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What A Waste (Wonderful Town/1953 Original Broadway Cast/Remastered) - George Gaynes/Warren Galjour/Albert Linville

Go home

Go West

Go back where you came from

Oh why did you ever leave Ohio

A million kids just like you

Come to town every day

With stars in their eyes

They're going to conquer the city

They're going to grab off the Pulitzer prize

But it's a terrible pity

Because they're in for a bitter surprise

And their stories all follow one line

Like his

Like his

Like mine

Born in Duluth natural writer

Published at seven genius type

Wrote the school play wrote the school paper

Summa cum laude all of that tripe

Came to New York

Got on the staff here

This was my chance to be heard

And since then I haven't written a word

What a waste

What a waste

What a waste of money and time

Man from Detroit

Wonderful artist

Went to Picasso

Pablo said

Wow

Settled in France

Bought him a beret

Lived in Montmartre

Really learned how

Came to New York

Had an exhibit

Art critics made a big fuss

Now he paints those toothpaste ads on the bus

What a waste

What a waste

What a waste of money and time

Girl from Mobile

Versatile actress

Tragic or comic

Any old play

Suffered and starved

Met Stanislavsky

He said the world would

Cheer her some day

Came to New York

Repertoire ready

Chekov's and Shakespeare's and Wilde's

Now they watch her flipping flapjacks at Childs

What a waste

What a waste

What a waste of money and time

Kid from Cape Cod

Fisherman's family

Marvelous singer

Big baritone

Rented his boat

Paid for his lessons

Starved for his studies

Down to the bone

Came to New York

Aimed at the opera

Sing Rigoletto his wish

At the Fulton Market now he yells Fish

What a waste

What a waste

What a waste of money and

Fish

Go home

Go West

Go back where you came from

Go home