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
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Musicality

When you can't tell where the music stops and the words begin.
A Day at the Fair (excerpt)

​                  HESTER
​            (simultaneous)
YOU IN MY KITCHEN...

​HEAR THE CALLIOPE STARTING BACK UP.
WONDER WHAT THE PRETTY PONIES
WILL SCREAM TO BE,
BURN TO BE
FOUND
GOING 'ROUND AND 'ROUND.

BE WARNED, DEAR. BETTER BE WARY.
SUMMER SUN CAN BLIND.
THE STALLION AND THE STALLION'S MARE.
THE RIDE'S WORTH THE FARE.

​
​                JACK
​           (simultaneous)
​
​CARE FOR A CUP?
HEAR THE CALLIOPE START
AS THE PLEASURES ABANDONED.
DREAM TO BE,
YEARN TO BE
FOUND ON THE MERRY-GO,
MERRY-GO-ROUND.

I'M WARNING YOU, BEST BEWARE.
THE SUN BEATS A BLINDING GLARE.
MY STALLION'S NIGHTMARE.
LOVE'S NEVER FAIR.​
   A Day at the Fair - clip (from The Rocking Horse Winner) Lyrics by David Rackoff, Music by Sahara Sunday Spain

Nothing Like Broadway (excerpt)

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BROADWAY, 
NO NOTHING SO GRAND.
WHERE EACH PURPLE FEATHER IS PERFECTLY FANNED.
COWGIRLS DANCE, AND ORPHANS LAUGH
'TIL THE CURTAIN CALL.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BROADWAY.
NO, NOTHING AT ALL.

   Nothing Like Broadway - clip (from Nothing Like Broadway) Music & lyrics by David Rackoff

Swan Song (excerpt)

THE WORDS I WHISPER ONLY HURT YOU,
SO I'LL JUST SAY I'M MOVING ON.
ONLY A SWAN SONG, THEN I'LL BE GONE.
DIM DOWN THE LAMP, AND DRAW THE SHADE.
AND KNOW THE DARKEST BRUISES FADE.

   Swan Song - clip Lyrics by David Rackoff, Music by Sahara Sunday Spain

  • 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