Ragtime Ensemble - Atlantic City lyrics

EVELYN NESBIT: Whee! Let's run away to Atlantic City Let's feel the wind in our hair FATHER (spoken): Atlantic City is only a temporary answer, Mother, but I can't think of a better one. They can't take the child away from you if we're in residence down there, and it's close enough to come and go as business dictates. EVELYN NESBIT: Sharing a grand and romantic city HARRY HOUDINI: Sea and salty air FATHER (spoken): Besides, the change of air will do everyone good. Did you pack my razor? MOTHER (spoken): Yes. FATHER (spoken): I hope you reserved us a parlor car? MOTHER (spoken): I did. EVELYN NESBIT: Train's gonna take us to the sunniest hideaway HARRY HOUDINI: Troubles will slide away EVELYN and HOUDINI: Just a ride away FATHER (spoken): It was clear to Father that the crisis was driving the spirit from their lives. He had always secretly believed that as a family they were touched by an extra light. He felt it going now. Mother, I - MOTHER (spoken): There's the cab. FATHER: Where have I been How did we change Caught in this strange new music Say, was I away too long Say, when they did they change the song VACATIONERS: Let's run away to Atlantic City Let's feel the win in our hair Sharing a grand and romantic city Sea and salty air Train's gonna take us To the sunniest hideaway Troubles will slide away WOMEN: Just a ride away VACATIONERS: So let's run away to Atlantic City No one will find us there VACATIONERS: Down on the sand There's a Ragtime band BAND MEMBERS: With a brand-new Ragtime tune ENSEMBLE: And up in the sky There's a grand New Jersey moon Let's go there soon EVELYN: Whee! I was once the lady friend of Stanford White Made me a celebrity overnight Well, overnight things change I guess I'm in New Jersey wearing even less Ladies, there's a lesson in my tawdry tale Beware the path you choose Oh! Oh! Justice is never fair Bang! Bang! There goes your millionaire Boo hoo! No money, no ring And you could end up on a swing And it's a crime HOUDINI: Harry Houdini, Master Escapist Buried and chained and tied EVELYN: Oh, justice can be so unfair HOUDINI: Reaching for danger, darker and stranger Now that his mama's died EVELYN: Bang! There goes your millionaire HOUDINI: Conquering fear in hopes he will hear A voice from the other side EVELYN: Whee! HOUDINI: Come see Houdini's daring display EVELYN: Come see Miss Nesbit do four shows a day EVELYN and HOUDINI: Thrilling the crowd and making 'em say HOUDINI: Let's run away ALL: Let's run away to Atlantic City EVELYN: Let's run away ENSEMBLE: My honey Why should we stay in the frantic city Laden with worry and care Oh, let's run away to Atlantic City No one will find us EVELYN: No one will find us ALL: No one will find us there