We're Gonna Be All Right (From "Do I Hear a Waltz?")

Now, if some of you couples, I see many couples here are very

Affectionate to each other, it's very nice, gives a lovely

Romantic energy to the room, but I do have a little cautionary

Note for you right now. In case you did come to the show tonight

With the expectation of a kind of a warm and fuzzy evening during

Which you could kind of renew your marriage vows and drink into

Each other's eyes and all of that, this next song might be a

Good time for you to step outside and resume smoking or something

It's from "Do I Hear a Waltz?" and it's a rather acerb look

At a topic very common to Mr. Sondheim's works: married life

Honey bunch

Sad to say, but I have a hunch

Screen romancers went out to lunch

That's no reason to pout

Don't look bleak

Happy endings can spring a leak

Ever after can mean one week

We're just having a drought

Smile and sweat it out

If we can just hang on

We'll have compatibility

You needn't worry

We're gonna be alright

One day the ache is gone

There's nothing like senility

So what's your hurry?

We're gonna be alright

Meanwhile, relax

I take a lover, you take a lover

When that's played out, they get the axe

We can retire, sit by the fire, fade out

We'll build our house upon

The rock of my virility

We better hurry

We're gonna be alright

Oh, boy

We're gonna be alright

I know this perfect pair

Their lives are at the pinnacle

But how do we know

They're gonna be alright?

The bride is slightly square

The groom is slightly cynical

A little vino

They're gonna be alright

She aims to please

She has a baby

Then though they may be

Having fine times

When there's a crise

She has another

Now she's a mother

Nine times

It all went wrong

But where?

Details are slightly clinical

They're out in Reno

The kids adored the flight

Hey ho!

They're gonna be alright

Things will heal

I know couples who look ideal

They no longer know what they feel

They've been practicing charm

All is well

Least as far as their friends can tell

Please ignore the peculiar smell

There's no cause for alarm

Mildew will do harm

What if her brain is dead?

What if he's ineffectual?

They look delicious

They're gonna be alright

They both go right to bed

When they feel intellectual

No one's suspicious

They're gonna be alright

Who's on the skids?

She'll go to night school

If it's the right school

He'll permit her

They love their kids

They love their friends, too

Lately he tends to hit her

Sometimes she drinks in bed

Sometimes he's homosexual

But why be vicious?

They keep it out of sight

Good show

They're gonna be alright

And so

They're gonna be alright

Hey ho!

They're gonna be alright