David Rackoff Music and Lyrics
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  • Nothing Like Broadway!
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    • 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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Story-telling

And then what happened?
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, 
THE SAID, "HEY, AREN'T YOU THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS SPY?".
I SAID, "GIVE UP YOUR LIFE OF CRIME".
HE 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 World's Most Famous Spy - clip (from Nothing Like Broadway!) Music and lyrics by David Rackoff

Music Box (excerpt)

A GIRL IN A BEDROOM, UPSTAIRS ALL ALONE.
HER MOTHER WAS NOW IN A BOX OF HER OWN.
A MAN IN THE HALLWAY, TOO HEART-SICK TO KNOCK.
I REACHED FOR THE DOORKNOB, THEN FASTENED THE LOCK.
SO WE LIVED LIFE IN SILENCE. NO REASON TO TALK.
​THE ROCKING HORSE WON’T ROCK...
   Music Box - clip (from The Rocking Horse Winner) Lyrics by David Rackoff, Music by Sahara Sunday Spain

Where the River and the Ocean Meet the Sea (excerpt)

(Note: Trevor is a made-up dog.)

AS MUCH AS HE LOVED WATER, TREVOR NEVER LEARNED TO SWIM.

I SAW HIM FLOATING IN THE CREEK, AND MADE THIS VOW TO HIM:
ONE DAY YOU’LL RUN
WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT,
YOU’LL RUN STRAIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT. 
YOU’LL KNOW YOU’RE THERE, WHEN SUNSHINE GLOWS
UPON YOUR WET, BLACK NOSE.
​WHERE THE RIVER AND THE OCEAN MEET THE... SEA.
   Where the River and the Ocean Meet the Sea - clip (from Can I Help You Out?) Lyrics by David Rackoff, Music by Laura Wardrip Agyeman

Wonderland, Wonderland (excerpt)

WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I’D SIT BY THE FIRE.

MY FATHER WOULD TELL ME, ONE DAY I’D GROW STRONG.
HE WAS A PAUPER, A DRUNK, AND A LIAR.
I KNEW WHAT HE TOLD ME WAS WORTHLESS AND WRONG.
HE DIED IN A BATTLE, I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE.

I TOOK TO THE FOREST, A MOTHERLESS, FATHERLESS SON.
​

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WONDERLAND’S POOREST,
BY DAY, RISKED THEIR LIVES FOR THE ROYALS’ DEFENSE.
SLEEPING EACH EV’NING ACHILL IN THE FOREST,
ALL HUDDLED TOGETHER IN RICKETY TENTS.
THEIR BABIES WERE NURTURED, THEN SENT OFF TO WAR,
TO FIGHT FOR THE ROYALS, THE SAME AS THEIR FATHERS BEFORE.
   Wonderland, Wonderland - 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
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