music by Dana P. Rowe
book and lyrics by John Dempsey
#5 GOOD AS IT GETS
KIDS
(passing through the hallways)
ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE A SENIOR?
ISN'T IT COOL TO BE HIGH STRUNG?
ISN'T IT HOT TO HAVE A STEADY?
ISN'T IT TOPS JUST BEING YOUNG?
BEIN' A KID IS HAVIN' IT EASY,
NO HASSLES, NO REGRETS.
ISN'T IT GREAT, COOL, HOT, TOPS, HIP?
YEAH, THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS!
(TOFFEE enters, dressed in black.)
BOYS
THERE GOES TOFFEE,
GIRLS
DRESSED IN BLACK AGAIN.
KIDS
HOPING AGAINST ALL HOPE
THAT JONNY COMES BACK AGAIN....
SHE'S A TEEN-
TEEN-
TEEN-
TEEN-AGER IN MOURNING,
FROM THE MORNING LIGHT
TO THAT LAST DISMISSAL BELL.
JUST A TEEN-
TEEN-
TEEN-
TEEN-AGER IN MOURNING.
WHERE ONCE THE GIRL WAS EFFERVESCENT,
SHE'S NOW A POSTER-CHILD DEPRESSANT,
A PROBLEMATIC POST-PUBESCENT,
A CONVALESCING ADOLESCENT,
A TEENAGER IN HELL!
CANDY
(pointing to a banner announcing the prom)
Hey, look, Toffee. The senior prom. Ain't it swell?
TOFFEE
I won't be going to my senior prom.
(Everyone gasps.)
COCO
Why not Toffee?
TOFFEE
Because I haven't got a boyfriend...anymore!
JOEY
Jeez, Toffee. Lighten up.
JOSH
It's been three whole weeks.
|
ALL
ISN'T IT GREAT?
ISN'T IT COOL?
ISN'T IT HOT?
ISN'T IT TOPS?
|
TOFFEE
I'VE GOT NO BOYFRIEND.
THAT'S MY FATE.
I'VE GOT NO FUTURE.
I'VE GOT NO DATE! |
KIDS
BEIN' A KID IS HAVIN' IT EASY,
NO HASSLES, NO REGRETS.
GIRLS
ISN'T IT GREAT, COOL, HOT, TOPS, HIP...?
BOYS
AND ISN'T IT SWELL, NEAT, KEEN, WILD, FAB...?
KIDS
YEAH!
TOFFEE
IS THIS AS GOOD AS IT...?
KIDS
THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS! |
