Whatever It Takes
from Teaching a Robot to Love (Original Cast Recording) by The Doubleclicks
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He said “it can be done,” that means we can do it.
He is the boss and he’s there for a reason.
We’ve already won, if we only stick to it,
Like wearing the right lipstick shade for your season.
Somewhere in these books, somewhere if we keep working,
Will be the right turn, the turn that we’ll make.
There’s never been a call that I couldn’t answer.
And I’m gonna do it, whatever it takes.
Since I was a girl, I knew what was fated—
My sister’s a genius, but I have to grind.
I’m faster, I’ll always work harder to master
Any new challenge that I can find.
From straight A’s to team sports and reading of Gladwell,
I’ve learned winning’s something you earn, you don’t fake.
This is my chance to be my own hero,
And I’m grabbing my future, whatever it takes.
Winning’s all that makes sense to me—
Where I come from, people are a mystery.
So content on being the same,
Mother and father and the baseball game,
Living in peace with no fanfare.
And if I don’t get this job I have to go back there.
If I don’t win now, my dream stops.
Yeah, there are casualties on the way to the top.
I’m not going home, I’m going right to the top!
My sister and I are the first ones to wander.
It’s win this or fail—those are my stakes.
I don’t have a moment left I can squander.
I’m grabbing my future, whatever it takes.
I’m grabbing my future,
Whatever it takes!
He said “it can be done,” that means we can do it.
He is the boss and he’s there for a reason.
We’ve already won, if we only stick to it,
Like wearing the right lipstick shade for your season.
Somewhere in these books, somewhere if we keep working,
Will be the right turn, the turn that we’ll make.
There’s never been a call that I couldn’t answer.
And I’m gonna do it, whatever it takes.
Since I was a girl, I knew what was fated—
My sister’s a genius, but I have to grind.
I’m faster, I’ll always work harder to master
Any new challenge that I can find.
From straight A’s to team sports and reading of Gladwell,
I’ve learned winning’s something you earn, you don’t fake.
This is my chance to be my own hero,
And I’m grabbing my future, whatever it takes.
Winning’s all that makes sense to me—
Where I come from, people are a mystery.
So content on being the same,
Mother and father and the baseball game,
Living in peace with no fanfare.
And if I don’t get this job I have to go back there.
If I don’t win now, my dream stops.
Yeah, there are casualties on the way to the top.
I’m not going home, I’m going right to the top!
My sister and I are the first ones to wander.
It’s win this or fail—those are my stakes.
I don’t have a moment left I can squander.
I’m grabbing my future, whatever it takes.
I’m grabbing my future,
Whatever it takes!
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from Teaching a Robot to Love (Original Cast Recording),
released November 19, 2021
Bonnie Gordon, The Doubleclicks
Bonnie Gordon, The Doubleclicks
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The Doubleclicks Portland, Oregon
The Doubleclicks - Laser Malena-Webber and Aubrey Turner, also known as musical duo the Doubleclicks write songs about dinosaurs, cats, anxiety, and queer feelings on the cello and guitar, and welcome you to imagine the name of that genre. Their latest project is a musical, "Teaching a Robot to Love," which is a sci-fi story about the trans experience. ... more
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