Just to note, these are the songs/lyrics from the Hell in a Handbag version of the play, which is available on CD. The original version at the Sweetcorn Playhouse featured some different songs and lyrics. Once again, I've transcribed these by listening to the album and there are a few places with words that I couldn't decipher (denoted by a triple-question mark). Also, at times, I had to guess who was singing, so I may be off.
All lyrics © David Cerda 2005
ON A CLOUD/HIGH SCHOOL WORLD
GIRLS
We're on a cloud.
Say what you like,
We're the popular crowd.
High school world,
Super foxy girls.
High school world,
Super foxy girls.
Our uniform designer jeans
And flipped-back feathered hair.
Our futures are uncertain,
And quite frankly, we don't care.
I'M CARRIE
CARRIE
Here on my cloud,
Far, far away from the popular crowd,
They look at me with hateful eyes,
With judgment they condemn.
I only wish they'd take the time
To find out who I am.
I'm Carrie, just an ordinary girl.
Please tell me, where's my place in this world?
I can't help it if I'm different than the other girls who wear
Jeans by Sergio Valente and have Farrah Fawcett hair.
I'M DYING/PLUG IT UP
CARRIE
What is happening?
I feel funny!
There's a beating in my head.
This -- this can't be happening!
From inside, I'm bleeding!
Oh God, I'll soon be dead!
I'm dying!
Please help me!
I'm dying!
Please help me!
CHRIS
Oh! What the funk?
What's going on with your freak?
NORMA
Get away from me!
CHRIS
Look Norma, Carrie's got her period!
NORMA
She is a woman!
SUE
Plug it up, Carrie!
Come on girl, plug it up!
CHRIS & GIRLS
Plug it up! Plug it up! Plug it up!
Plug it up! Plug it up! Plug it up!
Plug it up! Plug it up! Plug it up!
Plug it up! Plug it up! Plug it up!
Plug it up! Plug it up! Plug it up!
CARRIE
I'm dying!
Please help me!
I'm dying!
Please help me!
I'm dying!
Please help me!
MISS COLLINS
What's going on here?
What's all the noise?
I can hear you from the hallway,
You're worse than the boys!
SUE
It's Carrie,
She's got her period.
She thinks she's dying,
That's why she's crying.
MISS COLLINS
Carrie, calm down, it's gonna be okay.
Pull yourself together, Carrie, listen to what I say.
Carrie, calm down, it's gonna be okay.
Pull yourself together, Carrie, listen to what I say.
All of you shut up and go away!
CARRIE
No!
THIS IS NO JOKE
(Dialog)
MARGARET WHITE
Knock, knock.
MRS. SNELL
What?
MARGARET
Knock, knock.
MRS. SNELL
Oh! Who's there?
MARGARET
Satan.
MRS. SNELL
Satan, who?
MARGARET
Satan is at your doorstep, Mrs. Snell, and that's no joke. These are Godless times, Mrs. Snell.
MRS SNELL
I'll drink to that!
MARGARET
This is no joke, Mrs. Snell! Our very lives are at stake!
THESE ARE GODLESS TIMES
MARGARET
I'm not trying to alarm, dear,
But your souls at risk at harm here,
Now your bloody Marys won't substitute for prayer.
On the television station
You see women's liberation,
There's an unseen evil floating in the air.
Homosexual parades,
Swingers playing nude charades,
Just a piece of the beginning of the end.
So I respectfully suggest
That you repent your sins, confess,
Or an eternity in Hell the Snells will spend!
These are Godless times!
Take a look outside your window,
See your neighbors acting sinful.
Now the golden calf's a car,
Gomorrah's now a singles bar.
These are Godless times!
Charles Manson, Sharon Tate,
Tricky Dick and Watergate,
Women think that they can choose,
Teenagers on dope and booze.
If you were to drop dead right this minute,
Right this very second, Mrs. Snell,
Would your soul go up to Heaven
Or the fiery depths of Hell?
MRS. SNELL
Uh, I'd like to make a contribution. How about five dollars? Uh, suh, five...
MARGARET
Their Satanic-like behavior,
People disregard our savior,
In the books, movies and music everywhere.
