The Story Of Lucy And Jessie
- Alexis Smith (2012)You are listening to the song The Story Of Lucy And Jessie by Alexis Smith, writer by Stephen Sondheim in album Follies: 1971 Original Broadway Cast Recording. The highest quality of audio that you can download is flac . Also, you can play quality at 32kbps, view lyrics and watch more videos related to this song.
Lyrics
[PHYLLIS]
Here's a little story that should make you cry
About two unhappy dames
Let us call them Lucy "X" and Jessie "Y"
Which are not their real names.
Now Lucy has the purity
Along with the unsurety
That comes with being only twenty-one.
Jessie has maturity
And plenty of security
Whatever you can do with them she's done.
Given their advantages
You may ask why
The two ladies have such grief
This is my belief
In brief:
Lucy is juicy
But terribly drab
Jessie is dressy
But cold as a slab.
Lucy wants to be dressy
Jessie wants to be juicy
Lucy wants to be Jessie
And Jessie Lucy.
You see Jessie is racy
But hard as a rock
Lucy is lacy
But dull as a smock.
Jessie wants to be lacy
Lucy wants to be Jessie
That's the sorrowful pr?cis
It's very messy.
Poor sad souls
Itching to be switching roles
Lucy wants to do what Jessie does
Jessie want: to be what Lucy was.
Lucy's a lassie
You pat on the head
Jessie is classy
But virtually dead.
Lucy wants to be classy
Jessie wants to be Lassie
If Lucy and Jessie could only combine
I could tell you someone
Who would finally feel just fine!
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