The Contest

Song The Contest
Artist Stephen Sondheim
Album Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2005 Broadway Revival Cast - With New Orchestrations by Sarah Travis)

Lyrics

[00:02.275] Pirelli: To shave the face
[00:04.652] To pull the tooth
[00:07.012] Require the grace
[00:09.636] And not the brute
[00:12.009] For if you slip
[00:14.093] You nick the skin
[00:15.120] You clip the chin
[00:16.436] You rip the lip a bit
[00:17.726] And that′s the truth
[00:24.206] To shave the face
[00:26.803] Or even a part
[00:28.912] Without it smart
[00:31.520] Require the heart
[00:37.543] It take the art
[00:39.628] I show you a chart
[00:41.987] I study, starting in my youth
[00:50.123] To cut the hair
[00:53.263] To trim the beard
[00:55.811] To make the bristle clean like a whistle
[01:00.763] This is from early infancy
[01:03.096] The talent give to me by God
[01:14.370] It take the skill
[01:16.921] It take the brains
[01:18.984] It take the will
[01:21.344] To take the pains
[01:24.438] It take the pace
[01:27.330] It take the grace
[01:35.726] Beadle, spoken: The winner is Todd
[01:38.527] Pirelli, spoken: Sir, I bow to a skill far defter than my own
[01:45.902] Beadle, spoken: Mr. Todd, strange, Sir
[01:49.041] Seems your face is known to me
[01:50.613] Mrs. Lovett, spoken: Him? That's a laugh
[01:52.693] Him being me uncle′s cousin
[01:54.513] And arrived from Birmingham only yesterday
[01:57.124] Todd, spoken: And yet already I have heard Beadle Bamford
[02:00.756] Spoken of with great respect
[02:03.382] Beadle, spoken: Well Sir, I try my best for my neighbours, in Fleet Street? Above your pie shop, ma'am?
[02:09.677] Mrs. Lovett, spoken: That's it, Sir
[02:10.716] Beadle, spoken: Then Mr. Todd, you shall surely see me there before the week is out.
[02:14.856] Todd, spoken: You will be welcome, Beadle Bamford
[02:17.470] And I guarantee to give you, without a penny′s charge
[02:21.857] The closest shave you will ever know

Pinyin

[00:02.275] Pirelli: To shave the face
[00:04.652] To pull the tooth
[00:07.012] Require the grace
[00:09.636] And not the brute
[00:12.009] For if you slip
[00:14.093] You nick the skin
[00:15.120] You clip the chin
[00:16.436] You rip the lip a bit
[00:17.726] And that s the truth
[00:24.206] To shave the face
[00:26.803] Or even a part
[00:28.912] Without it smart
[00:31.520] Require the heart
[00:37.543] It take the art
[00:39.628] I show you a chart
[00:41.987] I study, starting in my youth
[00:50.123] To cut the hair
[00:53.263] To trim the beard
[00:55.811] To make the bristle clean like a whistle
[01:00.763] This is from early infancy
[01:03.096] The talent give to me by God
[01:14.370] It take the skill
[01:16.921] It take the brains
[01:18.984] It take the will
[01:21.344] To take the pains
[01:24.438] It take the pace
[01:27.330] It take the grace
[01:35.726] Beadle, spoken: The winner is Todd
[01:38.527] Pirelli, spoken: Sir, I bow to a skill far defter than my own
[01:45.902] Beadle, spoken: Mr. Todd, strange, Sir
[01:49.041] Seems your face is known to me
[01:50.613] Mrs. Lovett, spoken: Him? That' s a laugh
[01:52.693] Him being me uncle s cousin
[01:54.513] And arrived from Birmingham only yesterday
[01:57.124] Todd, spoken: And yet already I have heard Beadle Bamford
[02:00.756] Spoken of with great respect
[02:03.382] Beadle, spoken: Well Sir, I try my best for my neighbours, in Fleet Street? Above your pie shop, ma' am?
[02:09.677] Mrs. Lovett, spoken: That' s it, Sir
[02:10.716] Beadle, spoken: Then Mr. Todd, you shall surely see me there before the week is out.
[02:14.856] Todd, spoken: You will be welcome, Beadle Bamford
[02:17.470] And I guarantee to give you, without a penny s charge
[02:21.857] The closest shave you will ever know