Soliloquy (From 'Carousel') chords by Dave Willetts
Verse 1
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I won
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der what he'll think of me.
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I guess he'll call me the old man.
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I guess he'll think I can lick
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every other fella's father.
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Well, I can.
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I bet that he'll turn out to be
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the spitting image of his dad,
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but he'll have more common sense
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than his wooden -headed
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father ever had.
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I'll teach him to wrestle and di
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ve through a wave
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when we go in the mornings for a swim.
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His mother can teach
him the way to behave.
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She won't make a sissy out of him
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Not him
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Not my boy
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Not Bill Bill
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My boy Bill
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I will see that he's named
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after me
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I will
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My boy Bill
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He'll be tall and as tough as a tree
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We'll build like a tree
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He'll grow with his head held high
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And his feet planted firm on the ground
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And you won't see nobody there to try
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To boss him or toss him around
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No, I'd spell it baggy
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I'd bully or boss him around
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I don't give a darn what he does,
as long as he does what he likes.
He can sit on his tail
or work on a rail
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with a hammer, a hammer and spikes.
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He can ferry a boat on a river,
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or pedal a pack on his back,
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or work up and down
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the streets of a town
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with a whip and a horse and a hack.
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He can haul a scow along the canal,
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run a cow around a corral,
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or maybe bark for a carousel.
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Of course,
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it takes tal ent to do that well.
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He might be a champ
with the heavy weights,
or a fella that sells you glue.
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Or President of the United States,
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that'd be alright too.
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His mother would like that,
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but he wouldn't be president
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unless he wanted to be.
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Not Bill.
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My boy Bill,
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he'll be tall and as tough as a tree.
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Well, Bill, like a tree
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he'll grow with his head held high
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and his feet planted firm
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on the ground.
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And you won't see nobody dare to try
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to boss him or toss him around.
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No!
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Fat -bottomed, flabby -faced,
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Hot -bellied, baggy -eyed bully,
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Oh, boss him around.
And I'm damned if he'll
marry his boss's daughter,
A skinny -lipped virgin with blood like water,
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Who'll give him a peck and call it a kiss,
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And look in his eye through a lorgnette.
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Say, why am I taking on like this?
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My kid ain't even been born yet
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I can see him when he's
seventeen or so
And startin' into goin' with a girl
I can give him lots of pointers,
very sound
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On the way to get round
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any girl I can tell him
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Wait a minute
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Could it be?
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What the hell?
What if he
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Is a girl? Oh Bill
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Bill
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What would I do with her?
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What could I do for her?
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A bum with no money.
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You can have fun with a son,
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but you gotta be a father to
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a girl.
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She mightn't be so bad at that,
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a kid with ribbons in her hair.
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A kinda neat and petite,
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little tintype of her mother.
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What a pair!
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My little girl, pink and white,
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as peaches and cream is she.
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My little girl is half again
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as bright as girls are
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meant to be.
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Dozens of boys pursue her,
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many a likely lad.
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Does what he can to woo her
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from her faithful dad.
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She has a few pink and white
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young fellas of two and three.
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My little girl gets hungry every night
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And she comes
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home to me
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I gotta get ready before she comes
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I gotta make certain that she
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Won't be dragged up in slums
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with a lot of bums like me
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She's gonna be sheltered and fed and
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dressed in the best that money can buy
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I never knew how to get money,
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but I'll try, my God, I'll try
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I'll go out and make it, or steal it,
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or take it, or die!
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Soliloquy (From 'Carousel')
Dave Willetts
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