MAGGIE
No tears for me, boys
I'll tell ya what I'm goin' to be, boys
The perfect lady, the way I planned
So give the little lady a great big hand
Ragtime, I'm through now
No honky-tonk piano will do now
It's Bach for me at the baby grand
So give the little lady a great big hand
I'm through pretending!
This ingenue has found
Her happy ending
The trunk I was born in is attic-bound
So-0-0-0-
You take the gay time
For me it's gonna be P.T.A. time
I've found my way to the promised land
So give the little lady a great big wonderful hand
As her friends fain in
Goodbye, goodbye to the day coach
To the grease paint, to the two-a-day
There's been a switch in the play, coach!
When the whistle starts a-blowin'
The lady is goin' away
Farewell, farewell
I'm gonna miss you less than I can say
COMPANY
Ragtime, shoo now
No honky-tonk piano will do now
Now give that little fella a great big hand
No more pretending
Your star's descending
Hap-hap-happy ending
Give that little lady a great big wonderful hand

MAGGIE
My star is set, boys
I'll never shed a tear of regret, boys
So send me off with a big brass band
And give the little lady-
I'm gonna be a lady-

COMPANY. So give the little lady

MAGGIE
I wanna be a lady-

COMPANY
So give the little lady a great big wonderful hand!