Halter-tops and platform shoes
And the influence of Jews
Family values thrown away in the Mershare.
In conclusion, what I'm sayin',
Stop your drinkin' and start prayin'.
Your fulfillment lies ahead; repent your past.
What I offer is salvation
And a chance for reparation,
And that isn't at the bottom of your glass!
These are Godless times!
Lola Falana, Copacabana,
All-male saunas,
Temptation waits 'round every turn!
These are Godless times!
Diet soda, Mary and Rhoda,
That creepy Yoda,
Don't get too close or you'll get burned!
If you were to drop dead right this minute,
Right this very second, Mrs. Snell,
Would your soul go up to Heaven
Or the fiery depths of Hell?
MRS SNELL
Here! Here's fifty dollars! Take it -- it's all I have!
MARGARET
Oh well. Maybe next dime. Bless you, Mrs. Snell. I wonder if Mrs. Vahatia Petaland's home yet.
I'M CARRIE (REPRISE 1)
CARRIE
They tell me that I'm different,
They treat me like a dog.
That's okay, my Mama says
Backwards, that spells "God."
I wish that I could be like the other girls who wear
Cashmere comet sweaters and dingo boots with flair.
I'm Carrie, just an ordinary girl.
Please tell me, where's my place in this world?
I'm waiting patiently for the answers that I seek,
To find my inner peace and live in harmony.
I'm Carrie, just an ordinary girl.
Please tell me, where's my place in this world?
GIRLS
She's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie,
She's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie!
SUE
I don't know how it happened, but things got out of hand.
This overwhelming guilt is more than I can stand!
Since elementary school, we all teased Carrie White,
But something in my head says this just isn't right.
Oh, Carrie, what am I supposed to do?
It's quite a dilemma for Sue!
Before it all made sense,
Now I'm sitting on the fence.
To my back, security,
Straight ahead, maturity.
Oh, Carrie, who'd have thought it would be you
Who made me reevaluate this zoo?
GIRLS
She's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie
She's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie!
CHRIS
She asked for what we give her,
That whiny little freak,
And now she's with Miss Collins,
Defender of the geeks!
I love to tease and taunt her,
And making her life hell.
We should get extra credit
For teaching her quite well!
That Carrie, what an aggravating girl!
She smells and kind of looks just like a squirrel!
I can't stand it when she just stands there like a tree,
And whimpers passively, a walking casualty!
That Carrie, what an aggravating girl!
She doesn't have a place in our world!
GIRLS
She's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie
She's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie!
CARRIE
I'm Carrie, just an ordinary girl.
Please tell me, where's my place in this world?
I'm waiting patiently for the answers that I seek,
To find my inner peace and live in harmony.
I'm Carrie, just an ordinary girl.
Please tell me, where's my place in this world?
GIRLS
She's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie, she's Carrie!
SAY IT
MARGARET
And from the rib of Adam, God created Eve...
Say it!
Say it!
CARRIE
And from the rib of Adam, God created Eve.
MARGARET
Eve was tempted by the serpent,
With his words, he did deceive.
Say it!
Say it!
CARRIE
Uh, tempted by the serpent...
Something, something, deceive.
MARGARET
This didn't have to happen,
This little mess you're in.
Loosed the raven on the world
And the raven is called...
CARRIE
Sin! Sin! I'm sorry!
MARGARET
Very good.
Come on in, brothers and sisters!
And Eve was weak!
CHORUS
Eve was weak!
MARGARET
So very weak!
CHORUS
Very weak!
MARGARET
Eve was weak,
The little sneak!
CHORUS
The little sneak!
MARGARET
She surrendered to temptation,
Then God gave us menstruation.
Just one simple aberration
Led to all its divination.
No more paradise vacation,
Eve was weak!
The little sneak!
Say it!
CHORUS
Eve was weak!
MARGARET
Say it!
CHORUS
Very weak!
MARGARET
Yesterday you went to bed a child of the Lord,
This morning you awoke a sinning, filthy wretched whore!
I should have seen the signs of sin,
Loosed the raven on the world.
You've got a devil trapped within!
Lord, please help this foolish girl!
Say it!
CHORUS
Eve was weak!
MARGARET
Pray it!
CHORUS
Very weak!
