Karaoké The King of Broadway The Producers

I used to be the King the King of old Broadway

The best of everything was mine to have each day

I always had the biggest hits the biggest bathrooms at the Ritz

My showgirls had the biggest tits

I never was the pits in any way

I used to be the King the King of old Broadway

My praises they would sing a Ziegfeld so they'd say

My shows were always filled with class

The best champagnes would fill my glass

My lap was filled with gorgeous ass

You couldn't call me crass in any way

There was a time when I was young and gay but straight

There was a time when

I was bold

There was a time when each and every play

I touched would turn to gold ah ah ah ah ah

Lean in ah ah ah

Now I wear a rented tux that's two weeks overdue

Rented tux overdue way overdue

Such reviews how dare they insult me in this manner

How quickly they forget

I am Max Bialystock

The first producer ever to do summer stock in the winter

You've all heard of theatre in the Round

You're looking at the man who invented theatre in the Square nobody had a good seat

I've spent my entire life in the theatre

I was a protégé of the great Boris Tomaschevski

Yes he taught me everything I know

I'll never forget, eeh eeh he turned to me on his deathbed and said

Maxella alle menschen muss zu machen jeden tug a

Gartzen kachen tu je peepeecocken

Who knows

I don't speak Yiddish

Strangely enough neither did he

But in my heart

I knew what he was saying

He was sayin' when you're down and

Out and everybody thinks you're finished

That's the time to stand up on your two feet and shout

Who do you have to fuck to get a break in this town

I used to be the King the king of old Broadway

Again I will be King and be on top to stay

There'll be gala opening nights again you'll see my name in lights again

I'll go from dark to brights again my spirits high as kites again

I'll never suffer slights again I'll

Taste those sweet delights again

No plethora of plights again no blossoming of blights again

No frantic fits or frights again

Fame is in my sights again

I'll take those fancy flights again

I'm gonna scale the heights again

Bialystock will never drop

Bialystock will never stop

Bialystock will be on top again

I'll be on top again, hey