Hairspray lyrics

MOTORMOUTH

Once upon a time

Girl i was just like you

Never let my extra large

Largesse shine through

Hair was brown and nappy

Never had no fun

I hid under a bushel

Which is easier said than done!

Then one day my grandma

Who was big and stout

She said you gotta love yourself

From inside out

And just as soon as i learned

How to strut my funky stuff

AMBER

Tracy Turnblad, this is for you.

They came from way far out

In outer space

And with her help

They may destroy the human race

AMBER & GUYS

She's got cooties!

GIRLS

...Cooties

AMBER

They've found a place to nest

GUYS

She's got cooties

GIRLS

...Cooties

AMBER

If i were her i'd be depressed

Long tailed, sharp nailed

Fuzzy legs, laying eggs

"Eww, get 'em away from me,

TRACY

Oh, oh, oh

Woke up today

Feeling the way i always do

Oh, oh, oh

Hungry for something

That i can't eat

Then i hear the beat

That rhythm of town

Starts calling me down

It's like a message from

High above

Oh, oh, oh

Pulling me out

To the smiles and the

Streets that i love

TRACY (& ENSEMBLE)

Good morning Baltimore

TRACY

Oh, oh, oh

I'm all alone

My heart has grown

But it's broken, too

This morning

Life was a Baltimore fairy tale

Now i can't make bail!

My mother's in shock

My father's in hock

I much prefer link's arms

To jailhouse cells

So link, please rescue me now

'Cause i love you

And this prison smells.

Link, hear the bells!

And get ready, Baltimore

There's a bright, brand-new

TRACY

I can hear the bells

PENNY

Tracy, are you all right?

TRACY

Well, don'tcha hear them chime?

PENNY

I don't hear anything.

TRACY

Can't 'cha feel my heartbeat keeping perfect time?

And all because he...

Touched me

He looked at me and stared, yes he

Bumped me

My heart was unprepared when he

Tapped me

And knocked me off my feet

MOTORMOUTH

There's a light

In the darkness

Though the night

Is black as my skin

There's a light

Burning bright

Showing me the way

But i know where i've been

There's a cry

In the distance

It's a voice

That comes from deep within

There's a cry

Asking why

I pray the answer's up ahead

'Cause i know where i've been

There's a road

We've been travelin'

CORNY

And now, live, from the certified up-to-code Baltimore Eventorium...

...for the first time ever on nationwide television...

it's The Corny Collins Spectacular...

COUNCIL GIRLS

He's Corny!!

CORNY

...brought to you by Ultra Clutch Hairspray!

CORNY (& ENSEMBLE)

What gives a girl

Power and punch?

Is it charm, is it poise?

No, it's hairspray!

What gets a gal

COUNCIL GUYS

Îîí, îîí, îîí, îîí, îîí

Îîí, îîí, îîí, îîí

It takes two

Îîí.îîí, îîí, îîí.îîí, îîí

Doo doo, wop!

LINK

They say it's a man's world

Well, that cannot be denied

But what good's a man's world

Without a woman by your side

And so i will wait

Until that moment you decide

LINK & GUYS

That i'm your man

PRUDY

Don't contradict me!

VELMA

Don't disobey me!

EDNA

Don't even think about going to

that audition.

TRACY, PENNY & AMBER

Please!

MOMS

No!

3 GIRLS

Mother!!!!

MOMS

Stop!

PENNY

Stop telling me what to do

MOMS

Don't!

AMBER

Don't treat me like a child of two

MOMS

No!

TRACY

I know that you want what's best

MOMS

Please!

TRACY

But mother, please,

SEAWEED

Hey Tracy, my mom is hosting a platter party up on North Avenue. Wanna "check it out"?

PENNY

May i also "check it out?

SEAWEED

Oh, you surely may!

TRACY

I've never been to North Avenue!

LINK

Ya think it'll be all right for, you know... us?

SEAWEED

It's cool, cracker boy!

PENNY

Being invited places by colored people!

TRACY

It feels so hip!

SEAWEED

WOMEN

I gotta get out

I gotta get out

I gotta get out

How'd i get in this slammer

This cooler

This big dollhouse!

MATRON

Alright, ladies, welcome to the "Big Dollhouse!" For those of you new to the Baltimore Women's House of Detention, think of me as a mother... one who eats her young!

VELMA

Locked up with all these

Lowlife women

EDNA

And horizontal stripes

Ain't exactly slimmin'

TRACY

Well, I brought my own '45s,' so if you put 'em on, I'll show you my stuff!

LOU ANN

Haven't you already shown us enough?

{The Council Girls snicker.)

VELMA

Oh my god

How times have changed

This girl's either blind

Or completely deranged

Ah, but time seemed to halt

When i was "Miss Baltimore Crabs"

Childhood dreams

For me were cracked

When that damn shirley temple

CORNY

Hey there, Teenage Baltimore!

Don't change that channel!

'Cause it's time for the Corny

Collins Show! Brought to you by

Ultra Clutch Hairspray!

CORNY (& COUNCIL MEMBERS)

Ev'ry afternoon

When the clock strikes four

(bop-bee-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba, bee-ba)

A crazy bunch of kids

Crash through that door

(bop-bee-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba, bee-ba)

They throw off their coats

TRACY

Hey mama hey mama,

Look around

Everybody's groovin' to a brand new sound

Hey mama hey mama,

Follow me

1 know something's in you

That you wanna set free

So let so, go, go of the past now

Say hello to the love in your heart

Yes, 1 know that the world's spinning fast now

You gotta get yourself a brand new start

TRACY, DYNAMITES & ENSEMBLE

SEAWEED

(climbing in Penny's window)

Psst Penny! What happened?!

PENNY (strapped into bed)

My mother's punishing me for going to jail without permission!

SEAWEED

Well, I'm here to save the fair maiden in her tower.

PENNY

Oh, Seaweed!

LINK (sneaking into jail)

Tracy, you took beautiful behind bars!

TRACY

It must be the low-watt instutionai lighting!

LINK

TRACY

You cant stop an avalanche

As it races down the hill

You can try to stop the seasons, girl

But ya know you never will

And you can try to stop my dancin' feet

But i just cannot stand still

'Cause the world keeps spinning

'Round and 'round

And my heart's keeping time

To the speed of sound

I was lost til i heard the drums

Then i found my way

TRACY & LINK

WILBUR

Styles keep a changin'

The world's re-arrangin'

But Edna, you're timeless to me

Hemlines are shorter

A beer costs a quarter

But time cannot take what comes free

You're like a stinky old cheese, babe

Just gettin' riper with age

You're like a fatal disease, babe

But there's no cure

So let this fever rage

Some folks can't stand it

Say time is a bandit