46.91]Well not to her [00:47.67] [00:49.35]Well not to us [00:50.10] [00:53.40]But [00:54.13]Everything was beautiful at the ballet [00:58.29] [01:01.59]Graceful men lift lovely girls in white [01:05.50] [01:08.41]Yes [01:09.04]Everything was beautiful at ballet [01:13.02] [01:15.04]Hey [01:15.29] [01:16.59]I was happy at the ballet [01:20.33] [01:22.06]That's why I started class [01:23.01] [01:24.25]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [01:26.21] [01:28.09]To the voice like a metronome [01:29.67] [01:31.97]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [01:34.03] [01:35.46]It wasn't paradise [01:36.58] [01:37.54]It wasn't paradise [01:38.36] [01:39.36]It wasn't paradise [01:40.31] [01:41.45]But it was home [01:43.69] [01:48.54]Mother always said I'd be very attractive [01:50.36] [01:51.08]When I grew up when I grew up [01:52.73] [01:53.66]Different she said with a special something [01:55.91]And a very very personal flair [01:58.10] [01:59.91]And though I was eight or nine [02:01.65] [02:02.20]Though I was eight or nine [02:03.50] [02:04.23]Though I was eight or nine [02:05.63] [02:07.74]I hated her [02:08.71] [02:10.99]Now [02:11.56]Different is nice but it sure isn't pretty [02:13.49] [02:14.06]Pretty is what it's about [02:15.29] [02:16.71]I never met anyone who was different [02:18.80] [02:19.32]Who couldn't figure that out [02:20.51] [02:21.46]So beautiful I'd never lived to see [02:24.88] [02:27.22]But it was clear [02:28.00] [02:29.46]If not to her [02:30.20] [02:31.69]Well then to me [02:32.41] [02:35.79]That [02:36.50]Everyone is beautiful at the ballet [02:40.76] [02:44.26]Every prince has got to have his swan [02:48.30] [02:51.63]Yes [02:51.99]Everyone is beautiful at the ballet [02:56.40] [02:57.99]Hey [02:58.24] [02:59.74]I was pretty [03:00.38] [03:01.94]At the ballet [03:03.18] [03:07.50]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [03:09.52] [03:11.25]To the voice like a metronome [03:12.92] [03:15.17]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [03:17.25] [03:18.85]It wasn't paradise [03:19.92] [03:20.81]It wasn't paradise [03:21.59] [03:22.55]It wasn't paradise [03:23.65] [03:24.79]But it was home [03:26.68] [03:28.10]I don't know what they were for or against really [03:29.87] [03:30.45]Except each other [03:31.72]I mean I was born to save their marriage [03:33.38] [03:34.04]But when my father came to pick my mother up [03:35.79]At the hospital [03:36.39] [03:37.33]He said well I thought this was going to help [03:39.51]But I guess it's not [03:40.49] [03:41.46]Anyway I did have a fantastic fantasy life [03:44.98]I used to dance around the living room [03:46.56]With my arms up like this [03:47.90] [03:49.09]My fantasy was that there was an Indian chief [03:51.11] [03:51.79]And he'd say to me [03:52.70]Maggie do you wanna dance [03:54.26] [03:55.46]And I'd say daddy I would love to dance [03:59.36]Doo doo doo doo [04:00.90]But it was clear [04:02.19]Doo doo doo [04:02.95]When he proposed [04:03.86]Doo doo doo [04:04.98]That I was born to help their marriage and when [04:08.19]Doo doo doo doo [04:08.92]That's what he said [04:10.01]Doo doo doo [04:10.80]That's what she said [04:11.80]Doo doo doo [04:12.52]I used to dance around the living room [04:15.34] [04:16.04]Doo doo doo doo [04:17.06]He wasn't warm [04:17.63] [04:18.45]Doo doo doo [04:19.10]Not to her [04:19.74] [04:21.26]It was an Indian chief and he'd say [04:24.56]Maggie do you wanna dance [04:26.90] [04:27.97]And I'd say daddy I would love to [04:32.06] [04:33.47]Everything was beautiful at the ballet [04:37.06] [04:40.62]Raise your arms and someone's always there [04:44.97] [04:48.39]Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet [04:52.79] [04:56.01]At the ballet [04:56.67] [05:00.11]At the ballet [05:00.85] [05:19.46]Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet [05:24.43] [05:26.29]Hey [05:26.50] [05:28.04]I was pretty [05:28.64] [05:30.28]I was happy [05:31.10] [05:32.86]I would love to [05:34.26] [05:36.42]At the ballet