Here she is, boys!
Here she is, world!
Here’s Rose!
Curtain up!
Light the lights!
Play it, boys!
Ya either got it, or ya ain’t.
And, boys, I got it!
Ya like it?
Well, I got it!
Some people got it and make it pay.
Some people can’t even give it away.
This people’s got it and this people’s spreadin' it around!
You either have it or you’ve had it!
Hello, everybody! My name is Rose! What’s yours?
How do you like them eggrolls, Mr. Goldstone?
Hold your hats and hallelujah.
Mama’s gonna show it to you.
Ready or not, shhh, here comes Mama.
Mama’s talkin' loud.
Mama’s doin' fine.
Mama’s gettin' hot.
Mama’s goin' stong.
Mama’s movin' on.
Mama’s all alone.
Mama doesn’t care.
Mama’s lettin' loose.
Mama’s got the stuff.
Mama’s lettin' go.
Mama?
Mama’s got the stuff.
Mama’s gotta move.
Mama’s gotta go.
Mama? Mama?
Mama’s gotta let go.
Why did I do it?
What did it get me?
Scrapbooks full of me in the background.
Give 'em love and what does it get ya?
What does it get ya?
One quick look as each of 'em leaves you.
All your life and what does it get ya?
Thanks a lot and out with the garbage,
They take bows and you’re battin' zero.
I had a dream.
I dreamed it for you, June.
It wasn’t for me, Herbie.
And if it wasn’t for me then where would you be,
Miss Gypsy Rose Lee?
Well, someone tell me, when is it my turn?
Don’t I get a dream for myself?
Starting now it’s gonna be my turn.
Gangway, world, get off of my runway!
Starting now I bat a thousand!
This time, boys, I’m taking the bows and
everything’s coming up Rose!
Everything’s coming up roses!
Everything’s coming up roses
this time for me!
For me! For me! For me! For me! For me!
For me! Yeah!
Patti Lupone's performance is probably closest to the real life Rose, who by all accounts was more than slightly unhinged. Like witnessing a psychotic break, this is a brilliant characterization and performance.
I love this song because it's so incredibly depressing. Rose has been cast aside, rejected, and now she's at the brink of insanity. Her last notes (for ME! FoR mE!) were Rose finally falling into the brink and Patti captured it so perfectly it really moves me
I would love to see a production where the show ENDS with this number without the epilogue scene after this. It always felt like they were trying to quickly paste on a happy ending to the show with that scene. True, without the scene we're left with no resolve and with a very destitute ending. But I'm sure we can handle that NOW- certainly not in 1959.
Everyone is going to have a different take on the interpretation of Rose. Merman was the belter. Angela Lansbury and Tyne Daly brought their own idea as well as Bette Midler and Bernadette Peters. Patti went for a more realistic approach of a woman who may or may not be struggling with a bi-polar disorder. Hence, this is what drove her to push her kids into showbiz. It's scary but her delusion is what really sells the show as a darker version of Gypsy.
To me this is the "Method acting" interpretation of the number. And Patti's voice sounds wonderful here: powerful, yet mellow. Listen to her tone at 2:34.
Well, I will say that I'm not the world's biggest LuPone fan, BUT, if anyone has bothered to research the actual character of Rose Hovick, it's pretty clear that Patti is probably the best that we've seen yet. Not does only does Patti physically resemble Rose the most, but her portrayal comes the closest to capturing what the real person was about. Rose Hovick was a murderer (look her up on Wikipedia), and quite obviously batshit insane. Patti portrays that rather well to say the least.
With her rendition you just completely understand that its about more than just her daughters... it's about the loss of her own mother and her search for her. Her "mama's" and hide and seek part really turn her into a child again. and those "one quick look as each of him leaves you" then encompasses everyone she's known parents included...
really smart acting