Stephen Sondheim
It Takes All Kinds
[SIX SINGERS, variously]
It takes all kinds
To make up a world
It takes all kinds—
All kinds!
It takes thin kinds
It takes fat kinds
It takes round kinds
It takes flat kinds
It takes small kinds
It takes tall kinds—
To make up a world!
It takes strong types
It takes weak types
It takes French types
It takes Greek types
It takes chic types
It takes freak types—
To make up a world!
Everybody's a freak
Yeah! Yeah!
Everybody is like no other
No!
Everybody's unique
Yeah! Yeah!
But we're all of us still like one another
Members of the club
From the day you're born
Members of the club
In a long, long line
Members of the club
Baby, you can leave
But you can't resign!
It takes all sorts
To make up a world
It takes all kinds—
All kinds!
It takes bimbos
It takes dumbos
It takes Rambos
And Columbos
It takes slimbos
It takes jumbos—
To make up a world!
Uh huh, unh unh
Uh huh, unh unh
Uh huh, unh unh
Uh huh, unh unh
Uh—
Members of the club
From the day you're born
Members of the club
In a long, long line
Members of the club
Baby, you can leave
But you can't resign!
No!
It takes all sorts
To make up a world
It takes all kinds—
All kinds!
It takes bimbos
It takes dumbos
It takes Rambos
And Columbos
It takes slimbos
It takes jumbos—
To make up a world!
It takes bimbos
It takes dumbos
It takes Rambos (Make up a world)
And Columbos (Bimbos)
It takes slimbos (Make up a world)
It takes jumbos (Make up a world, all kinds)
Make up a world
Make up a world, all kinds
To make up a world
Make up a world
Make up a world, all kinds
To make up a world!
Make up a world
Make up a world, all kinds