Not for the Life of Me/ Thoroughly Modern Millie from Thoroughly Modern Millie JR.

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1 Nt fr the Life f Me/ Thrughly Mdern Millie frm Thrughly Mdern Millie JR. Music by JEN1NETES0RI Lyrics by DICK SCNLN CUE 02 - (The curtain rises n 1922 Manhattan, a platinum versin f the Emerald City. We see the silhuette f MILLIE in her Sunday best, a suitcase in each hand, her back t us. Slwly, she turns arund.) _,,,. a Freely but mving frward MILLIE: nvp Bk adapted by DICK SCNLN mag - a - zines and bks. If I mem - - rized the sub - way map, t. It's P J J) m ne blck nrth t Mac-y's and tw t Brth - ers Brks. Man - -hat-tan, I pre-pared fr r

2 8 (MILLIE:) 2??=1 yu. Yu cer-tain-ly are diff-'rent frm what they have back hme w 3 where TT3J>J hi J n-thin's -ver three str-ies high, and n ne's in a hur-ry r wants t ram But t' -S1- I S. pc cresc. fuller 8 'O 15 i j n j n i d-.,d d I d thugh they wc m-der why They said I wuld s n be gd and lne - ly. They sub.mp rbr r (S>? <)H - = 0 i / T S»? ^ r r J O 1

3 19 (MILLIE:) 21 J * * \>m * said I wuld sing the hme - sick blues. S I al-ways have this tic-ket in my i 'li > ZZ O sturdy i t 22 (remves a train ticket frm her pcket) Slwer (studies the ticket, then tears it in tw) J iu j j J S- S- -m- S- S- S- pc-ket; a tic-ket hme in my pc-ket t d with as I chse. r H v ft /7\ a uvp less sturdy 26 Wide swing Ht Dixieland / J = : Burn the bridge.- Bet the stre.. Ba - by's cm - in' hme. fas squeeze wz'f/z raw abandn

4 29 (MILLIE:) 3 = 3 32; n mre._ Nt fr the life f me.- CI. iff mf + Tpt. Dixie ii4 i M r r

5 4J] Piu mss,, (MILLIE:) 1) J h 0 #4 gt - ta be mre than a ne - light twn where the light is al - ways red i n 0^ 0 Gt - ta be mre than an ld ghst twn where the!r»n j j r r r * nr r r r r ghst ain't ev - en dead.- If?0\

6 51 (MILLIE:) Clap - a - yur hands. just - a be - cause Dn't - cha knw that where I am ain't where I was.. Nt fr the life f me.. i. L U U ttv. J j i I t i i 58 Rr#== I I Nj I > I J ^ J. «4 * ^ J - Bh dh dee h! Nt fr the life f- nt fr the life f- nt fr the life f 8 is v. 3 N.

7 66 Vibrant J = 104 (MILLIE:) (New Yrk City cmes t life arund her with MODERNS n the mve.) me!. m - i ;1 T T - Si O... ijpll" Men mss U GR( 3 UP 1 i ^ ' 1 I S - Ev - 'ry- thing t Si farfc? ffbeats) is: S>sin MODERNS 1 JP»tt, ^: r - ^ * "Tff 5 I.J i, -4 Jj-^«- * #4* 1 r J r1 day is thr - ugh-ly md - ern.. (Check yur per-sn-al - i-ty.) Ev-'ry-thing t SI 1 iff

8 79 (MODERNS GROUP 2:) J n..n MILLIE: 0 vm 0 MODERNS: day makes yes - ter-day slw. (Bet-ter face re-al - i-ty.) It's nt S=3 XT 3=F MILLIE: II I 4 in-san - i-ty says Van - i-ty Fair. In fact, * J -y-y-1f 87 *- it's sty lish t raise yur skirts and bb yur hair! 87 FEMLE MODERNS GROUP 1: raise yur skirts and

9 90.(MILLIE:) MILLIE: (FEMLE MODERNS GROUP 1:) II J) J J) J J> J mi hit,m bb yur hair!. FEMLE MODERNS GROUP 2: bb yur hair!- Have yu seen the Ih raise yur skirts and bb yur hair!- t=3 :rlp K ) +chke Y j i i y i 93 MLE MODERNS: (sme 8va) \4> J way they kiss. in the m - vies?- (Is - n't it de-lect - a-ble?) 3 at- STit 96 MELLBE, FEMLE MODERNS: i n n Paint-ing lips and pen - cil lin - ing yur brw nw is quite re - spect - a-ble. si i

10 100 MILLIE: LL: (sme men at pitch) Gd-bye, gd-gd - y girl, I'm chang - ing and hw, S i l l! O 3 f 77 (MILLIE exits, suitcases in hand.). (sme men at pitch). -ebeat the drums 'cause here cmes Thr - ugh-ly Md - ern Mil - lie 3== & 3 t m

11 112 "Dwn and dirty" s 1 i ~ J J-5 s L t s -Is i- 1 - think is chic, u - nique, and quite a - dr - a-ble,. They SF= 1 11 J i r Stp Time (quirky) 119 LL: (hushed) sub.p staccat m But the fact is.. Ev - 'ry- thing t - day is thr mm i n sub. p ugh-ly md - ern. V J) 1 It

12 123 MLE MODERNS: T~i i,ri LL: (hushed) P r cj U r 3 = Bands are get-tin1 jazz - i-er. Ev-'ry- thing t - day is start - ing t g. 1m 3* FEMLE MODERNS: 127 (whispered) LL: 0' Cars are get - tin' snazz - i-er. Men say - \>0-\rmit's crim - i-nal 130 > J 1 > 1 j i > n n J L-H 1 * what w - men - '11 d. What they're fr-get - ting is»>:, 1 -]#^ ^ f 1 turn 4 i J f: f 1 * r i r r ~> T sfz f ^J-n 1 r ' ^ J L-f~^ W W-l

13 134 J J i p J this is nine-teen twen-ty - tw! m f (MODERNS dance with dynamic determinatin, psitively giddy with the freedm t change.) Breakut mm 138 "Varsity Drag" m 3=F3 8t butt slaps 11 *n ^' 1 J- JbJ-JitJ-bJ J. *3 t=i=t 143 V V f t i 147 f f IS * ** *

14 x u < = U J- i V b t J^iti- w m TIB # - # M = Gc )0d bye, 1 j: ijj f: f^h k~9 s r s = l ]ll M - -4 ^ m G d gd - >1J> H 1 it =! «^ 2-* I 4 c - ^ * I ^ 1 J (MILLIE enters. She is nw a full-fledged, head-t-te mdern: bbbed hair and shrt skirt.) 158 fp MILLIE: LL: sub.jp t 8 hw!- I'm chang - ing and hw! S 5 i 3== r 'FT r r'rr r

15 162 cresc. 165 a-head! a=3 Jazz ge! s/sr Wh - pee Ba - by! We're s Thr - ugh-ly 163 ff MILLIE: Md ern- (n) Mil lie jv 0 W r\ 7 7 B 172 LL: 1 f nw!

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