I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance Lyrics - Premiere Cast

Margaret (spoken): 

I don't know what you've been dreaming about tonight Carrie. You've hardly touched your dinner. Now have some pie. 

Carrie (Spoken): 

It makes me have pimples mama 

Margaret (Spoken): 

Nonsense. As Peter says, the only beauty that matters is the precious light that comes from within 

Carrie: 

mama don't you think it's time 

I should try to get along 

Margaret(spoken): 

Whatever are you going on about Carrie? Being different is the lord's blessing 

Carrie: 

Mama people think i'm strange 

all the kids have called me names 

Margaret (spoken): 

Well then just don't listen to them. It is written he who hears my voice alone shall be saved 

Carrie: 

mama can't we stop and talk 

there's this boy named Tommy Ross 

Margaret: 

Carrietta 

Carrie: 

I've been invited to the prom 

Margaret (spoken): 

Prom? 

Carrie: 

I never dreamed that I could go 

when he first asked and I said no 

He asked me twice 

he asked me twice 

and so I finally told him yes 

I thought if i could make my dress 

I might look nice 

I might look nice 

I know I'm not like all the others 

sometimes i dream in colors 

sometimes I even think i'm lovely 

nobody feels the things that i do 

mama please I'm just not like you 

maybe I'll find someone to love me 

Carrie(spoken): 

Tommy's a very nice boy and he'll have me home by midnight. It's Saturday. I've accepted mama. I've accepted. 

Margaret: 

I remember how those boys could dance 

pressing close on friday nights 

they could sweep me away 

Carrie(spoken): 

Mama 

Oh how those boys were demons of romance 

in their cars we chased the lights 

i know just how boys will behave 

Carrie(spoken): 

Not this boy mama, he's isn't like the others. He's nice, you'll see, really you will. Everyone isn't bad mama. Everything's not a sin. 

Margaret: 

Oh how your father whispered in my ear 

first the kiss and then the touch 

mixing lies with the truth 

he would sigh and try to draw me near 

oh he'd swear he cared so much 

that's what the boys do 

they'll make promises 

they will break your heart 

then they'll laugh at you 

watching you fall apart 

don't you think that i know 

don't you think this has happened before 

it's the smell of the blood that will drive them mad 

chasing you like a whore 

Carrie(spoken): 

No! 

Margaret: 

Don't you know their game 

have you lost your mind 

can't you see satan's passion has made you blind 

and this boy's like the rest 

and they're all like the serpents who crawl 

you can beg all you want to the lord 

how your father came to me that night 

Carrie: 

That doesn't mean that the same thing will happen to me 

Margaret: 

with the smell of smoke and gin 

Carrie: 

Give me the chance and you'll see 

Margaret: 

with a lust in his eyes 

and he took me and touched me 

i tried to fight 

Carrie: 

Mama please listen you don't hear a word that I've said 

Margaret: 

satan gave your father sin 

Carrie: 

Sometimes I wish you were dead 

Margaret: 

and the sin never died 

Carrie(spoken): 

Mama please stop! 

Margaret(spoken): 

You're not going 

Carrie(spoken): 

I've already said that I would, I've said yes. 

Margaret(spoken): 

Then say no. tell him you changed your mind. 

Carrie(spoken): 

Mama come back. 

Margaret(spoken): 

The rain's coming in. I have to close the windows. 

Carrie(spoken): 

I'll get them! 

Margaret(spoken): 

Witch! 

Carrie: 

I am not afraid of you at all 

I have nothing left to lose 

I have power I can use 

Nothing you can say or do 

will ever stop me again