Released: June 10, 2018
[JOSH]
Broadway folk can't get hurt
Can't feel anything, if you want to work
You'll push it down, you'll push it down
[SARA]
Never out, never sick, don't stop
No holiday meals from your mom's stovetop
You'll see your friends again
When the contract ends
[JOSH]
One, two, three, four
Five, six, seven, I
[SARA]
Count the shows again
This can't be right
[JOSH]
One, two, three, four
Five, six, seven
[SARA]
Who designed this schedule
Without a weekend?
I've gotta sing this thing eight times a week
Sing it eight times a week
[JOSH]
I want to scream, but I really can't speak
I'm on vocal rest all week
[JOSH & SARA]
Who in their right mind would schedule the plays
To be twice in a day?
[SARA]
I've gotta sing this thing eight times a week
Sing it eight times a week
I'm holding on for dear life
[JOSH]
Someone check on my kids and my wife
[SARA]
Oh dear Broadway, you're out of my league
[JOSH & SARA]
Why the hell is this eight times a week?
Broadway folk can't get hurt
Can't feel anything, if you want to work
You'll push it down, you'll push it down
[SARA]
Never out, never sick, don't stop
No holiday meals from your mom's stovetop
You'll see your friends again
When the contract ends
[JOSH]
One, two, three, four
Five, six, seven, I
[SARA]
Count the shows again
This can't be right
[JOSH]
One, two, three, four
Five, six, seven
[SARA]
Who designed this schedule
Without a weekend?
I've gotta sing this thing eight times a week
Sing it eight times a week
[JOSH]
I want to scream, but I really can't speak
I'm on vocal rest all week
[JOSH & SARA]
Who in their right mind would schedule the plays
To be twice in a day?
[SARA]
I've gotta sing this thing eight times a week
Sing it eight times a week
I'm holding on for dear life
[JOSH]
Someone check on my kids and my wife
[SARA]
Oh dear Broadway, you're out of my league
[JOSH & SARA]
Why the hell is this eight times a week?
more tracks from the album
Tony Award Numbers
- Tony Awards 2011 Closing Song
- Bigger (Tony Awards 2013 Opening Song)
- New York (Tony Awards 2013 Closing Song)
- Ode to James Corden (Tony Awards 2016)
- This One’s For You (2018 Tony Awards Opening Number)
- 8 Times a Week (2018 Tony Awards)
- This One’s For You Reprise (2018 Tony Awards Closing Number)
- James In The Bathroom (2019 Tony Awards)
From the album
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