What You Want

[Elle]
Wait a sec-
This is the kind of girl Warner wants!
Someone serious
Someone lawyerly
Someone who wears black when nobodie's dead
Girls I have a completely brilliant plan!

[Elle]
What you want, Warner
What you want is me
But you need to see me in a brand new domain
Well it's plain, Warner
In a different setting, you will see your getting
All of this plus a brain!

I'll meet you there at Harvard with a book in my hand
Big, sturdy book
Big, wordy book
Full of words I'll understand
And right there is where you'll see it too
Warner, what you want is right in front of you!

[All]
What you want

[Elle]
It's clear

[All]
What you want

[Elle]
Right here

[All]
What you want is right in front of you, front of you
What you want

[Elle]
It's clear

[All]
What you want

[Elle]
Right here

[All]
What you want is right in front of you, front of you

[Elle]
Step 1 he's off to Harvard law
So I get in there too

[Delta Nu Girls]
Step 2

[Elle]
Make him reassess
Impress him with my high IQ

[Delta Nu Girls]
Step 3

[Elle]
We throw a great, big wedding

[All]
And invite all Delta Nu!

[Kate]
That's great. Nice plan
Now can we think this through?
(Spoken) Harvard law school?

[Elle]
I have a 4. 0 average

[Kate]
Yeah, in fashion merchandising
What makes you think you can do this?

[Elle]
Love
I'm doing this for love
And love will see me through
Yes, with love on my side I can't lose
And Harvard can't refuse
A love so pure and true
Don't lawyers feel love too?

[Kate]
Even if they do
What you want sweetheart is no easy thing
If you're going to swing it it will wreck your senior spring
Yes it's true
First you'll need an LSAT score of more than 174
So no more parties for you
You'll need a killer essay
Or do not even hope
And glowing letters from your betters
Any chance you know the pope?

[Elle]
Oh, no

[Kate]
Too bad
Cause that would be a coup
And you got a lot of work in front of you

[All]
What you want

[Elle]
Yes I know

[All]
What you want

[Elle]
Even so

[All]
What you want is right in front of you, front of you
What you want

[Delta Nu Girls]
Girl you go!

[All]
What you want

[Kate]
No really go

[All]
What you want is right in front of you, in front of you

[Dad]
Law school?

[Elle]
Yes daddy, law school

[Dad]
God why law school is for boring, ugly, serious people
And you button are none of those things
(Sung) what you want button
Hey you just say the word
But what you wants absurd
And costs a whole of of smack
And hell why button
When you can stay right here
Pursue a film career

[Mom]
How about a nice Birkin bag?

[Dad]
Yes, the east coast is foreign
There's no film studios
It's cold and dark
No valet parking
All the girls have different noses
Christ, button its like the damned frontier

[Mom and Dad]
Tell me whats out there that you can't get right here

[Elle]
Guys, Love!

[Mom and Dad]
Love?

[Elle]
I'm going there for love
A love I have to win
I can live without sun or valet
I can't just walk away
Betray what might have been

[Dad]
Fine, ok
I'll pay your way if you get in

[All]
What you want

[Mom and Dad]
Make the grades

[All]
What you want

[Mom and Dad]
And it's payed

[All]
What you want is right in front of you, front of you

[Margot]
Hey everybody it's spring fling beer bash extreme!

[Boys]
Extreme!

[Kate]
Not for you
Time to study
Go

[Margot]
This year's theme Jamaican me crazy!

[Reggae]
What you want, you wanna be out because the Sun she warm
What you want, you wanna be study stuck inside your dorm
What you want, you wanna be partying with us all night long
What you want, you wanna be strong

[All]
Be strong

[Kate]
134 not good enough, try again, go

[Reggae]
What you want, you wanna be grooving bump and shake the room
What you want, you wanna be proving something and to whom
What you want, you wanna be wondering where your youth is gone
What you want, you wanna hold on

[Kate]
Hold on, 151 still not Harvard material
Once again Go

[Elle]
Love (what you want, you wanna be)
I'm doing this for love (breathin' in the healthy air)
And that's how I'll survive (what you want, you wanna be chasin' him and he don't care)
Here you go (what you want, you wanna ignore the pity in their looks)
I said no go away (sorry, gotta hit me books)
Right here is where I'll stay (what you want, you wanna be sittin' like a lonely child)
Until that happy day (what you want, you wanna be drivin' all the fellas wild)
That day I hear him say (what you want, you wanna be fellin' good to be alive)

[Kate]
175!

[All]
175!

[Elle]
175?

[All]
175, 175!

[Professor 1]
So gentlemen, Harvard law grants admission to Adam Cohen
And Sundeep Padomadon (outstanding)
And now miss Elle Woods
Who was kind enough to send in a
Head shot

[Professor 2]
We should admit her
For reasons of um

[Professor 3]
Multiculturalism

[Professor 2]
Multiculturalism

[Professor 1]
Oh gentlemen, please get a hold of yourselves
Oh look at that, oh what a shame
She didn't bother sending in a personal essay

[Pilar]
How's this for a personal essay?!

[All]
What you want

[Professor #2]
Goodness me!

[All]
What you want

[Professor #1]
Security!

[All]
What you want is right in

[Professor 1]
Who are you?

[Elle]
I'm what you want
Harvard, I'm the girl for you
And to prove it's true
We all flew here on Jet blue

[All]
Thank you!

[Pilot]
Thank you!

[Ensemble]
This is what Elle woods inspires
In everyone admires her
And Harvard should too

[Professor 1]
This is not a personal essay!

[Elle and Ensemble]
Nope, an essay’s so boring and so much does not fit
So we’re appearing live right here
Making clear you must admit
That Elle woods should join the chosen few
Harvard, what you want is right in front of (cheer team breaks into dance)

And now some legal jargon!
[Elle]
Exhibit A!
Time for my cross!
I object!
May I approach!

[All]
Uh huh, oh, yeah, go Elle, ho!

[Professor 1]
(Blows whistle loudly and dance team stops)
Now see here Ms. Woods
You can’t just barge in here with singing
And dancing, and ethnic movement!
This is a very flashy presentation, but I still don’t see one reason to admit you!

[Elle]
How about love?
You ever been in love?
‘Cause if you have you’ll know
That Love never accepts a defeat
No challenge it can’t meet
No place it cannot go!
Don’t say no to a women in love!
Don’t laugh when I say love!
Don’t think that I’m naive!
‘Because even a person who’s smart
Can listen to their heart
Can listen and believe (Dancers in back waving flags and swaying)
So believe in what love can achieve
Do you Believe?

[Professor 2]
I Do!

[Elle]
Do you believe?

[Professor 3]
Me too!

[Ensemble]
Yes we believe in love how 'bout you

[Professor 1]
Welcome to Harvard!

[Ensemble]
What you want
Now we're set
What you want
Let's go get

[Ensemble]
What you want is right in front of you front of you
What you want
Now we're done
What you want
With step one

[Ensemble]
What you want is right in front of you front of you!
What you want
What you want
What you want
What you want!