My Petersburg - Anastasia Original Broadway Cast Recording
[00:03.97] I grew up on the sly
[00:06.72] In the gutters and the streets of Petersburg
[00:10.98] Just a kid on the fly
[00:13.97] Getting good at getting by
[00:15.97] In Petersburg
[00:19.72] I've bartered for a blanket
[00:21.47] Stolen for my bread
[00:23.47] Learned to take my chances
[00:25.22] And use my head
[00:26.97] A Russian rat is clever
[00:28.72] Clever or he ends up dead
[00:33.22] Boils down to
[00:34.47] There are some
[00:35.72] Who survive
[00:36.98] Some who don’t
[00:38.11] Some give up
[00:39.36] Some give in
[00:40.61] Me, I won’t
[00:41.61] Black and blue
[00:42.62] Welcome to
[00:44.11] My Petersburg
[00:52.36] Standing here you can see
[00:55.36] From the spires to the piers of Petersburg
[00:59.36] I'd be down on that quay
[01:02.25] Selling stolen souvenirs of Petersburg
[01:08.25] The palaces above
[01:09.63] And alleyways below
[01:11.88] Funny when a city
[01:13.38] Is all you know
[01:15.03] How even when you hate it
[01:17.28] Something in you loves it so
[01:21.53] That's where I learned my stuff
[01:24.03] In some rough company
[01:26.53] There's a boy growing up
[01:29.03] Who was me
[01:30.28] All I've been
[01:31.28] All I'll be
[01:34.67] We can do what we're told
[01:36.92] We can go where we're lead
[01:38.67] But I learned from my father to see what's ahead
[01:42.67] Nothing here to hold me
[01:44.42] No one that I owe
[01:46.42] Funny how a boy can grow
[01:49.92] Funny how a city tells you when it's time to go
[01:55.92] Boils down to
[01:57.42] There are some
[01:58.42] Who have walls
[01:59.92] Yet to climb
[02:00.92] You and I
[02:02.17] On the fly
[02:03.42] Just in time
[02:04.67] But tonight
[02:05.67] There’s a sky
[02:07.30] And quite a view
[02:12.08] Welcome to
[02:18.08] My Petersburg
