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Ready, Set, Not Yet Lyrics by Rob McClure, Kerry Butler, Alex Brightman

Beetlejuice (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

2019

[ADAM]
Look at this crib
In all of its glorious antiquary
Every curve and surface speaks to me
Saying pamper and spoil me
Sand me and oil me
Come on
I know to the untrained eye it's boring
But nothing's a chore when you're restoring
Apart from frustration, pain, and financial drain
It's fun!
Folks say, "Adam
Why do you polish your crib
When you don't have a kid?
And even if you did have a kid
This crib is too precious for placing a baby inside it
So it simply exists to remind you
Your sense of perfection is just a reflection
That you are not mentally prepared
To make room for a kid, Adam
Why don't you live, Adam?
Just make a start"
Are you willing to take the next step?
Ready, set—
Ready, set—
[BARBARA, spoken]
Look at these jugs!
[BARBARA]
Amazingly glazed and terracotta-ery
I took some clay and made you pottery
The world will never wreck you
I'll protect you in a mother's embrace
Folks say, "Barbara
Why can't you see that ceramics
Is simply a manifestation of motherly panic
By making a baby that's breakable
Aren't you creating a way of translating the terror
Of making maternal mistakes into clay
Hiding away
So you don't have to face being a bad mom, Barbara
That's what you've done, Barbara
Just make a start"
Are you willing to take the next step?
Ready, set—
[BOTH]
Here we stand
At the end of a ten year plan
A house
A yard
A minivan
A baby should be next
Together let's leap off the cliff
Fall forever, then smash to bits
Trapped in a terrifying viper pit
Of diapers and regret
Are we willing to take the next step?
[ADAM]
Ready, set—
[BARBARA]
Ready, set—
[ADAM]
Not yet
[BARBARA]
Not yet
[ADAM]
Why rush?
[BARBARA]
Why rush?
[BOTH]
Soon enough, our hopes and our dreams will be crushed
[BARBARA]
But not yet!
[ADAM]
Not yet!
[BARBARA]
Not now
[ADAM]
Not now
[ADAM, spoken]
Oh?
[ADAM, spoken]
No!
[Floorboard creaks again.]
[ADAM, spoken]
See? We can't start a family in a house with creaky floorboards!
[BARBARA]
You are absolutely right
Let's add it to the list
With the cracks in the plaster
[ADAM]
The wi-fi should be faster
[BARBARA]
This sofa needs a castor
[ADAM]
The bathroom's a disaster!
[BARBARA]
What about global poverty?
[ADAM]
What about world peace?
[BARBARA]
Then there's the whole darn economy
[ADAM]
The whole Middle East
[BARBARA]
We should learn Mandarin
[ADAM]
Yeah!
Or Spanish at least
[BOTH]
No habla español
Dos cervezas, por favor
And that's all we got
And that's not a lot
Do we want a bilingual household or not?
So let's go slow
No breaking a sweat
What's the point of having children
If we're drowning in debt?
[BARBARA]
Yeah, we're totally
[ADAM]
Completely
[BARBARA]
Maybe eighty percent
[ADAM]
I'd say seventy-eight
[ADAM & BARBARA, with BETELGEUSE]
Ready to take
The next step (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah, yeah!)
The next step (Zooby, dooby, dooby, dooby, dop, dop, bow!)
The next step (Zweeby, beeby, boo-bah-bah-dee!)
The next step
Ready, set let's—
[Crashing and screaming]
[BETELGEUSE]
See I wasn't kidding
It's a show about death!
Credits
Rob McClure

Rob McClure

Kerry Butler

Kerry Butler

Alex Brightman

Alex Brightman

About “Ready, Set, Not Yet” by Rob McClure

Read the complete lyrics to "Ready, Set, Not Yet" by Rob McClure, Kerry Butler, Alex Brightman from the album "Beetlejuice (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 2019. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under In English, Pop, Musicals.

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