At the Ballet (Glee Cast Version) - Glee Cast

Daddy always thought that he married beneath him

That's what he said, that's what he said

When he proposed he informed my mother

He was probably her very last chance

And though she was twenty-two,

Though she was twenty-two,

Though she was twenty-two,

She married him.

Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic

More like a "Come as you are,"

When I was five I remember my mother

Dug earrings out of the car

I knew they weren't hers, But it wasn't

Something you'd want to discuss

He wasn't warm

Well, not to her

Well, not to us

But everything was beautiful at the ballet

Graceful men lift lovely girls in white

Yes, everything was beautiful at ballet

Hey!

I was happy... at the ballet.

Up a steep and very narrow stairway.

To the voice like a metronome.

Up a steep and very narrow stairway.

It wasn't paradise...

It wasn't paradise...

It wasn't paradise...

But it was home.

Mother always said I'd be very attractive

When I grew up, when I grew up.

"Diff'rent," she said, "With a special something

And a very, very personal flair."

And though I was eight or nine,

Though I was eight or nine,

Though I was eight or nine,

I hated her.

Now, "Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty

"Pretty" is what it's about

I never met anyone who was "diff'rent"

Who couldn't figure that out.

So beautiful I'd never lived to see.

But it was clear,

If not to her,

Well, then to me

That everyone is beautiful at the ballet.

Every prince has got to have his swan.

Yes, everyone is beautiful at the ballet.

Hey!

I was pretty

At the ballet

I was born to save their marriage

but when my father came to pick my mother up

at the hospital

he said, "Well, I thought this was going to help.

but I guess it's not..."

A few months later, he left, he never come back

Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life.

I used to dance around the living room

with my arms up like this

My fantasy was there was an Indian Chief...

And he'd say to me,

"Izzie, do you wanna dance?"

And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance!"

Doo-doo-doo-doo

But it was clear...

Doo-doo-doo

When he proposed...

Doo-doo-doo

That I was born to help their marriage and when

Doo-doo-doo-doo

That's what he said...

Doo-doo-doo

That's what she said...

Doo-doo-doo

I used to dance around the living room...

Doo-doo-doo-doo

He wasn't warm...

Doo-doo-doo

Not to her...

It was an Indian chief and he'd say:

"Izzie, do you wanna dance?"

And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to..."

Everything was beautiful at the ballet

Raise your arms and someone's always there.

Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet,

At the ballet

At the ballet

The ballet

The ballet

Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet. The ballet

The ballet

yes everything was beautiful at the ballet

Hey!

I was pretty...

I was happy...

"I would love to..."

At... the... ballet.