MARGARET
The curse was a curse of blood!
The curse was a curse of blood!
Throughout the universe
The Lord, he did disperse,
The curse was a curse of blood!
CARRIE
Hello God!
CHORUS
Hello, God!
CARRIE
It's Carrie White,
Hope you remember,
We spoke last night.
I know you're busy
With other stuff.
But could you tell me, why, oh why,
It seems my life is so darned rough?
The girls at school
Think I'm grotesque.
My Mama tells me
I'm possessed.
I don't want special favors
Or things I don't deserve.
I wanna be like other girls
But I don't have the nerve.
MARGARET
And Eve was weak!
CHORUS
Eve was weak!
MARGARET
So very weak!
CHORUS
Very weak!
MARGARET
Eve was weak!
The little sneak!
CHORUS
The little sneak!
MARGARET
For her devilish misdeedings
Are the reasons for your bleeding.
And these three words bear repeating:
Eve was weak and now we're bleeding.
Say it!
CHORUS
Eve was weak!
MARGARET
Pray it!
CHORUS
Very weak!
MARGARET
And Eve was weak!
So very weak!
Eve was weak!
The little sneak!
Get in your closet!
BEAUTIFUL
TOMMY
I see the stars in a moonlit sky,
The ocean blue, and I wonder why
Nobody seems to get along anymore;
They talk of hate, they talk of war.
My little brother, he asked me why,
I looked at him and I wanted to cry.
Said, 'Little man, don't you worry none,
Just go out and play in the sun.'
I hope someday when he's a man
With his son, walking hand-in-hand,
The world will be at peace at last
And war and hate are a thing of the past.
BOY
Ha! Ha! Ha! That was a bag of shit, Ross!
MR SHIPLACE
That is quite incredible,
I'm really quite impressed.
Beneath that jock mentality
A poet lies in rest.
So tell me, class, what do you think....
BOY
It sucks!
MR SHIPLACE
...of Master Tommy's verse?
Let's hear what's on your little minds.
I'm sure that you've heard worse.
CARRIE
I think it's beautiful.
MR SHIPLACE
Is that? Did I hear right?
I thought I heard Miss Carrie White.
I must be hearing things, how can this be?
She's never said a single word to me.
So please say it again!
CARRIE
I think it's beautiful!
CHORUS
Beautiful!
CARRIE
I think it's beautiful
CHORUS
Beautiful!
CARRIE
Like a moonlit night or the ocean blue.
I think it's beautiful!
CHORUS
Beautiful!
CARRIE
I think it's beautiful!
CHORUS
Beautiful!
CARRIE
Don't know why I said it, I just know that it's true.
BOY
She thinks it's beautiful!
CHORUS
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
So beautiful!
CARRIE
I think it's beautiful!
CHORUS
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
So beautiful!
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
So beautiful!
[Bell rings]
MR SHIPLACE
Uh, Tommy! I'd like to speak to you about extra credit.
GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT
MISS COLLINS
Line up, shut up, straighten up and don't push.
You know why you're here, Candy, lose the brush.
You spit out that gum, you wipe off that smirk,
You've had your fun, now it's time to work!
Gonna make you sweat!
Gonna make you burn!
Gonna break you down!
Gonna make you learn!
Gonna make you feel,
Tear down your defenses,
Maybe then you'd think
About the consequences.
CHRIS
Oh, give me a break!
NORMA
Yeah, really!
MISS COLLINS
Do any of you care about the pain your actions bring?
I want you all to know you've done a really shitty thing!
A really shitty thing!
Right. Now my idea for this little stunt you pulled was three days women's study class and refusal of your prom tickets.
CHRIS
She can't do that!
MISS COLLINS
Then maybe you'd feel as bad as you made Carrie White feel -- and you'd deserve it. But the office has decided to let you off with one week's detention. Still, there's one little catch: It's to be my detention.
NORMA
Lesbian day-camp!
MISS COLLINS
That's fifty minutes, every day, on the playing field, starting today. Get the picture?
GIRLS
Yes, we see.
