Lyrics and translation Zero Mostel - Comedy Tonight
Something
familiar,
Quelque
chose
de
familier,
Something
peculiar,
Quelque
chose
de
particulier,
Something
for
everyone:
Quelque
chose
pour
tout
le
monde :
A
comedy
tonight!
Une
comédie
ce
soir !
Something
appealing,
Quelque
chose
d'attrayant,
Something
appalling,
Quelque
chose
d'épouvantable,
Something
for
everyone:
Quelque
chose
pour
tout
le
monde :
A
comedy
tonight!
Une
comédie
ce
soir !
Nothing
with
kings,
nothing
with
crowns;
Rien
de
royal,
rien
de
couronné ;
Bring
on
the
lovers,
liars
and
clowns!
Apporte
les
amants,
les
menteurs
et
les
clowns !
Old
situations,
De
vieilles
situations,
New
complications,
De
nouvelles
complications,
Nothing
portentous
or
polite;
Rien
de
prétentieux
ou
de
poli ;
Tragedy
tomorrow,
La
tragédie
demain,
Comedy
tonight!
La
comédie
ce
soir !
Something
convulsive,
Quelque
chose
de
convulsif,
Something
repulsive,
Quelque
chose
de
répugnant,
Something
for
everyone:
Quelque
chose
pour
tout
le
monde :
A
comedy
tonight!
Une
comédie
ce
soir !
Something
aesthetic,
Quelque
chose
d'esthétique,
Something
frenetic,
Quelque
chose
de
frénétique,
Something
for
everyone:
Quelque
chose
pour
tout
le
monde :
A
comedy
tonight!
Une
comédie
ce
soir !
Nothing
with
gods
Rien
avec
les
dieux
Nothing
with
fate
Rien
avec
le
destin
Weighty
affairs
will
just
have
to
wait
Les
affaires
importantes
devront
attendre
Nothing
that's
formal
Rien
de
formel
Nothing
that's
normal
Rien
de
normal
No
recitations
to
recite
Pas
de
récitations
à
réciter
Open
up
the
curtain
Ouvre
le
rideau
Comedy
tonight!
Comédie
ce
soir !
Something
erratic
Quelque
chose
d'erratique
Something
dramatic
Quelque
chose
de
dramatique
Something
for
everyone
Quelque
chose
pour
tout
le
monde
A
comedy
tonight!
Une
comédie
ce
soir !
Frenzy
and
frolic
Frénésie
et
badinage
Strictly
symbolic
Strictement
symbolique
Something
for
everyone
Quelque
chose
pour
tout
le
monde
A
comedy
tonight!
Une
comédie
ce
soir !
Now,
the
entire
company!
Maintenant,
toute
la
compagnie !
Something
familiar
Quelque
chose
de
familier
Something
peculiar
Quelque
chose
de
particulier
Something
for
everybody
Quelque
chose
pour
tout
le
monde
Comedy
tonight!
Comédie
ce
soir !
Something
that's
gawdy
Quelque
chose
de
voyant
Something
that's
bawdy
Quelque
chose
de
coquin
Something
for
everybody
Quelque
chose
pour
tout
le
monde
Comedy
tonight!
Comédie
ce
soir !
Nothing
that's
grim
Rien
de
sombre
Nothing
that's
Greek
Rien
de
grec
She
plays
Medea
later
this
week
Elle
joue
Médée
plus
tard
cette
semaine
Stunning
surprises
Des
surprises
époustouflantes
Cunning
disguises
Des
déguisements
rusés
Hundreds
of
actors
out
of
sight
Des
centaines
d'acteurs
hors
de
vue
Pantaloons
and
tunics
Des
pantalons
et
des
tuniques
Courtesans
and
eunuchs
Des
courtisanes
et
des
eunuques
Funerals
and
chases
Des
funérailles
et
des
poursuites
Baritones
and
basses
Des
barytons
et
des
basses
Panderers
Des
souteneurs
Philanderers
Des
coureurs
de
jupons
Cupidity
La
cupidité
Timidity
La
timidité
Mistakes
Des
erreurs
Fakes
Des
faux
Rhymes
Des
rimes
Mimes
Des
mimes
Tumblers,
grumblers,
bumblers,
fumblers
Des
acrobates,
des
grognons,
des
maladroits,
des
titubeurs
No
royal
curse
Pas
de
malédiction
royale
No
Trojan
horse
Pas
de
cheval
de
Troie
And
a
happy
ending,
of
course!
