Falsettoland/About Time

**Falsettoland/About Time** Is the seventeenth song in Falsettos and the first song in act two of Falsettos. It follows Father to Son, and is followed by Year of the Child.

## Falsettoland/About Time

### Albums

Falsettos (2016 Broadway Cast Recording)Falsettoland

### Sung By

Christian Borle - (Marvin) Stephanie J. Block - (Trina) Andrew Rannells - (Whizzer) Tracie Thoms - (Charlotte) Betsy Wolfe - (Cordelia) Anthony Rosenthal - (Jason) Brandon Uranowitz - (Mendel)

## Lyrics

[MENDEL]

Homosexuals

Women with children

Short insomniacs

And a teeny tiny band

Come, back in

The welcome mat is on the floor

Let's, begin

This story needs an ending

A homosexual

Father with children

One bar mitzvah that

Is scrupulously planned

[ALL]

Lovers come and lovers go

Lovers fight and sing fortissimo

Give these handsome boys a hand

Welcome to Falsettoland

[TRINA AND WHIZZER]

Nancy Reagan

Meanest and thinnest of the first Ladies

Moves into the White House

[MARVIN, JASON, MENDEL, CHARLOTTE, CORDELIA]

Ya-bah-dah-bah

[WHIZZER AND TRINA]

It's the '80s

[MARVIN, JASON, MENDEL, CHARLOTTE, CORDELIA]

Ya-bah-dah-bah

[WHIZZER AND TRINA]

Ooh, the '80s,

[MARVIN, JASON, MENDEL, CHARLOTTE, CORDELIA]

Ya-bah-dah-bah

[WHIZZER AND TRINA]

What a world we live

[MARVIN, WHIZZER, MENDEL, AND JASON]

March, march, march of the Falsettos

March of the Falsettos

[TRINA, CHARLOTTE, AND CORDELIA]

What a world we live in

[MARVIN, WHIZZER, MENDEL, AND JASON]

Who is man enough to march in

March of the Falsettos

[ALL]

Ya-bah-dah-bah

[CHARLOTTE AND CORDELIA]

Spiky lesbians

[DR. CHARLOTTE]

Woman internist

[CORDELIA]

Shiksa caterer

[TRINA, CORDELIA, AND CHARLOTTE]

Who is trying to expand

[ALL]

Everybody on your mark

[TRINA, CORDELIA, AND CHARLOTTE]

Congregate in Central Park

[MARVIN, WHIZZER, MENDEL, AND JASON]

Pretty boys are in demand

[ALL]

Welcome to Falsettoland

Whee!

Whoo!

What a world we live in!

Whee!

Whoo!

What a world we live in!

[MARVIN]

It's about time, don't ya think?

It's about time to grow up, don't ya think?

It's about time to grow up and face the music

It's about time

Since we last spoke

Two years are waning

I'll try explaining

Just what you've missed

We called a truce

And fitfully we coexist

I'm still loose

She's still with the psychiatrist

So I don't have a psychiatrist

Except on the Jewish holidays

But I still have my son on the weekends

Just on the weekends

And some very good friends

But I don't have a lover anymore

Oh my God

When am I gonna get over this?

When am I gonna get over this?

When am I gonna get over this?

[WHIZZER, CHARLOTTE, AND CORDELIA]

Homosexuals

[TRINA AND JASON]

Women with children

[ALL]

Ex-ex lovers

[MENDEL]

And a teeny tiny band

[ALL]

Welcome to Falsettoland

[CORDELIA]

Shiksa caterers

[WITH MENDEL & JASON]

Short insomniacs

[WITH CHARLOTTE]

Hypochondriacs

[WITH MARVIN]

Yiddish Americans

[WITH WHIZZER]

Spiky families

Radiologists

Intellectuals

[WITH TRINA]

Nervous wrecks!

[All sigh]

Welcome to Falsettoland

[MARVIN]

It's about time, don't ya think

It's about time to grow up, don't ya think

It's about time to grow up and face the music

It's about time

One day I'd like to be

As mature as my son, who Is twelve and a half

And this tall!

That's all I'd like to be

That's all!

It's about growing up, getting older, living on a lover's shoulder

Learning love is not a crime

It's about time

It's about time

It's about time

It's about—

## Trivia

* In the official Proshot, when Mendel sings the line "Homosexuals", he point at the audience.
* The first, "A teeny tiny band," refers to the band that plays the background musical during the musical, while the second refers to Mendel and Trina's wedding band.
* This song introduces two new characters, Charlotte and Cordelia, aka the lesbians next door!! Woo hoo!! Cause for celebration!
* In the original 1992 version, this song is called "Welcome to Falsettoland", and it has slightly different lyrics.
* Since this is taking two years later, Jason is 12 and a half, which means his Bar Mitzvah is coming up soon. I am sure that his Bar Mitzvah will be a very joyous event with hundreds of people!