CHRIS
I'm not coming
MISS COLLINS
Oh, that's up to you, Chris. That's up to all of you. Punishment for skipping detention is three days suspension, refusal of your prom tickets, and a mandatory essay on the music of Joni Mitchell. Yeah! Big, Yellow Taxi. Any other thoughts? Oh good! Detention starts now, ladies. Let's go!
Gonna make you sweat!
Gonna make you burn!
Gonna break you down!
Gonna make you learn!
Gonna make you feel,
Tear down your defenses,
Maybe then you'd think
About the consequences!
CHRIS
Oh, give me a break!
CARRIE
Tapeworm, tarter sauce, taxidermy, televive, telegraph, Telly Savalas... telekinesis! Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Telekinesis But Were Afraid to Ask...
MISS COLLINS
Gonna make you sweat!
Gonna make you burn!
Gonna break you down!
Gonna make you learn!
Gonna make you feel,
Tear down your defenses,
Maybe then you'd think
About the consequences!
CHRIS
Fuck this bullshit;
I'm tired and I'm sore!
Your funky disco torture,
I can't take it no more!
MISS COLLINS
The period's not up yet,
Ten more minutes on the clock!
CHRIS
Just stick 'em up your ass next to your whistle and your jock!
[Miss Collins slaps Chris; the other students gasp]
CHRIS
I can't believe you,
You, you bitch!
You fucking bitch!
It's not right!
MISS COLLINS
Believe it.
Just keep on going and I'll knock you down!
I can and I will,
In front of your friends,
And you'll be crying
Just like Carrie White!
CHRIS
She can't get away with this if we all stick together! Norma? Debbie? Sue?
NORMA
We'll never break the chain,
We're all birds of a feather.
SUE
Shut up, Chris, just shut up!
DEBBIE
Birds of a feather? Ewww! Bad rhyme!
CHRIS
This isn't over!
This isn't over, no it's not!
This isn't over by a long shot!
MISS COLLINS
You tryin' to out-sing me, Hargensen?
You're out of the prom!
CARRIE
Tele-kin-esis: Thought to be the ability to move or change objects by force of the mind.
DO IT FOR ME
SUE
Listen to me, Tommy,
Believe me when I say,
Oh, Tommy, can you hear me?
Please don't turn away.
I'm asking you this favor,
And I know that it's a lot,
But I want to give her something,
And Tommy Ross, you're the best I got.
Do it for Carrie,
She deserves this and much more.
I need you beside me
Cuz I'm settling a score.
You've got to close your eyes and trust me, baby,
Listen to my plea.
Do it for us, do it for love, do it for me.
CHRIS
Listen, Billy, you gotta help me make it right.
Come on, Billy, I really hate Carrie White!
Retribution...
BILLY
Huh?
CHRIS
That girl's gonna pay!
BILLY
Oh!
CHRIS
I'll show them all to mess with me,
They'll learn to stay out of my way!
Do it for Carrie!
She deserves this and much more!
I need you beside me,
Cuz I'm settling a score!
You've got to close your eyes and trust me, baby,
Listen to my plea.
Do it for us, do it for love, do it for me.
SUE
Do it for Carrie.
CHRIS
She deserves this and much more!
SUE
I need you beside me...
CHRIS
Cuz we're settling a score!
SUE & CHRIS
You've got to close your eyes and trust me, baby,
Listen to my plea.
Do it for us, do it for love, do it for me.
Do it for us, do it for love, do it for me.
TOMMY & BILLY
Okay.
YOU'RE NOT THAT UGLY
MISS COLLINS
You're not that ugly,
Things could be worse.
You could have flippers,
Eyelids in reverse.
You're not so bad...
Compared to some.
You could have lobster-claws
Instead of thumbs.
There are a potpourri of maladies, deformities,
So Carrie, can't you see?
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
You're not that ugly!
CARRIE
I never thought
That I could be
Like all the other girls,
But now I see
That maybe somehow
I have a chance.
It's just one date,
A simple dance.
I'll fix my hair,
Cuz it's uneven,
A satin gown
Like Stella Stevens!
My head says stop!
My hearts says go!
Is this for real?
How will I know?
MAN
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Queen of Bates High: Miss Carrie White!
GIRL
Way to go, Carrie!
BOY #1
What are you doing Friday night?
BOY #2
You're so beautiful!
