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It Is What It Is Lyrics by Tracie Bennett, Rachel Bay Jones, Bobby Cannavale, Amber Gray, Jeremy Shamos

Here We Are (Original Cast Recording)

2024

[FRENCH WAITRESS, spoken]
Bienvenue to Bistro à la Mode
[MARIANNE, spoken]
I hate to ask, but could we have some water?
[FRENCH WAITRESS, spoken]
Water? You want water?
[LEO, spoken]
Lemme get this straight
Nothing here is what it seems?
[FRENCH WAITRESS, spoken]
Non, non, non, that is passé
Our new menu is post-déconstructif
Everything now is what it is
[FRENCH WAITRESS]
We have boeuf—
That is actual boeuf—
On the actual hoeuf
We have pigeon that's made out of pigeon
And a green salad
Made of just greens
[OFFSTAGE ENSEMBLE]
Ah
[CLAUDIA, spoken]
How is the pigeon prepared?
[FRENCH WAITRESS]
Does it matter?
What does anything matter?
It is what it is
Things are what they are
La vie est la vie
[LEO, spoken]
Okay. Everybody know what they want?
[FRENCH WAITRESS]
Do we know what we want?
Does anyone know what they want?
As soon as we know what we want
And find what we want
Life, she spits in our face
*Spits*
[PAUL, spoken]
Any specials?
[FRENCH WAITRESS]
Black bean soup
Blackened catfish
Blackbird pudding
Boudin noir
Black Sea blackberries
In a chocolate gateau
[FRENCH WAITRESS, spoken]
Dark chocolate
Dark, dark, dark...
[LEO, sopken]
Chicken Basquaise, baby
That's what I want
[FRENCH WAITRESS]
Sometimes you want too much too soon—
And then it's too late
But what can you do
If that's on your plate?
You do what you can
[More crying.]
[MARIANNE, spoken]
What's going on back there?
[FRENCH WAITRESS, spoken]
Nothing, nothing
C'est rien là
[MARIANNE, spoken]
Is that a private room?
[FRENCH WAITRESS]
It is nothing, really
[MARIANNE, spoken]
But I adore private rooms
[A body is revealed behind the curtain, laid out for a funeral.]
[CLAUDIA]
Oh
My
God
[ENSEMBLE]
Ah
[PAUL, spoken]
Philippe!
[ENSEMBLE]
Ah
[LEO, spoken]
That’s Philippe?
[FRENCH WAITRESS, spoken]
That was Philippe
[LEO, spoken]
Yeah, but he's just kidding, right?
[FRENCH WAITRESS, spoken]
Monsieur, he was French
He have no sense of humor
[FRENCH WAITRESS]
He was what he was
We are what we are
It is what it is
So, are we ready to order?
Credits
Tracie Bennett

Tracie Bennett

Rachel Bay Jones

Rachel Bay Jones

Bobby Cannavale

Bobby Cannavale

Amber Gray

Amber Gray

Jeremy Shamos

Jeremy Shamos

About “It Is What It Is” by Tracie Bennett

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"It Is What It Is" is credited to Tracie Bennett, Rachel Bay Jones, Bobby Cannavale, Amber Gray, Jeremy Shamos. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"It Is What It Is" appears on "Here We Are (Original Cast Recording)" in 2024.

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