CORRECT LYRICS
Lyrics : The Glamorous Life
Orchestra comes in, and Fredrika sings...
Ordinary mothers lead ordinary lives
Keep the house and sweep the parlor
Cook the meals and look exhausted
Ordinary mothers, like ordinary wives
Fry the eggs and dry the sheets and
Try to deal with facts
Mine acts
Desiree comes on
Darling, you're looking divine
And, Mother is dying to chat
But, Mother is getting a plaque
From the Halsingborg Arts Council
Amateur Theatre Group
Darling, I'll drop you a line—wait
What do you think of the hat? No?
Darling, the minute I'm back
From the Halsingborg Arts Council
Etcetera
I'll write and I miss you
Unpack the luggagе, la la la
Pack up the luggage, la la la
Unpack the luggagе, la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous life!
Ice in the basin, la la la
Cracks in the plaster, la la la
She even hits wrong notes and they work into the song
Mice in the hallway, la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous life!
Run for the carriage, la la la
Gobble the sandwich, la la la
Fredrika's joining her now
Which town is this one? la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous—oops!
And she goes off. And Fredrika, Fredrika goes back to her scales. I forgot to mention that Fredrika had once been on the road with her mother. And the old lady starts to sing.
Ordinary daughters ameliorate their lot
Use their charms and choose their futures
Breed their children, heed their mothers
Ordinary daughters, which mine I fear, is not
Tend each a**et, spend it wisely
While it still endures
Mine tours
Mother, your timing is off
I'm feeling decidedly mild
No, Mother, I really must run
I'm performing in Rottvik
And don't ask where is it, please
Tell me though, how is your cough?
And are you corrupting the child?
Don't
Mother, the minute I'm done
With performing in Rottvik
I'll come for a visit
And argue
Unpack the luggage, la la la
Pack up the luggage, la la la
Unpack the luggage, la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous life!
And Fredrika joins her and they take a couple of lines
Mayors with speeches, la la la
Children with posies, la la la
The old lady...
Half-empty houses, la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous life!
Fredrika...
Mother's romantic, la la la
The old lady...
Mother's misguided, la la la
Desiree...
Mother's surviving, la la la
Leading the glamorous life
Now at the word "life", the old lady sings:
Ordinary daughters learn even while they're tots
That if a woman takes care of herself
No one takes care of her
And when she says "her", Desiree says:
Ordinary mothers are really [?]
"Kept" says the old lady
And there's nothing as unfair
As a woman who once
The old lady says
As you were
(spoken)
Truce?
Truce
Fredrika says
Good
And then they all sing:
Cultural lunches, la la la
Dead floral tributes. la la la
Ancient admirers, la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous life
Always the trouper, la la la
Home before Christmas, la la la
Darlings, I miss you, la la la
Hi-ho
And Liebeslieder people have joined in and they also take a chord
Hi-ho
For the glamorous life!
Ordinary mothers lead ordinary lives
Keep the house and sweep the parlor
Cook the meals and look exhausted
Ordinary mothers, like ordinary wives
Fry the eggs and dry the sheets and
Try to deal with facts
Mine acts
Desiree comes on
Darling, you're looking divine
And, Mother is dying to chat
But, Mother is getting a plaque
From the Halsingborg Arts Council
Amateur Theatre Group
Darling, I'll drop you a line—wait
What do you think of the hat? No?
Darling, the minute I'm back
From the Halsingborg Arts Council
Etcetera
I'll write and I miss you
Unpack the luggagе, la la la
Pack up the luggage, la la la
Unpack the luggagе, la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous life!
Ice in the basin, la la la
Cracks in the plaster, la la la
She even hits wrong notes and they work into the song
Mice in the hallway, la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous life!
Run for the carriage, la la la
Gobble the sandwich, la la la
Fredrika's joining her now
Which town is this one? la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous—oops!
And she goes off. And Fredrika, Fredrika goes back to her scales. I forgot to mention that Fredrika had once been on the road with her mother. And the old lady starts to sing.
Ordinary daughters ameliorate their lot
Use their charms and choose their futures
Breed their children, heed their mothers
Ordinary daughters, which mine I fear, is not
Tend each a**et, spend it wisely
While it still endures
Mine tours
Mother, your timing is off
I'm feeling decidedly mild
No, Mother, I really must run
I'm performing in Rottvik
And don't ask where is it, please
Tell me though, how is your cough?
And are you corrupting the child?
Don't
Mother, the minute I'm done
With performing in Rottvik
I'll come for a visit
And argue
Unpack the luggage, la la la
Pack up the luggage, la la la
Unpack the luggage, la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous life!
And Fredrika joins her and they take a couple of lines
Mayors with speeches, la la la
Children with posies, la la la
The old lady...
Half-empty houses, la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous life!
Fredrika...
Mother's romantic, la la la
The old lady...
Mother's misguided, la la la
Desiree...
Mother's surviving, la la la
Leading the glamorous life
Now at the word "life", the old lady sings:
Ordinary daughters learn even while they're tots
That if a woman takes care of herself
No one takes care of her
And when she says "her", Desiree says:
Ordinary mothers are really [?]
"Kept" says the old lady
And there's nothing as unfair
As a woman who once
The old lady says
As you were
(spoken)
Truce?
Truce
Fredrika says
Good
And then they all sing:
Cultural lunches, la la la
Dead floral tributes. la la la
Ancient admirers, la la la
Hi-ho, the glamorous life
Always the trouper, la la la
Home before Christmas, la la la
Darlings, I miss you, la la la
Hi-ho
And Liebeslieder people have joined in and they also take a chord
Hi-ho
For the glamorous life!
