Beautiful

Beautiful is the first song of Act One of the musical, Heathers. The song sets the stage for what environment these characters have dwelled in for the last three years, which is the worst parts of high school to the extreme.

It also introduces us to our protagonist at an earlier point in time than the original movie as Veronica Sawyer is not ‘in’ with the Heathers. She gives the audience her goals to try and see the beautiful things in life and people despite their destructive personalities.

Lyrics
 [VERONICA]

September 1st, 1989

Dear Diary, I believe I'm a good person

You know, I think there's good in everyone

But, here we are

First day of senior year

And, uh, I look around at these kids I've known all my life and I ask myself,

"What happened?"

[COMPANY]

Freak! Slut! Burnout!

Bug eyes! Poser! Lard ass!

[VERONICA]

We were so tiny, happy, and shiny

Playing tag and getting chased

[COMPANY]

Freak! Slut! Loser! Short bus!

[VERONICA]

Singing and clapping

Laughing and napping

Baking cookies, eating paste

[COMPANY]

Bull dyke! Stuck up!

Hunchback!

[VERONICA]

Then we got bigger, that was the trigger

Like the Huns invading Rome

[PREPPY STUD]

Hooah!

[VERONICA]

Ugh!! Oh! Sorry.

Welcome to my school

This ain't no high school

This is the Thunder Dome

Hold your breath and count the days

We're graduating soon

[COMPANY]

White trash!

[VERONICA]

College will be paradise

If I'm not dead by June

But I know, I know

Life can be beautiful

I pray, I pray

For a better way

If we changed back then

We could change again

We can be beautiful

[BELEAGUERED GEEK]

Ow!

[VERONICA]

Just not today

Hey, are you okay?

[BELEAGUERED GEEK]

Get away, nerd!

[VERONICA]

Oh - okay

[COMPANY]

Freak! Slut! Cripple!

Homo! Homo! Homo!

[VERONICA]

Things will get better

As soon as my letter comes

From Harvard, Duke, or Brown

Away from this coma

Take my diploma

Then I can blow this town

Dream of ivy-covered walls

And smoky French cafés

[RAM]

Watch it!

[VERONICA]

Fight the urge to strike a match

And set this dump ablaze

[RAM]

Oooooops

[VERONICA]

Ram Sweeney

Third year as linebacker

And eighth year of smacking lunch trays

And being a huge dick

[RAM]

What did you say to me, skank?

[VERONICA]

Ahhhh! Nothing

[VERONICA & COMPANY]

But I know, I know (I know, I know)

Life can be beautiful (Beautiful)

I pray, I pray (I pray, I pray)

For a better way (For a better way)

We were kind before (Oooooh)

We can be kind once more (Oooooh)

We can be beautiful (Oooooooooh)

(Beautiful)

[VERONICA]

AAH! Hey, Martha!

[MARTHA]

Hey

[VERONICA]

Martha Dunnstock

My best friend since diapers

[MARTHA]

We on for movie night?

[VERONICA]

Yeah! You're on Jiffy Pop detail

[MARTHA]

I rented The Princess Bride

[VERONICA]

Ooooh, again?

Wait, don't you have it memorized by now?

[MARTHA]

What can I say?

I'm a sucker for a happy ending

[KURT]

Martha Dumptruck! Wide Load! Honk!

Hahaaaa!

[VERONICA]

Kurt Kelly, quarterback

He is the smartest guy on the football team

Which is kind of like being the tallest dwarf

[KURT]

Haha! Alright!!!

[VERONICA]

Hey! Pick that up! Right now!

[KURT]

I'm sorry, are you actually talking to me?

[VERONICA]

Yes, I am

I want to know what gives you the right to pick on my friend?

You're a high school has-been waiting to happen

A future gas station attendant

[KURT]

You have a zit right there

[COMPANY]

Hahahahahahahaha!

[VERONICA & COMPANY]

Dear Diary, Why? (Why do they hate me?)

(Why don't I fight back?)

(Why do I act like such a creep?)

Why? (Why won't he date me?)

(Why did I hit him?)

(Why do I cry myself to sleep?)

