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When We Were Young and Trod the Boards Lyrics by Stephin Merritt

Coraline Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording

2010

[Miss Forcible]
When we were young and trod the boards
Our cardboard lyres played silver chords
And flowers were flung
We gave our all each matinee
And never named the Scottish play
[Miss Spink & Miss Forcible]
When we were young
[Miss Forcible]
When I played St. Joan
Their minds were blown
[Miss Spink]
And yours too
It was for my tone
That I was known
[MIss Forcible]
All too true
[Miss Spink]
We sported hats with six foot plumes
And wore no green in dressing rooms
We flew
[Miss Forcible]
We swung
Princes came to see
Me as Ophe-
Lia
[Miss Spink]
Me too
I made Portia mine
[Miss Forcible]
You said each line
Right on cue
[Miss Spink & Miss Forcible]
We bounced about
With cardboard swords
When we were young
And trod the boards
We trod the boards
Luvvy

About “When We Were Young and Trod the Boards” by Stephin Merritt

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"When We Were Young and Trod the Boards" is credited to Stephin Merritt. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"When We Were Young and Trod the Boards" appears on "Coraline Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording" in 2010.

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