Buhay ng Baklita sa Entablado
[00:21.78] (ELLIE)Why do stagestruck maidens clamor
[00:24.79] To be actin’ in the drammer?
[00:28.04] (GIRLS)We’ve heard say
[00:29.54] You are gay
[00:31.04] Night and day.
[00:33.04] (ELLIE)Oh, go ‘way!
[00:34.56] (GIRLS)We drink water from a dipper—
[00:37.56] You drink champagne from a slipper.
[00:40.56] (Ellie)Tho’ it seems
[00:42.31] Cruel to bust
[00:43.82] All your dreams,
[00:45.57] Still I must.
[00:49.06] Here’s the truth I tell you.
[00:55.32] Life upon the wicked stage
[00:57.82] Ain’t ever what a girl supposes.
[01:01.82] Stage-door Johnnies aren’t
[01:03.32] Raging over you with gems and roses.
[01:07.82] When you let a feller hold your hand
[01:12.07] (Which means an extra beer or sandwich),
[01:18.83] Ev’rybody whispers, “Ain’t her life a whirl?”
[01:24.58] Though you’re warned against a roué
[01:26.33] Ruining your reputation,
[01:30.84] I have played around
[01:32.33] The one night trade around
[01:33.58] A great big nation.
[01:36.84] Wild old men who give you jewels and sables
[01:41.84] Only live in Aesop’s Fables.
[01:48.59] Life upon the wicked stage
[01:50.84] Ain’t nothin’ for a girl.
[01:52.36] (Girls)Though we’ve listened to you moan and grieve,
[01:54.60] You must pardon us if we do not believe you,
[01:57.60] There is no doubt
[01:58.85] You’re crazy about
[02:00.35] Your awful stage!
[02:04.10] (Ellie)I admit it’s fun
[02:05.85] To smear my face with paint,
[02:09.11] Causing ev’ryone
[02:10.86] To think I’m what I ain’t,
[02:14.61] And I like to play a demi-mondy role
[02:20.86] With soul!
[02:23.86] Ask the hero does he like the way I lure
[02:29.61] When I play a hussy or a paramour?
[02:36.87] Yet, when once the curtain’s down,
[02:40.12] My life is pure,
[02:43.87] And how I dread it!
[02:47.87] (Girls)Life upon the wicked stage
[02:49.87] Ain’t ever what a girl supposes,
[02:53.88] Stage door Johnnies aren’t
[02:55.38] Raging over you with gems and roses.
[03:00.13] (Ellie) If some gentleman would talk with reason
[03:04.88] I would cancel all next season.
[03:11.63] Life upon the wicked stage
[03:13.89] Ain’t nothin’ for a girl!
[03:30.39] I've got virtue
[03:31.64] (Girls) But it aint been tested
[03:34.40] (Ellie) No one's even interested
[03:41.40] LIfe upon the wicked stage aint nothing for a girl!!