Et
une
fin
heureuse,
bien
sûr !
Goodness
and
badness
La
bonté
et
la
méchanceté
Man
in
his
madness
L'homme
dans
sa
folie
This
time
it
all
turns
out
all
right
Cette
fois,
tout
se
termine
bien
Tragedy
tomorrow
La
tragédie
demain
Comedy
tonight!
La
comédie
ce
soir !
One,
two,
three!
Un,
deux,
trois !
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1
I'm All for You
2 In the Movies
3 More (End Credits)
4 The Ladies Who Lunch
5 America
6 Sooner or Later
7 Finale: Children Will Listen (From "Into The Woods")
8 Send in the Clowns
9 What Can You Lose?
10 Everything's Coming Up Roses
11 Don't Laugh
12 Anyone Can Whistle
13 The Boy from ...
14 Happiness
15 Comedy Tonight
16 The Ballad of Booth (From "Assassins")
17 Everybody's Got the Right (From "Assassins")
18 Agony (From "Into the Woods")
19 The Worst Pies In London
20 Live Alone and Like It
21 No, Mary Ann
22 A Little Priest (From "Sweeney Todd")
23 Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd" (From "Sweeney Todd")
24 Green Finch and Linnet Bird (From "Sweeney Todd")
25 I'm Still Here (From "Follies")
26 Another Hundred People (feat. Pamela Myers)
27 Auto Show (From "Stavisky")
28 Theme (From "Stavisky")
29 Isn't He Something!
30 Truly Content
31 The Two Of You
32 They Asked Me Why I Believe In You
33 This Week, Americans
34 A Hero Is Coming
35 There's Something About a War (From "a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum")
36 There Is No Other Way (from "Pacific Overtures")
37 Prayers
38 Not Quite Night
39 Silly People
40 Night Waltz (Love Takes Time)
41 Can That Boy Fox Trot!
42 Happily Ever After
43 Theme (European Version)
44 A Parade In Town
45 I Remember Sky
46 Liaisons
47 Tonight
48 Class
2 In the Movies
3 More (End Credits)
4 The Ladies Who Lunch
5 America
6 Sooner or Later
7 Finale: Children Will Listen (From "Into The Woods")
8 Send in the Clowns
9 What Can You Lose?
10 Everything's Coming Up Roses
11 Don't Laugh
12 Anyone Can Whistle
13 The Boy from ...
14 Happiness
15 Comedy Tonight
16 The Ballad of Booth (From "Assassins")
17 Everybody's Got the Right (From "Assassins")
18 Agony (From "Into the Woods")
19 The Worst Pies In London
20 Live Alone and Like It
21 No, Mary Ann
22 A Little Priest (From "Sweeney Todd")
23 Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd" (From "Sweeney Todd")
24 Green Finch and Linnet Bird (From "Sweeney Todd")
25 I'm Still Here (From "Follies")
26 Another Hundred People (feat. Pamela Myers)
27 Auto Show (From "Stavisky")
28 Theme (From "Stavisky")
29 Isn't He Something!
30 Truly Content
31 The Two Of You
32 They Asked Me Why I Believe In You
33 This Week, Americans
34 A Hero Is Coming
35 There's Something About a War (From "a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum")
36 There Is No Other Way (from "Pacific Overtures")
37 Prayers
38 Not Quite Night
39 Silly People
40 Night Waltz (Love Takes Time)
41 Can That Boy Fox Trot!
42 Happily Ever After
43 Theme (European Version)
44 A Parade In Town
45 I Remember Sky
46 Liaisons
47 Tonight
48 Class
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