DELORIS:
Gonna walk out that courthouse
and find me a nightclub to sing at.
[and none of this downtown disco -
some place classy.]
Gonna get me an agent,
the money the fame the whole deal,
[and this time aint nothing stopping me]
Gonna knock the world out,
and there ain't any fence I won't swing at.
I'm tomorrow sensation,
the new disco queen,
the next double deckered,
hit record machine.
A bomb shell-to-be
like the world's never seen.
And, no, I won't miss
that whole sister routine!
[Ladies and gentlemen, get ready!
Deloris Van Cartier is back!]
Look at my star
risin' right on cue!
Look at my dreams
as the all come true!
Look at me now,
baby, dig that view!
[Lights! Glitter! Glamour!]
Look at my act, baby! Ain'tcha wowed?
Everything goes, and it's all allowed!
I'm back in business with my own crowd!
[Backups! Dancers!
And of course my fans! C'mon, people!
Lemme feel the love!]
Look at me!
Can'tcha see -
BACUPS:
She's fabulous baby!
DELORIS:
I'm fabulous baby!
Check me out!
Ain't no doubt
where this girl should go!
BACKUPS:
No No No!
DELORIS:
So don't hold me back,
'cause I'm good as gone. (Ooooh)
Straight down the track,
honey, movin' on! (movin' on)
Me I'm fabulous baby!
Much too fabulous to...
NUNS/DELORIS:
Ave Maria, Ave Maria,
gratia ple..
DELORIS:
No!
BACKUPS:
D-e-l-o-r-i-s.
D-e-l-o-r-i-s.
D-e-l-o-r-i-s.
DELORIS
[I can't go back. Curtis'll find me there.
I gotta testify tomorrow, put him away,
and and get on with my life.
Yeah!]
BACkUPS:
Yes, Yes, Yes!
DELORIS:
Look at my look, ain't I lookin' good?
Look out, Manhatan and Hollywood!
Look, I'm at last doin' what I should!
NUNS:
Salve Regina, Mater misericordiale,
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra salve.
DELORIS:
[I gotta go back, and even shank ain't crazy
enough to shoot me in front of no Pope.
My girls need me.]
BACKUPS:
You're fabolous, fabolous,
fabolous, fabolous, fabolous!
DELORIS:
Gotta get to a place
where for once I can say I succeeded!
BACKUPS:
D-e-l-o-r-i-s!
DELORIS:
Gotta get to a place
where at last I can feel I belong
NUNS:
De profundis clamavi!
DELORIS:
Gotta get to a place
where at last I'll be loved and be needed!
NUNS:
Look at me!
DELORIS:
[Stop...]
BACKUPS:
Look at me!
DELORIS:
[No...]
NUNS:
Look at me!
DELORIS:
[Please...]
BACKUPS:
Look at me!
DELORIS
[Just, let me be...]
BACKUPS:
Look at me!
BACKUPS/NUNS:
Look at me! Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me!
Look! Look! Look! Look!
DELORIS:
[Stop!]
Gonna walk out that courthouse
and find me a nightclub to sing at.
[and none of this downtown disco -
some place classy.]
Gonna get me an agent,
the money the fame the whole deal,
[and this time aint nothing stopping me]
Gonna knock the world out,
and there ain't any fence I won't swing at.
I'm tomorrow sensation,
the new disco queen,
the next double deckered,
hit record machine.
A bomb shell-to-be
like the world's never seen.
And, no, I won't miss
that whole sister routine!
[Ladies and gentlemen, get ready!
Deloris Van Cartier is back!]
Look at my star
risin' right on cue!
Look at my dreams
as the all come true!
Look at me now,
baby, dig that view!
[Lights! Glitter! Glamour!]
Look at my act, baby! Ain'tcha wowed?
Everything goes, and it's all allowed!
I'm back in business with my own crowd!
[Backups! Dancers!
And of course my fans! C'mon, people!
Lemme feel the love!]
Look at me!
Can'tcha see -
BACUPS:
She's fabulous baby!
DELORIS:
I'm fabulous baby!
Check me out!
Ain't no doubt
where this girl should go!
BACKUPS:
No No No!
DELORIS:
So don't hold me back,
'cause I'm good as gone. (Ooooh)
Straight down the track,
honey, movin' on! (movin' on)
Me I'm fabulous baby!
Much too fabulous to...
NUNS/DELORIS:
Ave Maria, Ave Maria,
gratia ple..
DELORIS:
No!
BACKUPS:
D-e-l-o-r-i-s.
D-e-l-o-r-i-s.
D-e-l-o-r-i-s.
DELORIS
[I can't go back. Curtis'll find me there.
I gotta testify tomorrow, put him away,
and and get on with my life.
Yeah!]
BACkUPS:
Yes, Yes, Yes!
DELORIS:
Look at my look, ain't I lookin' good?
Look out, Manhatan and Hollywood!
Look, I'm at last doin' what I should!
NUNS:
Salve Regina, Mater misericordiale,
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra salve.
DELORIS:
[I gotta go back, and even shank ain't crazy
enough to shoot me in front of no Pope.
My girls need me.]
BACKUPS:
You're fabolous, fabolous,
fabolous, fabolous, fabolous!
DELORIS:
Gotta get to a place
where for once I can say I succeeded!
BACKUPS:
D-e-l-o-r-i-s!
DELORIS:
Gotta get to a place
where at last I can feel I belong
NUNS:
De profundis clamavi!
DELORIS:
Gotta get to a place
where at last I'll be loved and be needed!
NUNS:
Look at me!
DELORIS:
[Stop...]
BACKUPS:
Look at me!
DELORIS:
[No...]
NUNS:
Look at me!
DELORIS:
[Please...]
BACKUPS:
Look at me!
DELORIS
[Just, let me be...]
BACKUPS:
Look at me!
BACKUPS/NUNS:
Look at me! Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me!
Look! Look! Look! Look!
DELORIS:
[Stop!]