Only For Him / Only For You - Andrew Lloyd Webber

MEG:

Jesus, what a crowd

GIRL 1:

Nervous?

MEG:

Just a bit

GIRL 1:

Kid, look who you are!

GIRL 2:

The headline act!

GIRL 1:

A major star

GIRL 2:

You’re already a hit!

(Got a match?)

MEG:

Wonder what he’ll think

GIRL 1:

(The boss?)

GIRL 2:

Ha, if he’s even here

GIRL 1:

(Honey, please, he’s here!)

GIRL 2:

And in just two days

He’ll be there tossing you bouquets

At our gala premiere

Picture it!

GIRL 1:

The cream of Manhattan!

GIRL 2:

Celebrities, millionaires!

GIRL 1:

Watching you!

MEG:

I’ll be waiting in the wing

Wound up tighter than a spring

As the house begins to dim

And I’ll practice every line

Hoping desperately to shine

Shining only for him

GIRLS:

Just imagine how they’ll cheer

At the moment you appear

MEG:

Stepping out before the scrim

Let them whoop and let them call

I won’t hear the crowd at all

GIRLS:

No, it’s only for him

MEG:

Tell me how I look

GIRL 1:

(Fine!)

MEG:

(Just fine?)

What about my hair?

GIRL 2:

(Beautiful!)

MEG:

(You swear?)

GIRL 1:

Trust me, once the boss sees

How you put that song across

GIRL 2:

Hell, he ain’t got a prayer!

MEG:

(Oh, you mean it?)

GIRLS:

You’ll stand proud into the light

GIRL 1:

Looking lovely

GIRL 2:

Burning bright

GIRLS:

All vitality and vim

MEG:

Ah-Ahh!!!

And I’ll rapturously float

Through the melody he wrote

Singing only for him

GIRLS:

And before the music dies

Up the audience will rise

Nearly bursting at the brim

And you’ll stand there in the glow

MEG:

And perhaps at last he’ll know…

GIRL 3:

(Girls, hurry up, we’re on!)

AUDIENCE MEMBERS:

Where is she?

(Look!)

The center!

(Just like in the posters!)

There!

(The ooh-la-la girl!)

ALL:

Meg Giry!

MEG:

Welcome, each and everyone

To our firmament of fun

GIRLS:

A buffet of Ballyhoo!

GIRLS/MEG:

It’s where Coney comes to play

And it’s opening today

MEG:

And it’s only for you!

GIRL 1:

And you!

GIRL 2:

And you!

GIRL 3:

And you!

GIRLS/MEG:

Entertainment day and night

Sure to dazzle and delight

MEG:

And of course we’ll be there too!

GIRLS:

Yoohoo!

GIRLS/MEG:

We’re so happy that you’re here

For this season’s big premiere

And it’s only for you!

ANNOUNCER:

(Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Meg Giry! The ooh-la-la girl! Five shows daily only

here at Phantasma!

And now the aerial exoticism of the fabulous Miss Fleck!

Half bird, half woman!

All for only 10 cents a ticket…)

MEG:

(How was I? Tell me!)

MADAME GIRY:

(Delightful, Meg, you were just perfect. And I say that not only as your mother,

but as your producer.)

MEG:

(Was he watching?)

MADAME GIRY:

(I'm sure he was. I’m sure he’ll have much to say about how much you’ve

progressed.

By the way, it seems you have an admirer… a certain Mr. Thompson.)

MEG:

(Is he important?)