Marc Shaiman
Seven Wonders
[BRENDA, spoken]
Frank, why me?
I'm just ordinary
[FRANK JR., spoken]
Ordinary is beautiful
I don't need Paris
I don't need a fancy restaurant or a huge orchestra
Just some subtle orchestrations
(singing)
I've seen the seven wonders
If you give or take a few
But all them seven wonders, well
They can't compare to you
I've been a lot of places
Yes, I've traveled near and far
But now I know that home is where you are
Niagara Falls, a leaky faucet-
[BRENDA, spoken]
What?
[FRANK JR.]
Yeah - that a plumber oughta fix
The Pyramids?
[BRENDA, spoken]
Uh-huh?
[FRANK JR.]
Are really just
A dusty pile of bricks
[BRENDA, spoken]
Really...
[FRANK JR.]
The Taj Mahal, a fixer upper
The Grand Canyon, just a hole
[BRENDA, spoken]
Oh no
[FRANK JR.]
The Grand Canal in Venice
An Italian toilet bowl
[BRENDA, spoken]
That's wrong
[FRANK JR.]
I've seen the seven wonders
If you give or take a few
But all them seven wonders, well
They can't compare to you
I've been a lot of places
Yes, I've traveled near and far
But now I know that home is where you are
[BRENDA, spoken]
Okay...
[BRENDA]
The Aurora Borealis?
[FRANK, JR.]
Just a nightlight on the fritz
[BRENDA]
And Stonehenge? -
[FRANK, JR.]
- Is just a bunch of rocks
[BRENDA]
La Brea's tar?
[FRANK, JR.]
The pits!
[BRENDA]
How 'bout the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
[FRANK, JR.]
Looks like something up and broke
[BRENDA]
Mount Rushmore?
[FRANK, JR.]
Someone climb up there and tell them boys a joke
[BOTH]
Yes, my traveling days are over
Get the check, I'll pay the bill
'Cause I see all the wonders in your eyes
Just standing still
[FRANK JR., spoken]
The clock's ticking, Brenda
I can't, I- I don't wanna be a doctor forever
I wanna make a home: with you
(singing)
I've been a lot of places
But I've learned now, near and far
There's no need to roam
Cause home is where you are
[BRENDA]
There's no need to roam
Cause home is where you are
[FRANK JR.]
Yes, now I know that
[BOTH]
Home is where you are