Bernstein: Wonderful Town, Act 1: "Pass the football" (Wreck, Villagers)

歌詞

Look at me now Four years of college Famous professors Tutoring me Scholarship kid Everything paid for Food and vacations All of it free Day that I left Everyone gathered Their cheering still rings in my ears Ray Wreck rah Rah Wreck Ray Rah Wreck Wreck rah Rah Wreck, Wreck Wreck, we love you 'Cause I could pass that football Like nothin' you have ever seen Couldn't spell a lick Couldn't do arithmetic One and one made three Thought that dog was C A T But I could pass that football Like nothin' you have ever seen Couldn't write my name Couldn't translate 'je vous aime' Never learned to read Mother Goose or Andre Gide But I could pass that football Like nothin' you have ever seen Couldn't figure riddles Puzzles made me pout Where the hell was Moses When the lights went out? I couldn't even tell red from green Get those verbs through my bean But I was buddies with the dean Like nothin' you have ever seen Passed without a fuss English Lit. and Calculus Never had to cram Even passed the bar exam 'Cause I passed that football Like nothin' you have ever seen Couldn't dance for beans Mashed my girls to smithereens Sometimes blood was spilled Still my card was always filled 'Cause I could pass that football Like nothin' you have ever seen Then there was the week Albert Einstein came to speak 'Relativity' Guess who introduced him? Me 'Cause I could pass that football Like nothin' you have ever seen Had no table manners Used to dunk my roll Always drunk the water from the fingerbowl Though I would not get up for any she The prexy's Mom, age ninety-three Got up and gave her seat to me Like nothin' you did ever see In our hall of fame There's a statue with my name There we stand, by heck Lincoln, Washington and Wreck 'Cause I could pass that football Like nothin' you have ever, ever seen