My Own Music Lyrics by John Clay III, Angel Sigala, Original Broadway Cast of New York, New York
New York, New York (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
2023
[JESSE, spoken] I'm gonna walk onto that band-stand with my Selmer B-Flat silver bell-trumpet, just like Louis Armstrong's! And when people hear me blow, they're gonna start dancin'! Ha-ha! I'm gonna show all those people who said "I was a nobody in that Natches" or "a nobody in the army" or "a nobody in the kitchen", that I am somebody! (sung) I hear my own music I sing the words to my own song And if someone don't like it Or somebody thinks that's wrong Well, doot doot doody doot, doot doot doody doot! I draw my own pictures I see the world through my own eyes And if someone don't buy it Or just wants to criticize Well, doot doot doody doot, doot doot doody doot! Nobody knows what's going on in my soul Or what's going on inside my brain Nobody knows just where I've been or where I'm going So just listen to me now and I'll try to explain I play my own, solo My fingers know where the song goes And when the music's swinin' And all the world starts singin' And something that was only inside of me grows Well, doot doot doody doot, doot doot doody doot! [JESSE, spoken] Well, what about you kid? [MATEO, spoken] My name is Mateo Diaz. You see "lemon meringue pie", but I see "tarta de merengue de limón". Jazz on top, Cuban on the bottom, Hey! Same music diff'rent accents! [MATEO, JESSE & BOTH] Nobody knows what's going on in my soul Or what's going on inside my brain [MATEO & JESSE] Nobody knows just where I've been or where I'm going So just listen to me now [MATEO] And I'll try— [JESSE] And I'll try— [MATEO & JESSE] To explain! [JESSE] Doot doot doody doot, doot doot doody doot! [MATEO & JESSE] Doot doot doody doot, doot doot doody doot doot! Hey! I burn my own bridges! I tell my own stories! I pull my own punches! I bring my own flavors! [WOMEN] I dance my own tango! [MADAME VELTRI] I bite the big apple! [COMPANY] I know just how my own song goes! [COMPANY] And when the musics' swingin' [JESSE] Yeah! [COMPANY] And all the world starts singin' [JESSE] Singin'! [COMPANY] And all the spotlight shine on this path that I chose [JESSE & MATEO] Well, doot doot doody doot [WOMEN] Doot doot doody doot [JESSE & MATEO] Doot doot doody doot [COMPANY] Doot doot doody doot Why should I dance with someone else's song? [JESSE & MATEO] When I can make my own music my whole life long! [WOMEN] Doot doot doody doot, doot doot doody doot doot! Whole life long!
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"My Own Music" appears on "New York, New York (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 2023.
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