Beetlejuice (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - That Beautiful Sound

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
Do you hear that sound

[GIRL SCOUT SCREAMS]

LYDIA: (spoken)
That beautiful sound

[GIRL SCOUT SCREAMS]

BETELGEUSE:
That is the sound, of clean, white, shorts turning brown
Torture and pain

[GIRL SCOUT SCREAMS]

BETELGEUSE: GIRL SCOUT: (spoken)
Breaking a brain This is so weird!
A sound that says
I will never sleep well again

*[GIRL SCOUT SCREAMS]*

LYDIA:
The sound of a scream, is music to me
A sound that says fifteen years full-time therapy

BETELGEUSE:
Trauma and fear, it sings in my ear

BETELGEUSE & LYDIA:
Ain't it the sweetest noise around, that beautiful sound

[Doorbell sounds]

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
Ooh! Someone’s at the door

LYDIA: (spoken)
You wanna answer it this time?

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
More than anything!

LYDIA: (spoken)
Don't oversell it, act natural

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
Come on, you're giving me advice?

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU GUY: (spoken)
Hello, I’m with the U.S. Census Bureau, time for a few -- OH MY GOD!

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
Hi

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU GUY: (spoken)
How many people live here?

LYDIA: (spoken)
Just me

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU GUY: (spoken)
Ohh, and you?

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
I don't live here, I'm dead

[U.S. CENSUS BUREAU GUY SCREAMS]

BETELGEUSE: LYDIA:
Panic and stress Panic and stress
Oh ain't it the best Ain't it the best
The sound of heart Heart
Ex-exploding inside a chest Exploding inside a chest

LYDIA:
It fills you with pride

BETELGEUSE:
We're ruining lives

BETELGEUSE & LYDIA:
Ain't it the sweetest noise in town, that beautiful sound

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
Hey! You know what would make all this even more awesome?

LYDIA: (spoken)
What?

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
More me!

BETELGEUSE:
All we wanna do is hear that sound
All we wanna do is hear that sound
Fellas!

ALL BETELGEUSES:
All we wanna do is hear that sound
All we wanna do is hear that sound

All we wanna do is hear that sound
All we wanna do is hear that sound

All we wanna do is hear that sound
All we wanna do is hear that sound

[DOORBELL RINGS]

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
Ooh, ooh, somebody's at the door; alright,
Let’s make some more people scream!

DELIVERY MAN: (spoken)
Package for Deetz

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
You know overnight delivery cost extra

LYDIA: (spoken)
What a rip off

[DOORBELL RINGS AGAIN]

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
Ohh! Okay, okay - shh!

PIZZA DELIVERY MAN: (spoken)
Pizza for Deetz

LYDIA: (spoken)
Hey, what’d you order?

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
Pepperoni, mushrooms and snakes!

PIZZA DELIVERY MAN: (spoken)
Snakes?

[DOORBELL RINGS AGAIN]

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
Ugh, holy moly, a lot of people come to this house, lights!

NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR: (spoken)
Hello?! New neighbors?!
I brought you a pie?! It's from the store! Oh I don’t see anything -- Aah!

BETELGEUSE: (spoken)
Hi there, ahahaha! Hey Lydia, check this out--
Dance break!

Lady, you're forgetting something!

NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR: (spoken)
My pie!

BETELGEUSE: OTHER BETELGEUSES:
Yes I hear that sound Yes, we do

LYDIA: OTHER BETELGEUSES:
That beautiful sound Yes, we do, it's beautiful

A sound that means
No more condescending adults
Hanging around

BETELGEUSE:
Every groan

BETELGEUSE & LYDIA:
Each wail and each moan
Adds up to Daddy's leavin’-

LYDIA: BETELGEUSES:
Me the hell alone!
Hey look at me hey We're looking at you girl
I'm finally free You're finally free girl
I was invisible She was invisible

ALL BETELGEUSES & LYDIA:
But now they all see

LYDIA:
They're out of my grill
Because of that

ALL BETELGEUSES & LYDIA:
Shrill symphony

Ain't it the
Sweetest noise around
That beautiful sound (That sound)
Sound (That sound)
Sound (That sound)
Sound

That beautiful sound
That beautiful sound
That beautiful sound

That beautiful sound