Jason Robert Brown
Opportunity
[LUCY]
My best friend ran out on her boyfriend
And her boyfriend's a boy that I wanna be with
My best friend's in a bad situation
When she cries and she tries to repair her romance
Is it nasty if I notice that I just got a chance?
If I whisper pretty please a little, maybe I can seize a little
O-P-P, Opportunity
O-P-P, Opportunity

[CHEERLEADERS]
O-P-P, Opportunity
O-P-P!

[LUCY]
Opportunity

[CHEERLEADERS]
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh

[LUCY]
What kind of glam slam girl would I be
If I didn't take advantage of an opportunity?

[KENDRA, spoken]
Here we go!
[CHEERLEADERS]
The Quayle Quails rock and the Quayle Quails kills
The Thunderhawks won't, but the Quayle Quails will
The Quayle Quails squawk and the Quayle Quails cluck
The Quayle Quails win cause the Thunderhawks suck!

[LUCY]
I could be Brett's brand new girlfriend

[KENDRA, spoken]
Lucy, look at Brett!

[LUCY]
I could show him a lot of new tricks

[KENDRA, spoken]
He looks like a rainbow full of sad

[LUCY]
Kendra still wants to be Brett's girlfriend

[KENDRA, spoken]
Lucy, go apologize to him for me

[LUCY]
But do I cut her a break 'cause she made a mistake
Or do I take the reward that I really wanna take?
No matter how I contemplate it, this is such a complicated
[CHEERLEADERS]
O-P-P!

[LUCY]
Opportunity

[CHEERLEADERS]
O-P-P!

[LUCY]
Opportunity

[CHEERLEADERS]
Hey-o!
O-P-P, Opportunity
O-P-P!

[LUCY]
Opportunity

[CHEERLEADERS, contrapuntally]
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh

[LUCY]
How do I choose what to say, what to see
When presented with a candy-coated opportunity?
I was denied but now I've learned
I'm getting ready
I'm gonna get the thing I yearn
I'm really ready
I'm really ready for you
I'm really ready to do
Something I've wanted to do for so long

[BRETT, spoken]
Oh, hey, Lucy. Oh!

[A whistle blows.]

[CHEERLEADERS]
O-P-P!

[BRETT, muffled]
Opportunity

[CHEERLEADERS]
O-P-P, Opportunity
O-P-P!

[BRETT, muffled]
Opportunity

[CHEERLEADERS]
O-P-P, Opportunity

[CHEERLEADERS]
Whoa-oh! Whoa-oh-oh!
Whoa-oh! Whoa-oh-oh!

(contrapuntally)
Whoa-oh! Whoa-oh-oh!
Whoa-oh! Whoa-oh-oh!

[LUCY]
What kind of best friend would I be
If I didn’t take advantage of an opportunity?