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I'm Still Here (From "Follies")
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Musicals
I'm Still Here (From "Follies") was released on January 1, 1976 by Masterworks Broadway as a part of the album Side By Side By Sondheim (Original London Cast Recording)
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1976
LabelMasterworks Broadway
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Millicent Martin
Millicent Martin
Vocals
Tim Higgs
Tim Higgs
Piano
Stuart Pedlar
Stuart Pedlar
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Composer, Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Thomas Z. Shepard
Thomas Z. Shepard
Producer
Mike Ross
Mike Ross
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

Good times and bum times
I've seen them all and, my dear
I'm still here
Plush velvet sometimes
Sometimes just pretzels and beer
But I'm here
I've stuffed the dailies in my shoes
Strummed ukuleles, sung the blues
Seen all my dreams disappear
But I'm here
I've slept in shanties, guest of the WPA
But I'm here
Danced in my scanties, three bucks a night was the pay
But I'm here
I've stood on bread lines with the best
Watched while the headlines did the rest
In the depression was I depressed?
Nowhere near
I met a big financier
And I'm here
I've been through Gandhi, Windsor and Wally's affair
And I'm here
Amos and Andy, Mah Jongg and platinum hair
And I'm here
I got through Abie's Irish Rose
Five Dionne babies, major beaus
Had heebie-jeebies for Beebe's bathysphere
I got through Shirley Temple
And I'm here
I've gotten through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover
Gee, that was fun and a half
When you've been through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover
Anything else is a laugh
I've been through Reno, I've been through Beverly Hills
And I'm here
Reefers and vino, rescuers, religion and pills
And I'm here
Been called a pinko commie tool
Got through it stinko by my pool
I should have gone to an acting school
That seems clear
Still someone said, "She's sincere"
So I'm here
Black sable one day, next day it goes into hock
But I'm here
Top billing Monday, Tuesday you're touring in stock
But I'm here
First you're another sloe-eyed vamp
Then someone's mother, then you're camp
Then you career from career
To career
I'm almost through my memoirs
And I'm here
I've gotten through "Hey, lady, aren't you, um, who's this?"
"Wow, what a looker you were"
Or better yet, "Sorry, I thought you were who's this?"
"Whatever happened to her?"
Good times, bum times
I've seen 'em all and, my dear
I'm still here
Plush velvet sometimes
Sometimes just pretzels and beer
But I'm here
I've run the gamut, A to Z
Three cheers and dammit, c'est la vie
I got through all of last year
And I'm here
Lord knows, at least I was there
And I'm here
Look who's here
I'm still here
Written by: Stephen Sondheim
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