Act I: The Pajama Game (Opening)

Act I: Racing With The Clock

Act I: A New Town Is A Blue Town

Act I: I'm Not At All In Love

Act I: I'll Never Be Jealous Again

Act I: Hey There

Act I: Her Is

Act I: Sleep Tite

Act I: Once-A-Year Day

Act I: Small Talk

Act I: There Once Was A Man

Act II: Steam Heat

Act II: Think Of The Time I Save

Act II: Hernando's Hideaway

Act II: Seven-And-A-Half Cents

Finale: The Pajama Game

Hurry up hurry up

Music: Richard Adler + Jerry Ross
Lyrics: Richard Adler + Jerry Ross
Book: George Abbott + Richard Bissell
Premiere: Thursday, May 13, 1954

Hines
The Pajama Game
Is the game I'm in.
And I'm proud to be
In The Pajama Game
I love it.
I can hardly wait to wake
And get to work at eight
Nothing's quite the same as the Pajama Game.

Girls
Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up
Can't waste time, can't waste time, can't waste time, can't waste time
When you're racing with the clock
When you're racing with the clock
And the second hand doesn't understand
That your back may break and your fingers ache
And your constitution isn't made of rock

It's a losing race when you're racing with the
Racing racing racing with the clock

Hines
(spoken) Hurry up, girls. Seconds are ticking. Seconds are ticking. Hurry up.

Girls
Hurry up, hurry up
Hurry up, hurry up
Can't waste time, can't waste time
Hurry up, hurry up
Can't waste time
Hurry up, hurry up
Can't waste time

When you're racing with the clock
When you're racing with the clock
And the second hand doesn't understand
That your back may break and your fingers ache
And your constitution isn't made of rock
It's a losing race when you're racing with the
Racing racing racing with the clock

1st Male
When will old man Hasler break down
And come up with our seven and a half cent raise?

2nd Male
How in hell can I buy me a swell new second hand car
On that salary he pays?

1st Girl
What do you think of the new superintendent?

2nd Girl
(spoken) He's cute.

3rd Girl
(spoken)He'll never last. Ha!

Rita
He's kind of fresh for a new superintendent.

Brenda
(spoken)I like a man with spunk

Virginia
(spoken)You like a man period.

Hines
(spoken)All right, girls. Cut out the laughing. Cut out the laughing.
Tempus fugit. Tempus fugit.

Girls
(spoken)(Imitating Hines) Waste - waste - waste!!!

Hines
(spoken)Hurry up.

Girls
Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up,
Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up,
Can't waste time - can't waste time -
Can't waste time - can't waste time
When you're racing with the clock
When you're racing with the clock
And the second hand doesn't understand
That your back may break and your fingers ache
And your constitution isn't made of rock
It's a losing race when you're racing with the
Racing racing racing with the clock. Can't waste time -
Racing racing racing racing racing racing
Racing racing racing racing racing racing
With the clock.

Sid
A new town is a blue town
A "who do you know" and "show me what you can do" town
There's no red carpet at your feet.
If you're not tough they'll try to beat you down
In a new blue town
It's not like the old town
You don't take long to find that you're in a cold town
But you know you can lick it
Didn't buy a round trip ticket
To this
Cold cold new blue town.
Well nobody asked me to come here
And nobody asked me to stay
Made up my own mind
And I know I'll find my own way.
Since that first day when I said "Hi" town
They've damned well tried to make me say "goodbye town"
But I won't leave until I make it my town they'll see
This one horse two bit hick of a new town
Ain't gonna lick me

Dialogue

Since that first day when I said "Hi" town
They've damned well tried to make me say "goodbye town"
But I won't leave until I make it my town they'll see
They'll see this one horse two bit hick of a new town
Ain't gonna lick me

Babe: "Love, are you nuts?"
Girls: "Some people can't tell when it hits 'em!"

Babe:
All you gotta do is say hello to a man
And they've got you whispering in his ear

All you gotta is be Polite with him
And they've got you spending the night with HIM

If there's a guy you merely have a bicker with
They've got you setting the wedding date

It seems they've just gotta have some dirt
To bend your ear with

So before you start
I hear with...state

I'm not, at all in love, not at all in love, not I!
Not a bit
Not a might
Though I'll admit he's quite a hunk a guy

But he's not, my cup of tea, not my cup of tea, not he!
Not an ounce
Not a pinch
He's just an inch, too sure of himself for me

Girl: Well of course you've noticed his manly physique and that look in his eye
Girl: Well I'm sure he can cut almost any man out of size!
Girl: He must he as fierce as a tiger when he's mad
Girl: And I'll bet he cries like a little boy when he's sad

Babe: But I'm not at all in love, not at all in love not I!
Not a straw
Not a hair
I don't care if he's as strong as a lion
Or if he has the rest of you sighing
You may be sold but this girl aint buying!!
I'm not at all in love!

