A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Soundtrack
Lyrics
Impossible
(Sondheim)
(Senex)
Why did he look at her that way?
(Hero)
Why did he look at her that way?
(Both)
Must be my imagination
(Senex)
She's a lovely blooming flower
He's just a sprout -
Impossible!
(Hero)
She's a lovely blooming flower
He's all worn out -
Impossible!
(Senex)
Just a fledgling in the nest...
(Hero)
Just a man who needs a rest...
(Senex)
He's a beamish boy at best...
(Hero)
Poor old fellow
(Senex)
He's a child, he's too repressed
While she's full of life -
Impossible
(Hero)
He's a man with chronic asthma
Gout and a wife -
Impossible
(Senex)
Romping in the nursery...
(Hero)
He looks tired...
(Senex)
Son, sit on your father's knee
(Hero)
Father, you can lean on me
(Both)
Him?
Impossible!
(Hero)
But why did he wave at her that way?
(Senex)
Why did she wave at him that way?
(Both)
Could there be an explanation?
(Hero)
Women often want a father
She may want mine -
It's possible!
(Senex)
He's a handsome lad of twenty
I'm thirty-nine -
It's possible!
(Hero)
Older men know so much more...
(Senex)
In a way, I'm forty-four...
(Hero)
Next to him, I'll seem a bore...
(Senex)
All right, I'm fifty!
(Hero)
Then again, he is my father
I ought to trust
Impossible!
(Senex)
Then again, with love at my age
Sometimes it's just
Impossible!
(Hero)
With a girl, I'm ill-at-ease...
(Senex)
I don't feel well...
(Hero)
Sir, about those birds and bees...
(Senex)
Son, a glass of water, please...
(Both)
The situation's fraught
Fraughter than I thought
With horrible
Impossible
Possibilities!