From the 42 Balloons (Studio Cast Recording) - Selected Tracks
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Lyrics:
Some people never figure out what they want,
So if you’ve got a dream you chase it down with all your heart
I’ve always known it, really known it but they’ll never see
Up in the clear blue skies is where I’m s’posed to be
Yeah if you've got a stupid dream, keep it deep inside
Don't let it out whatever you do
Cos someone’ll come along and try to take your dream
They’ll burst it in your face
Burst it like a... Like a... Big balloon...
Big balloon... Big balloon... Big balloon... Big balloon...
Big balloon... Big balloon... Big balloon...
Suddenly Larry felt a flash in his mind to a memory of long before
He was barely thirteen, just a teenage kid
Walking through the door of a military surplus store
And he saw something there in the cheap, colored light
Through the posters of the hawker typhoons
Yeah up on the wall something caught his eye
A cluster of balloons, cluster of weather balloons
It was a stupid teenage dream
But in his crazy hormonal mind
When he saw the balloons, he heard a little voice
Calling from the sky:
“Do you wanna fly? Larry, do you wanna fly?”
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Cos if you’ve got a stupid dream then you hold it tight
Don't give it up, whatever you do
Cos the world is gonna come and try to take it away
They'll burst it in your face, burst it like a big balloon
Well suddenly Larry’s in a macho machine
On a spiral into outer space
And so much more than a grunt in a stupid war
Standing at the door to watch it slamming in his face
Well I guess you've got to learn that this life is cruel and nothing's guaranteed
But what if there’s a way to get what you want...?
Would you break all the rules?
Would you listen to the voice?
Would you do what it took to succeed?
Would you break all the rules?
Would you listen to the voice?
Would you do anything to succeed?
Yeah! Yeah! Math montage!
A weather balloon has a payload weight of approximately fourteen pounds
Math montage!
So a cluster of fewer than twenty balloons could lift a man off the ground
Math montage!
Factor in the ballast and the weight of the gear and get your calculator out
Math montage! And the math checks out!
Yeah, yeah, yeah it was a stupid teenage dream
Out of a crazy hormonal mind
But forty-something weather balloons and a chair
Could surely put a man, surely put a man in the sky!
Yeah if you've got a stupid dream then you hold it tight
Don't give it up, whatever you do
Cos if you've got a stupid dream then you might just might
Shoot up in the sky
Shoot up like a big balloon
Yeah if you've got a stupid dream then you hold it tight
Don't give it up whatever you do
Cos if you've got a stupid dream then you might just might
Shoot up in the sky
Shoot up in the sky
Shoot up in the clear blue sky
Just like a big balloon!
Just a stupid dream, just a teenage dream
Just like a big balloon!
Just a stupid dream, just a teenage dream
Oh you know you're gonna shoot up in the sky just like a big balloon!
23 авг 2024