BOY #3
Call me!
GIRL #2
Will you be my best friend?
GIRL #3
No, Carrie, be my best friend!
GIRL #1
Everybody thinks you're the prettiest girl in school, Carrie!
GIRL #2
We worship you!
CHORUS
We think you're beautiful!
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
So beautiful!
MISS COLLINS
You could be pretty,
I think there's hope.
A touch of lipstick
And a lot of soap.
CARRIE
But there's my Mama....
MISS COLLINS
You're not so bad...
CARRIE
She won't approve. To heck with her!
MISS COLLINS
Despite it all...
CARRIE
I wanna groove. Alright, Miss Collins.
MISS COLLINS
A little makeup....
CARRIE
Maybe I'll try. I'll spread my wings -- I'll learn to fly!
MISS COLLINS
And a miracle!
You're a magnificent epiphany!
Okay, I'm getting syrupy,
But Carrie, can't you see?
You're not that ug-a
CARRIE
I'm not that ug-a
I'm not that ug-a-ly!
MISS COLLINS
You're not that ug-a-ly!
THINGS ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT
MARGARET
Carrietta, it's time to endure another day. Now don't dawdle. I packed your lunch: peanut butter and jelly with bitter herbs to remind you of your sinful ways. Hurry up or you'll miss our morning prayers!
CARRIE
I wake up this morning, I'm not afraid,
The birds seem to sing me a serenade,
And Mama's words evaporate like clouds.
I look in the mirror, what do I see?
A girl I don't know lookin' back at me.
It's Carrie White, I'm risin' 'bove the crowd!
Things are gonna be different, Mama,
Things are gonna be different.
I can feel the winds of change blowin' my way!
Hey, hey!
MARGARET
What are you going on about, Carrie?
CARRIE
Things are gonna be different, Mama,
Things are gonna be different,
So please step aside
The difference starts today!
MARGARET
You know you can't go to school without breakfast. You're too thin as it is now. Oh, I don't know why you bother being cheerful, Carrie. You have no friends. Just me and the Lord.
SUE
Today seemed to start like a normal day,
But I know it's not gonna be that way.
My consciousness has taken a new turn.
So long to the Sue Snell of yesterday,
Hello to the Sue that is not ashamed
To look inside myself and try to learn.
Things are gonna be different, Tommy,
Things are gonna be different.
Wipe away the fallen tears of yesterday.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Things are gonna be different, Tommy,
Things are gonna be different,
Cuz the Sue Snell of the past has gone away!
GIRL #1
I got accepted
GIRL #2
I got rejected
GIRL #3
Not sure just what I'll do
GIRL #1
Deep down inside, I'm terrified
GIRL #2
My world revolves around high school
SUE
Things are gonna be different, baby,
Things are gonna be different.
Never looked ahead before, but now I see.
Things are gonna be different, Tommy,
Things are gonna be different,
And the difference that occurs depends on me,
And the difference that occurs
GIRL #1
And the difference that occurs
BOYS
And the difference that occurs depends on
TOMMY
Me!
WHAM! BAM! BEAUTIFUL!
CHRIS
It's very simple,
Let me explain.
He's got the brawn,
I've got the brains.
They think they've won
But they have not.
This shit isn't over,
It's not over by a long-shot!
Wham! Bam! Beautiful!
Hit the piggy in the skull!
Head back, take a whack
Teenage queens are fightin' back!
Slip-slash, make a gash,
Then we're gonna make a splash!
Pull the rope, straight away,
Watch the fun
And then she'll learn to stay
Out of our way!
She's gonna stay
Out of our way!
People, what we have here is a situation that is bigger than it appears to be. It's bigger than Carrie White, bigger than the prom, and yes, brothers and sisters, it is even bigger than me. For this isn't about simple revenge, my fellow bitches, this is about preserving the natural order of things. We can't have the Carrie Whites of the world going to the prom with the Tommy Rosses of the world. It's just not right. For if God had meant that to happen, he would have given Carrie White a kick-ass bod, and rockin' hair that layers easily and dances in the wind. But does she have that?
EVERYONE
No!
CHRIS
And that's why we have to send a message to all the pigs out there like Carrie White that might be thinking they have a chance to be us.
