Chords for Young Stephanie Mills Preparing for The Wiz (Age 19)

[Bb] It's bright and early in the morning in Mount Vernon, New York 19 year old Stephanie Mills is up and raring to go
_ _ _ Stephanie jogs to keep in shape for her long run in the Broadway hit the Wiz where she plays Dorothy _ _ _
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Dorothy is a little girl that could be any any little girl and then when she goes through are she becomes pretty and she becomes
very popular because the scarecrow and the Tin Man and the lion depend on her and
That's a that's a lot like myself because I have a lot of people depending on me.
My mother depends on me a lot
It's like my life is somewhat planned for me where my career is going and what show I'm gonna do next and even I think
To what type of man they would want me to marry that's all planned
You know what?
I'm saying?
I feel that it's a lot of pressure on me to live up to their standard.
I
Get facials because I wear so much makeup eight times a week and it's like seeks into your skin
[Bb] _ _ And I get a body massage because I dance so much and my I have bad knees and I'm getting a hole
And my back because I do a back
And _ _ _ _ then I take exercise classes to firm up my legs and stuff because I have big thighs
You know, I guess it's good as a dancer because it's muscle and it's solid but I still have to keep my weight down awful
Stephanie Mills goes through this ordeal every night, but she thinks it's worth it to star in a play based on The Wizard of Oz _
_ _ I met her one night just before [Bbm] showtime _
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_ _ _ _ _ is my _
_ _ Six and I change every fresh dress every show now the scarecrow
It's new store
His is made out of
Raffia a raffia.
This is the Wiz here right here.
Yeah, but the star _ _
This _ is the tin man's costume and this is made out of fiberglass
Could you imagine somebody wearing this like it's all and then he has this big tin
Can like over him that looks just like a garbage can now.
This is the Lions man
He wears this with his costume
_ _ _ You know _ the favorite my favorite song is singing to the lion
_ _ There is a place we'll go then down where there is mostly quiet
Flowers and butterflies _ _ _ _ _ _
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A summer storm I can feel the coolness in the air
but I
And _ then a mighty roar
_ [Bbm] Long _ before she came to Broadway to star in The Wiz Stephanie was getting her voice in shape
When she was a small child, she answered her mother by singing by the time she was 7
She attracted crowds by her imitation of Diana Ross leading the Supremes _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Today
Stephanie owns the 27 room house her family lives in and her mother doesn't have to work anymore
You might say that somewhere over the rainbow Stephanie Mills found her pot of gold in The Wiz
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