Could You Use Me

(Bobby)
Have some pity on an Easterner;
Show a little sympathy.
No one possibly could be sterner
Than you have been with me.
There's a job that I'm applying for -
Let me put it to you thus:
It's a partnership I'm dying for -
Mr. and Mrs. Us.
Before you file it on the shelf
Let me tell you of myself:
Oh, I'm the chappie
To make you happy;
I'll tie your shoes-ies
And chase your blues-ies;
Oh, lady would you -
Oh, tell me, could you use me?

[Polly]
No night life for you;
The birds would bore you;
The cows won't know you;
A horse would throw you;
You silly man, you,
To ask me, "Can you use me?"

[Bobby]
Do you realize what a good man
You're getting in me?
I'm no Elk or Mason or Woodman
Who gets home at three.

[Polly]
Your ties are freakish;
Your knees are weakish;
Go back to flappers
And high-balI lappers.
Though you can use me
I most certainly can't use you!

--Crazy for You

(gershwin)


I'm just sitting here, listening to my favorite musical, and perhaps one of the best times of my life, and smiling. Crazy For You. I think about being a high school freshman, with the wonder of costumes, a play, and first crushes::: in general just a world of opportunities.

Amazingly I can remember it all. From the first note Zach sang, wowing us all at audition- to the final curtain call. I think my favorite song was Could You Use Me... though performance wise Naughty Baby was everyone's favorite. There's something freakishly romantic about a man trying to sell himself, and a woman resolutely rejecting him. You'd better dance little lady! I know I'm a bit sentimental and romantic and gushy and all that, but I believe in the magic of dancing. *(which is funny, cuz I'm really really ridiculously good at it ;-)*
Don't believe me... I'd be delighted to prove it. :-)