The I Love You Song - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

From the 2005 Original Broadway Cast Recording.
Featuring Derrick Baskin, Lisa Howard and Celia Keenan-Bolger.
Music and Lyrics by William Finn.

Opened: May 2, 2005
Closed: Jan 20, 2008
Total Performances: 1136


Lyrics -

MR. PANCH (spoken)
Miss Ostrovsky. Chimerical

OLIVE (spoken)
May I have a definition?

MR. PANCH (spoken, voice fading out)
It means unreal, magical, visionary, wildly fanciful, highly unrealistic

OLIVE'S MOM
Ooooooooh
Ooooooooh

OLIVE
If I go to Washington
Will I be on my own?
Because if I go to Washington

OLIVE'S MOM
Aaaaaaaah

OLIVE
Who will be my chaperone?

OLIVE'S MOM
We always knew you were a winner
We saw it when you smiled
Start from the beginning
When you were a beginner
You were the perfect child
We always knew
We always knew
You were a champion
You sadness filled my room
Dear if you should feel my gloom
Blame it on me
Blame it on your Daddalee and Mammalee
'Cause depression runs in our family

I love you
I love you
I love everything about you dear
And I swear it's true
I love you

OLIVE'S DAD
I love you

OLIVE
And my dad says

OLIVE'S DAD, OLIVE'S MOM
I love you
I love everything about you [DAD: baby, MOM: babe]
And baby it's true
I love you

OLIVE
I wrote you a letter
How I found the spelling bee such fun
Mama, Mama, Mama
But you didn't react
And you never asked me
If I'd join you in the Bombay sun
Mama, Mama, Mama
I had quietly packed
When are you returning?
I know we agreed
Tell me what you're learning
Ma, I have, Oh God, this need
I think Dad is angry, Ma
And I do not know what to do
Mama, Mama, Mama
Shanti Shanti and Om
I think he takes out on me
What he wants to take out on you
Mama, Mama, Mama
How I wish you were home
How I wish you were home
How I wish you were
Wish you were home

OLIVE'S MOM, OLIVE'S DAD
We always knew you were a winner

OLIVE
How I wish you were home

OLIVE'S MOM
A bathing beauty, you

OLIVE (overlapping Olive's Mom)
How I wish you were
How I wish you were home

OLIVE'S DAD
God, we love the way you grew
Since you were born

OLIVE (overlapping Olive's Dad)
How I wish you were
How I wish you were home

OLIVE'S MOM
Olive, we couldn't be prouder

OLIVE
Mama, Mama, Mama
How I wish you were home

OLIVE'S MOM, OLIVE'S DAD (overlapping Olive)
Please let me say it
One time louder

OLIVE'S MOM, OLIVE'S DAD
I love you
I love you
I love everything about you [DAD: baby, MOM: dear]

OLIVE'S MOM
And I swear

OLIVE'S DAD
Baby

OLIVE'S MOM, OLIVE'S DAD
It's true
I love you

OLIVE
Mama

OLIVE, OLIVE'S MOM, OLIVE'S DAD
I love you

OLIVE
I love you, Mama

OLIVE, OLIVE'S MOM, OLIVE'S DAD
I love you

OLIVE'S MOM, OLIVE'S DAD
I love everything about you [DAD: baby, MOM: dear]

OLIVE (overlapping Olive's Mom, Olive's Dad)
Mama
Mama

OLIVE'S MOM
And I swear

OLIVE'S DAD
Baby

OLIVE'S MOM, OLIVE'S DAD
It's true
I love

OLIVE (spoken)
Chimerical. C-h-i-m-e-r-i-c-a-l. Highly unrealistic, wildly fanciful.

MR. PANCH (spoken)
That is correct.

OLIVE, OLIVE'S MOM, OLIVE'S DAD
I love you

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[MaskedGorbachev]

Finally, the actual recording and not a fan-made vid. :)

[loserninjax3]

Love. This. Musical. <3

[r0sebud91]

I just got cast as Miss Peretti and I'm soooooooo excited to sing this :D

[hiworlditsrose]

you dont know how much i listen to this song. its crazy. BEST SONG EVER.

[yodaya70]

@wolfwinds123 I hope it gets better

[megsigoo11]

@wolfwinds123 dont worry girlie! i went through this, and it gets better. i know it sucks but hold on! youve got to.

[EriksPunjabGirl]

I just got Olive's Mom! :D

[billy17716]

All 100 likes are by people playing Olive, apparently.

[tinkerbell380]

Alto olives for the win!

[MadisonBryanna72]

I got the part of Rona, and I am an alto. Oh goodness.

[AnnieGrace07]

I'm doing this play now at my school and i'm Olive! i'm so excited for it and im obsessed with the music<3!

[therussianspy112]

I was Olive in this show last year, I was close with the girl who played my mom and she left my school, I was tearing up singing this with her... I miss this show and my Mama<3

also... isn't it ironic that Olive has the I love you song since when you switch the first two vowels in Olive it spells I love. xD