作词 : Edward Kleban

作曲 : Marvin Hamlisch

Daddy always thought that he married beneath him

That's what he said that's what he said

When he proposed he informed my mother

He was probably her very last chance

And though she was twenty-two

Though she was twenty-two

Though she was twenty-two

She married him

Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic

More like a come as you are

When I was five I remember my mother

Dug earrings out of the car

I knew they weren't hers but it wasn't

Something you'd want to discuss

He wasn't warm

Well not to her

Well not to us

But

Everything was beautiful at the ballet

Graceful men lift lovely girls in white

Yes

Everything was beautiful at ballet

Hey

I was happy at the ballet

That's when I started class

Up a steep and very narrow stairway

To the voice like a metronome

Up a steep and very narrow stairway

It wasn't paradise

It wasn't paradise

It wasn't paradise

But it was home

Mother always said I'd be very attractive

When I grew up when I grew up

Different she said with a special something

And a very very personal flair

And though I was eight or nine

Though I was eight or nine

Though I was eight or nine

I hated her

Now

Diff'rent is nice but it sure isn't pretty

Pretty is what it's about

I never met anyone who was diff'rent

Who couldn't figure that out

So beautiful I'd never lived to see

But it was clear

If not to her

Well then to me

That everyone is beautiful at the ballet

Every prince has got to have his swan

Yes

Everyone is beautiful at the ballet

I was pretty

At the ballet

Up a steep and very narrow stairway

To the voice like a metronome

Up a steep and very narrow stairway

It wasn't paradise

It wasn't paradise

It wasn't paradise

But it was home

I don't know what they were for or against really except each other

I mean I was born to save their marriage

But when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital he said

Well I thought this was going to help

But I guess it's not

Anyway I did have a fantastic fantasy life

I used to dance around the living room with my arms up like this

My fantasy was that it was an Indian Chief and he'd say to me

Maggie do you wanna dance

And I'd say daddy I would love to dance

But it was clear

When he proposed

That I was born to help their marriage and when

That's what he said

That's what she said

I used to dance around the living room

He wasn't warm

Not to her

It was an Indian Chief and he'd say

Maggie do you wanna dance

And I said daddy I would love to

Everything was beautiful at the ballet

Raise your arms and someone's always there

Everything was beautiful at the ballet

At the ballet

At the ballet

Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet

I was pretty

I was happy

I would love to

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