The Schmuel Song Lyrics - Anna Kendrick

Schmuel would work till half-past ten at his tailor shop in Klimovich 

Get up at dawn and start again with the hems and pins and twist 

Forty-one years had come and gone at his tailor shop in Klimovich 

Watching the winters soldier on, there was one thing Schmuel missed 

"If I only had time," old Schmuel said 

"I would build the dress that's in my head 

A dress to fire 

The mad desire 

Of girls from here to Minsk 

But I have no more hours left to sew" 

Then the clock upon the wal began to glow... 

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And the clock said: 

"Na na na na, na na na 

Oh Schmuel, you'll get to be happy! 

Na na na na, na na na 

I give you unlimited time! 

Na na na na, na na na 

So Schmuel, go sew and be happy!" 

But Schmuel said 

"No, no, it's not my lot 

I've gotta make do witht he time I've got" 

Schmuel was done at half-past ten and he said "Good night, old Klimovich" 

Put on his coat to go, but then the clock cried, "Wait! Not yet! 

Even though you're not wise or rich 

You're the finest man in Klimovich 

Listen up, Schmuel 

Make one stitch and you'll see what you get" 

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But Schmuel said 

"Clock, it's much too late 

I'm at peace with life 

I accept my fate..." 

But the clock said 

"Schmuel! One stitch and you will 

Unlock the dreams you've lost!" 

So Schmuel, with reluctance, took his thread 

He pulled a bolt of velvet and said 

"I should take out my teeth and go to bed 

I'm sitting her with talking clocks instead!" 

And the clock said: 

"Na na na na, na na na 

Oh Schmuel, you'll get to be happy! 

Na na na na, na na na, 

I give you unlimited time 

Na na na na, na na na 

Just do it and you can be happy!" 

So Schmuel put the thread through the needle's eye 

And the moon stared down from a starless sky 

And he pushed the thread through the velvet black 

And he looked, and the clock was turning... back 

So he grabbed his shears and he cut some lace 

As the hands moved left on the old clock's face 

And his fingers flew and the fabric swirled 

It was nine-fifteen all around the world 

Every cut and stitch was a perfect fit 

As if God Himself were controlling it! 

And Schmuel cried through a rush of tears 

"Take me back! Take me back all forty-one years!" 

And on it went down that silent street 

Till Schmuel's dress was at last complete 

And he stretched his arms 

And he closed his eyes 

And the morning sun finally started to rise 

And the dress he made on that endless night 

Was a dress that would make any soul take flight 

Not a swatch, not a skein had gone to waste 

Every ribbon and button ideally placed 

And swen into the seams were forty-one seasons of dreams 

Dreams that you could feel 

Coming real 

And that very dress, so the papers swore 

Was the dress a girl in Odessa wore 

On the day she promised forevermore 

To love a young man named Schmuel 

Who only one day before 

Had knocked at her kitchen door 

Plenty have hoped and dreamed and prayed 

But they can't get out of Klimovich 

If Schmuel had been a cute goyishe maid 

He'd've looked a lot like you 

Maybe it's just that you're afraid to go out on to a limb-ovich 

Maybe your heart's completely swayed 

But your head can't follow through 

But shouldn't I want the world to see 

The brilliant girl who inspires me? 

Don't you think that now's a good time to be 

The ambitious freak you are? 

Say goodbye to wiping ashtrays at the bar 

Say hello to Cathy Hiatt, big-time star! 

'Cause I say: 

Na na na na na na na na 

Cathy, you get to be happy! 

Na na na na na na na 

I give you unlimited time! 

Na na na na na na na 

Stop temping and go and be happy! 

Here's a headshot guy and a new BackStage 

Where you're right for something on every page 

Take a breath 

Take a step 

Take a chance 

Take your time 

Have I mentioned today 

How lucky I am 

To be in love with you?!