Original Broadway Cast of A Chorus Line
Wayne Cilento
Kelly Bishop, Nancy Lane & Kay Cole
Renee Baughman & Don Percassi
Original Broadway Cast of A Chorus Line
Original Broadway Cast of A Chorus Line
Original Broadway Cast of A Chorus Line
Priscilla Lopez
Pamela Blair
Donna McKechnie
Original Broadway Cast of A Chorus Line
Priscilla Lopez
Original Broadway Cast of A Chorus Line
Setting up a fast-paced montage through each dancer’s adolescence, this song sets up musical motifs used throughout the show, as well as leading up to solos done by the cast.
[VAL]
Hello twelve
[RICHIE]
Hello thirteen
[MAGGIE]
Hello love
[AL]
Changes, oh!
[BEBE]
Down below
[DIANA]
Up above
[VAL]
Time to doubt
[MIKE]
To break out
[RICHIE]
It's a mess
[MAGGIE]
It's a mess
[PAUL & JUDY]
Time to grow
[MAGGIE & AL]
Time to go
[CONNIE, BOBBY & RICHIE]
Adolesce
[ALL]
Adolesce
Too young to take over
Too old to ignore
[AL]
Gee, I'm almost ready
[ALL]
But what for?
There's a lot
I am not
Certain of
Hello twelve
Hello thirteen
Hello love
[CONNIE]
Four foot ten
Four foot ten
That's the story of my life
I remember when everybody was my size
(spoken)
Boy, was that great! But then everybody started moving up, and there I was, stuck at
(sung)
Four foot ten
Four foot ten
(spoken)
But I kept hoping and praying
(sung)
I used to hang from a parallel bar
By the hour
Hoping I'd stretch
Just an inch more
(spoken)
'Cause I was into dancing then, and I was good! And I wanted so much to grow up to be a prima ballerina. Then I went out for cheerleader! And they told me, "No dice. You'll get lost on the football field. The pom-poms are bigger than you." I spent my whole childhood waiting to grow.
[VAL]
Tits!
When am I gonna grow tits?
[PAUL]
Secret
My whole life was a secret
[ALL except CONNIE]
Goodbye twelve
Goodbye thirteen
Hello love...
[BEBE]
Robert Goulet, Robert Goulet
My God, Robert Goulet!
[ALL]
...Oh!
Down below
Up above...
[DON]
Playing doctor with Evelyn
[ALL]
La la la
[RICHIE]
I'll show you mine
[ALL]
La la
[RICHIE]
You show me yours
[ALL]
La la
[KRISTINE, spoken]
Seeing Daddy naked!
[ALL]
Time to grow
Time to go...
[SHEILA, spoken]
Surprise!
[ALL]
La la la
[SHEILA, spoken]
Mom and Dad were doing it.
Montage: Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love was written by Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban.
Montage: Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love was produced by Goddard Lieberson.