Bette Midler — Finale

[Up the Ladder to the Roof] Come with me, come with me And we shall run across the sky We illuminate the night Oh, I, I will try and guide you To better times and brighter days Just don't be afraid Come on up the ladder to the roof Where we can see heaven much better Let's go up the ladder to the roof Where we can be closer to heaven Stay with me, stay with me And we shall let expression sing Hear freedom ringin' Ohhh, memories of yesterday's broken dreams Hey, don't you know, don't you know That they are gonna fade away? Don't be afraid Come on up the ladder to the roof Where we can see heaven much better Let's go up the ladder to the roof Where we can be closer to heaven We'll laugh, I'll tell you the story of love How it is, the happiness in it, baby Combine these thoughts and together we'll travel To the fountain of lovingness I will never, never, never, never Never leave you, baby As we grow older and older and older, babe Stand with song and sing: Say, don't you wanna go? Say, don't you wanna go? Say, don't you wanna go? Say, don't you wanna go? Say, don't you wanna go? Say, don't you wanna go? Say, don't you wanna go? Say, don't you wanna go Up the ladder to the roof Where we can see heaven much better Let's go up the ladder to the roof Where we can be closer to heaven Let's go up the, up the, up the ladder to heaven Heaven, heaven, heaven, heaven [Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy] He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way He had a boogie style that no one else could play He was the top man at his craft But then his number came up, and he was gone with the draft He's in the Army now, a-blowin' Reveille He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam It really brought him down because he could not jam The Captain seemed to understand Because the next day the Cap' went out and drafted a band And now the Company jumps when he plays Reveille He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B A-root, a-toot, a-toot-diddely-ada-toot He blows it eight-to-the-bar, in boogie rhythm He can't blow a note unless the bass and guitar is playin' with 'im A-ha-ha-hand the company jumps when he plays Reveille He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B He was some boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B And when he plays boogie-woogie bugle he was busy as a "bzzzy" bee And when he plays he makes the company jump eight-to-the-bar He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B A toot-diddelyada, toot-diddelyada, toot-toot He blows it eight-to-the-bar Can't blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't with 'im A-ha-ha-hand the Company jumps when he plays Reveille He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B (Bugle solo) He puts the boys to sleep with boogie every night And wakes 'em up the same way in the early bright They clap their hands, and stamp their feet 'Cause they know how he blows when someone gives him a beat Whoa-whoa he breaks it up when he plays Reveille The boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B A-root, a toot, a-toot-diddely-ada-doot to-to-toot He blows, eight to the bar He can blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't, whoa, with him And the company jumps when he plays Reveille He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B! [Friends] And I am all alone There is no one here beside me And my problems have all gone There is no one to deride me But yah got to have friends The feeling's oh so strong Yah got to have friends To make that day last long I had some friends but they're gone Somethin' came and took them away And from the dusk 'til the dawn Here is where I'll stay Standing at the end of the road, boys Waiting for my new friends to come I don't care if I'm hungry or poor I'm gonna get me some of them 'Cause you got to have friends La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, friends That's right you, oh you, yeah you I said you gotta have some friends I'm talkin' about friends, that's right, friends Friends, friends, friends I had some friends, oh, but they're all gone, gone Somethin' came and snatched them away And from the dusk until the ran ran dawn, you know Here is where I gotta stay, here is where I gotta stay And I'm standing at the end of a real long road And I'm waiting for my new friends to come I don't care if I'm hungry or freezin' cold I'm gonna get me some of them 'Cause you gotta have friends That's right, friends, friends I gotta get my, I gotta get my, I gotta get my Look around and see all of my friends Oh, friends, that's right, friends, friends Friends, friends, friends, friends, oh Friends, you gotta have friends...