What I Know Now From Beetlejuice: The Musical

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Miss Argentina
I was hot
I went to parties a lot

(Spoken)
Y'know?

(Sung)
I was driving Lamborghinis,
Sipping super dry martinis,
In the tiniest bikinis
On a yacht
But I was depressed
Also completely obsessed
An unhappy beauty queen
Who dreamed to be Miss Argentina
I had such low self-esteem
I was a mess

So I gave it all up for the Netherworld
I've been here forever, girl
If I was more clever, girl
I would have stuck it out
Knowing what life's about

Pain and joy and suffering
Failing but recovering
I'll tell you another thing
Everyone here is alone
So if you are breathing
Go home!

If I knew then
What I know now
I would have looked within and let love in somehow
If I only knew
The truth back then
I wouldn't have had my little "accident"

Don't be blind
You left your whole life behind
See a shrink
Call a priest
Ask the recently deceased
Death is final and you cannot press rewind

Ensemble
Don't jump when the light is red
Toasters should be used for bread
Never smoke cigars in bed
Nietzsche was right, y'know, to live is to suffer, bro
Don't cheat on the one you we'd
Never whip a thoroughbred
Angry pygmies shrunk his head!
Why did it take death to see?
Happiness was up to me

All
If I knew then
What I know now
I would've laughed and danced
And lanced every sacred cow
I thought I knew
But I was wrong
'Cause life is short
But death is super long

Ensemble
I exploded!

(Instrumental Break)

Miss Argentina (Ensemble)
If I knew then
(If I knew)
What I know now

All
I would've crossed every line
And drank all the wine
Before my final bow

Miss Argentina (Ensemble)
If I knew (If I knew)

All
The things that now I know
I would ride the highs and cherish the lows
Knowing it's a quick trick 'round the rodeo

Miss Argentina
So before they lower the curtain, be certain to enjoy the show
That's what I know!

Ensemble
Life is short, but death is long
Here, one minute then it's gone
Thought I knew but I was wrong
If I only knew what I know now!

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