[ROSE, spoken]
That rotten little Uncle Jocko
He's as cheap as your grandpa
Well, we're through with kiddie shows
This is time we moved on, anyway
I'ma get us an agent
To book the act on the Orpheum Circuit

[POP, spoken]
Why do you fill 'em with such bunk?

[ROSE, spoken]
It ain't bunk
If I die, it won't be from sittin'
It'll be from fightin' to get up and get out

[ROSE]
Some people can get a thrill
Knitting sweaters and sitting still
That's okay for some people
Who don't know they're alive
Some people can thrive and bloom
Living life in a living room
That's perfect for somе people
Of one hundrеd and five
But I at least gotta try
When I think of
All the sights that I gotta see yet
All the places I gotta play
All the things that I gotta be yet
Come on, Poppa, whaddaya say?

Some people can be content
Playing bingo and paying rent
That's peachy for some people
For some humdrum people to be
But some people ain't me

I had a dream
A wonderful dream, Poppa
All about June and the Orpheum Circuit
Gimme a chance and I know I can work it
I had a dream
Just as real as can be, Poppa
There I was in Mr. Orpheum's office
And he was sayin' to me

"Rose
Get yourself some new orchestrations
New routines and red velvet curtains
Get a feathered hat for the baby
Photographs in front of the theatre
Get an agent and in jig time
You'll be being booked in the big time"
Oh, what a dream
A wonderful dream, Poppa
And all that I need
Is eighty-eight bucks, Poppa
That's what he said, Poppa
Only eighty-eight bucks

[POP, spoken]
You ain't gettin' eighty-eight cents from me, Rose

[ROSE, spoken]
Then I'll get it someplace else
But I'll get it and get my kids out

[ROSE]
Goodbye to blueberry pie
Good riddance to all the socials I had to go to
All the lodges I had to play
All the Shriners I said hello to
Hey, L.A., I'm coming your way

Some people sit on their butts
Got the dream, yeah, but not the guts
That's livin' for some people
For some humdrum people I suppose
Well, they can stay and rot
But not Rose