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Roxie

by John Kander

on Best of … (2006), Original Cast Album Chicago A Musical Vaudeville (1975)

[Roxie]
The name on everybody's lips
Is gonna be Roxie
The lady rakin' in the chips
Is gonna be Roxie

I'm gonna be a celebrity
That means somebody everyone knows
They're gonna recognize my eyes
My hair, my teeth, my boobs, my nose

From just some dumb mechanic's wife
I'm gonna be Roxie
Who says that murder's not an art?

And who in case she doesn't hang
Can say she started with a bang?
Foxy Roxie Hart!

[Roxie (spoken)]
You wanna know something? I always wanted to be in
Vaudeville. And now that I'm a celebrity, I'm
Gonna have me a swell act, too. Yeah, I'll get a boy
To work with- someone who can lift me up, show me off-
Oh hell, I'll get two boys. it'll frame me better
Think "big", Roxie, think "big."
I'm gonna get a whole bunch of boys

The name on everybody's lips
Is gonna be

[Boys]
Roxie

[Roxie]
The lady rakin' in the chips is gonna be

[Boys]
Roxie
She's gonna be a celebrity

[Roxie]
That means somebody everyone knows

[Boys]
They're gonna recognize her eyes
Her hair. her teeth...

[Roxie]
...my boobs, my nose
From just some dumb mechanic's wife
I'm gonna be
Sing it!

[Boys]
Roxie

[Roxie]
Who says that murder's not an art?

[Boys]
And who in case she doesn't hang

[Roxie]
Can say she started

With a bang?

[Roxie and boys]
Foxy Roxie Hart

[Boys]
They're gonna wait outside in line
To get to see Roxie

[Roxie]
Think of those autographs I'll sign
"Good luck to you, Roxie"

And I'll appear in lavaliere
That goes all the way down to my waist

[Boys]
Here a ring, there a ring
Everywhere a ring a ling

[Roxie]
But always in the best of taste
Oooh I'm a star

[Boys]
And the audience loves her

[Roxie (spoken)]
And I love the audience. and the audience loves me
For loving them. and I love them for loving me. And
We just love each other. That's because none of us
Got any love in our childhood

[Boys (spoken)]
That's right

[Roxie (spoken)]
And that's show biz, kid

[Boys]
Oh yeah

She's giving up here humdrum life

[Roxie]
I'm gonna be

[Boys]
Roxie
She made a scandal and a start

[Roxie]
And Sophie Tucker will shit, I know
To see her name get billed below

[All]
Foxy Roxie Hart!

[Boys]
Chuh, chuh, chuh, etc...

[Roxie (spoken)]
Those are my boys