Ta-Da!

I wanna be the one they come to see

The lights'll spell my name on the marquee

The girl who's sawed in half

That isn't me

Honestly

I wanna use the friggin' saw

I wanna be the one who says Ta-Da

I wanna count the cards and stack the decks

I wanna be the miss who misdirects

An audience has one thing it expects

So complex

They simply want to Ooh and Ahh

Which they will do when I can say Ta-Da

I grew up in a house of professors

So many PhDs

I'd get a lesson in agriculture

When I'd say pass the peas

Every question had a thorough answer

And they weren't afraid to give it

But they'd rather talk and read about life

Than go out and really live it

I'm not the girl who's gonna push a prop

Who's on the edge of every photo op

Don't get me wrong, I'll wear a sequin top

Jaws will drop

Va-va-va-voom plus a Voilà

You're lookin' at the girl who says Ta-Da

Take a look at a list of magicians

I'll tell you what you'll see

The tiny part about women magicians

It doesn't mention me

Someday I'm gonna really make it

The room'll rumble as I enter

And I'm not crossing to the left or right

But to the very center

I wanna pick the perfect volunteer

I wanna pull silk scarves from someone's ear

They say that magic tends to disappear

Year by year

To that, I gotta say Pshaw

There's magic every single day

There's magic so don't look away

There's magic when I get to say

Ta-Da

Ta-Da