欢乐岁月

Listen to that

Did you listen to that?

Does that make you feel proud?

Well, feel more than just proud

Okay, wait, I'll tempt fate

And I'll state it out loud

That's the sound

Of a

Hit

It's a hit

Gang, I think this is it

No more writing clever little shows

For those basement saloons

No more proclamations from the pros

That you can't hum the tune

No more sneaking in at intermission

To the plays you wish you could afford

Or producers having you audition

Whenever they're bored

And who say right away As you play the first chord

"Boys, boys, it's very...

"What is the word? Interesting.

"And if I had the slightest belief

"any audiences would come, I would do it in a minute.

"Next!"

We're a hit, we're a hit

Standing up, the whole bit

No more coaching those sopranos

With voices like bees

No more secondhand pianos With six broken keys

No more agents giving you opinions

As they turn you over to their minions

As for these guarantees

We should please thank the Lord

It's a hit, it's a hit

Will my folks have a fit

After all of that baloney They made me go through

All that, "Honey, not that he's a phony

"But what does he do?"

Will their faces be stony When they see on their Sony

Someone handing the phony a Tony Award

I would like to begin by thanking

all the hundreds of people who have turned down

every show I have ever written

so that I could win tonight for this one.

Thank you.

Listen to that Will you listen to that

Tell me, is that a noise Or is that a noise?

That is a noise we've been waiting

The whole of our lives to hear

Listen to that Listen to that

- Will you listen to that - To that

- Honey, is that a noise - I can't stand it

Or is that a noise? That is the loveliest noise

For a breadwinning wife to hear

Listen to that, that's obscene

- Listen to that - Listen to that

That is a noise, that is really a

That's the noise I've been waiting

My life to hear

Listen to that, listen to that

Will you listen to that Will you listen to that

That's the sound of An audience losing its mind

It's the Pope on his balcony Blessing mankind

Folks, it's Funny Girl, Fiddler

And Dolly combine...

...d

It's a hit, it's a palpable hit

If it only even runs a minute

At least it's a wedge

It's the theater And we're really in it

Not just on the edge

If your spirits ever need improving

You can drop in any night for free

But the thing that's positively moving

You could have fooled me

Is we're still old friends

Nothing can kill old friends

Where there's a will, old friends

Don't need success to survive

And us, old friends

What's to discuss, old friends?

We've got a surefire Genuine, walkaway

Blockbuster, lines down to Broadway

Boffola, sensational

Box office, lollapalooza

Gargantuan

Hit

It's a hit, it's a hit, it's a hit

It's a hit!

This is what everybody lives for!

Now we go back in and fake being modest.

No, no, no, I'm having a baby!

We're coming!

God! Wait, wait, wait!

What about the opening party?

You two, go to the party.

Frank, I will do one more for Joe Josephson,

but just one more.

One more.

- And then it's our time. - One more. Okay, come on.

Frank, I was there for Evelyn's last baby,

and I don't want to miss this one, but you,

you go to the party without me.

No, honey. Absolutely not. No, no, no.

Yes, yes, yes. I am so proud of you.

Okay, if I don't see you at the hospital,

I'll see you at home later.

I love you so much!

Wait, Beth. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Now, look, with, with Gussie there, I urge you,

you go with Frank.

Sometimes you just have to trust, Mary.

Well, and sometimes you don't.

I would never want a man I couldn't trust.

Hey! Hey, hey.

Big man.

You got a ride to this fancy-schmancy party?

I can only stay one or two minutes.

Oh!

Was that not why we do all this?

Was that not just heaven?

I got to go make nice with the backers.

You two, take our car.

I won't be able to afford this big man now.

You watch.

What a blessing it has been to find another pure artist.

So often I have just wanted to thank you.

But Franklin Shepard, I think that there's been a conspiracy

to keep you from me.

Miss Carnegie, I owe you so much.

Didn't I tell you a few years ago...

it's fate that brought us together?

Now you, all you've done these past months

is work, work, work!

Tonight, let me show you how divine it is to be number one.