EVERYONE
Yes!
CHRIS
Are you ready to rock?
EVERYONE
Yes!
CHRIS
Are you ready to roll?
EVERYONE
Yes!
CHRIS
Are you gonna take their shit?
Put your head in the hole?
EVERYONE
No!
CHRIS
'Cause only teamwork,
Will make the scheme work,
So pick up the hammer
And join my clamor!
EVERYONE
Wham! Bam! Beautiful!
Hit the piggy in the skull!
Head back, take a whack,
Teenage queens are fightin' back!
Slip-slash, make a gash,
Then we're gonna make a splash!
Pull the rope, straight away,
Watch the fun
And then she'll learn to stay
Out of our way!
She's gonna stay
Out of our way!
CHRIS
Yes, they're gonna stay
Out of our way!
EVERYONE
Wham! Bam! Beautiful!
IT'S THE PROM
BOYS
I woke up this morning with a buzzin' in my head
I took care of business and I jumped right out of bed
We're gonna stay out 'til the break of dawn
We'll party 'til all the liquor's gone
I'll worry 'bout my future when I'm cold and dead
Tonight's the night they say we'll never forget
I got my powder-blue tux and my brother's Corvette
CHORUS
It's the prom!
It's the prom!
It's the high point in our life
That's full of dead-end jobs and strife
It's the prom!
GIRLS
It cost fifty-five dollars for my frosted, feathered hair
My daddy had a fit but I don't even care
My diaphragm is fitted with my spermicidal gel
Loads (??) baby soft perfume to hide the marijuana smell
I feel just like a princess in a castle in the air
Tonight's the night they say we'll never forget
I'm gonna do the things my Mama told me I'd regret
CHORUS
It's the prom!
It's the prom!
In our off-the-shoulder gowns
We'll drink a lot and stumble 'round
It's the prom!
It's the prom!
It's the prom!
CHRIS
Hurry up, Billy
Before it's too late
Just tie the knot, you stupid shit,
And when it's done, it's gonna be great
BILLY
Keep your little titties on
I'll let you pull the rope
CHRIS
I plan to...
You fucking dope!
CHORUS
It's the prom!
It's the prom!
In our polyester vest
This night is different from the rest
It's the prom!
And we'll hold on to our dates
Unless a better one awaits
It's the prom!
CARRIE
Tonight, maybe things will be different
I'll show them that I am normal too
And when I walk into that formal
MARGARET
They're all gonna laugh at you!
CHORUS
It's the prom!
It's the prom!
GIRLS
And our hair looks just like Farrah
With our Mabelline mascara
BOYS
With our hormones in a rage
Trapped inside this teenage cage
GIRLS
Boys with pants that fit so tight
You see it hanging left or right
BOYS
And we'll drive down to a bar
Cuz we've got our parents car
CHORUS
All a chance to strut our stuff
Cuz the real world is rough
And when high school is through
We will act like we're still cool
And one day we'll look around
And we'll probably break down
I'm a walking, ticking bomb
But I'm going, going, going to the prom
It's the prom!
It's the prom!
OUR FUTURE STARTS TODAY
CANDY
Here we are
In a place we never thought we'd be today
One, two, three...
Hand in hand
Looking back, those memories seem far away
Yesterday becomes tomorrow
Technically it's called today
Time is precious, no more sorrow
Life's a beautiful bouquet
Nevermind the morning after
Let's make rainbows every day
Yes, our journey's just beginning
And our dreams will light the way
Cuz we're here
Right now
And our future
Starts today
Life is super!
Life is great
Like a golden unicorn!
While the memories
To create...
Mmmm-hmph!
MAN
Thank you, Candy Bird. Wasn't that lovely?
CANDY
Uh, I wasn't finished.
MAN
It's a time issue.
I'M CARRIE (REPRISE 2)
CARRIE
Yes, I live in a high school world
That is run by the super-foxy girls.
Can't believe this is real, cuz it feels so surreal;
I'm the queen of the high school world
I'm Carrie,
Just an ordinary girl.
And maybe
There's some hope in my world.
Can't believe that this has happened,
I'm floating on a cloud.
