GREAT EXPECTATIONS
SOLOS:
The moment comes, it's a new beginning
And only god truly comprehends
The purse is won, yet you keep on winning
Ensemble:
And now a gentleman with means to reach his ends
PIP:
Great expectations
There's something solid
About that sweet phrase, the hope it conveys
Great expectations
My life has meaning
I'll conquer the world, then conquer the girl
My thoughts become a sonnet worth reciting
My dreams, fulfilled, will make true love requiting
I've got (spoken) great expectations
ENSEMBLE:
Great expectations
There's something solid about the sweet phrase
(solo, spoken) a promise that pays
Great expectations
A fine sensation abounds with great joy
(solo spoken) with wealth to employ
Take my advice there's nothing so exciting
It's worth the price, a friend with underwriting,
You've got
Great expectations
SHOPKEEPER #1:
When you feel you have time
You must stop by my shop and
Dress up for the station you hold,
And if time will permit, we'll see everything fitted
As long as you've bought and we've sold
SHOPKEEPER #2:
Take your new-found fortune,
We will reapportion it
Disproportionately
(ALL) spend and see
ENSEMBLE:
Great expectations
It doesn't matter whose coffers we drain
As long as we gain
Great expectations
And if it pleases, we'll grovel and bow
If you will endow
To ev'ry need just let us be attending
To ev'ryone you must be condescending, you've got
Great expectations
SHOPKEEPER #3:
You'll have hats that will match
Your cravats and your waistcoats
SHOPKEEPER #4:
And shoes that won't pinch at the toes
SHOPKEEPER #5:
Every item you wear should proclaim savoir faire
When you're striking a gentleman's pose
SHOPKEEPER #6:
And if the streets repel
A hankie will dispel the smell when
Held up to a gentlefellow's
Gentle nose
ENSEMBLE:
Good breeding shows
Great expectations
It doesn't matter whose coffers we drain
As long as we gain
Great expectations
And if it pleases, we'll grovel and bow
If you will endow
Now you can buy yourself sophistication
You can deny your wealth to your relations, you've got...
PIP:
The moment comes, it's a new beginning
And only god truly comprehends
My heart beats fast and my head is spinning
Now I'm a gentleman with means to reach my ends
EVERYTHING I WANTED
PIP:
Everything I wanted is there, just waiting for me
Everything I dreamed of is there
PIP:
Everything behind me I know
Good friends and loved ones
Will they disappear in thin air?
PIP:
The simple pleasures were mine to hold
Can I just toss them away
Tho' my good fortune has been foretold
My head says to stay
But my heart won't obey
COACHMAN: (spoken)
Coach for London leaving directly!
PIP:
Everything I wanted is near, the wind is changing
Everything I wanted is near
Rising to the surface, my hopes have been awakened
Every muddy puddle made clear
The simple pleasures have lost their hold
They couldn’t offer enough
Now life just opened a door of gold
Then gave me a shove, and said
"Now, go get her love!"
Everything I wanted is there, a call to action
Filling me with passion to spare
All is planned, ain’t it grand
And it’s mine on demand
And I just demand my share
Everything I wanted is here laid out before me
Everything I wanted is here
Everything I needed is where she can’t ignore me
Life would never be so severe
Where simple pleasures are silk and lace
A banquet piled to the sky
With satisfaction on every face
A look you can buy
If they can, can’t I?
Now I feel the pull of
Horizons made to dazzle
Leaving what I left far behind
I can’t wait, ain’t it great
Oysters spread on my plate
Then surely the pearl will be mine
ENSEMBLE:
Great expectations
PIP:
Be mine
ENSEMBLE:
Great expectations
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (reprise)
ENSEMBLE:
Great expectations
There's something solid about that sweet phrase
A promise that pays
Great expectations
A fine sensation abounds with such joy
With wealth to employ
Take my advice there's nothing so exciting
A paradise that is beyond inviting
It's worth the price, a deal you're expediting
If you entice, you might be worth a knighting
You've got,
PIP:
I've got
ENSEMBLE
We've got...
ALL:
Great expectations!
