Waiting for the Girls Upstairs

Hey, up there Way up there Whaddaya say, up there? I see it all It's like a movie in my head that play and plays It isn't just the bad things I remember It's the whole damn show Waiting around for the girls upstairs After the curtain came down Money in my pocket to spend "Honey, could you maybe get a friend for my friend!" Hearing the sound of the girls above Dressing to go on the town Clicking heels on steel and cement Picking up the giggles floating down through the vent Goddamnedest hours that I ever spent Were waiting for the girls Upstairs Hey, up there Way up there Whaddaya say, up there? That's where the keys hung and That's where you picked up your mail I remember! Me and Ben Me and Ben We'd come around at ten Me and Ben And hang around the wings Watching things With what-the-hell-was-his-name You know, the old guy? Max! I remember Anyway There we'd stay Until the curtain fell And when the curtain tell Then all hell broke Girls on the run And scenery flying Doors slamming left and right Girls in their undies Blushing but trying Not to duck out of sight Girls by the hundreds Waving and crying "See you tomorrow night!" Girls looking frazzled And girls looking great Girls in a frenzy To get to a date Girls like a madhouse And two of them late And who had to wait? And wait And wait And wait Waiting around for the boys downstairs Stalling as long as we dare Which dress from my wardrobe of two? One of them was borrowed and the other was blue Holding our ground for the boys below Fussing around with our hair Giggling, wriggling out of our tights Chattering and clattering down all of those flights God, I'd forgotten there ever were nights Of waiting for the boys Downstairs You up there! Down in a minute! You two up there! Just keep your shirts on! Aren't you through up there? Heard you the first time! Their younger counterparts appear Look, are you coming? Or aren't you coming? Look, we are going We gotta get going ¿? Hi Girls Ben Sally Boy, we're beat You look neat We saw you in the wings How are things? Did someone pass you in? Slipped a fin To what-the-hell-is-his-name You know, the doorman Al? No Big? Fat Young! Bald Harry Yeah Okey-doaks Come on, folks And where we gonna go? A little joint I know What? Great new show there Hey, I thought you said tonight'd be Tony's This joint is just as grand We girls got dressed for dancing at Tony's This joint is in demand Ta-ta, goodbye, you'll find us at Tony's Wait till you hear the band! You told us Tony's That we'd go to Tony's I told you Tony's? Then Ben mentioned Tony's I never said Tony's Well, someone said Tony's When's Ben mentioned Tony's? There's dancing at Tony's It's ritzy at Tony's All right, then, we'll go! Waiting around for the girls upstairs Weren't we chuckleheads then? Very young and very old hat Everybody has to go through stages like that Waiting around for the girls upstairs Thank you but never again Life was fun but oh, so intense Everything was possible and nothing made sense Back there when one of the major events Was waiting for the girls Waiting for the girls Waiting for the girls Waiting for the girls Waiting for the girls Upstairs