What Do You Do With a B.A. in English? / It Sucks to Be Me Lyrics by John Tartaglia, Jordan Gelber, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Rick Lyon, Ann Harada, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Jennifer Barnhart
Avenue Q (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
2003
[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! [KATE] Morning Brian! [BRIAN] Hi, Kate Monster [KATE] How's life? [BRIAN] Disappointing [KATE] What's the matter? [BRIAN] The catering company laid me off [KATE] Oh, I'm sorry [BRIAN] Me too! I mean, look at me! I'm 10 years out of college And I always thought... [KATE] What? [BRIAN] No, it sounds stupid [KATE] Oh, c'mon! [BRIAN] When I was little I thought I would be [KATE] What? [BRIAN] A big comedian on late-night TV [KATE] Oh [BRIAN] But now I'm 32 and as you can see I'm not [KATE] Nope [BRIAN] Oh well [KATE] Mm-mm [BRIAN] It sucks to be me! [KATE] Noo... [BRIAN] It sucks to be me! [KATE] No! [BRIAN] It sucks to be broke, and unemployed, and turning 33! It sucks to be me! [KATE] You think your life sucks? [BRIAN] I think so [KATE] Your problems aren't so bad I'm kinda pretty And pretty damn smart [BRIAN] You are [KATE] Thanks I like romantic things like music and art And as you know I have a gigantic heart So why don't I have a boyfriend? FUCK! It sucks to be me! [BRIAN] Me too! [KATE] It sucks to be me! [BRIAN] It sucks to be me! It sucks to be Brian [KATE] And Kate [BRIAN] To not have a job [KATE] To not have a date [BOTH] It sucks to be me! [ROD & NICKY enter arguing] [BRIAN] Hey Rod, Nicky, can you settle something for us?Do you have a second? [ROD] Oh, certainly [KATE] Whose life sucks more, Brian's or mine? [ROD & NICKY] OURS! [ROD] We live together [NICKY] We're close as people can get [ROD] We've been the best of buddies [NICKY] Ever since the day we met [ROD] So he knows lots of ways to make me really upset! Oh! Every day is an aggravation [NICKY] C'mon, that's an exaggeration [ROD] You leave your clothes out You put your feet on my chair [NICKY] Oh yea? You do such anal things like ironing your underwear! [ROD] You make that very small apartment we share, a hell! [NICKY] So do you, that's why I'm in hell too! [ROD] It sucks to be me! [NICKY] No it sucks to be me! [KATE] It sucks to be me! [BRIAN] It sucks to be me! [ALL] Is there anybody here it doesn't suck to be? It sucks to be me! [Interlude] [CHRISTMAS EVE] Why you all so happy? [NICKY] 'Cause our lives suck! [CHRISTMAS EVE] Your lives suck? I hearing you correctly? Ha! I coming to this country for opportunities Try to work in Korean deli But I am Japanese! But with hard work I earned two master's degrees! In social work And now I a therapist! But I have no clients! And I have an unemployed fiancé And we have lots of bills to pay! It suck to be me! It suck to be me! I say it sucka, sucka, sucka, sucka Sucka, sucka, sucka, sucka, sucka Sucka, sucka, sucka, suck! It suck to be me! [PRINCETON] Uh excuse me Sorry to bother you, but I'm looking for a place to live [CHRISTMAS EVE] Why you looking all the way out here? [PRINCETON] Well, I started in Avenue A But so far everything's out of my price range But this neighborhood looks a lot cheaper Oh and look, a "For Rent" sign! [BRIAN] You need to talk to the superintendent Let me get him [PRINCETON] Great! Thanks! [BRIAN] Yo, Gary! [GARY COLEMAN] I'm coming! I'm coming! [PRINCETON] Oh my God, it's Gary Coleman! [GARY COLEMAN] Yes I am! I'm Gary Coleman From TVs "Different Strokes" I made a lot of money That got stolen by my folks! Now I'm broke, and I'm the butt of everyone's jokes! But I'm here, the superintendent On Avenue Q! [ALL] It sucks to be you! [KATE] You win! [ALL] It sucks to be you! [BRIAN] I feel better now! [GARY COLEMAN] Try having people stopping you to ask you "Whatch-you talkin' 'bout, Willis?" It gets old [ALL] It sucks to be you! On Avenue Q!! Sucks to be me! On Avenue Q! Sucks to be you! On Avenue Q! Sucks to be us But not when we're together! We're together here on Avenue Q! We live on Avenue Q! Our friends do too Till our dreams come true! We live on Avenue Q! [PRINCETON] This is real life! [ALL] We live on Avenue Q! [NICKY] You're gonna love it! [ALL] We live on Avenue Q! [GARY COLEMAN] Here's your keys! [ALL] Welcome to Avenue Q!
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