David Rackoff Music and Lyrics
  • David Rackoff Music
  • Nothing Like Broadway!
  • About Me
  • Other Songs
    • A Sweet Giddy Idiot
    • This Is Our Land (from Genius Grant)
    • A Hundred Years from Now
    • This Is the Start of Something...
    • Nothing Like Broadway
    • The World's Most Famous Spy
    • If I Could Sing My Feelings (End of Act I)
    • In Another Universe
    • The Gods of the Theater
    • The Squeedle Song
    • You Only Love Me for My...
    • I'm in Love with a Pianist
    • What If There Were No More Villains?
    • The Racing Horse Winner
    • Swan Song
    • Sing Along
    • Surprisingly Similar Way to Me
    • A Day at the Fair
    • An Underwhelming Life
    • You Can't Have Too Much Christmas/I Can't Breathe (The Rocking Horse Winner Opening)
    • A Dream for Paul
    • BodyHair
    • Yell to the Heavens
  • Lyrics Can Have...
    • Wordplay
    • Euphony
    • Perfect Scansion
    • Story-telling
    • Rhymes
    • Musicality
    • Comedy
    • Imagery
  • Projects
  • Concerto
  • Audition Coaching
  • Contact
  • Videos

David Rackoff

​David Rackoff is a lyricist, composer, and book writer for musical theater.

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"Writer-composer-lyricist David Rackoff constructs his show with traditional craftsmanship: clear narrative purpose, honest emotional stakes, clever rhymes, and a belief that theater should engage both the intellect and affections" - Edward A Kliszus, Opening Night Reviews


"This is the Start"
​(excerpt)
​
DO THE NOTES KIND OF TEETER,
THEN THEY PETER
OUT TOO SOON?
DO THE WORDS FIT THE METER,
AND THE METER FIT THE TUNE?
IS THE PACE SMOOTH AND FLOWING?
IS IT MOWING
DOWN YOUR EARS?
DOES THE VERSE KEEP ON GOING,
KEEP ON GOING ON FOR YEARS?
"My Horsey for a Kingdom​" (excerpt, music by Sahara Spain)
LET OUR HEROISM TAKE US
TO THE FRONT LINES OF THE FRACAS.
HIDE YOUR PITY AND REMORSE, MEN,
FROM THE OPPOSITION’S HORSEMEN.
MORE OR LESS, WE WILL BE MORE FAIR.
WHILE WE WAGE A “WITTLE” WARFARE.
SMOKE ‘EM EVERYONE WHO BRINGED ‘EM.
TRADE MY HORSEY FOR A KINGDOM? 

WHEN WE HEED MY CALL FOR WARTIME,
​WE’LL BE MARCHING FORTH IN FOUR-TIME.
"The World's Most Famous Spy"
(excerpt)
MY FIRST SECRET JOB IN EAST BERLIN,
I KILLED A SUPER-VILLAIN WITH A BOBBY PIN.
THIS PIN!
HIS HENCH-WOMAN BRIBED ME WITH MARKS AND FRANCS.
SHE WANTED TO SEDUCE ME, BUT I SAID, "NO THANKS".
SHE AIMED A LASER AT MY EYE, AND SAID, "HEY AREN'T YOU THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS SPY?".
I SAID, "GIVE UP YOUR LIFE OF CRIME".
AND SO SHE DID, AND THAT'S WHY I'M...
THE MOST FAMOUS SPY IN THE WORLD!
"The Gods of the Theater"
(excerpt)
LOOK AT THAT, YOUR SKULL IS SOFT AND SWEET.
IT'S ADORABLE AND PETITE.
IT'S BARELY EVEN BRAINY.
LOOK AT THIS, MY BRAIN IS STIFF.
SO COME CLOSER AND TAKE A WHIFF.
​IT'S THROBBING AND IT'S VEINY"!

"Nothing Like Broadway" video

"Sing Along" video

"I Am Bad" feature film trailer
  • David Rackoff Music
  • Nothing Like Broadway!
  • About Me
  • Other Songs
    • A Sweet Giddy Idiot
    • This Is Our Land (from Genius Grant)
    • A Hundred Years from Now
    • This Is the Start of Something...
    • Nothing Like Broadway
    • The World's Most Famous Spy
    • If I Could Sing My Feelings (End of Act I)
    • In Another Universe
    • The Gods of the Theater
    • The Squeedle Song
    • You Only Love Me for My...
    • I'm in Love with a Pianist
    • What If There Were No More Villains?
    • The Racing Horse Winner
    • Swan Song
    • Sing Along
    • Surprisingly Similar Way to Me
    • A Day at the Fair
    • An Underwhelming Life
    • You Can't Have Too Much Christmas/I Can't Breathe (The Rocking Horse Winner Opening)
    • A Dream for Paul
    • BodyHair
    • Yell to the Heavens
  • Lyrics Can Have...
    • Wordplay
    • Euphony
    • Perfect Scansion
    • Story-telling
    • Rhymes
    • Musicality
    • Comedy
    • Imagery
  • Projects
  • Concerto
  • Audition Coaching
  • Contact
  • Videos