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 At the ballet编辑于2023/12/16更新