[JOE]
Underneath these stairs
I hear the sneers and feel the glares of
My cousin, my uncle and my aunt
Can't believe how cruel they are
And it stings my lightning scar
To know they'll never
Ever give me what I want
I know I don't deserve these
Awful rules made by the Dursleys
Here on Privet Drive
Can't take these stupid Muggles
But despite all of my struggles
I'm still alive
I'm sick of summer and this waiting around
Man, it's September, so I'm skipping this town
Hey, it's no mystery
There's nothing here for me now
[JAMIE]
Gotta get back to Hogwarts
I gotta get back to school
I gotta get back to Hogwarts
Where everybody thinks I'M cool
Back to witches and wizards and magical beasts
To goblins and ghosts and to magical feasts
It's all that I love, and it's all that I need
At Hogwarts, Hogwarts
(I think we're going back)
[BRIAN]
I see my friends, gonna laugh 'till we cry
Take my Firebolt, gonna take to the sky
No1 way this year anyone's gonna die
And it's gonna be totally awesome2
I'll cast some spells, with a flick of my wand
Defeat the Dark Arts, yeah, bring it on
And do it all with my best friend, Ron,
'Cause together we're totally awesome
[JOEY]
Yeah, 'cause together we're totally awesome!
(spoken)
I was hiding!
(sung)
It's been so long, but we're going back
Don't go for work, don't go there for class
[BRIAN]
As long as we're together
[JOEY]
Gonna kick some ass
[BRIAN & JOEY]
And it's gonna be totally awesome
This year we'll take everybody by storm
Stay up all night, sneak out of our dorm
[MEREDITH]
Let's not forget that
We need to perform well in class
If we want to pass our OWLs!
[BRIAN, spoken]
Meredith!
[MEREDITH]
I may be frumpy, but I'm super smart
Check out my grades
They're "A's", for a start
I lack in looks, well, I make up in heart
And c'mon guys, that's totally awesome!
This year I plan
To study a lot
[JOEY]
That would be cool if you were actually hot
[BRIAN]
Hey guys, c'mon, we're the only friends that she's got!
[JOEY]
And that's cool!
[MEREDITH]
And that's totally awesome!
[BRIAN, JOEY, & MEREDITH]
Yeah, it's so cool
Yeah, it's totally awesome!
We're sick of summer and this waiting around
It's like we're sitting in a lost and found
Don't take no sorcery
For anyone to see how
We Gotta get back to Hogwarts3
Gotta get back to school
We gotta get ourselves to Hogwarts
Where everything is magi-cooooooool
Back to witches and wizards and magical beasts
To goblins and ghosts and to magical feasts
It's all that I love and it's all that I need at Hogwarts, Hogwarts
I think we're goin' back
[JAMIE & LAUREN]
4
Cho Chang
Domo arigato
Cho Chang
Gong hai fat choi, Chang
5
Happy, Happy new year
Cho Chang
[JOE]
Oh, Cho Chang
I am so in love
With Cho Chang
From Bangkok, to Din Daeng
6
I'll sing my love aloud
For Cho Chang
[LAUREN]
This year, you bet, gonna get out of here
7
The reign of Malfoy is drawing near
I'll have the greatest wizard career
It's gonna be totally awesome!
Look out world, for the dawn of the day
When everyone will do-
[Audience, shouted]
WHATEVER I SAY!
[LAUREN]
And Potter won't be in my way
And then I'll be the one who is totally awesome!
[MALE STARKIDS]
Yeah, you'll be the one who is totally awesome!
[JOEY]
Choo choo!
[ALL]
Who knows how fast
This year's gonna go?
Hand me a glass
Let the butterbeer flow
[BRIAN]
Maybe at last I'll talk to Cho
[JOEY]
Oh no, that'd be way too awesome!
[ALL]
We're back to learn everything that we can
It's great to come back to where we began
And here we are
And Alakazam!
8
Here we go, this is totally awesome!
Come on and teach us everything you know
Summer's over and we're itchin' to go
[JAMIE]
I think we're ready for
Albus Dumbledore!
[DYLAN]
Welcooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooooo
oooooome
All of you to New York
I welcome all of you to school
Did you know that here in New York
We've got a hidden swimming pool?
Welcome, welcome, welcome, Hogwarts
Welcome hotties, nerds, and tools
Now that I've got you here at Hogwarts
I'd like to go over just a couple of rules, please and thank you!
[ALL]
Back to witches and wizards and magical beasts
To goblins and ghosts and to magical feasts
It's all that I love and it's all that I need
At Hogwarts, Hogwarts
[JOEY, spoken]
One last time, New York City!
[ALL]
Back to spells and enchantments, potions and friends
To Gryffindors!
Hufflepuffs--
Ravenclaws!
SLYTHERINS!
Back to the place where our story begins
At Hogwarts, Hogwarts
[DYLAN, spoken]
I'm sorry, what's its name?
[ALL]
Hogwarts, Hogwarts
[DYLAN, spoken]
I didn't hear you kids!
[ALL]
Hogwarts, Hogwarts
[DYLAN]
Man, I'm glad I went back!
[JOE, spoken]
Thank you so much everybody! Thank you for making our last show, the best show! You guys rock!
[JOEY, spoken]
Let's give one more thanks to Charlene Kaye and the Brilliant Eyes... And, thank you everybody!!
Oh, everyone, get out here, please-- [mic cuts off]
I thought this song would be one of the harder ones to make lyrics for, but then I found a few sites that had lyrics for this version and not the AVPM original. This is good for me because I'm actually really bad at distinguishing between multiple different voices in an ensemble, auditory processing issues moment
I enjoy that A Very Potter Musical exists because I can pretend that the whole world of Harry Potter was in fact created by a bunch of theater kids for a musical and not by anyone else at all.
This isn't going to be the last song from the SPACE tour that's going to be in this playlist, so I'll save my whole shpiel for how awesome the nature of live music is for that post. For this song, I'll mention that I can definetely imagine people sobbing while they're singing so loud towards the end of the song. It's something that even makes me tear up, because it's their first tour, and they're in new york city, and it's the last song, and it's the first song from their first musical, and everyone's singing as a part of it, and it's just all so sweet. Oh yeah, also, anyone who was in their 20s when they saw this show is at least 35 now. A bunch of them are probably mothers and fathers.
What?