Audra McDonald
Opening Act II: Dreams Medley
[ANNOUNCER, spoken]
Ladies and gentlemen, for the fifth consecutive year, Mr. Curtis Taylor, Jr. and the Las Vegas Hilton proudly present, back from their triumphant 1972 world tour, Miss Deena Jones and the incredible Dreams!

[MICHELLE]
Dreamgirls keep you dreamin' your whole life through

[ANNOUNCER, spoken]
Michelle Morris!

[MICHELLE, spoken]
Hello, America!

[LORRELL]
Your dreamgirl can only belong to you

[ANNOUNCER, spoken]
Lorrell Robinson!

[LORRELL, spoken]
Hello, Las Vegas!

[BOYS]
Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena

Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena, Deena
Deena

[DEENA]
(spoken)
Hello, everybody. Well, I bought out Europe. This dress? Paris. These shoes? Rome. And I found this perfume in London, it's called "Devastation." Well, my dancers seemed to love it. Now, I loved Paris, I loved London, and I loved Rome, but I always know when I've been away too long when I start missing the men at home.
(sung)
I'm your dreamgirl
Boys, I'm back! Are you happy?
I'm your dreamgirl
Boys, show me how you care
I'm your dreamgirl
And boys, how I've hated to leave you
So if you wanna keep me all you gotta do is
Hold me
Touch me
Squeeze me
Please me
Love me
Caress me
Dress me
Undress me
And baby baby baby, I'll always be there

Step step

[BOYS]
Step step
[DEENA, spoken]
Come on now, get in step.

[BOYS]
Step step step

[DEENA, spoken]
Ooh, you know how I hate to be alone.

[BOYS]
Step step step
Sssssssstep

[DEENA, spoken]
Ooh, you American men sure can strut!

[OFFSTAGE VOCAL (GIRL GOSPEL SOLO)]
Ah, I'll always be there
Oh yes I will

[OFFSTAGE VOCAL (3 GIRLS)]
I'm... your.... dream

[DREAMS]
Dream, dream
We're not the girls that we used to be
[OFFSTAGE VOCAL]
I am... I am... your dream

[DREAMS]
Dream, dream
Finally

[OFFSTAGE VOCAL]
I'm... your dream

[DREAMS]
Dream, dream

[BOYS]
Without these dreamgirls, we cannot survive
These funky ladies keep our fantasies alive
They'll always love you, they'll always be true
What more could a man want
Baby
Baby baby baby baby baby
Baby baby

[DEENA]
I'm not the girl that you knew before
I'm smarter, I'm faster

[DREAMS]
I can do more

[DEENA]
I'm not the same, I'm a brand new dream
I'm hotter, I'm better, gonna make you scream

[DEENA]
Step step step on over

[DREAMS]
Step on over, step on over

[DEENA]
Step step step on over

[DREAMS & ENSEMBLE]
Step on over step on over

[DEENA]
Wanting you

[ALL]
Wanting you

[DEENA]
Needing you

[ALL]
Needing you

[DEENA & THE DREAMS]
Wanting you
Needing you
Touching you
Loving you
Hah hah hah hah hah

[BOYS]
Step step step on over
Step

[GIRLS]
Ooh ooh ooh

[JIMMY, spoken]
Curtis, I wish you'd pay some attention to me like you do your wife. My act, my songs, it ain't workin'!

[CURTIS, spoken]
It ain't workin', baby, because you changin' them and behind my back.

[JIMMY]
I've got to, Curtis
It's all gone wrong
I need my band back
And another hit song
The press is treatin' me like my career has died
I need another hit like "Steppin' To The Bad Side"

[DEENA]
Step step step on over

[DREAMS & ENSEMBLE]
Step on over, step on over

[DEENA]
Step step step on over

[DREAMS & ENSEMBLE]
Step on over, step on over

[DEENA]
Wanting you

[DREAMS & ENSEMBLE]
Wanting you

[DEENA]
Needing you

[DREAMS & ENSEMBLE]
Needing you

[DEENA, DREAMS, & ALL]
Wanting you
Needing you
Touching you
Loving you

[DEENA & THE DREAMS]
Oh oh oh oh oh

[BOYS]
You know we're the best

[DEENA]
We're your dreamgirls, dreamboys
Boy, do we love you
We're your dreamgirls, dreamboys
Boy, do we care
We're your dreamgirls
We never will leave you
Your dreamgirls
We've so much to give you

[MICHELLE]
All you got to do is dream
Yeah, baby

[LORRELL]
All you gotta do is dream

[DEENA & THE DREAMS]
All you gotta do is dream
Dream dream dream

[DEENA & ENSEMBLE]
Dream on
Dream on
Dream on
Dream on
Dream on
Dream on

[ALL]
Baby
We'll be there

[DREAMS]
We'll be there
We'll be there
We'll be there

[DEENA]
I'll be there, yeah

[DREAMS]
We'll be there
We'll be there
We'll be there

[DEENA]
I've got to be there

[DREAMS]
We'll be there
We'll be there
We'll be there