Girls: She's not at all in love, not at all in love, oh no

Babe: Not a pin, not a crumb

Girls: Must be the summer heat that gives her that glow
Cuz she's not at all in love, not at all in love, she cries!

Babe: Not a snip, not a bite
Girls: Must be the light from the ceiling shining there in her eyes
He's young and handsome, and smart, and we can't get over it

Babe: but this ladies heart he doesn't effect a bit

Girls: It's easy to see that her daffy grin is a grin she always wears
And she's breathless because she ran up a flight of stairs!

Girls: "obviously"
"naturally"
"Certainly"
"naturally"
"Certainly"
Ha!
She's not at all in love, not at all in love, not she

Babe: No I'm not!

Girls: Not a dot

Babe: Not a touch

Girls: No not much

Babe: When I fall in love, there will be no doubt about it
Cuz you will know by the way that I shout it

Girls (softly): Your shouting

Babe (softly): I haven't fallen

Girls: she hasn't fallen

Babe: I'm not at all in love!
Girls( pick up when she says at): She's not at all in love!

[Thanks to jas87 for lyrics]

[Thanks to Nat for corrections]

I'll never be jealous

Mabel: Hinesy, Hinesy
Hines: I've learned my lesson Mabel, I'll never be jealous again.
Mabel: You stick to that now
Hines: Absolutely

Mabel: Now that's easier said than done.
Hines: I can do it
Mabel: I knew it
but lets take an example, just for fun
Picture this, you sitting here waiting for her to come back from a date

Hines: there I am, sitting and waiting for her to come back from a date
Mabel: Here she comes, her blouse is unbutton her stockings are not very straight
Hines: Here she comes, her blouse is unbuttoned her stockings are not very straight
Mabel: Later on, she gets a bouque with a card in it saying "Baby, you were great"
"Well, Hinesy, what would you do then?"

Hines: I would trust her, I would trust her, by George, I swear I would trust her
No I'll never be jealous again

Mabel: Nice work, Hinesy
Hines: I knew I could do it Mablel
Mabel: Now lets take another example
Picture this, you've got nothing to do so you drop in to chat for awhile
Hines: There I am, I've got nothing to do so I drop in to chat for awhile
Mabel: Somethings up, the windows are open and Gladys is forcing a smile
Hines: Somethings up, the window is open and Gladys is forcing a smile
Mabel: There you see, a shirt and a tie and pair of pants in a nice neat little pile
"Well, Hinesy"

Hines: I woud trust her, I would trust her, by George I swear I would trust her
Oh I'll never be jealous, I'll never never never never...be jealous again
Mabel: That's it Hinesy you're practically cured!

Hines: There'll be no more nightmares to sleep through
No more key holes to peep through

Mabel: No more bushes to creep through
Hines: That's my plan
Mabel: Well now that you're a new man
Picture this, you go to your sweeties apartment you borrow the key
Hines: There I am, I go to my sweeties apartment, I borrow the key
Mabel: There she is, she's giving a sailor a very affectionate squeeze
Hines: There she is, she's giving a sailor a very affectionate squeeze
Mabel: Then, to boot, she tells you she was in the arms of a cousin who was back from over seas
Hines: A COUSIN BACK FROM OVER SEAS? DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BEL-
Mabel: Hinesy...

Hines: I would trust her, I would trust her, by George I swear, I would trust her
No I'll never be jealous...I'll never never never never never....never be jealous again

[Thanks to jas87@nycap.rr.com for lyrics]

Sid:

Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes
Love never made a fool of you
You used to be too wise

Hey there, you on that high flying cloud
Though she won't throw a crumb to you
You think some day she'll come to you

Better forget her
Her with her nose in the air
She has dancing on a string
Break it and she won't care

Won't take this advice
I hand you like a brother
Or are you not seeing things too clear
Are you too much in love to hear

Is it all going in one ear
And out the other

Better forget her
Her with her nose in the air
She has you dancing on a string
Break it and she won't care

Won't you take this advice
I hand you like a brother
Or are you not seeing things too clear
Are you too much in love to hear
Is it all going in one ear and out the other

[Thanks to jas87@nycap.rr.com for lyrics]

Prez: I wouldn't never tell this to nobody else but you,
To nobody else but you I wouldn't never tell this,
What I mean to say is, you're different from the rest,
Baby, you're the best

And I wouldn't never tell this
To nobody else
But you!
Gladys: Aw go on! Ha ha ha!
Prez: Ha ha ha!
Gladys: Ha ha ha!
Prez: Ha ha ha!

