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The Legacy Lyrics by Cy Coleman & On the Twentieth Century Original Broadway Cast

On the Twentieth Century -- Original Broadway Recording

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OSCAR
You may feel bad for a while
But it's better far this way
For I am much too good a showman
To dwindle like a snowman
Melting down one sunny day
My office one overflowed
With celebrities galore
I ruled Broadway like a king
But now what lies in store?
[spoken] Boys, can't you see it? Oh God
[sung] I can see a lonely shuffling figure
Haunting Shubert Alley
[spoken]
"It's Crazy Oscar", hear them cry!
"Get Officer O'Malley"!
I meant no harm. Please help me up!
Where are my pencils? Where are my cup?
Oh thank you lad, I'll move along
Pеncils. Pencils. Who'll buy my pencils?
[sung]
Crazy Oscar's song
You wouldn't want to see me that way
Boys, I know when I've had my day
My story ends
The drama's through
I leave my worldly possessions to you
To you I leave my cape and my fedora
To you I leave my mustache wax
To you I leave an ostrich fan from Flora Dora
To you I leave my unpaid income tax
To you I leave my bust of Henry Irving
To you I leave my headache pills
To you, my set of Theodore Dreiser
My portrait of the Kaiser
And a ten foot stack of unpaid bills
And when you hear a lonely whistle blowing
Some future time while riding through the night
Could be that whistle is your dear departed Oscar
Calling "Boys let's meet at Luchow's for a bite"
To you I leave my Japanese kimono
To you I leave my cane and spats
To you I leave a worn out record of "Ramona"
To you I leave my gravy stained cravats
To you I leave my letters to the critics
To you I leave a large false nose
To you my bowl of red wax cherries
A wig of Ellen Terry's
And some ticket stubs from "Abie's Irish Rose"
[spoken]
Boys, boys, dry your eyes. I don't want to see you weeping
I want smiles! And pride in the memories of your association with me
Some day in the future, when you are feeling low...
I want you to go to your closet, and when you open that door...
[sung]
Take out my cape and my fedora
And put it on and think of me
And call to mind my charismatic aura
And the legacy I left to thee!
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Cy Coleman & On the Twentieth Century Original Broadway Cast

Cy Coleman & On the Twentieth Century Original Broadway Cast

About “The Legacy” by Cy Coleman & On the Twentieth Century Original Broadway Cast

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