Hairspray

# Oh, oh, oh #

# Woke up today #

# Feeling the way #

# I always do #

# Oh, oh, oh #

# Hungry for something

that I can't eat #

# Then I hear that beat #

# That rhythm of town

starts calling me down #

# It's like a message

from high above #

# Oh, oh, oh #

# Pulling me out to the smiles

and the streets that I love #

- Good morning, Baltimore!

- # Good morning, Baltimore #

# Every day's like an open door #

# Every night is a fantasy #

# Every sound's like a symphony #

# Good morning, Baltimore #

# And someday when

I take to the floor #

# The world's gonna

wake up and see #

# Baltimore and me #

# Oh, oh, oh #

# Look at my hair #

# What 'do can compare

with mine today? #

# Oh, oh, oh #

# I've got my hairspray and radio #

# I'm ready to go #

# The rats on the street #

# All dance around my feet #

# They seem to say:

"Tracy, it's up to you" #

# So oh, oh, don't hold me back #

# 'Cause today all

my dreams will come true #

# Good morning, Baltimore #

# There's the flasher

who lives next door #

# There's the bum on

his barroom stool #

# They wish me luck

on my way to school #

# Good morning, Baltimore #

# And someday when

I take to the floor #

# The world's gonna

wake up and see #

# Baltimore and me #

# I know every step #

# I know every song #

# I know there's a place where I belong #

# I see all those party lights

shining ahead #

# So someone invite me

before I drop dead #

# Before she drops dead #

# So oh, oh, give me a chance #

# 'Cause when I start

to dance I'm a movie star #

# Oh, oh, oh #

# Something inside

of me makes me move #

# When I hear that groove #

# My ma tells me no #

# But my feet tell me "go" #

# It's like a drummer inside my heart #

# So oh, oh, don't make me wait #

# One more moment for my life to start #

# I love you, Baltimore #

# Every day's like an open door #

# Every night is a fantasy #

# Every sound's like a symphony #

# And I promise, Baltimore #

# That someday when I take to the floor #

# The world's gonna wake up and see #

# Gonna wake up and see #

# Baltimore and me #

# Yes, more or less, we all agree #

# Baltimore and me #

# Someday the world is gonna see #

# Baltimore and me #

Mount Everest is the most

famous, but not the highest...

geographical point on this earth.

Now, who can tell me what that is?

Um, excuse me, Miss Whimsy?

I can't see the board again.

Tracy Turnblad.

If I have to write you up...

for inappropriate hair height

one more time...

you will be removed to detention.

Miss Wimsey, what am I supposed to do?

Hair can't just hang there like a dead thing

on your cheeks.

I mean, well... Uh-you know what I mean.

I... Ahh.

As I said, it is not Mount Everest.

Now, next week we will be talking...

about earthquakes and volcanoes.

And as exciting as that might sound...

we have to look back approximately

Now, if you turn your pages...

we are going to start

with the Ring of Fire.

I want you to contemplate what causes...

the separation of the two components.

Penny, come on, hurry!

Outta my way!

Push! We're late.

Ahh!

- One minute to air.

- OK.

Don't change that channel.

Coming up next:
The Corny Collins Show.

- Hiya, Dad!

- Goodbye!

Hi.

It's my daughter.

Hurry up, Penny, we're missing it!

My mom says I'm not

allowed to perspire!

Hey there, teenage Baltimore!

Don't change that

channel 'cause it's time...

for The Corny Collins Show...

Brought to you by Ultra Clutch hairspray.

# Oh, every afternoon when

the clock strikes four #

# Bop bee ba ba ba ba ba ba bee ba #

# Well, a crazy bunch of kids crash

through that door, yeah #

# Bop bee ba ba ba ba ba ba bee ba #

# Well, they throw off their coats #

# And leave the squares behind #

# And then they shake it,

shake it, shake it #

# Like they're losin' their mind #

# You'll never see them frown #

# 'Cause they're the

nicest kids in town #

# Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh #

# Oh, every afternoon

you turn your Tv on, huh #

# Naa na na na na na na na #

# Yeah, we know you

turn the sound up #

# When your parents

are gone, yeah #

# Naa na na na na na na na #

# Then you twist and shout

for your favorite star #

# And when you've

practiced every step #

# That's in your repertoire #

# You better come on down #

# And meet the nicest kids in town #

Whoo!

# Nice white kids

who like to lead the way #

# And once a month

we have our Negro Day #

# And I'm the man who

keeps it spinnin' round #

# Mr. Corny Collins

with the latest greatest #

# Baltimore sound #

# So, every afternoon drop everything #

Whoo!

# Bop bee ba ba ba ba ba ba bee ba #

# Who needs to read and write #

# When you can dance and sing, yeah! #

# Bop bee ba ba ba ba ba ba bee ba #

# Forget about your

algebra and calculus #

# You can always do your homework

on the mornin' bus #

# Can't tell a verb from a noun #

# They're the nicest kids in town #

# Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh #

R- r-r-role call!

I'm Amber.

Brad.

Tammy.

Fender.

- Brenda.

- Sketch.

- Shelley.

- IQ.

Lou Ann.

- Joey.

- Mikey.

- vicki.

- Becky.

- Bix.

- Jesse.

- Darla.

- Paulie.

- Noreen.

- Doreen.

And I'm... Link.

Aah!

# So, if every night you're shakin' #

# As you lie in bed #

# Mony, mony #

# Shake it, baby #

# And the bass and drums

are poundin' in your head #

# Mony, mony, ooh, mony, mony #

# Who cares about sleep when

you can snooze in school #

# You'll never get to college

but you'll sure look cool #

# Don't need a cap or a gown #

# When you're the nicest kids in town #

They must think my ears

are garbage cans.

Would you turn that racket down?

I'm tryin' to iron here.

# Nicest kids in #

# Kids in town, whoo! #

Ma, it's not racket.

It's The Corny Collins Show.

Well, it's turning your brains into mud.

Mrs. Turnblad, it's a new dance!

The Stricken Chicken.

Well, I can't hear myself think.

How am I supposed to negotiate pleats?

Edna?

I'm in here, Prudy.

What's that racket?

Ohh, Tracy.

Edna, is my laundry ready?

Yep.

That'll be $3.00, hon.

That's pretty pricey

for a pair of petty pants.

Well, I'm sorry, Prudy...

but some-a your personal stains...

required poundin' with a rock.

I'm sure I don't know what you mean.

You're letting her listen

to that race music again?

My daughter spends every afternoon

at the Stamp and Coin Club.

Oh, really? Well, your daughter hap-

Ohh, ohh.

Oh, what is that? The Wavin' Raven?

It's a little twitchy.

Oh, you wanna play Charades now.

All right.

OK, go ahead.

You.

Penny.

No. Ahh!

Tracy Turnblad, are you tryin' to tell me...

that-that Penny didn't get permission...

from her mother to be here?

What?

Penny.

You are banned from this house.

You will never watch that show again!

- Without that show I have nothing!

- Having nothing builds character!

Toodle-oo, Edna!

Give 'em a hand, folks.

All right, all right.

And, once again,

that's the Stricken Chicken.

We will be right back

for some more of that hot Detroit sound.

And we're off!

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