Why? (Somebody hug me)

(Somebody fix me)

(Somebody save me)

(Send me a sign, God)

(Get me some hope here)

(Something to live for)

[COMPANY]

Ahh, Heather, Heather, and Heather

[VERONICA]

And then there's the Heathers

They float above it all

[COMPANY]

I love Heather, Heather, and Heather

[VERONICA & COMPANY]

Heather McNamara (I hate)

Head cheerleader (Heather)

Her dad is loaded (Heather)

He sells engagement rings (and Heather)

Heather Duke (I want)

Runs the yearbook (Heather)

No discernible personality (Heather)

But her mom did pay for implants (and Heather)

And Heather Chandler (I need Heather)

The almighty (Heather)

She is a mythic bitch

[VERONICA]

They're solid Teflon

Never bothered, never harassed

I would give anything to be like that

[HIPSTER DORK]

I'd like to be their boyfriend

[COMPANY]

That would be beautiful

[STONER CHICK]

If I sat at their table, guys would notice me

[COMPANY]

So beautiful

[MARTHA]

I'd like them to be nice

[COMPANY]

That would be beautiful

[BELEAGUERED GEEK]

I'd like to kidnap a Heather and photograph her naked in an abandoned warehouse and leave her tied up for the rats

[HEATHER DUKE]

throws up

[HEATHER CHANDLER]

Grow up, Heather

Bulimia is so '87

[HEATHER MCNAMARA]

Maybe you should see a doctor, Heather

[HEATHER DUKE]

Yeah, Heather

Maybe I should

[PAULINE FLEMING]

Ah, Heather and Heather...

[HEATHER DUKE]

throws up again

[PAULINE FLEMING]

...and Heather

Perhaps you didn't hear the bell over all the vomiting

You're late for class

[HEATHER CHANDLER]

Heather wasn't feeling well, we're helping her

[PAULINE FLEMING]

Not without a hall pass, you're not

Weeks detention

[VERONICA]

Um, actually, Mrs. Fleming

All four of us are out on a hall pass

Yearbook committee

[PAULINE FLEMING]

I see you're all listed

Hurry up and get where you're going

[HEATHER CHANDLER]

This is an excellent forgery

Who are you?

[VERONICA]

Uh, Veronica Sawyer

I crave a boon

[HEATHER CHANDLER]

What boon?

[VERONICA]

Um, let me sit at your table at lunch, just once

No talking necessary

If people think that you guys tolerate me then they'll leave me alone

[ALL HEATHERS]

Hahahahahaha

[VERONICA]

Before you answer

I also do report cards, permission slips, and absence notes

[HEATHER DUKE]

How about prescriptions?

[HEATHER CHANDLER]

Shut up, Heather!

For a greasy little nobody, you do have good bone structure

[HEATHER MCNAMARA]

And a symmetrical face

If I took a meat cleaver down the center of your skull

I'd have matching halves

That's very important

[HEATHER DUKE]

Of course you could stand to lose a few pounds

[HEATHER CHANDLER]

And you know, you know, you know

This could be beautiful

Mascara, maybe some lip gloss, and we're on our way

Get this girl some blush

And Heather, I need your brush

Let's make her beautiful

[HEATHER DUKE]

Let's make her beautiful

[HEATHER MCNAMARA]

Let's make her beautiful

[HEATHER CHANDLER]

Make her beautiful

Okay?

[VERONICA]

Okay!

[KURT]

Out of my way, geek

[BELEAGUERED GEEK]

I don't want trouble

[RAM]

You're gonna die at 3 pm

[YOUNG REPUBLICANETTE]

Don't you dare touch me

Get away pervert

[BELEAGUERED GEEK]

What did I ever do to them?

[COMPANY]

who could survive this?

I can't escape this

I think I'm dying

[PAULINE FLEMING]

Who's that with Heather?

[COMPANY]

Woah

Heather, Heather, Heather, and someone

Heather, Heather, Heather, and a babe

Heather, Heather, Heather

[MARTHA]

Veronica?

[COMPANY]

Veronica, Veronica, Veronica!

[VERONICA & COMPANY]

And you know, you know, you know (Oooooh)

Life can be beautiful (Beautiful)

You hope, you dream, you pray(Oooooh)

And you get your way

Ask me how it fells lookin' like hell on wheels (Beautiful)

My God, it's beautiful (Beautiful)

I might be beautiful (Beautiful)

And when you're beautiful (Ahhhhhhhh)

[VERONICA]

It's a beautiful freakin' day!

[COMPANY]

Heather, Heather, Heather, Veronica

Heather, Heather, Heather, Veronica

Veronica, Veronica, Veronica, Veronicaaaaaaaaa!