I'm in the mood to raid the musical libretto site, and in particular, Avenue Q, for songs with a bunch of lines that just hit too close to home right now. Heh.
What Do You Do With a B.A. in English? (change "B.A. in English" to "BFA in Creative Writing" :P)
PRINCETON
What do you do with a B.A. in English?
What is my life going to be?
Four years of college
and plenty of knowledge
have earned me
this useless degree.
I can't pay the bills yet,
'cause I have no skills yet.
The world is a big
scary place...
But somehow I can't shake
the feeling I might make
a difference
to the human race!
Purpose
PRINCETON
Purpose,
it's that little flame
that lights a fire
under your ass.
Purpose,
it keeps you going strong
like a car with a full
tank of gas.
Everyone else has
a purpose
so what's mine?
Oh look! Here's a penny!
It's from the year I was born!
It's a sign!
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
I don't know how I know,
but I'm gonna find
my purpose.
Gotta find out,
don't wanna wait!
Got to make sure that my
life will be great!
Gotta find my purpose
before it's too late.
I'm gonna find my purpose
could be far, could be near
could take a week,
a month, a year
At a job, or smoking grass
maybe at a pottery class!
Could it be?
Yes it could!
Something's coming,
something good!
I'm gonna find my purpose
I'm gonna find my purpose
I'm gonna find it!
What will it be? Where will it be?
My purpose in life is a mystery
Gotta find my purpose
Gotta find me.
I Wish I Could Go Back to College
(Kate is on the observation deck of the Empire State Building)
KATE MONSTER
I wish I could go back to college.
Life was so simple back then.
(Nicky appears on a dark corner, shivering)
NICKY
What would I give to go back and live
in a dorm with a meal plan again!
(Nicky and Kate sigh. Lights rise on Princeton, at the hospital,
sitting next to Lucy's bed)
PRINCETON
I wish I could go back to college.
In college you know who you are.
You sit in the quad
and think, "Oh my God!
I am totally gonna go far!"
ALL
How do I go back to college?
I don't know who I am anymore!
PRINCETON
I wanna go back to my room and find
a message in dry-erase pen on the door!
Ohhh...
I wish I could just drop a class...
NICKY
Or get into a play...
KATE MONSTER
Or change my major...
PRINCETON
Or fuck my T.A.
ALL
I need an academic advisor to point the way!
We could be...
Sitting in the computer lab,
4 a.m. before the final paper is due,
cursing the world 'cause I didn't start sooner,
and seeing the rest of the class there, too!
PRINCETON
I wish I could go back to college!
ALL
How do I go back to college?!
Ahhhhhhh....
PRINCETON
I wish I had taken more pictures.
NICKY
But if I were to go back to college,
think what a loser I'd be --
I'd walk through the quad, and think
"Oh my God..."
ALL
"These kids are so much younger than me."
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Dang. I miss watching musicals. Kasalanan ito ni Irah. Paulit ulit kasing kinakanta sa harap ko ang Phantom of the Opera. Inggit ako kay Cams! Nanood ng Wicked! I want to go to Broadway right now! LOL
# Lyn found a missing piece @ 9:35 AM