Waiting for the Girls Upstairs

Hey, up there
 Way up there
 Whaddaya say, up there?
 I see it all
 It's like a movie in my head that play and plays
 It isn't just the bad things I remember
 It's the whole damn show
 Waiting around for the girls upstairs
 After the curtain came down
 Money in my pocket to spend
 "Honey, could you maybe get a friend for my friend!"
 Hearing the sound of the girls above
 Dressing to go on the town
 Clicking heels on steel and cement
 Picking up the giggles floating down through the vent
 Goddamnedest hours that I ever spent
 Were waiting for the girls
 Upstairs
 Hey, up there
 Way up there
 Whaddaya say, up there?
 That's where the keys hung and
 That's where you picked up your mail
 I remember!
 Me and Ben
 Me and Ben
 We'd come around at ten
 Me and Ben
 And hang around the wings
 Watching things
 With what-the-hell-was-his-name
 You know, the old guy?
 Max! I remember
 Anyway
 There we'd stay
 Until the curtain fell
 And when the curtain tell
 Then all hell broke
 Girls on the run
 And scenery flying
 Doors slamming left and right
 Girls in their undies
 Blushing but trying
 Not to duck out of sight
 Girls by the hundreds
 Waving and crying
 "See you tomorrow night!"
 Girls looking frazzled
 And girls looking great
 Girls in a frenzy
 To get to a date
 Girls like a madhouse
 And two of them late
 And who had to wait?
 And wait
 And wait
 And wait
 Waiting around for the boys downstairs
 Stalling as long as we dare
 Which dress from my wardrobe of two?
 One of them was borrowed and the other was blue
 Holding our ground for the boys below
 Fussing around with our hair
 Giggling, wriggling out of our tights
 Chattering and clattering down all of those flights
 God, I'd forgotten there ever were nights
 Of waiting for the boys
 Downstairs
 You up there!
 Down in a minute!
 You two up there!
 Just keep your shirts on!
 Aren't you through up there?
 Heard you the first time!
 Their younger counterparts appear
 Look, are you coming?
 Or aren't you coming?
 Look, we are going
 We gotta get going
 ¿?
 Hi
 Girls
 Ben
 Sally
 Boy, we're beat
 You look neat
 We saw you in the wings
 How are things?
 Did someone pass you in?
 Slipped a fin
 To what-the-hell-is-his-name
 You know, the doorman
 Al?
 No
 Big?
 Fat
 Young!
 Bald
 Harry
 Yeah
 Okey-doaks
 Come on, folks
 And where we gonna go?
 A little joint I know
 What?
 Great new show there
 Hey, I thought you said tonight'd be Tony's
 This joint is just as grand
 We girls got dressed for dancing at Tony's
 This joint is in demand
 Ta-ta, goodbye, you'll find us at Tony's
 Wait till you hear the band!
 You told us Tony's
 That we'd go to Tony's
 I told you Tony's?
 Then Ben mentioned Tony's
 I never said Tony's
 Well, someone said Tony's
 When's Ben mentioned Tony's?
 There's dancing at Tony's
 It's ritzy at Tony's
 All right, then, we'll go!
 Waiting around for the girls upstairs
 Weren't we chuckleheads then?
 Very young and very old hat
 Everybody has to go through stages like that
 Waiting around for the girls upstairs
 Thank you but never again
 Life was fun but oh, so intense
 Everything was possible and nothing made sense
 Back there when one of the major events
 Was waiting for the girls
 Waiting for the girls
 Waiting for the girls
 Waiting for the girls
 Waiting for the girls
 Upstairs