What Is It About Her?

What Is It About Her?

From: The Wild Party
By: Lippa
Voice Type(s): Tenor

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BURRS
What is it about her
That makes me want her?
What is it about her
That turns me pale?
Something in her smile 
Something that I'll never understand
Her wild abandon.

BURRS QUEENIE 
What is it about her 
I know it's wrong 
That parts the waters? 
I know he's rough 
What is it about her 
That hoists the sail? 
I don't know what to do 
But we've been through enough 

BURRS
Something in her hair
Instructing where to touch
Why do I need her so much?

This woman makes me cry
This woman makes me burn
This woman's eye can cut me to the core

The hatred that I see
Has been reserved for me
Yet I want more 
And more 
And more

And what is it about her

BURRS QUEENIE 
Oooh... 
That pulls me closer? 
That way he's always there 
What is it about her 
That tips the scale? 
His strange and silent stare.

BURRS
This girl is all I have 
So soft so fair, so fine
And she's forever mine.

This woman builds me up
This woman tears me down
This woman speaks and I can break apart

Now comes another man
Pretending he can win her heart
Well, let him start.


What is it about her
So slight, so secret?
Something in the way she catches light

BURRS QUEENIE 
Who's wrong? 
Who's right? 
I've never known. 
Should I hold my own 
Now - 
Or be alone
We fall 
Tonight? 
We fight. 
What is it about her 
What is it about him? 
That jumbles feelings inside? 
So coarse, so queer 
What is it about her 
What is it about him...
That mixes passion with pride? 
That holds me here? 

BURRS
Could I live without her
And let her go?

How loud must I scream
No!