Waiting For The Girls Upstairs

Hey, up there...
Way up there...
Whaddaya say, up there?
God, the four of us together back here
Hey. up there!
Way up there!
Whaddaya say, up there?

I see it all.
It's like a movie in my head that play and plays
It isn't just the bad things I remember
It's the whole show.

Waiting around for the girls upstairs
After the curtain came down
Money In my pocket to spend
"Honey, could you maybe get a friend for my friend!"
Hearing the sound of the girls above
Dressing to go on the town
Clicking heels on steel and cement
Picking up the giggles floating down through the vent
Goddamnedest hours that I ever spent
Were waiting for the girls
Upstairs
Hey, up there!
Way up there!
Whaddaya say, up there!

That's where the keys hung and
That's where you picked up your mail
I remember
Me and Ben
Me and Ben
We'd come around at ten
Me and Ben
And hang around the wings
Watching things
With what-the-hell-was-his-name
You know, the old guy?
Max! I remember...
Anyway
There we'd stay
Until the curtain fell
And when the curtain tell
Then all hell broke
Girls on the run
And scenery flying
Doors slamming left and right.

Girls in their un-
Dies, blushing but trying
Not to duck out of sight
Girls by the hun-
Dreds waving and crying
"See you tomorrow night!"
Girls looking frazzled and girls looking great
Girls in a frenzy to get to a date
Girls like a madhouse and two of them late
And who had to wait?
And wait...
And wait...
And
wait...

Waiting around for the boys downstairs
Stalling as long as we dare
Which dress from my wardrobe of two?
(One of them was borrowed and the other was blue.)
Holding our ground for the boys below
Fussing around with our hair
Giggling, wriggling out of our tights
Chattering and clattering down all of those flights-
God, I'd forgotten there ever were nights
Of waiting for the boys
Downstairs
You up there!
Down in a minute!
You two up there!
Just keep your shirts on!
Aren't you through up there?
Heard you the first time!
(Their younger counterparts appear)
Aren't you coming 'cause Coming. We're coming, will
Look, if we're going, we You hold your horses, we're
Gotta get going 'cause Coming. We're ready, be
Look, they won't hold us There in a jiffy, we're
A table at ringside all Coming. We're coming. All
Night! Right!

Hi...
Girls...
Ben...
Sally...
Boy, we're beat
You look neat
We saw you in the wings
How are things?
Did someone pass you in?
Slipped a fin
To what-the-hell-is-his-name
You know, the doorman.

Al?
No
Big?
Fat
Young!
Bald
Harry
Yeah
Okey-doaks
Come on, folks
And where we gonna go?
A little joint I know.

What?
Great new show there
Hey, I thought you said tonight'd be Tony's
This joint is just as grand
We girls got dressed for dancing at Tony's
This joint is in demand
Ta-ta, goodbye, you'll find us at Tony's.

Wait till you hear the band!
You told us Tony's
That we'd go to Tony's. I told you Tony's?
Then Ben mentioned Tony's. I never said Tony's
Well, someone said Tony's. When's Ben mentioned Tony's?
There's dancing at Tony's-- It's ritzy at Tony's
All right, then, we'll go! All right, then, we'll go!
(The young counterparts leave.)
Waiting around for the girls upstairs
Weren't we chuckleheads then?

Very young and very old hat
Everybody has to go through stages like that
Waiting around for the girls upstairs
Thank you but never again
Life was fun but oh, so intense
Everything was possible and nothing made sense
Back there when one of the major events
Was waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Waiting for the girls
Upstairs.