At The Ballet (Glee Cast Version)

Daddy always thought that he married beneath him

That's what he said, that's what he said

When he proposed, he informed my mother

Was probably her very last chance

And though she was twenty-two, though she was twenty-two

Though she was twenty-two, she married him

Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic

More like a come as you are

When I was five, I remember my mother

Dug earrings outta the car

I knew that they weren't hers

But it wasn't something you'd wanna discuss

He wasn't warm

Well, not to her, well, not to us

But everything was beautiful at the ballet

Graceful men lift lovely girls in white

Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet

I was happy at the ballet

That's when I started ballet class

Up a steep and very narrow stairway

To the voice like a metronome

Up a steep and very narrow stairway

It wasn't paradise, it wasn't paradise

It wasn't paradise, but it was home

Mother always said I'd be very attractive

When I grew up, when I grew up

Different, she said with a special something

And a very, very personal flair

And though I was eight or nine, though I was eight or nine

Though I was eight or nine, I hated her

Now different is nice, but it sure isn't pretty

Pretty is what it's about

I never met anyone who was different

Who couldn't figure that out

So beautiful, I'd never live to see

But it was clear, if not to her

Well, then to me

That everyone is beautiful at the ballet

Every prince has got to have his swan

Yes, everyone is beautiful at the ballet, hey

I was pretty at the ballet

I was born to save their marriage

But when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital

He said, well, I thought this was going to help, but I guess not

A few months later, he left, and he never came back

Anyway, I had this fantastic fantasy life

I used to dance around the living room with my arms up like this

And in my fantasy, there was an Indian chief

And he would say to me, Izzie, do you wanna dance?

And I would say, Daddy, I would love to dance

But it was clear when he proposed

That I was born to help their marriage, and when

That's what she said, that's what he said

I used to dance around the living room

He wasn't warm, not to her

It was an Indian chief and he'd say, Izzie, do you wanna dance?

And I'd say, Daddy, I would love to

Everything was beautiful at the ballet

Raise your arms and someone's always there

Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet

The ballet, the ballet

Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet, hey

I was pretty, I was happy

I would love to at the ballet