Stephen Sondheim
Side by Side by Side
[WOMEN]
Bobby, Bobby
Bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah
Bobby

[MEN]
Bobby

[WOMEN]
Bobby

[MEN]
Bobby

[ALL]
Bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah
Bobby

[JENNY, spoken]
Well, our blessings, Robert

[SUSAN, spoken]
Don’t tell your wish, Bobby
Or it won’t come true

[JOANNE, spoken]
You just blew it
[SARAH, spoken]
It probably was a wish you wouldn’t have gotten anyway, Robert

[PETER, spoken]
You wish for a wife, Robert?

[LARRY, spoken]
Don’t, you’re a lucky son of a gun right now
Hang in there

[ROBERT, spoken]
Actually, I didn’t wish for anything

[HARRY, spoken]
Whadaya mean you didn’t wish for anything?

[JENNY, spoken]
Okay, but, everybody’s so curious

[DAVID, spoken]
Tell but lie

[ROBERT, spoken]
Thank you for including me in your thoughts
Your lives
[PAUL, spoken]
Stay exactly as you are, Robert

[MARTA, spoken]
That’s right, you sweet thing
Stay exactly as you are

[JOANNE, spoken]
Everyone adores you!
What an awful thing

[AMY, spoken]
Things happen for the best
I don’t even believe that myself

[ROBERT, spoken]
I mean, when you’ve got friends like mine...
I mean...
When you’ve got friends like mine

(singing)

Isn’t it warm?
Isn’t it rosy?
Side by side
[SARAH, spoken]
He’s such a cutie!
Isn’t he a cutie?!

[ROBERT]
By side
Ports in a storm
Comfy and cosy
Side by side

[PETER, spoken]
He never loses his cool

[ROBERT]
By side

[HARRY, spoken]
I envy that

[ROBERT]
Everything shines
How sweet

[ROBERT, SARAH & HARRY]
Side by side

[SUSAN, spoken]
We’re just so fond of him

[ROBERT]
By side
Parallel lines who meet

[ALL]
Love him
Can’t get enough of him

[ROBERT]
Everyone winks
Nobody’s nosy
Side by side

[JOANNE, spoken]
He’s just crazy about me

[ROBERT]
By side

[PAUL, spoken]
He’s a very tender guy

[ROBERT]
You bring the drinks
And I’ll bring the posy

[ROBERT & JOANNE]
Side by side

[LARRY, spoken]
He’s always there when ya’ need him

[ROBERT]
By side
One is lonely and two is boring
Think what you can keep ignoring
Side

[AMY, spoken]
He’s my best friend!

[ROBERT]
By side

[AMY, spoken]
Second best!

[ROBERT]
By side

[ALL]
Never a bother
Seven times a godfather

[ROBERT & SARAH]
Year after year
Older and older

[LARRY, spoken]
It’s amazing
We’ve gotten older every year
And he seems to stay exactly the same

[ROBERT & WOMEN]
Sharing a tear
Lending a shoulder

[DAVID, spoken]
You know what comes to my mind
When I see him?
The Seagrams Building
Isn’t that funny?

[ROBERT & WOMEN]
Ain’t we got fun?
No strain

[JOANNE, spoken]
Sometimes I catch him looking and looking
I just look right back

[ALL EXCEPT ROBERT]
Permanent sun
No rain
We’re so crazy, he’s so sane

[ALL]
Friendship forbids
Anything bitter

[PAUL, spoken]
A person like Bob doesn’t have the good things
And he doesn’t have the bad things...
But he doesn’t have the good things either

[ALL]
Being the kids
As well as the sitter

[HARRY, spoken]
Let me make him a drink
He’s the only guy I know I think should drink more!

[ROBERT]
One’s impossible, two is dreary
Three is company, safe and cheery

[ALL EXCEPT ROBERT & SARAH]
Side

[SARAH, spoken]
He always looks like he’s keeping score

[ALL EXCEPT ROBERT & SARAH]
By side

[SARAH, spoken]
Who’s winning, Robert?

[ALL EXCEPT ROBERT & SARAH]
By side

[ROBERT]
Here is the church
Here is the steeple
Open the doors
And see all the crazy, married people...