From now on, things will be different,
I'll hold my head up proud
I'm Carrie,
Just an ordinary girl.
Finally
I fit into their world.
THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING
CARRIE
This can't be happening.
Mother was right.
I was a fool!
I've been had!
They,
They never liked me,
No, not one of them.
And now I'm really mad!
TELEKINETIC PROM
CARRIE
What's your hurry?
The party's just begun!
You've had your little joke,
And now it's my turn for fun!
As your reigning prom queen,
I promise to serve.
First order of business:
Give you what you deserve!
Telekinetic prom,
Is it what you expected?
Telekinetic prom,
And I'm the queen you all elected!
Telekinetic prom,
It's really outta sight!
Telekinetic prom,
Gonna dance away the night!
Super-foxy girls,
Full of hate and lies.
Hope there's a hairdryer in Hell,
Cuz you're all gonna die!
MISS COLLINS
Carrie! No!
CARRIE
Do you even care?
Do you even care about how others feel?
Let me take you where,
Let me take you where the wicked bow and kneel!
Telekinetic prom,
Is it what you expected?
Telekinetic prom,
And I'm the queen you all elected!
Telekinetic prom,
It's really out of sight!
Telekinetic prom,
Gonna dance away the night.
Telekinetic prom,
I've got a brand new gown.
Telekinetic prom,
Gonna burn it all down!
I TOLD YOU SO
MARGARET
I
Told
You
So
I told you so!
I pleaded with you not to go,
I told you so!
SIN NEVER DIES
MARGARET
From the dawning of time,
There are lessons we all know,
God gave Moses these rules from the sky.
Though we try to be pure
In the life we endure,
You can see, Carrie, sin never dies.
Sin never dies,
That's the way of the world,
It's a terrible curse upon man.
Sin never dies,
And it's in you, my girl,
In us all since time began.
CARRIE
I never should have disobeyed you, Mama. From now on, I'll do everything your way. I promise!
MARGARET
Hush, Carrie, it's going to be alright. Mother knows exactly what to do. I promise!
Sin never dies,
Like a serpent in wait,
And its poison escapes very few.
Darling, don't cry,
For his kingdom awaits.
Rest assured that I love you.
God, forgive me for what I do!
AND SO IT GOES
MRS. SNELL
Did you ever spit on an ant just to watch it drown?
Or take someone's umbrella from the lost and found?
You think things like that make no difference,
But you can't escape the consequence.
The ant had a family, the umbrella belonged
To a woman whose son died in Vietnam.
He gave it to her right before he'd gone!
CHORUS
So it goes
And it goes
And it goes
And it go, go, goes
So it goes
And it goes
And it goes
And it go, go, goes
SUE
Every little thing you do,
Everything that you say,
Every motive, every glance
Affects someone in some way.
CARRIE
You might think that it's nothing but an innocent joke
SUE
But soon all your best friends are up in smoke!
MARGARET
And months after it's happened, it's still living in your head,
Reliving all the horror every time you go to bed.
CHORUS
So it goes
And it goes
And it goes
And it go, go, goes
So it goes
And it goes
And it goes
And it go, go, goes
GIRLS
The nightmare continues
Wherever you go;
It hides in a place
Deep inside of your soul.
MR SHIPLACE
We offer support, but it's like your mom said,
It's kind of your fault that we're
CHORUS
All dancing dead!
So it goes
And it goes
And it goes
And it go, go, goes
So it goes
And it goes
And it goes
And it go, go, goes
I should have
MISS COLLINS
Listened to what Sue had to say at the prom!
CHORUS
I should have
MARGARET
Tried to be a better mom!
CHORUS
I should have
BILLY
Thought with my brain instead of what's in my pants!
CHORUS
I should have
CHRIS
Killed that stupid bitch and went to the dance!
CHORUS
So it goes
And it goes
And it goes
And it go, go, goes!
So it goes
And it goes
And it goes
And it go, go, goes!
So next time you treat someone like an asshole,
Remember the saying, 'You reap what you sow.'
We hope that you've heard what we've tried to denote,
These three little words that we've shoved down your throat!
So it goes
And it goes
And it goes
And it go, go, goes
So it goes
And it goes
And it goes
And it go, go, goes
So it goes!
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