The Bitch Of Living (Original Broadway Cast Recording/2006)

God, I dreamed there was an angel

Who could hear me through the wall

As I cried out like in Latin,

"This is so not life at all"

Help me out, out of this nightmare

Then I heard her silver call

She said "Just give it time, kid

I come to one and all"

She said give me that hand please

An itch you can't control

Let me teach you how to handle

All the sadness in your soul

Oh we'll work that silver magic

Then we'll aim it at the wall

She said love may make you blind, kid

But I wouldn't mind at all1

It's the bitch of living (bitch, just the bitch)

Nothing but your hand (just the bitch, yeah)

Just the bitch of living

As someone you can't stand

See, each night it's like fantastic

Toss and turning without rest

'cause my days at the piano

With my teacher and her breasts

And the music's, like, the one thing

I can even get at all

And those breasts, I mean god

Please just let those apples fall

It's the bitch of living (bitch, ah ah ah)

With nothing going on (nothing going on)

Just the bitch of living

Asking "What went wrong?"

Do they think we want this?

Oh, who knows?

See, there's showering at gym class...

Bobby Mayler, he's the best

Looks so nasty in those khakis

God, my whole life's like some test

Then there's Marianna Wheelan

As if she'd return my call

It's like, just kiss some ass man

Then you can screw 'em all1

It's the bitch of living (it's the bitch of living)

And living in your head (in your head)

It's the bitch of living

And sensing god is dead

It's the bitch of living (you watch me, just watch me)

And trying to get ahead (I'm calling, and one day)

It's the bitch of living

Just getting out of bed

It's the bitch of living, living, living (All will know)