Her is a kinda doll what drives a fellow bats, isn't her?
Gladys: Her is
Prez: Her has a kinda shape what really is the cats, hasn't her?
Gladys: Her has
Prez: My wife, she ain't understandin'
She ain't like her is!
This here ain't no line I'm handin'
Or I should drop dead right where I'm standin'

Her is a snappy dresser what is dressed to kill, isn't her?
Gladys: Her is
Prez: Her is the only doll from which I get a thrill, isn't her?
Gladys: Her is
Prez: Her is runnin' away but her sure can bet
Him is gonna get her yet
I'm gonna get her yet!

Gladys: Ha ha ha!
Prez: Ha ha ha!

Heris a snappy dresser what is dressed to kill, isn't her?
Gladys: Her is!
Prez: Her is the only doll from which I get a thrill, isn't her?
Gladys: Her is!
Prez: Her is runnin' away but her sure can bet
Him is gonna get her yet
I'm gonna get her yet!

[Thanks to Amy for lyrics]

Factory Employess: Sleep Tite,
Sleep Tite, Sleep Tite, we pledge our hearts
Devotion to thee, to thee
Oh, Sleep Tite, Sleep Tite
Best in the land
With your reinforced buttons
And stretchproof waistband.

[Thanks to Amy for lyrics]

Sid: This is my once-a-year day
Once-a-year day
Felt the morning sun and knew that
This was my once-a-year day
once-a-year day
Even got a kiss from you,
I feel like hoppin' up and down
Like a kangaroo
Jumpin' fences, climbin' trees,
What pleases me is what I'll do, 'cause

Chorus: This is our once-a-year day
once-a-year day
Everyone's entitle to be wild,
be a child, be a goof, raise the roof
Once a year!
This is our once-a-year day
once-a-year day
once a year we're jumping fences
This is our once-a-year day
once-a-year day
Once a year we lose our senses!

Babe: Look at Charlie up a tree
Kissin' Katie's ear,
Charlie's wife is mad as hell!

Chorus: Oh well it happens once a year
And this is that once-a-year day
once-a-year day
Everyone's entitle to be wild,
be a child, be a goof, raise the roof
Once a year!

Poopsie: Look at Papa Halterbush,
92 today
Running off with Sadie Lee

Chorus: He's heading for that pile of hay
Coz this is his once-a-year day
once-a-year day
Everyone's entitle to be wild,
be a child, be a goof, raise the roof
Once a year!

[Thanks to Amy for lyrics]

(Sid)
I don't want to talk small talk
Now that I'm alone with you
I don't want to talk small talk
We've got bigger things to do
Let's not talk of the weather
Or the fashions for the fall
Why don't you stop all this small talk?
I've got something better for your lips to do
And that takes no talk at all

(Babe)
I've got to buy me a dressy dress, the one that I have is such a mess!

(Sid)
Small Talk!

(Babe)
Who will you vote for next election,
How do you like the stamp collection?

(Sid)
Small Talk!

Read in a book the other day that halibut spawn in early may and horses whinney and donkeys bray and furthermore, the pigmy
tribes in Africa may have a war.

(Babe)
No?

(Sid)
Yes!
I don't want to talk small talk

(Babe)
What do you think they charge for ham now?

(Sid)
Now that I'm alone with you

(Babe)
Got so a buck ain't worth a damn now

(Sid)
I don't want to talk small talk

(Babe)
Read where the winters are getting milder

(Sid)
We've got better things to do

(Babe)
And that the teenage kids are wilder

(Sid)
Let's not talk of the weather

(Babe)
One of these days I'm gonna paint the kitchen

(Sid)
Or the fashions for the fall

(Babe)
Get pop to put a new light switch in

(Sid)
Why don't you stop all that small talk

(Babe)
Like I was saying...

(Sid)
I've got something better

(Babe)
What I mean is...

(Sid)
For your lips

(Babe)
I was only...

(Sid)
...to do

[Thanks to Lisa for lyrics]

There once was a man who loved a woman
She was the one he slew a dragon for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as he-ee
But me-ee
I love you more.

