Grey Gardens Cast, The Revolutionary Costume for Today Lyrics from "Grey Gardens - A New Musical"
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The Revolutionary Costume for Today Lyricsby Grey Gardens Cast. From Grey Gardens - A New Musical The Revolutionary Costume for Today by Grey Gardens Cast [Edie](spoken) Oh hi! Thank heaven you're here! You look absolutely terrific, honestly. Mother wanted me to come out in a kimono so we had quite a fight. (sung) The best kind of clothes For a protest pose Is this ensemble of pantyhose Pulled over the shorts Worn under the skirt That doubles as a cape... To reveal you in Capri pants You fashion out of ski pants In a jersey knit Designed to fit The contour of your shape... Then cinch it with a cord From the drape. And that's "The Revolutionary Costume" for today. To show the polo riders In khakis and topsiders Just what a revolutionary costume has to say. It can't be ordered from L.L. Bean. There's more to living than kelly green. And that's the revolution I mean. Da-da-da-da-dum... (spoken) Just listen to this! "The Hamptons Bee. July, 1972. The elderly, bed-ridden aunt of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Mrs. Edith Bouvier Beale..." My very own mother, can you imagine? "...and her adult daughter, Miss Edie Beale, a former debutante once known as 'Body Beautiful Beale'..." They called me Body Beautiul Beale. It's true. That was my whaddyacallit... my sobriquet - "...are living on Long Island in a garbage-ridden, filthy, 28-room house with fifty-two cats, fleas, cobwebs, and virtually no plumbing. After vociferous complaints from neighbors, the Board of Health took legal action against the reclusive pair." Why, it's the most disgusting, atrocious thing ever to happen in America! (sung) You fight City Hall With a Persian shawl That used to hang on the bedroom wall Pinned under the chin Adorned with a pin And pulled into a twist. Reinvent the objet trouve. Make a "poncho" from a duvet. Then you can be With cousin Lee On Mister Blackwell's list. The full-length velvet glove Hides the fist. And that's "The Revolutionary Costume" for today. Subvert the Cris-Craft boaters, Those Nixon-Agnew voters. Armies of conformity are headed right your way. To make a statement you need not be In Boston Harbor upending tea. And that's a revolution... to me. Staunch! There's nothin' worse, I tell ya'. Staunch! S-t-a-u-n-c-h staunch women. We just don't weaken. A little known fact To the fascist pack Who comes here for antique-in'. Da-da-da-da-dum... (spoken) Honestly! They can get you in East Hampton for wearing red shoes on a Thursday, and all that sort of thing. I don't know whether you know that. I mean, do you know that? They can get you for almost anything. It's a mean, nasty Republican town. (sung) The best kind of shoes To express bold views Are strapless mules in assertive hues Like fuscia or peach Except on the beach In which case you wear flats. When I stood before the nation At Jack's inauguration In a high-heeled hump I got the jump On Jackie's pillbox hat... Just watch it where you step With the cats...! And that's "The Revolutionary Costume" pour du jour. Ya' mix, ya' match and, presto: A fashion manifesto. That's why a revolutionary costume's de rigeur... The rhododendrons are hiding spies. The pussy willows have beady eyes. Binoculars through the privet hedge, They peek at you through the window ledge With guile...! We're in the revolution, So win the revolution With style! Da-da-da-da-da. [Thanks to Jake for lyrics]
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