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Roxie

I always wanted my name in the papers

Before Aremus, I used to date this well to do ugly bootlegger

He used to like to take me out and show me off

Ugly guys like to do thatOnce it said in the paper

"Gangland's Al Capelli

Seen with cute red-headed Corenne"

That was me, I clipped it out and saved itLook I'm gonna tell you the truth

Not that the truth really matters

But I'm gonna tell you anywayThe thing is see, I'm older than I ever intended to be

And all my life I wanted to be a dancer

In Vaudeville, ooh yeah

Have my own act, but no, no, no

They always turned me downIt was one big world full of no, life

Then Amus came along, sweet, safe, Amus who never says no

You know, some guys are like mirrors

And when I catch myself in Amus's face

I'm always a kid, you could love a guy like thatLook now I gotta tell you

Now I hope this ain't too crude

In the bed department, Amus was zero

I mean when we went to bed

He made love to me like he was

Fixing a carburetor or something

I love ya, honey I love yaAnyway to make a long story short

I started fooling around

Then I started screwing around

Which is fooling around without dinnerI gave up the Vaudeville idea

Because well, after all those years

He sorta figured opportunities just passed you by

Ooh, it ain't, oh, no, no, no, no, babe, it ain't

If this film guy gets me off

And with all this publicity, now I got me a world full of yesThe name on everybody's lips is gonna be Roxie

The Lady raking in the chips is gonna be Roxie

I'm gonna be a celebrity that means somebody everyone knows

They're gonna recognize my eyes

My hair, my teeth, my boobs, my noseFrom just some dumb mechanic's wife

I'm gonna be Roxie

Who says that murder's not an art

And who in case she doesn't hang

Can say she started with a bang

Roxie heartI gotta get me some boys

I'm gonna get me a whole bunch of boys

They're gonna wait outside in line to get to see Roxie

Think of those autographs outside, good luck to you, Roxie

And I'll appear in a Lavaliere that goes all the way down to my waist

Here a ring, there a ring, everywhere a ring-a-ling

But always in the best of tasteI'm a star and they love me and I love them

And they love me for loving them

And I love them for loving me and we love each other

That's because none of us got enough love in our childhood

And that's showbiz, kidShe's giving up her hum-drum life

I'm gonna be a Roxie

She made to stand tall and a star

And Sophie duck her old ship I know

To see her name yet build below

Roxie, Roxie heartThose are my boys, bye

Songwriters

John Kander;Fred EbbPublished by

KANDER AND EBB, INC.;UNICHAPPELL MUSIC, INC. Song Discussions is protected by U.S. Patent 9401941. Other patents pending.

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