The Ensemble Of The Original Broadway Production Of 'Elf - The Musical'
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chad Beguelin
Composer
Matthew Sklar
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Matthew Sklar
Producer
David Lai
Producer
Lyrics
Fake Santa #1: Used to be
I'd stand on the busiest corner
Ring my bell
And make the people smile
Nowadays
They pass me by, and who knows why
Could it be that old Saint NIck's gone out of style?
All Fake Santas: Well, nobody cares
Nobody cares
Nobody cares about Santa
They read their list
Then you get dismissed
'Cause nobody cares about Santa Claus
Fake Santa #2: Used to be
The kids waited hours to see me
All that joy would almost make you cry
Manager: Now they think
I'm just passe, some dumb cliche
And it makes me wonder why I even try
All Fake Santas: Well, nobody cares
Nobody cares
Nobody cares about Santa
You once were revered
Fake Santa #3: Now they yank off your beard!
All Fake Santas: 'Cause nobody cares about Santa Claus
Is this all a sign?
Buddy: Is this all an awful sign?
All Fake Santas: Of a sad decline?
Buddy: A miserable, sad decline
I never knew such disrespect
Could ever have existed
No wonder this whole city
Has been naughty listed!
(Dance Break)
Fake Santas: Nobody cares about Santa Claus
Nobody!
Nobody!
Nobody!
Buddy: Nobody, nobody!
Macy's Manager: Woah, Buddy!
Fake Santas: Nobody!
Nobody!
Nobody cares, nobody cares
Nobody cares, nobody cares
Nobody cares
Buddy: How can Santa Claus?
Fake Santas: How can good old Santa Claus?
Buddy: Be a hopeless cause?
Fake Santas: A totally hopeless cause!
Buddy: Even little children
Think that Sanata's overrated
I kinda get the feeling
That New York is jaded!
Fake Santas: Kinda get that feeling, too!
All: Well, nobody cares
Nobody cares
Nobody cares about Santa
The bringer of bliss
Buddy: What kind of world is this?!
All: Where nobody cares about
Weary, fed up
Ready to hang the sled up
Santa Claus
Ho? Ho? Ho?
No! No! No!