[00:05.36]Daddy always thought that he married beneath him
[00:07.78]That's what he said  that's what he said
[00:10.15]When he proposed he informed my mother
[00:12.78]He was probably her very last chance
[00:16.59]And though she was twenty-two
[00:19.22]Though she was twenty-two
[00:21.57]Though she was twenty-two
[00:25.18]
[00:26.84]She married him
[00:29.95]
[00:31.10]Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic
[00:33.50]More like a "Come as you are "
[00:36.04]When I was five I remember my mother
[00:38.47]Dug earrings out of the car
[00:41.05]I knew they weren't hers  But it wasn't
[00:43.64]Something you'd want to discuss
[00:46.62]He wasn't warm
[00:48.17]
[00:49.92]Well  not to her
[00:51.14]
[00:52.62]Well  not to us
[00:54.45]
[00:57.71]But everything was beautiful at the ballet
[01:04.34]
[01:04.95]Graceful men lift lovely girls in white
[01:10.70]
[01:11.40]Yes  everything was beautiful at ballet
[01:19.24]Hey
[01:19.51]I was happy    at the ballet
[01:23.86]
[01:28.34]Up a steep and very narrow stairway
[01:31.93]To the voice like a metronome
[01:33.86]
[01:36.31]Up a steep and very narrow stairway
[01:39.10]It wasn't paradise
[01:40.96]It wasn't paradise
[01:42.71]It wasn't paradise
[01:45.35]But it was home
[01:48.40]
[01:49.62]Mother always said I'd be very attractive
[01:52.08]When I grew up  when I grew up
[01:54.21]"Diff'rent " she said  "With a special something
[01:56.94]And a very  very personal flair "
[02:00.98]And though I was eight or nine
[02:02.85]Though I was eight or nine
[02:04.95]Though I was eight or nine
[02:07.98]
[02:09.69]I hated her
[02:12.85]Now  "Diff'rent" is nice  but it sure isn't pretty
[02:16.27]"Pretty" is what it's about
[02:18.64]I never met anyone who was "diff'rent"
[02:21.10]Who couldn't figure that out
[02:23.54]So beautiful I'd never lived to see
[02:29.41]
[02:30.13]But it was clear
[02:32.52]If not to her
[02:35.31]Well  then to me
[02:36.77]
[02:38.53]That everyone is beautiful at the ballet
[02:44.98]
[02:45.88]Every prince has got to have his swan
[02:51.03]
[02:51.82]Yes  everyone is beautiful at the ballet
[02:58.15]Hey
[02:59.81]I was pretty
[03:02.30]At the ballet
[03:05.77]
[03:08.82]I mean I was born to save their marriage
[03:11.82]But when my father came to pick my mother up
[03:14.70]At the hospital
[03:15.88]He said  "Well  I thought this was going to help
[03:19.23]But I guess it's not   "
[03:22.04]
[03:22.68]A few months later he left
[03:25.37]And he never came back
[03:26.83]
[03:27.69]Anyway  I did have a fantastic fantasy life
[03:32.91]I used to dance around the living room
[03:34.78]With my arms up like this
[03:37.33]My fantasy was that I was an Indian Chief
[03:42.25]And he'd say to me
[03:44.41]"Izzie  do you wanna dance "
[03:47.82]And I'd say  "Daddy  I would love to dance "
[03:54.35]Doo-doo-doo-doo
[03:55.79]But it was clear
[03:56.80]Doo-doo-doo
[03:57.60]When he proposed
[03:58.58]Doo-doo-doo
[03:59.14]That I was born to help their marriage and when
[04:03.35]Doo-doo-doo-doo
[04:03.94]That's what he said
[04:04.86]Doo-doo-doo
[04:05.30]That's what she said
[04:06.21]Doo-doo-doo
[04:06.59]I used to dance around the living room
[04:09.94]Doo-doo-doo-doo
[04:10.88]He wasn't warm
[04:11.87]Doo-doo-doo
[04:12.12]Not to her
[04:13.55]
[04:14.78]It was an Indian chief and he'd say:
[04:17.98]"Izzie  do you wanna dance "
[04:21.02]And I'd say  "Daddy  I would love to   "
[04:25.98]Everything was beautiful at the ballet
[04:32.00]
[04:32.56]Raise your arms and someone's always there
[04:37.96]
[04:39.07]Yes  everything was beautiful at the ballet
[04:44.80]
[04:45.53]At the ballet
[04:47.80]
[04:48.82]At the ballet
[04:59.48]
[05:05.18]Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet
[05:11.29]
[05:13.01]I was pretty
[05:15.43]I was happy
[05:17.72]"I would love to   "
[05:20.49]At    the    ballet