(BABE: Tell me!)

And there once was a man who loved a woman
She was the one he gave his kingdom for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as he-ee
But me-ee
I love you more

My love is a giant, fierce and defiant
But how can I prove it to you?
Ain't got no kingdom or dragon
To back up my braggin'
How can I show what I would do?

I only know there once was a man
Who loved a woman
She was the one he ate the apple for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as he-ee
But me-ee, I love you more

BABE:There once was a woman who loved a man
He was the one that she took poison for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as she-ee
But me-ee, I love you more

And there once was a woman who loved a man,
He was the one she swam the channel for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as she-ee
But me-ee, I love you more.

My love's meteoric, it's merely historic
A whirlwind, a cyclone on wheels
It rocks my whole solar plexus,
It's bigger than Texas
I just can't tell you how it feels
I only know there once was a woman
Who loved a man
Loved him enough to cause the Trojan War
They say that nobody ever loved as much as she-ee
But me-ee,
I love you more! more! more! more!

More than a hangman loves his rope
More than a dopefiend loves his dope
More than an Injun loves his scalps
More than a yodeler loves his alps
More More More more more!

SID: There once was a man who loved a woman
BABE: there once was a woman who loved a man
SID: She was the one he slew the dragon for
BABE: He was the one that she took poison for
SID // BABE: They say that nobody ever loved as much as he-ee // she-ee
BOTH: But me-ee, I love you more!
But me-ee-ee-ee-ee! I love you more!

[Thanks to Jessica for lyrics]

Carol Haney

Yeahh....
I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.
I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.
I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.
But i need your love to keep away the cold.
I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.
I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.
I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.
But i can't get warm without your hand to hold.
The radiators hissin still I need your kissin to keep me from freezing each nite.
I've got a hot water bottle, but nothing i've got'll take the place of you holdin me tight.
I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.
I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.
I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.
But i need your love to keep away the cold.
:::Instrumental:::
They told me to throw some more coal in the boiler.
They told me to throw some more coal in the boiler.
They told me to throw some more coal in the boiler.
But that don't do no good.
They told me to pour some more oil in the burner.
They told me to pour some more oil in the burner.
They told me to pour some more oil in the burner.
But that don't do no good.
Coal in the boiler. No good. Oil in the burner. No good. Cold? NO! Hot?
YES! sssssss yes yes yes come on union get hot!!
:::Clapping:::
BOINK BOINK!! BOINK BOINK!! BOINK BOINK!!
:::Instrumental:::
I need your love to keep away the cold. i need you looove to keep awayyyy the colddd....fsss YEA!!

[Thanks to linkinparkswty3@hotmail.com for lyrics]

Hinesy:
I'm a time study man, and a time study man can't waste time.
For a time study man to waste time,is a crime.
So i'm ruled by the tick tick tock.
And i live my life by the clock.
I live my life by the tick tick tock of the clock.

Ihen i go to sleep, I don't undress.
That's right, I sleep in all my clothes.
I must confess.
Sure it's a strange way to behave.
And I will admit that the suit gets mussed and it gathers lint and it picks up dust,
but think of the time I save.

Girls:
Think of the time he saves.

Hines:
The alarm clock rings, it's 6 AM.
And then right there in bed I shave.
That's what I said. while I am still in bed, I shave.
And the lather drips and the bed gets wet and oh what a lousy shave I get,
But think of the time I save.

Girls:
Think of the time he saves.

Hines:
At breakfast time, I grab a bowl.
And in the bowl I drop an egg, and add some juice.
A poor excuse for what I crave.
And then I add some oatmeal too and it comes out tasting just like glue,
But think of the time I save.

Girls:
Think of the time he saves.
Tick tock, tick tock, tempus fugit.
Tick tock, tick tock time goes by.

Hines:
I'll be sitting counting seconds til the day I die.
And when I do, I have a plan.
Before I'm dead, I'll dig my grave.
That's what I said. Before I'm dead I'll dig my grave.
'Cuz when St. Peter calls my name,
I know I'll get there just the same but think of the time I'll save.

Girls:
Think of the time he'll save.

