[ti:At the Ballet (Glee Cast Versi] [ar:Glee Cast] [00:01.07]Glee Cast - At The Ballet [00:05.39]Daddy always thought that he married beneath him [00:07.77]That's what he said that's what he said [00:10.32]When he proposed he informed my mother [00:13.01]He was probably her very last chance [00:16.42]And though she was twenty-two [00:19.04]Though she was twenty-two [00:21.53]Though she was twenty-two [00:26.78]She married him [00:31.08]Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic [00:33.39]More like a "Come as you are " [00:35.95]When I was five I remember my mother [00:38.57]Dug earrings out of the car [00:41.06]I knew they weren't hers But it wasn't [00:43.73]Something you'd want to discuss [00:46.60]He wasn't warm [00:49.97]Well not to her [00:53.09]Well not to us [00:57.71]But [00:58.02]Everything was beautiful at the ballet [01:05.01]Graceful men lift lovely girls in white [01:11.38]Yes [01:11.81]Everything was beautiful at ballet [01:17.55]Hey [01:19.24]I was happy at the ballet [01:26.00]That's why I started ballet class [01:28.31]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [01:31.93]To the voice like a metronome [01:35.67]Up a steep and very narrow stairway [01:39.42]It wasn't paradise [01:41.23]It wasn't paradise [01:43.04]It wasn't paradise [01:45.47]But it was home [01:49.59]Mother always said I'd be very attractive [01:52.09]When I grew up when I grew up [01:54.64]"Diff'rent " she said "With a special something [01:56.99]And a very very personal flair " [02:01.04]And though I was eight or nine [02:03.16]Though I was eight or nine [02:05.35]Though I was eight or nine [02:09.78]I hated her [02:13.83]Now [02:14.14]"Diff'rent" is nice but it sure isn't pretty [02:16.65]"Pretty" is what it's about [02:18.95]I never met anyone who was "diff'rent" [02:21.38]Who couldn't figure that out [02:23.63]So beautiful I'd never lived to see [02:30.23]But it was clear [02:32.60]If not to her [02:35.47]Well then to me [02:38.42]That [02:39.55]Everyone is beautiful at the ballet [02:46.04]Every prince has got to have his swan [02:52.22]Yes [02:52.71]Everyone is beautiful at the ballet [02:58.15]Hey [02:59.77]I was pretty [03:02.30]At the ballet [03:08.81]I was born to save their marriage [03:11.90]But when my father came to pick my mother up [03:14.64]At the hospital [03:15.89]He said "Well I thought this was going to help [03:18.84]But I guess not " [03:22.67]A few months later he left and never came back [03:28.37]Anyway I had this fantastic fantasy life [03:32.99]I used to dance around the living room [03:34.86]With my arms up like this [03:37.42]My fantasy was that I was an Indian Chief [03:42.10]And he'd say to me [03:44.47]"Maggie do you wanna dance " [03:47.85]And I'd say "Daddy I would love to dance " [03:54.40]Doo-doo-doo-doo [03:55.78]But it was clear [03:56.96]Doo-doo-doo [03:57.64]When he proposed [03:58.58]Doo-doo-doo [03:59.71]That I was born to help their marriage and when [04:03.51]Doo-doo-doo-doo [04:04.01]That's what he said [04:05.01]Doo-doo-doo [04:05.38]That's what she said [04:06.50]Doo-doo-doo [04:06.70]I used to dance around the living room [04:09.94]Doo-doo-doo-doo [04:10.87]He wasn't warm [04:12.18]Doo-doo-doo [04:12.74]Not to her [04:14.94]It was an Indian chief and he'd say: [04:17.83]"Maggie do you wanna dance " [04:21.14]And I'd say "Daddy I would love to " [04:26.00]Everything was beautiful at the ballet [04:32.68]Raise your arms and someone's always there [04:39.17]Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet [04:45.54]At the ballet [04:48.97]At the ballet [05:05.14]Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet [05:11.69]HEY [05:13.06]I was pretty [05:15.37]I was happy [05:17.61]"I would love to " [05:20.50]At the ballet