Original Broadway Cast of The Pajama Game
Original Broadway Cast of The Pajama Game & Eddie Foy, Jr.
John Raitt
Original Broadway Cast of The Pajama Game & Janis Paige
Eddie Foy, Jr. & Reta Shaw
John Raitt
Stanley Prager & Carol Haney
Original Broadway Cast of The Pajama Game
Original Broadway Cast of The Pajama Game
John Raitt & Janis Paige
John Raitt & Janis Paige
Carol Haney, Peter Gennaro & Jim Hutchinson
Eddie Foy, Jr.
Original Broadway Cast of The Pajama Game & Carol Haney
Original Broadway Cast of The Pajama Game & Janis Paige &
Original Broadway Cast of The Pajama Game
[HINES]
The pajama game is the game I'm in
And I'm proud to be in the pajama game, I love it
I can hardly wait to wake and get to work at eight
Nothing's quite the same as the pajama game
(spoken)
I'm an executive. I'm a time study man. I can tell you per seconds how many stitches go into a pair of pajamas. I can time anything. You'll see when we get down to the factory. Let her go.
[WOMEN]
Hurry up, hurry up
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
When you're racing with the clock (Hurry up)
When you're racing with the clock (Hurry up)
And thе second hand doesn't understand (Hurry up)
That your back may brеak and your fingers ache (Hurry up)
And your constitution isn't made of rock (Hurry up)
It's a losing race when you're racing with the (Hurry up)
Racing, racing, racing with the clock (Hurry up)
It's a losing race when you're racing with the
Racing, racing, racing with the clock
[HINES, spoken]
Hurry up, girls. Seconds are ticking. Seconds are ticking.
[WOMEN]
Hurry up, hurry up
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
When you're racing with the clock (Can't waste time)
When you're racing with the clock (Can't waste time)
And the second hand doesn't understand (Can't waste time)
That your back may break and your fingers ache (Can't waste time)
And your constitution isn't made of rock
It's a losing race when you're racing with the (Can't waste time)
Racing, racing, racing with the clock (Can't waste time)
[MAN 1]
When will old man Hasler break down
And come up with that seven-and-a-half cent raise?
[MAN 2]
How in hell can I buy me a swell new second-hand car
On that salary he pays?
[WOMAN 1]
What do you think of the new superintendent?
[WOMAN 2, spoken]
He's cute.
[WOMAN 3, spoken]
He'll never last. Ha!
[RITA]
He's kind of fresh for a new superintendent
[BRENDA, spoken]
I like a man with spunk.
[VIRGINIA, spoken]
You like a man, period.
[HINES, spoken]
Don't laugh, girls, don't laugh. Hurry up. Tempus fugit. Tempus fugit.
[WOMEN, spoken, imitating HINES]
Waste, waste, waste.
[HINES, spoken]
Hurry up.
[WOMEN]
Hurry up, hurry up
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
[MEN, WOMEN]
When you're racing with the clock
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
When you're racing with the clock
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
And the second hand doesn't understand
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
That your back may break and your fingers ache
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
[MEN & WOMEN]
And your constitution isn't made of rock
[MEN, WOMEN]
It's a losing race when you're racing with the
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
Racing, racing, racing with the clock
Hurry up (Can't waste time)
[MEN & WOMEN]
Can't waste time
Racing, racing, racing, racing
Racing, racing, racing, racing
Racing, racing, racing, racing
Racing, racing, racing, racing
Racing with the clock
The Pajama Game / Racing with the Clock was written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross.
The Pajama Game / Racing with the Clock was produced by Goddard Lieberson.
Original Broadway Cast of The Pajama Game released The Pajama Game / Racing with the Clock on Mon May 24 1954.