Mia Anderson

Part 8

We were about to start our performance. The lights faded and the music started to play and then there was a spotlight on Rachel at the back of the auditorium where the audience sat and then Rachel started to sing.

Rachel:

"Don't tell me not to live,
Just sit and putter,
Life's candy and the sun's,
A ball of butter.
Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade!
Don't tell me not to fly,
I've simply got to,
If someone takes a spill,
It's me and not you.
Who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade!
I'll march my band out,
I'll beat my drum,
And if I'm fanned out,
Your turn at bat, sir,
At least I didn't fake it,
Hat, sir.
I guess I didn't make it!
But whether I'm the rose of sheer perfection,
A freckle on the nose of life's complexion,
The cinder or the shiny apple of his eye.
I gotta fly once,
I gotta try once.
Only can die once, right, sir?
Ooh, life is juicy,
Juicy, and you see.
I gotta have my bite, sir!
Get ready for me, love,
'Cause I'm a comer,
I simply gotta march,
My heart's a drummer.
Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade!
I'm gonna live and live now,
Get what I want, I know how,
One roll for the whole shebang,
One throw, that bell will go clang.
Eye on the target and wham,
One shot, one gun shot, and bam.
Hey, Mister Arnstein, here I am!
I'll march my band out,
I'll beat my drum,
And if I'm fanned out,
Your turn at bat, sir,
At least I didn't fake it,
Hat, sir,
I guess I didn't make it.
Get ready for me, love,
'Cause I'm a comer,
I simply gotta march,
My heart's a drummer.
Nobody, no, no, nobody is gonna rain on my parade!"

We then moved went into 'You can't always get what you want'

Mercedes and Mia with New Directions:
"You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, you'll find

You get what you need
You get what you need"

Finn:
"I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
Oh, I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
No, you can't"

Mia with New Directions (Finn):
"You can't always get what you want (Oh, no, no, you can't)
You can't always get what you want (What you want)
You can't always get what you want (You can't always get what you want)
But if you try sometimes"

Finn and Mia with New Directions (Mercedes):
"Well, you just might find
You get what you need (Mercedes: Hey, yeaah!)"

New Directions (Finn):
"You get what you need (Oh, baby)"

Mia (and Finn):
"And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
(Singing, we're)
Gonna vent our frustration
(If we don't we're gonna blow)
A 50-amp fuse (a 50-amp fuse)
(Sing it to me, now)

Mercedes with New Directions:
"You can't always get what you want (Finn and Mia: No, no, you can't)
You can't always get what you want (Finn and Mia: No, oh!)
You can't always get what you want (Mia: Can't always get what you want)
But if you try sometimes, (Finn: Try sometimes, uh) well, you just might find"

New Directions:
"You get what you need (Mercedes with Finn: Ohhh, yeah)"

Mia:
"You get what you need! (New Directions: Huh, oh, oh, oh, oh)"

Mercedes with Finn:
"Huh, oh, oh, oh, oh"

Mia:
"Huh, oh, oh, oh, oh"

Finn:
"Yeah! (Mercedes: Oooh!)"

New Directions:
"You can't always get what you want (Finn and Mia: You can't always get what you want)
You can't always get what you want (Artie: Oohh)
You can't always get what you want (Finn: Can't always get what you want)"

Mia with New Directions:
"But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find
You get what you need"

New Directions:
"You can't always get what you want (Mercedes: Oh, Yeah, Yeah!) (Artie: No, no, no, no)"

Mercedes with New Directions:
"You can't always get what you want (Mercedes: No, no, no, no)"

New Directions:
"You can't always get what you want (Rachel: Ooh) (Artie: Oh, oh, oh, oh)"

Mia with New Directions:
"But if you try sometimes, well,"

Finn and Mia with New Directions:
"You just might find
You get what you need (Mercedes: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)"

Mia:
"You can't always get what you want (Artie: Ooh, ooh)"

New Directions:
"Get what you need"

Mercedes and Mia with New Directions:
"Oh yeah what you need! (Mercedes: Yeah!)"

Artie:
"What you need!"

New Directions:
"Get"

Artie and Mia with New Directions:
"What you (Mercedes: need!)"

We then performed 'Somebody to love' and we were so happy in the end.