Sing! - A Chorus Line
Repertory Actors Theatre portrayal by Barry L. Snarr and Courtney Bear. (David Hsieh)
"Sing!" is the fifth musical number from A Chorus Line, and is a duet between Al and Kristine with backing from the company.
Lyrics[]
Kristine: See I really couldn't sing, I could never really sing, what I couldn't do was...
Al: Sing!
Kristine: I have trouble with a...
Al: Note
Kristine: It goes all around my...
Al: Throat
Kristine: It's a terrifying...
Al: Thing
Kristine: See I really couldn't hear which note was lower or was...
Al: Higher
Kristine: Which is why I disappear if someone says 'Lets start a...'
Al: Choir
Kristine: Hey when I begin to...
Al: Shriek
Kristine: It's a cross between a...
Al: Squeak
Kristine: And a quiver or a...
Al: Moan
Kristine: It's a little like a...
Al: Croak
Kristine: Or the record player...
Al: Broke
Kristine: What it doesn't have is...
Al: Tone
Kristine: Oh I know you're thinking what a crazy...
Al: Ding-a-ling
Kristine: But I really couldn't
Al: Sing
Kristine: I could never really
Al: Sing
Kristine: What I couldn't do was
Al: Sing!
Al: Three blind mice
Kristine: Three blind mice! -
[spoken] It isn't intentional
Al: She's doing her best.
[sung] Jingle bells, jingle bells
Kristine: Jingle bells jingle bells!
[spoken]It really blows my mind!
Al: She gets depressed!
Kristine: [sung] But what I lack in pitch, I sure make up in...
Al: Power!
Kristine: And all my friends say I am perfect for the - shower
Kristine: Still. I'm terrific at a...
Al: Dance
Kristine: Guys are comin' in their...
Al: Pants
Kristine: I'm a birdie on the...
Al: Wing
Kristine: But if I begin to...
Al: Chirp
Kristine: They say 'Who's the little...
Al: Twerp
Kristine: Going pong instead of...
Al: Ping'
Kristine: And when Christmas comes, and all my friends go...
Group: Carolling
Kristine: It is so dishearten...
Al: ning
Kristine: It is so disquiet...
Al: ting
Kristine: It is so discoura...
Al: ging
Kristine: Darling, please stop anwer...
Al: ring!
Kristine: See I really couldn't...
Al: sing
Kristine: I could never really...
Al: sing
Kristine: What I couldn't do was...
Group: Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do
Girls: Do-ti-la-sol-fa-mi-re-do. Laaaaa!
Kristine: Laaaaa!
Girls: Laaaaa!
Kristine: Laaaaa!
{Girls: Sing sing sing-sing-sing-sing-sing.Sing.Sing.Sing.}
{Boys: Never sing a note, please never never sing a note, dont ever}
Kristine: Sing!
All: Siiing!