How to Survive At Runway

[EMILY, spoken]

Oh my god!

[EMILY, sung]

My parents back in Surrey used

To worry for my health

They′d say, "Emily, you need to breathe, my dear"

I'm slightly tightly wound

It′s tough in life and love, I've found

But at Runway, it's the reason I′m still here

I′m finally number one

I'm rather proud of how I′ve done

Because I'm in it every minute, all the way

You want weekends? Vacations?

Do you hate your occupations?

It′s a privilege to burn out here every day

[EMILY (Chorus)]

How to survive at Runway

How to keep your head

Anticipate the chaos and never let it spread

How to survive at Runway

You clear Miranda's bar

And you don′t let a new girl ruin you

Not when you've come this far

At Runway, Runway, Runway

Bloody time!

[ANDY, spoken]

Emily, I am so sorry

I didn't realize that you wanted-

[EMILY, spoken]

Please, stop talking!

[EMILY, sung]

You′re an hour late already

Write down everything I say

I′m hearing this and I want this

Just smile and nod

[ANDY, spoken]

What do I-

[EMILY, spoken]

Nod!

[NIGEL, spoken]

Miranda needs the lookbook back from Dolce and Gabbana

[ANDY, spoken]

Uhm, how do you spell 'Gabbana'?

[EMILY, spoken]

Oh my god!

Go get your phone

[EMILY, sung]

I can't begin to reason

What Miranda sees in her

But now I have to train

This tiny tweedy slob

That′s eight assistants gone

And if this latest can't hold on

I bloody love my job, I love my job

I love my job, I love my job

[EMILY (Chorus)]

How to survive at Runway

How to find your feet

Eat, sleep, and breathe the job

Except don′t sleep or eat

How to survive at Runway

Which again, you've never read?

She′ll skin me alive if you don't survive

And then we'll both be dead

At Runway, Runway, Runway

Though your odds are nonexistent

If you do survive, you learn

The rewards make every sacrifice feel small

Now I′m the first assistant

Which I worked for years to earn

So at last I get the best of all this fall

[EMILY, EMILY & ENSEMBLE, ENSEMBLE]

Paris, Paris

I finally get to go to Paris

Seated by Miranda′s side

For Paris Fashion Week (Ooh)

The shows, the clothes

Ce sera magnifique

Paris, I'll be the perfect me in Paris

As I float in haute couture from head to heel (Ooh)

The views, the shoes

Nothing tastes as good as Paris is gonna feel

[EMILY, ENSEMBLE(Chorus)]

Barely alive at Runway

But you must make it through

If you screw Paris up for me

I will murder you

Finally work at Runway

So as soon as you arrive

You better commit your life to it

That′s how you survive

At Runway

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That's how you survive at Runway

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