Edward Kleban - Montage: Gimme the Ball lyrics

[GREG] The worst thing in school was every time the teacher called on me I'd be hard! I'd be hard! Really! I'd had to lean against the desk, like this. And the teacher would say "Stand up straight!" I can't, I have a pain in my... side! "Stand up straight!" Or walking down the halls, you'd have to walk, like this With all your books stacked up in front of you [MIKE] Yeah, I thought it was only me! I thought I was a s** maniac! [CONNIE/MAGGIE] You are! [BOBBY] I did too. I mean, it didn't go down for three years [GREG] And the bus. The bus was the worst. I'd just look at a bus and Bingo! And then there was the time I was making out in the backseat with Sally Ketchum. We were necking and I was feeling her b**bs and feeling her b**bs. And after about an hour or so, she said "Ooh, don't you wanna feel anything else?" And I suddenly thought to myself, "No, I don't." It was probably the first time I realized I was h*mos**ual. I got so depressed, because I thought being gay meant being a bum all the rest of my life [ALL] Goodbye twelve Goodbye thirteen Hello love [AL] Early to bed Early to rise Your broad goes out with other guys [CASSIE] A diaphragm A diaphragm I thought a diaphragm was up here [DON] I bought a car; I bought my first car! [MIKE] Padiddle! [ALL] Changes, oh Down below Up a- [CONNIE] You're not leaving this house until you're twenty-one [MARK] Every girl I know has lockjaw of the legs [MAGGIE] Life is an ashtray [KRISTINE] The ugliest boy asked me to Prom I stayed home [VAL] sh**! Made it through high school without growing tits! [ALL] Doubt To break out It's a mess [RITCHIE] My trouble is wine, women, and song And I can't get any of them [MIKE] Your brother's going to medical school And you're dropping out to be a chorus boy Nothing! [BEBE] Steve McQueen out! Nureyev in! [AL] I got Nancy's picture Annabelle's locket Cynthia's ring And Lucy's pants [ALL] Time to grow Time to go Ado- [DIANA] You gotta know somebody to be somebody [SHEILA] All you run around with are bums [MAGGIE] Graduation! [RITCHIE] Let's dance! Let's dance! [AL] Head on collision Eddie got k**ed! [PAUL] What am I gonna say when he calls on me? [Judy/Kristine] My only adolesence My only adolesence My Only Adolesence My Only Adolesence My Only Adolesence [Bebe/Diana] Where did it go, it was so Where did It go It was so Where did It go It was so Where did It go It was so [Greg/Bobby/Mike] Freshman, Soph*more, Junior, Senior Freshman, Soph*more, Junior, Senior Freshman, Soph*more, Junior, Senior [Don/Sheila/Maggie/Val] 13, 14 15 16 13, 14 15 16 [Ca**ie/Connie/Mark/Paul/Larry/Al/Ritchie] Suddenly I'm seventeen and [ALL] Suddenly I'm seventeen and Suddenly I'm seventeen and Suddenly There's a lot I am not Certain of Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen Hello [BOYS I] Wah, wah wah wah wah, wah wah wah wah [BOYS II] Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah [GIRLS I] Doo dit, dit doo dit, dit doo dit, dit doo dit [GIRLS II] Du de du de du de du de doo dit [RITCHIE] Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball Yeah! Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball Yeah! I was always running around shouting "Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball" Yeah! I was so enthusiastic, I was into everything The yearbook was filled with my pictures And I was lucky 'cause I got A scholarship to college! A scholarship to college! So I went Yes, I went So I'm gonna be this kindergarten teacher Imagine me, this kindergarten teacher? And I thought sh** sh**! What are you gonna be When you get shoved outta here Honey, ain't nobody gonna be standing there With no scholarship to life And I was scared Scared Scared Scared! [ALL] So he went Yes, he went sh**, Richie sh**, Richie sh**, Richie, sh**, Richie sh**, Richie, sh**, Richie sh**, Richie, sh**, Richie sh**, Richie sh**, Richie sh**, Richie sh**, Richie [GIRLS] My braces gone [BOYS] My pimples gone [ALL] My childhood gone, goodbye Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen Goodbye fourteen, goodbye fifteen Goodbye sixteen, goodbye seventeen Hello love Go to it, go to it Go to it, go to it Go to it, go to it [BOYS] And now life really begins And now life really begins And now life really begins And now life really begins Go to it! [GIRLS] Go to it! Go to it! Go to it! Go to it! Go to it!