Lyrics Roxie - Gwen Verdon, Chicago Ensemble

Roxie

The name on everybody’s lips
Is gonna be Roxie
The lady rakin' in the chips
Is gonna be Roxie
I’m gonna be a celebrity
That means somebody everyone knows
They’re gonna recognize my eyes
My hair, my teeth, my boobs, my nose
From just some dumb mechanic’s wife
I’m gonna be Roxie
Who says that murder’s not an art?
And who in case she doesn’t hang
Can say she started with a bang?
Foxy Roxie Hart!
You wanna know something?
I always wanted to be in
Vaudeville.
And now that I’m a celebrity, I’m
Gonna have me a swell act, too.
Yeah, I’ll get a boy
To work with- someone who can lift me up, show me off-
Oh hell, I’ll get two boys.
it’ll frame me better
Think «big», Roxie, think «big.»
I’m gonna get a whole bunch of boys
The name on everybody’s lips
Is gonna be
Roxie
The lady rakin' in the chips is gonna be
Roxie
She’s gonna be a celebrity
That means somebody everyone knows
They’re gonna recognize her eyes
Her hair.
her teeth…
…my boobs, my nose
From just some dumb mechanic’s wife
I’m gonna be
Sing it!
Roxie
Who says that murder’s not an art?
And who in case she doesn’t hang
Can say she started
With a bang?
Foxy Roxie Hart
They’re gonna wait outside in line
To get to see Roxie
Think of those autographs I’ll sign
«Good luck to you, Roxie»
And I’ll appear in lavaliere
That goes all the way down to my waist
Here a ring, there a ring
Everywhere a ring a ling
But always in the best of taste
Oooh I’m a star
And the audience loves her
And I love the audience.
and the audience loves me
For loving them.
and I love them for loving me.
And
We just love each other.
That’s because none of us
Got any love in our childhood
That’s right
And that’s show biz, kid
Oh yeah
She’s giving up here humdrum life
I’m gonna be
Roxie
She made a scandal and a start
And Sophie Tucker will shit, I know
To see her name get billed below
Foxy Roxie Hart!
Chuh, chuh, chuh, etc…
Those are my boys