I Need to Eat

We are looking for a dancer as good as Elsie was

Before she died

So don't hold back

Let's do the whole combination

Facing away from the wall

Fünf, sechs, sieben, acht

Again, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht

I need to eat

I need to eat

Last night my dinner was a candle

(Last night my dinner was a candle)

The landlord's calling

I'm out of fishnets

There's not much more than I can handle

(There's not much more than I can handle)

How am I gonna feed my kids?

Why did I have so many kids?

I think I'm gonna have to sell my kids

Einz, zwei, drei, vier, funf, sechs

Who is this girl?

She's really bad

She oughta be way in the back

(She oughta be way in the back)

This girl has got no sense of space

And does a weird thing with her face

She pops her head and she's got bad feet

All right, so you can dance

Some of you

But that is not enough

I want to know why you are here

I guess it all started when my parent's marriage fell apart

The marriage counselor's office was next to a dance studio

I used to sneak in there and stomp around to drown out the sound of Mother and Daddy fighting over whose life was more disappointing

The next thing I knew, I was pointing my feet

And falling in love with guys that didn't want me that way

Dad was in the military

You know, the type with a whistle

He used to force my brothers, sisters, and me to perform for guests at dinner parties

God, I hated when he did that

So, this one night, I begged him for a taste of champagne

He said, "no," but I didn't let that stop me, oh, no

He had a girlfriend, real fancy

She had some kind of royal title, I kid you not

Later that night, she gave me the whole damn bottle

That's when I started class

Why am I here?

I grew up in Buffalo and went through puberty

That's it

Puberty

Buffalo

Wow, you guys have been through so much

I feel bad, even competing or assuming your lives are better because you're so thin and beautiful

But, uh, maybe

I am a doctor

And a doctor doctors

I'm proud to called an MD

But every time I deliver a baby

I wonder when that'll be me

Even when I perform to perfection

Shoulder dystocia

Emergency C-section

The days can be pretty rough

And I feel like I'll never ever be enough

So this size twelve

Would love the chance to shine

And also clear my husband of murder

Enough talk

Now dance for your life

I need to eat tonight

Not work the street tonight

I need to eat tonight