VAL

Hello twelve,



RICHIE

Hello thirteen,



MAGGIE

Hello love.



AL

Changes, oh!



BEBE

Down below.



DIANA

Up above.



VAL

Time to doubt,



MIKE

To break out,



RICHIE

It's a mess,



MAGGIE

It's a mess.



PAUL and JUDY

Time to grow.



MAGGIE and AL

Time to go



CONNIE, BOBBY and RICHIE

Adolesce,



ALL

Adolesce.

Too young to take over,

Too old to ignore,



AL

Gee, I'm almost ready,



ALL

But....what....for?

There's a lot I am not certain of.

Hello twelve, hello thirteen, hello love!

(Lights come up on group who are back on line)



ALL

Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen.

Hello love....



BEBE

Robert Goulet, Robert Goulet,

My God, Robert Goulet!



ALL

....Oh! Down below, up above...



DON

Playing doctor with Evelyn.



ALL

La la la



RICHIE

I'll show you mine,



ALL

La la



RICHIE

You show me yours



ALL

La la



KRISTINE

Seeing Daddy...naked!



ALL

Time to grow.

Time to go...



SHEILA

Surprise!



ALL

La la la



SHEILA

Mom and Dad were doing it.



ALL

Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen.

Hello love.



MAGGIE

Why do I pay for all those lessons?

Dance for gran'ma!

Dance for gran'ma!

(Chorus sings backup syllables under solo lines)



BEBE

My God, that Steve Mcqueen's real sexy,

Bob Goulet out, Steve Mcqueen in!



CASSIE

You cannot go to the movies

Until you finish your homework



AL

Wash the car,



MIKE

Stop pickin' your nose.



MAGGIE

Oh darling, you're not old enough to wear a bra.

You've got nothing to hold it up.



MARK

Locked in the bathroom with Peyton Place

(Chorus out)



VAL

Tits!

When am I gonna grow tits?



BOBBY

If Troy Donahue could be a movie star,

Then I could be a movie star.



JUDY

But the thing that made my mammy laugh so much was

When I used to jump and dance around the living room...

(Judy goes into pantomime. The people who sing "MOTHER" have moved into

formation with Maggie center.)



MAGGIE

Please take this message



To mother from me. AL

Carry it with you Dad would take mom to Roseland.

Across the blue sea. She'd come home with her shoes in her hand.



"Mother, DIANA

Oh, mother, Mother fat,

Wherever I go Always in the kitchen cooking all the time.



Your SHEILA

Maggie Darling,

Is missin' I can tell you now,

You so." Your father went through life with an open fly.



"mother, VAL

Oh, mother Tits! Where are my tits?



CASSIE

Wherever Listen to your mother.

I go Those stage and movie people got there

Because they're special.



Your GREG

Maggie You take after your father's side of the family,

Is missin' The ugly side.



PAUL

You Wait until your father gets home.



DON

So." Swear to god and hope to die.





CHORUS

Goodbye twelve goodbye thirteen hello la-a-a-ove.

Our broad goes out with other guys.

Early to rise.

Hello la-a-a-ove.

Our broad goes out with other guys.

Early to bed,



CASSIE

A diaphragm, a diaphragm.

I thought a diaphragm was up here,

Where you breathe.



DON

I bought a car. I bought my first car.



MIKE

Padiddle



MARK

Changes,

Oh, ev'ry girl I know has lockjaw of the legs down below.

Up a -...



CONNIE

You're not leaving this house 'til you're twenty-one.



KRISTINE

The ugliest boy asked me to the prom,

I stayed home.



VAL

Shit.

Made it through high school without growing tits.



RICHIE

...Doubt, my trouble is wine, women and song.

To break out I can't get any of 'em it's a mess.

Time to grow, mike time to go,

Your brother's going to medical school a-do

...and you're dropping out to be a chorus boy.

Nothing!



BEBE

Steve Mcqueen out. Nureyev in!



DIANA

You gotta know somebody to be somebody.



MAGGIE

Gra -- du -- a -- tion!



