You're Gonna Love
(Stephen Sondheim)
YOUNG BEN:
"What will tomorrow bring?"
The pundits query. YOUNG PHYLLIS:
Will it be cheery!
Will It be sad!
Will it be birds in spring
Or hara-kiri?
Don't worry, dearie.
Don't worry, lad.
I'll have our future suit your whim,
Blue chip preferred.
Putting it in a synonym,
BOTH: Prefect's the word. -
We're in this thing together,
Aren'tcha glad!
Each day from now will be
The best day you ever had.
YOUNG BEN:
You're gonna love tomorrow.
Mm-hm.
You're gonna be with me.
Mm-hm.
You're gonna love tomorrow,
I'm giving you my personal
guarantee.
Say toodle-oo to sorrow
Mm-hm.
And fare thee well, ennui.
Bye-bye
You're gonna love tomorrow
As long as your tomorrow is
BOTH: spent with me.
Today was perfectly perfect.
You say.
Well, don't go away,
'Cause if you think you liked today.
You're gonna lore tomorrow.
Mm-hm.
You stick around and see.
Mm-hm.
And if you love tomorrow.
Then think of how it's gonna be:
Tomorrow's what you're gonna
have a lifetime of
With me!
YOUNG BUDDY:
Sally, dear,
Now that we're
Man and wife,
I will do
Wonders to
Make your life
Soul-stirring
And free of care. YOUNG SALLY:
If we fight
(And we might),
I'll concede.
Furthermore,
Dear, should your
Ego need
Bolstering.
I'll do my share.
But though I'll do my utmost
To see you never frown,
And though I'll try to cut most
Of our expenses down.
I've some traits, I warn you,
To which you'll have objections.
I, too, have a cornu-
Copia of imperfections.
I may burn the toast.
Oh, well,
I may make a rotten host.
BOTH: Do tell.
But no matter what goes wrong.
Love will see us through
Till something better comes along.
YOUNG BUDDY:
I may vex your folks.
Okay
I may interrupt your jokes.
You may.
BOTH:
But if I come on too strong,
Love will see us through
Till something better comes along.
YOUNG BUDDY:
I may play cards all night
And come home at three.
Just leave a light
BOTH: On the porch for me.
Well, nobody's perfect
YOUNG BUDDY: I may trump your ace.
Please do.
I may clutter up the place.
BOTH: Me, too.
But the minute we embrace
To love's old sweet song,
Dear that will see us through
Till something better comes along.
YOUNG BEN: Hi.
Girls. YOUNG PHYLLIS:
YOUNG BUDDY: Ben.
Sally.
YOUNG SALLY:
I may burn the toast, etc.
YOUNG BEN:
You're gonna love tomorrow. etc.
YOUNG BUDDY:
Oh, well, I may make a rotten host. etc.
YOUNG PHYLLIS:
Mm-hm. Mm-hm, etc.
YOUNG SALLY YOUNG PHYLLIS
and YOUNG BUDDY: and YOUNG BEN:
But the minute we embrace And if you love tomorrow.
To love's old sweet song, Then think of how it's gonna be.
Dear, that will see us through Tomorrow's what you're
Till something, gonna have,
Love will keep us true And Monday's what you're
Till something, gonna have,
Love will help us hew And April's what you're
To something, gonna have,
Love will have to do And love is what you're
Till something, gonna have,
Better comes A lifetime of
Along! With me!
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