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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Perfect Scansion

I stress over every stress.
The Racing Horse Winner reprise (excerpt)

YOU BET ON A HORSE, AND ANOTHER, AND THEN
YOU KEEP BETTING ON HORSES AGAIN AND AGAIN.
YOU’RE UP ON A HIGH, AND YOU’LL NEVER COME OFF IT,
YOUR PROBLEMS ARE HIDDEN BY PILES OF PROFIT.

YOU FEEL LIKE A PRINCE, BUT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
THAT YOUR CASTLE IS BUILT ON A BASEMENT OF SAND.
A CASTLE WITH SAND AS THE BASEMENT PERHAPS IS
​PRECISELY THE REASON YOUR CASTLE COLLAPSES.
   The Racing Horse Winner reprise - clip (from The Rocking Horse Winner) Lyrics by David Rackoff, Music by Sahara Sunday Spain

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! 
​
   The Gods of the Theater - clip (from Nothing Like Broadway!)Music & lyrics by David Rackoff

Wonderland, Wonderland reprise (excerpt)

WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I’D STARE IN THE MIRROR,

AND ENVY THE BOY LOOKING OUT FROM THE GLASS.
HE WAS A PROPHET WHOSE VISION WAS CLEARER.
NOW ALL THAT HE TOLD ME IS COMING TO PASS.

A BEAUTIFUL GIANT WOULD CRIPPLE OUR LAND,
REQUIRING THE AID OF A SINGULAR MASCULINE HAND.

SEE THEM COMPARING THE SIZE OF THEIR PECKERS,
WHILE SQUATTING AROUND IN A POOL OF THEIR MESS.
THINKING THEY’RE SMART IN THEIR BATTLES OF CHECKERS,
WHILE UNDER THEIR NOSE IS A MAN PLAYING CHESS.

THE VISION I VISIONED FEELS MORE LIKE A PLAN.
THE BOY IN THE MIRROR LOOKS OUT FROM THE GLASS AT A MAN!
   Wonderland, Wonderland reprise - clip (from The Tyrant of Wonderland) 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