Original Broadway Cast of First Date
The One
[MAN #1]
How does it start?
How does it last?
It's a miracle
Two people get together

[WOMAN #1]
How does your heart
Choose who to cast
In a partner for the
Nigh or for forever?

[MAN #2]
Every date you
Go on's feelin' like a chore

[WOMAN #2]
Can you trust
Your judgment
When it's been so poor?

[MAN #1 & #2]
You've gotten burned

[WOMAN #1 & #2]
Wish you could run
[MAN & WOMAN]
But if you do
Then you'll never ever find
The one
The one
Are you ever gonna find the one?

[MAN #1]
How will it go?

[WOMAN #1]
Where will it lead?

[MAN #1 & WOMAN #1]
Will tonight become a lifetime full of magic?

[WOMAN #2]
Go with the flow

[MAN #2]
You might succeed

[MAN #2 & WOMAN #2]
Meeting someone you don't
Think is fuckin' tragic
[WOMAN #1]
Will the minutes feel like
Hours, even years?

[WOMAN #2]
Or will you connect and share your
Deepest fears?

[MEN]
It's so damn hard
And so not fun

[MEN & WOMEN]
Still you go on
In that endless search
To find the one
The one
Are you ever gonna
Find the one?

[MAN #1 & WOMAN #1]
How do you stay optimistic
When there are so
Many ways to fail?

[MAN #2 & WOMAN #2]
Don't wanna be another statistic
[MEN & WOMEN]
Who didn't get the fairy tale

[MEN, WOMEN & WAITER]
Where the hell's the fairy tale?!

[MEN, WOMEN & WAITER]
Dating's a bitch (it's such a butch!)
Dating's unfair (it's so unfair!)

[WAITER]
It's like battle where
You find out
What you're made of

[MEN, WOMEN & WAITER]
Wish you could ditch (let's ditch)
This cruel affair (this affair)

[WAITER]
The stakes are high and there's
So much to be afraid of

[WOMEN]
When you're far from
Perfect, stuck in your own way
All your baggage keeps your
Chance of love at bay

[MEN, WOMEN & WAITER]
And so until the game is done

[WAITER]
You hold out hope that
Before you lose your mind
You'll meet your match and won't end up
Left behind

[MEN, WOMEN & WAITER]
Maybe tonight is the night you're
Gonna find the one!
(The one!)
The one
(The one!)

[MEN, WOMEN & WAITER]
Could tonight be when
You find the one?
(The one!)
The one
(The one!)

[MEN, WOMEN & WAITER]
Could tonight be when
You find the one?