Legally Blonde Musical Lyrics

What You Want

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What You Want Lyrics

    ELLE
    (Spoken) Wait a sec! This is the kind of girl Warner wants!
    Someone serious!
    Someone lawyerly!
    Someone who wears black when nobody's dead!
    Girls, I have a completely brilliant plan!

    (sung)What you want, Warner
    What you want is me
    But you need to see me in a brand new domain

    Well it's plain, Warner
    In a different setting, you will see you're getting
    All of this plus a brain!

    I'll meet you there at Harvard with a book in my hand
    Big sturdy book, big wordy book
    Full of words I'll understand
    And right there is where you'll see it too
    Warner, what you want is right in front of you!

    GIRLS
    What you want

    ELLE
    It's clear

    GIRLS
    What you want

    ELLE
    Right here

    GIRLS
    What you want is right in front of you, front of you
    What you want

    ELLE
    It's clear

    GIRLS
    What you want

    ELLE
    Right here

    GIRLS
    What you want is right in front of you, front of you

    ELLE
    Step one, he's off to Harvard law
    So I get in there too

    GIRLS
    Step two!

    ELLE
    Make Warner reassess
    Impress him with my high IQ

    GIRLS
    Step three!

    ELLE
    We throw a great big wedding

    ELLE and GIRLS
    And invite all Delta Nu!

    ADVISOR
    (Spoken) That's great, nice plan. Now can we think this through?
    Harvard Law School?

    ELLE
    (Spoken) I have a 4.0 average.

    ADVISOR
    (Spoken) Yeah, in Fashion Merchandising.
    What makes you think you can do this?

    ELLE
    Love! I'm doing this for love!
    And love will see me through
    Yes with love on my side, I can't lose
    And Harvard can't refuse
    A love so pure and true
    Don't lawyers feel love too?

    ADVISOR
    (spoken)Even if they do . . .

    (sung)What you want, sweetheart is no easy thing
    If you're going to swing it, it will wreck your senior spring, yeah it's true
    First, you'll need an LSAT score of more than 174
    So no more parties for you

    You'll need a killer essay, or do not even hope
    And glowing letters from your betters
    Any chance you know the pope?
    Oh, no? Too bad cause that would be a coup
    And you've got a lot of work in front of you

    GIRLS
    What you want

    ELLE
    Yes I know

    GIRLS
    What you want

    ELLE
    Even so

    GIRLS
    What you want is right in front of you, front of you

    GIRLS
    What you want
    (Girl, you go!)
    What you want

    ADVISOR
    (spoken) No, really, go!

    GIRLS
    What you want is right in front of you, front of you

    FATHER
    (spoken) Law school?

    ELLE
    (spoken) Yes, Daddy, law school!

    FATHER
    (spoken) Good God, why? Law school is for boring, ugly, serious people!
    And you, Button, are none of those things.

    (sung) What you want, Button, you just say the word!
    But what you want's absurd and costs a whole lot of swag
    And hell why?
    Button, when you can stay right here
    Pursue a film career

    MOTHER
    How 'bout a nice burken bag?

    FATHER
    Yes, the east coast is foreign
    There's no film studios
    It's cold and dark, no valet parking
    All the girls have different noses!
    Christ, BUtton! It's like the damned frontier

    PARENTS
    Tell me what's out there that you can't get right here?

    ELLE
    Guys, love!

    PARENTS
    Love?

    ELLE
    I'm going there for love

    PARENTS
    Good God!

    ELLE
    A love I have to win
    I can live without sun or valet
    I can't just walk away
    Betray what might have been

    FATHER
    Fine, okay, I'll pay your way if you get in!

    ALL
    What you want

    PARENTS
    Make good grades

    ALL
    What you want

    PARENTS
    And it's paid

    ALL
    What you want is right in front of you, front of you

    SORORITY GIRL
    (spoken) Hey everybody, it's the spring fling beer bash extreme!

    FRAT GUYS
    (spoken)EXTREME!

    ADVISOR
    (spoken) Not for you! Time to study! Go!

    SORORITY GIRL
    (spoken) This year's theme: Jamaican me crazy!!!

