Show Synopsis:
This song cycle is about four young adults trying to find their way to becoming something great.
Character:
Man 1
Song Context:
A young man putting himself through college by working at Pizza Hut tries to maintain his passions and individuality while working a minimum wage job.
Fun Facts:
1. This song cycle was based on the real life experiences of songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
2. Pasek and Paul composed these songs during their sophomore year at the University of Michigan.
"Ba da bup bow
?Ba da da buda bup bow
?Bidi bup ba baww??
I'm only working at this Pizza Hut ?
To pay my way through college,?
Selling chicken wings and bread sticks
to a fat ass clientele. ?
It?s not as if I plan on working here forever. ?
?Cause one day, its gonna be
?My ideas I?m gonna sell?
Wouldn't you wanna buy a car that has jet wings?
?Or how about a space craft that will warp
you through time??
Wouldn't you wanna own a piece of tomorrow?
?I'm goin' be the one to show you,?
?Cause I'm the one the vision flows through,?
And though you may not see what I see,?
I'm a boy with dreams!??
Ba da da dow be be be di da ba ba da woah!
??When I was eight years old,
?I would show my mom inventions of things ?
I knew that one day I would think up and create.
?I would draw up plans and I would sketch things out.?These models and designs that I knew were in my fate. ?That's when I knew I'd build a car that has jet wings. ?That's when I thought a space craft
that would warp me through time.
?That's when I knew I?d build a piece of tomorrow. ?
I?m gonna be the one that shows you
??Cause I'm the one the vision flows through.
?And though you may not see what I see,?
I'm the boy with dreams!??
Ba da bi di di di di ba woah??
What about ice cubes that never melt?
?Or playing cards that deal themselves??
What about clothing that never needs to be washed??
Or keys that beep every time they?re lost?
?What about a light switch that was voice controlled?
?Or glassware that kept your soft drink cold? ?
A computer that typed any word you spoke?
?Or a pencil set that never broke?
There is always that car that has jet wings.?
Take a jump without the netting?
?Cuz my heart and guts are betting,
just like that car.
I'm goin' to fly so far.
?I'm goin? give the world that a car the has jet wings. ?
And show you all a spacecraft
that will warp me through time. ?
I know you wanna own a piece of my tomorrow.
?I'm goin' be the one to show you
??Cause I?m the one the vision flows through.
?And though you may not see what I see,
?I'm the boy with dreams!? Yeah!"