(Closing Music)

[Thanks to embily718@excite.com for lyrics]

I know a dark secluded place.
A place where no one knows your face.
A glass of wine a fast embrace.
It's called Hernando's Hideaway ole!
All you see are silohuettes.
And all you hear are castanetts.
And no one cares how late it gets.
Not at Hernando's Hideaway ole!
:::Instrumental:::
At the golden fingerbowl or any place you go.
:::Instrumental:::
You'll meet your uncle Max and everyone you know.
:::Instrumental:::
But if we go to the spot that I am thinking of
You will be free, to gaze at me, and talk of love.
Just knock three times and whisper low, that you and I were sent by Joe.
Then Strike a match and you will know your in Hernando's Hideaway OLE!
:::Instrumental:::
I know a dark secluded place.
A place where no one knows your face.
A glass of wine a fast embrace.
It's called Hernando's Hideaway ole!
:::Instrumental:::
At the golden fingerbowl or any place you go.
:::Instrumental:::
You'll meet your uncle Max and everyone you know.
:::Instrumental:::
But if we go to the spot that I am thinking of
You will be free, to gaze at me, and talk of love.
Just knock three times and whisper low, that you and I were sent by Joe.
Then Strike a match and you will know your in Hernando's Hideaway OLE!
:::Instrumental:::

[Thanks to linkinparkswty3@hotmail.com for lyrics]

[Thanks to katy bond for corrections]

(Prez)
I figured it out
I figured it out
With a pencil and a pad I figured it out!
Seven and a half cents doesn't buy a hell of a lot,
Seven and a half cents doesn't mean a thing!
But give it to me every hour,
Forty hours every week,
And that's enough for me to be living like a king!
I figured it out

(chorus)
He figured it out!

(Prez)
I figured it out

(Chorus)
He figured it out!

(Prez)
With a pencil and a pad I figured it out!
Only five years from today!
Only five years from today!
I can see it all before me!
Only five years from today!
Five years! Let's see..thats 260 weeks, times forty hours every week, and roughly two and a quarter hours overtime.. at time
and a half for overtime! Comes to exactly.. $852.74!
That's enough for me to get
An automatic washing machine,
A years supply of gasoline,
Carpeting for the living room,
A vacuum instead of a blasted broom,
Not to mention a forty inch television set!

(Chorus)
So! Although!
Seven and a half cents doesn't buy a hell of a lot,
Seven and a half cents doesn't mean a thing!
But give it to me every hour,
Forty hours every week,
And that's enough for me to be living like a king!

(Babe)
I figured it out

(Chorus)
She figured it out!

(Babe)
I figured it out!

(Chorus)
She figured it out!

(Babe)
Only ten years from today,
Only ten years from today,
I can see it, clear as daylight,
Only ten years from today!
Ten years! Let's see..thats 520 weeks, times forty hours every week, and roughly two and a quarter hours overtime.. at time
and a half for overtime! Comes to exactly.. $1705.48!
That's enough for me to buy
A trip to France across the seas,
A motorboat and water skis,
Maybe even a foregian car,
A charge account at the corner bar,
Not to mention a scrabble board with letters made of gold!

(Chorus)
So! Although!
Seven and a half cents doesn't buy a hell of a lot,
Seven and a half cents doesn't mean a thing!
But give it to me every hour,
Forty hours every week,
And that's enough for me to be living like a king!

(Babe and Prez)
We figured it out!

(Chorus)
They figured it out!
They figured it out!

(Babe and Prez)
We figured it out!

(All)
With a pencil and a pad they figured it out

(Babe)
Only twenty years from today

(Prez)
Only twenty years from today

(Babe)
I can see it like a vision

(All)
Only twenty years from today

(Prez and Babe)
Twenty years! Let's see..thats 1040 weeks, times forty hours every week, and roughly two and a quarter hours overtime.. at
time and a half for overtime! Comes to exactly.. $3411.96!
Wow!

(Prez)
That's enough for me to be
A sultan in a taj mahal
In every room a different doll!

(Babe)
I'll have myself a buying spree,
I'll buy a pajama factory,
Then I could end up having old man Hasler work for me!

(Chorus)
So! Although!
Seven and a half cents doesn't buy a hell of a lot,
Seven and a half cents doesn't mean a thing!
But give it to me every hour,
Forty hours every week,
And that's enough for me to be living like a king!

[Thanks to Lisa for lyrics]

Everyone
The Pajama Game
Is the game I'm in.
And I'm proud to be
In the Pajama Game
I love it.
I can hardly wait to wake
And get to work at eight
Nothing's quite the same as the Pajama Game.

[Thanks to Valerie for lyrics]

Hines
The Pajama Game
Is the game I'm in.
And I'm proud to be
In The Pajama Game
I love it.
I can hardly wait to wake
And get to work at eight
Nothing's quite the same as the Pajama Game.

[Thanks to sant@yahoo.com for lyrics]