Artist: Original Broadway Cast of "Grind"
Lyrics of Artist: Original Broadway Cast of "Grind"
Lyrics of Artist: Original Broadway Cast of "Grind"
[Lyric] This Crazy Place/Finale Act One (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
(A group of white punks, seeing DOYLE teaching GROVER to ride his new bike, appear They proceed to destroy the bike, calling DOYLE a "nigga-lover" They amble off, their laughter wafting back after them LEROY relaxes his grip on DOYLE's arm. He crosses, gathering up pieces of the bike, dumping them. GROVER runs to retrieve the handlebars,...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] Down (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
(DOYLE stares past SATIN, unseeingly, telling his story.) [DOYLE] It passes down From father to son The blendin' o' the powders into one Down, down, downy down down One shows the other how it's done My father knew the chemist in town Who never wrote the nature of the purchase down Down, down, downy down down One helps the other get it done I'll...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] New Man (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
(Lights on LEROY, his face confident - even euphoric.) [LEROY] She said... okay! Oh, yeah! This time, I'm trav’lin' on the right track This time, I'm stayin’ for the long haul What comes up, by and by Her and I We're gonna try Givin' And takin' it All Bridges are burnin' and new leaves are turnin' Ain't it somethin'? I’m havin’ such a...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] Timing (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
[HARRY] (Over the P.A.) And now, for our family audience, here they are - Little Romaine, and her Dear, Old Granny! (Onstage. SOLLY, dressed as "Whistler's Mother", sits in a rocking chair in a giant picture frame. ROMAINE, dressed as a little girl, a bow in her hair, sits at "Grandma's" knee.) [ROMAINE] My dear old Granny used to hold me As she...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] Who Is He?/Never Put It in Writing/I Talk You Talk (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
(Backstage.) [GUS] I find myself a broken-down drunk Now he's workin' outa of my trunk He's makin' it his So okay, so he is Well, we're workin' it out We're workin' together (At the coffee table, SATIN turns to watch GUS and DOYLE, cup in hand. They continue, oblivious to her.) [DOYLE] All we have to do is change it a touch and get a new ending...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] Overture from Grind (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
(Instrumental During the overture, we see an asbestos curtain complete with local advertisements. The house lights dim, the asbestos curtain ascends to reveal the front of a "Reginald Marsh" burlesque house - stylized, exaggerated, unreal. Over the blow-ups and blurbs, the marquee reads: "HARRY EARLE'S BLACK-AND-WHITE REVUE. BURLESK! GIRLS, GIRLS,...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] A Sweet Thing Like Me (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
[HARRY] (Over the P.A.) And now, presenting for your delectation... that reigning queen of the runway... the tempting... titilating... Satin! (Onstage. SATIN appears, moving indolently across the stage, then stopping to look at the audience with a slow, teasing smile.) [SATIN] You're so big 'N' you're so strong You're so tough 'N' you're so...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] These Eyes of Mine (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
(MAYBELLE's voice, a capella from offstage) [MAYBELLE] His love is shinin' In these eyes of mine His love is shinin' In these eyes of mine He promised me I'm goin' To a sweeter place Where these eyes of mine Will know his face (Backstage. A spot discovers DOYLE, alone. He stands, almost catatonic in his grief, next to a large funeral wreath. We...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] The Line (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
[HARRY] (Over the P.A.) And now, here's Leroy "Lay-'em-in-the-aisles" Dobbs - and I mean LAY'EM in the aisles! - backed by his string of Earle's Pearls! (Onstage. Lights come up on the GIRLS, dressed as Pullman porters, as LEROY runs on.) [GIRLS] He's the man with the line On the B and O line And they're standin' in line Just to hear him be...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] Why Mama Why (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
[LEROY] Y'know, you're beginning to sound more and more like your mama every day! "Lettie! Lettie! I done tol' you - Grover don't need no bike!" [SATIN] A bike will make him proud, Mama [LEROY] "He's got better things givin' him his pride." [SATIN] Now he can ride to school, Mama [LEROY] "No, he can't, 'cause he don't know how to...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] This Must Be the Place (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
(Enter LEROY, the top black performer at Harry Earle's burlesque. He is dressed, as is everyone, in exaggerated costume.) [LEROY] This must be the place you heard about The word about town is out What's black and white with girls, girls, girls? Ay? (Enter HARRY EARLE.) [HARRY] It's my place here It's Harry Earle's! (GUS enters, the white top...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"[Lyric] I Get Myself Out (Original Broadway Cast of "Grind")
(The alley next to the theater.) [GUS] Plenty 'o' times I've been in plenty o' jams Like back in nineteen-aught-six The Frisco fire Curtain goes up I mean, it really goes up And I'm about to become A baked banana for hire But me I get myself out I'm watchin' the rafters Come tumblin' down and how I run I get myself out It's maybe the only...Learn MorepopOriginal Broadway Cast of "Grind"
