Lyrics Atlantic City - Marin Mazzie , Mark Jacoby , Ragtime Ensemble

Whee!
Let's run away to Atlantic City
Let's feel the wind in our hair

Atlantic City is only a temporary answer, Mother
But I can't think of a better one
They can't take the child away from you
If we're in residence down there
And it's close enough for me to come and go as business dictates

Sharing a grand and romantic city
Sea and salty air

Besides, the change of air will do everyone good
Did you pack my razor?
Yes
I hope you reserved us a parlor car?
I did

Train's gonna take us to the sunniest hideaway
Troubles will slide away
Just a ride away

It was clear to Father
That the crisis was driving the spirit from their lives
He had always secretly believed that as a family
They were touched by an extra light
He felt it going now
Mother, I—
There's the cab

Where have I been?
How did we change?
Caught in this strange new music
Say, was I away too long?
Say, when did they change the song?

Let's run away to Atlantic City
Let's feel the wind in our hair (Let's feel the wind in our hair)
Sharing a grand and romantic city
Sea and salty air (Sea and salty air)
Train's gonna take us to the sunniest hideaway
Troubles will slide away
Just a ride away
So let's run away to Atlantic City
No one will find us there!

Down on the sand
There's a ragtime band
With a brand new ragtime tune
And up in the sky there's a grand New Jersey moon
Let's go there soon!

Whee!
I was once the lady friend of Stanford White
Made me a celebrity overnight
Well overnight things change, I guess
I'm in New Jersey, wearing even less
Ladies, there's a lesson in my tawdry tale
Beware the path you choose
Oh! Oh! Justice is never fair
Bang! Bang! There goes your millionaire
Boo! Hoo! No money, no ring
And you could end up on a swing
And it's a crime!

Harry Houdini, master escapist
Buried and chained and tied (Oh, justice can be so unfair)
Reaching for danger, darker and stranger
Now that his mama's died (Bang! There goes your millionaire)
Conquering fear in hopes he will hear a voice from the other side (Whee!)

Come see Houdini's daring display!
Come see Ms. Nesbit do four shows a day!
Thrilling the crowd and making 'em say
"Let's run away (Let's run away)
Let's run away (Let's run away)
Away, away (Let's run away to Atlantic City)
Let's run away! (To Atlantic City)"
My darling

Why should we stay in the frantic city?
Laden with worry and care
Oh, let's run away to Atlantic City
No one will find us—
No one will find us!
No one will find us there!