[00:00.00]Bernstein: Wonderful Town, Act 1:"What a Waste" (Robert, Associate Editors) - Sir Simon Rattle/Carl Daymond/Rodney Gilfry/Thomas Hampson
[00:00.20]Composed by：Leonard Bernstein
[00:01.34]Go home
[00:02.62]Go west
[00:04.67]Go back where you came from
[00:08.00]Oh why did you ever leave Ohio'
[00:11.77]Because I think I have talent
[00:13.90]A million kids just like you
[00:15.60]Come to town every day
[00:18.53]With stars in their eyes
[00:21.70]They're gonna conquer the city
[00:24.12]They're gonna grab off the Pulitzer Prize
[00:27.00]But it's a terrible pity
[00:29.20]Because they're in for a bitter surprise
[00:32.41]And their stories all follow one line
[00:35.58]Like his
[00:36.95]Like his
[00:38.30]Like mine
[00:46.19]Born in duluth
[00:47.46]Natural writer
[00:49.05]Published at seven genius type
[00:52.33]Wrote the school play
[00:53.54]Wrote the school paper
[00:55.19]Summa cum laude all of that tripe
[00:58.47]Came to new york
[00:59.89]Got on the staff here
[01:01.41]This was my chance to be heard
[01:04.03]Well since then I haven't written a word
[01:07.26]What a waste
[01:08.72]What a waste
[01:10.06]What a waste of money and time
[01:17.28]Man from Detroit
[01:18.69]Wonderful artist
[01:20.28]Went to Picasso Pablo said wow
[01:23.24]Settled in France
[01:24.71]Bought him a beret
[01:26.32]Lived in Montmartre
[01:27.79]Really learned how
[01:29.34]Came to New York had an exhibit
[01:32.36]Art critics made a big fuss
[01:35.07]Now he paints those toothpaste ads on the bus
[01:37.88]What a waste
[01:39.39]What a waste
[01:40.81]What a waste of money and time
[01:48.01]Girl from mobile
[01:49.17]Versatile actress
[01:50.82]Tragic or comic
[01:52.33]Any old play
[01:53.87]Suffered and starved
[01:55.31]Met Stanislavsky
[01:56.75]He said the world would
[01:58.34]Cheer her some day
[01:59.92]Came to New York
[02:01.26]Repertoire ready
[02:02.74]Chekhov's and Shakespeare's and Wilde's
[02:05.39]Now they watch her flipping flapjacks at Childs
[02:08.63]What a waste
[02:09.84]What a waste
[02:11.28]What a waste of money and time
[02:18.41]Kid from cape cod
[02:19.81]Fisherman's family
[02:21.34]Marvelous singer big baritone
[02:24.64]Rented his boat
[02:25.96]Paid for his lessons
[02:27.47]Starved for his studies
[02:29.03]Down to the bone
[02:30.55]Came to New York
[02:31.91]Aimed at the opera
[02:33.49]Sing Rigoletto his wish
[02:36.11]At the Fulton market now he yells fish
[02:39.54]What a waste
[02:40.42]What a waste
[02:41.85]What a waste of money and west
[02:48.47]Go home
[02:50.54]Go west
[02:52.85]Go back where you came from
[02:56.17]Go home