'A Fill-In'
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4-6 Adults (originally performed in drag)
If you wonder why we're here, we'd like to explain
Though singing this song is quite a strain
We've been sent out here to entertain
As a Fill-In. Just a Fill-In.
We've become well known for shows in the past
But now we fear this'll be the last,
'Cos, except for us, it's such a lousy cast
We're a Fill-In. Just a Fill-In.
People come from miles around to see the Show
Though why they ever bother we will never know.
And boy will they be ratty when it's time to go!
'COS OUTSIDE THERE IS TWELVE FEET OF SNOW!
The songs aren't as good as they were last year
The show has been useless, now it's clear
We wish we'd never agreed to appear_
As a Fill-In. Just a Fill-In.
The jokes are all old and corny too
The scenery's tatty, there's nothing new
There's a cast of eighty and only one loo.
we're a Fill-In. Just a Fill-In.
People come from miles around to see the Show
And watch their little Jimmy from the second row
But we have got some news for them that's quite a blow.
WE LOST LITTLE JIMMY, AGES AGO!
The Props are dud, the band is worse
Half the kids never turn up to rehearse,
And we're getting sick of singing this verse
As a Fill-In. Just a Fill-In.
(Solo lines)
The Producers useless that's so true
The Stage Manager hasn't got a clue
And the lighting man...has..had ..a ..few!
(ALL LIGHTS FADE)
(SAID) 'Hello. What's happened to all the lights?
'You've upset him now!
'Well who cares, after all..we're only a fill-in!
(SUNG AS THEY GO OFF)
We're a Fill-In, just a Fill-In. just a Fill-In....
'A Fill-In' Original performance
1st Bury St Edmunds © 1991 Colin Siequien