some people some people can get a thrill knitting sweaters and sitting still that s ok for some people who don t know they re alive some people can thrive and bloom living life in the living room that s perfect for some people of one hundred and five but i at least gotta try when i think of all the sights that i gotta see all the places i gotta play all the things that i gotta be come on papa what do ya say some people can be content playing bingo and paying rent that s peachy for some people for some humdrum people to be but some people ain t me i had a dream a wonderful dream papa all about june and the orphium circuit gimme a chance i know i can work it i had a dream just as real as it can be papa there i was in mr orphium soffice and he was saying to me rose get yourself some new orchestrations new routines and red velvet curtains get a feathered hat for the baby photographs in front of the theatre get an agent and a jigtime then you ll be hooked in the big time oh what a dream a wonderful dream papa and all that i need is eighty eight bucks papa that s what he said papa only eighty eight bucks goodbye to blueberry pie good riddance to all the sources that i had to go to all the lodges i had to play all the shriners i said hello to hey la i m comin your way some people sit on their butts got the dream yeah but not the guts that s livin for some people for some humdrum people i suppose well they can stay and rot but not rose 