    JAMAICAN VOICE
    What you want, you wanna be out because the sun is warm
    What you want, you wanna be study-stuck inside your dorm
    What you want, you wanna be partyin' with us all night long
    What you want, you wanna be strong

    ADVISOR
    (spoken) Be strong!

    ALL
    Oh-oh

    ADVISOR
    (spoken) 134. Not good enough. Try again. Go!

    JAMAICAN VOICE
    What you want, you wanna be groovin' up and shake the room
    What you want, you wanna be provin' something and to whom
    What you want, you wanna be wonderin' where you your youth has gone
    What you want, you wanna hold on

    ELLE
    Hold on!

    ALL
    Oh-oh

    ADVISOR
    (spoken) 151. Still not Harvard material. Once again. Go!

    JAMAICAN VOICE
    What you want, you wanna be breathing in the healthy air
    What you want, you wanna be chasing him and he don't care
    What you want, you wanna ignore the pain of failure
    What you want, you wanna say sorry, go and hit the road
    What you want, you wanna . . . *fades out*

    ELLE
    Love! I'm doing this for love!
    And that's how love survives!
    Here you go, I said no, go away!
    Right here is where I'll stay
    Until that happy day
    That day I hear them say . . .

    ADVISOR
    175

    ANGELIC VOICES
    175

    ELLE
    175!

    ANGELIC VOICES
    175, 175!!!


    HARVARD PROFESSOR
    (spoken) So, gentlemen,
    Harvard Law grants admission to Adam Cohen and Sandick Padamena.
    And now, Ms. Elle Woods, who was kind enough to send in a headshot.

    OTHER PROFESSOR
    (spoken) We should admit her, for reasons of, um . . . multiculturalism!

    PROFESSORS
    (spoken) Multiculturalism!

    HARVARD PROFESSOR
    (spoken) Oh gentlemen, please! Get a hold of yourselves!
    Oh, look at that! Oh, what a shame!
    She didn't bother sending in a personal essay!``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

    SORORITY GIRL
    (spoken) How's this for a personal essay?

    GIRLS
    What you want!

    HARVARD PROFESSOR
    Goodness me!

    GIRLS
    What you want!

    HARVARD PROFESSOR
    Security!

    GIRLS
    What you want is right in--

    HARVARD PROFESSOR
    (spoken) Who are you?

    ELLE
    I'm what you want, Harvard
    I'm the girl for you!

    ELLE & GIRLS
    And to prove it's true

    ELLE
    We all flew here on Jet Blue

    ELLE and GIRLS
    Thank you!

    JET BLUE PILOT

    Thank you!

    GIRLS
    This is what Elle Woods inspires
    Everyone admires her
    And Harvard should too!

    HARVARD PROFESSOR
    (spoken) This is NOT a personal essay!

    GIRLS
    No, an essay's so boring and so much does not fit
    So we're appearing live, right here
    Making clear you must admit
    That Elle Woods should join the chosen few
    Harvard, what you want is right in front of--

    ELLE
    May I approach!

    GIRLS
    Uh-huh! Oh yeah! Go Elle!

    HARVARD PROFESSOR
    (spoken) Now see here, Ms. Woods!
    You can't just barge in here with singing and dancing and ethnic movement.
    This is a very flashy presentation, but I still don't see one reason to admit you!

    ELLE
    How about love?
    Have you ever been in love?
    Cause if you have, you'll know
    That love never accepts a defeat
    No challenge it can't meet
    No place it cannot go
    Don't say no to a woman in love

    Don't laugh when I say love
    Don't think that I'm naive
    Because even a person who's smart
    Can listen to their heart
    Can listen and believe
    So believe in what love can achieve

    Do you believe?

    PROFESSOR
    (spoken) I do!

    ELLE
    Do you believe?

    PROFESSOR
    (spoken) Me too!

    ALL
    Yes, we believe in love!
    How 'bout you?

    HARVARD PROFESSOR
    (spoken) Welcome to Harvard!

    ALL
    (cheers)
    What you want
    What you want
    What you want is right in front of you, front of you
    What you want
    What you want
    What you want is right in front of you, front of you

    What you want
    What you want
    What you want
    What you want!