Song Lyrics

Beautiful from The Heathers the Musical

VERONICA
(spoken) September 1st, 1989:
Dear diary, I believe I'm a good person. You know, I think that there's good in everyone, but.. Here we are, first day of senior year, and I look around at these kids that I've known all my life and I ask myself, what happened?
STUDENTS
(sung) Freak, slut, burn-out
Bug-eyes, poser, lard-ass
VERONICA
We were so tiny
Happy and shiny
Playing tag and getting chased
STUDENTS
Freak, slut, loser, short-bus
VERONICA
Singing and clapping
Laughing and napping
Baking cookies, eating paste
STUDENTS
Bull-dyke, stuck-up, hunchback
VERONICA
Then we got bigger
That was the trigger
Like the Huns invading Rome
(spoken) Oh, sorry.
(sung) Welcome to my school
This ain't no high school
This is the Thunderdome
Hold your breath and count the days
We're graduating soon
STUDENTS
White trash
VERONICA
College will be paradise
If I'm not dead by June
But I know, I know
Life can be beautiful
I pray, I pray
For a better way
If we changed back then
We could change again
We can be beautiful
HIPSTER
(spoken) Ow!
VERONICA
Just not today
(spoken) Hey, are you okay?
HIPSTER
Get away, nerd!
VERONICA
Oh – okay.
STUDENTS
(sung) Freak, slut, cripple
Homo, homo, homo
VERONICA
Things will get better
Soon as my letter
Comes from Harvard, Duke, or Brown
Wake from this coma
Take my diploma
Then I can blow this town
Dream of ivy covered walls
And smoky French cafes
Fight the urge to strike a match
And set this dump ablaze
RAM
(spoken) Oops.
VERONICA
Ram Sweeney, third year as linebacker and eighth year of smacking lunch trays and being a huge dick.
RAM
What did you say to me, skank?
VERONICA
Nothing!
(sung) But I know, I know,
Life can be beautiful
I pray, I pray
For a better way
We were kind before
We can be kind once more
We can be beautiful –
AAH! Hey Martha, hey
(spoken) Martha Dunnstock, my best friend since diapers.
MARTHA
We on for movie night?
VERONICA
Yeah! You're on Jiffy Pop detail.
MARTHA
I rented The Princess Bride.
VERONICA
Again? Wait, don't you have it memorized by now?
MARTHA
What can I say? I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
KURT
Martha Dumptruck, wide load! Honk!
VERONICA
Kurt Kelly, quarterback. He is the smartest guy on the football team. Which is kind of like being the tallest dwarf. HEY! Pick that up. Right now.
KURT
I'm sorry, are you actually talking to me?
VERONICA
Yes, I am. I want to know what gives you the right to pick on my friend. You're a high school has-been waiting to happen, a future gas station attendant.
KURT
You have a zit right there.
VERONICA
Dear diary:
(sung) Why?
NERD
Why do they hate me?
PREP
Why don't I fight back?
KURT
Why do I act like such a creep?
VERONICA
Why?
MARTHA
Why won't he date me?
RAM
Why did I hit him?
STUDENTS
Why do I cry myself to sleep?
VERONICA
Why?
STUDENTS
Somebody hug me
Somebody fix me
Somebody save me
Send me a sign, God
Give me some hope for
Something to live for
ALL
Ah
Heather, Heather, and Heather
VERONICA
(spoken) And then there's the Heathers. They float above it all.
STUDENTS
I love Heather, Heather, and Heather
I hate Heather, Heather, and Heather
I want Heather, Heather and Heather
I need Heather, Heather and Heather
VERONICA
(spoken over students) Heather McNamara, head cheerleader. Her dad is loaded. He sells engagement rings. Heather Duke, runs the yearbook – no discernible personality, but her mom did pay for implants. And Heather Chandler, the almighty. She is a mythic bitch.
They're solid Teflon, never bothered, never harassed. I would give anything to be like that.
NERD
I'd like to be their boyfriend.
ALL
(sung) That would be beautiful
STONER
(spoken) If I sat at their table, guys would notice me!
ALL
(sung) So beautiful
MARTHA
(spoken) I'd like them to be nicer.
ALL
(sung) That would be beautiful
CREEP
(spoken) I'd like to kidnap a Heather and photograph her naked in an abandoned warehouse and leave her tied up for the rats.
(MUSIC ENDS, SCENE CHANGE)
HEATHER C
(spoken) Grow up, Heather, bulimia is so '87.
HEATHER M
Maybe you should see a doctor, Heather.
HEATHER D
Yeah, Heather, maybe I should.
MS. FLEMING
Ah, Heather and Heather.
HEATHER D
(retching)
MS. FLEMING
And Heather. Perhaps you didn't hear the bell over all the vomiting. You're late for class.
HEATHER C
Heather wasn't feeling well! We're helping her.
MS. FLEMING
Not without a hall pass, you're not. Week's detention.
VERONICA
Um, actually, Ms. Fleming, all four of us are out on a hall pass. Yearbook committee.
MS. FLEMING
I see you're all listed. Hurry up and get where you're going.
HEATHER C
This is an excellent forgery. Who are you?
VERONICA
Veronica. Sawyer. I crave a boon.
HEATHER C
What boon?
VERONICA
Let me sit at your table, just once, no talking necessary. If people think that you guys tolerate me they'll leave me alone. (the Heathers laugh) Before you answer, I also do report cards, permission slips, and absence notes.
HEATHER D
How about prescriptions?
HEATHER C
Shut up, Heather.
HEATHER D
Sorry, Heather.
HEATHER C
For a greasy little nobody, you do have good bone structure.
HEATHER M
And a symmetrical face. If I took a meat cleaver down the center of your skull, I would have matching halves. That's very important.
HEATHER D
Of course you could stand to lose a few pounds.
HEATHER C
(sung) And you know, you know, you know
This could be beautiful
Mascara, maybe some lip gloss
And we're on our way
Get this girl some blush
And Heather, I need your brush
Let's make her beautiful
HEATHERS
Let's make her beautiful
HEATHER C
(spoken) Okay?
VERONICA
Okay!
KURT
(sung) Out of my way, geek
NERD
I don't want trouble
RAM
You're gonna die at 3 P.M.
PREPS
Don't you dare touch me
Get away, pervert
NERD
What did I ever do to them?
STUDENTS
Who could survive this
I can't escape this
I think I'm dying
MS. FLEMING
Who's that with Heather?
STUDENTS
Whoa!
Heather, Heather, Heather
PREPS
And someone
STUDENTS
Heather, Heather, Heather
BOYS
And a babe
STUDENTS
Heather, Heather, Heather
MARTHA
(spoken) Veronica?!
STUDENTS
(sung) Veronica
Veronica
Veronica
Ah, beautiful, ah
Beautiful
VERONICA
And you know, you know, you know
Life can be beautiful
You hope, you dream, you pray
And you get your way
Ask me how it feels
Lookin' like Hell on wheels
My God, it's beautiful (beautiful)
I might be beautiful (beautiful)
And when you're beautiful (beautiful)
It's a beautiful frickin' day!
STUDENTS
Heather, Heather, Heather, Veronica
Heather, Heather, Heather, Veronica
Veronica, Veronica, Veronica, Veronica!