SHIELA

All you run around with are bums.



AL

I got Nancy's picture, Annabelle's locket,

Cynthia's ring and Lucy's pants.

Head-on collision! Eddie got killed....



RICHIE

Let's dance, let's dance



PAUL

What am I gonna say when he calls on me?



JUDY

(And Viki offstage)

My only adolescence,

My only adolescence,

My only adolescence.



JUDY, KRISTINE and VIKI

My only adolescence...



DIANA, BEBE

(And Lois offstage)

Where did it go?

It was so.... Where did it go? It was so....



VAL, DIANA, BEBE and LOIS

Where did it go? It was so.... Where did it go? It was so....



GREG, BOBBY, MIKE

Freshmore, Sophmore, Junior, Senior, Freshmore, Sophmore, Junior, Senior,



SHEILA, MAGGIE, DON

(And Tricia offstage)

Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen



MARK, CONNIE, CASSIE, RICHIE, MAGGIE, JUDY, VIKI, PAUL, LARRY, AL

Suddenly I'm seventeen and,

All suddenly I'm seventeen and,

Suddenly I'm seventeen and,

Suddenly there's a lot I am not certain of,

Goodbye twelve, goodbye thirteen, hello....

(ALL form into four groups for "scat" counterpoint section and dance break)



GIRLS, GROUP 1

Doo, dit dit doo, dit dit doo, dit dit doo, dit dit doo, dit dit doo,

Dit dit doo, dit dit doo, dit dit doo, dit dit doo, dit dit doo, dit dit doo,

Dt dit doo, dit dit doo, dit dit doo, dit dit doo, dit.



GIRLS, GROUP 2

Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit, dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,

Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit, dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,

Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit, dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit,

Dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du dit, dee du dee du dee du, dee dee du.



BOYS, GROUP 3

Wah, wah wah wah, wah, wah wah wah, wah, wah wah wah, wah,

Wah wah wah, wah, wah wah wah, wah, wah wah wah, wah, wah wah wah, wah



BOYS, GROUP 4

Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,

Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,

Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,

Doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah, doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo ah,

(Dance breaks. The cast ends up in a clump center stage. Suddenly they

break into an angry and animated montage of individual stories, then

separating into two groups, right and left. Richie is left center stage.)



RICHIE

Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball. Yeah!

Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball. Yeah!

I was always runnin' around shoutin',

"Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball. Yeah"

I was so enthusiastic.

I was in ev'rything.

The yearbook is filled with my pictures,

And I was lucky 'cause I got a scholarship to college.

A scholarship to college! So I went.



ALL

So he went.



RICHIE

Yes, I went.



ALL

Yes, he went.



RICHIE

So I'm gonna be this kindergarten teacher...

Imagine me -- this kindergarten teacher? And I thought...shit



ALL

Shit, Richie.



RICHIE

Shit!



ALL

Shit, Richie.



RICHIE CHORUS

What are you gonna be?

Shit, Richie, shit, Richie,

When you get shoved outta here

Shit, Richie, shit, Richie, honey,

Aint nobody gonna be

Shit, Richie, shit, Richie,

Standin' there with no scholarship

Shit, Richie, shit, Richie, to life.



RICHIE

And I was scared.



ALL

Shit, Richie.



RICHIE

Scared



ALL

Shit, Richie.



RICHIE

Scared



ALL

Shit, Richie.



RICHIE

Scared



ALL

Shit, Richie.



GIRLS

My braces gone.



BOYS

My pimples gone.



ALL

My childhood gone, goodbye.

Goodbye twelve. Goodbye thirteen. Goodbye fourteen.

Goodbye fifteen. Goodbye sixteen. Goodbye seventeen.

Hello love.!

Go to it. Go to it.



BOYS

And now life really begins.



GIRLS

Go to it.



BOYS

And now life really begins.



GIRLS

Go to it.



BOYS

And now life really begins.



GIRLS

Go to it.



BOYS

And now life really begins.



GIRLS

Go to it.



ALL

Go to it.