Fabulous, Baby! is a song featured in the musical adaptation of Sister Act where Deloris fantasies about the life she dreams of after deciding to leave her boyfriend, Curtis, and pursue stardom on her own terms.
Deloris reprises the song in Act 2 where she prepares to leave after her cover at the convent is blown. However, she is conflicted with her desire for fame and to go be there for her new friends. It is immediately followed by "Sister Act".
Eddie's solo in the reprise is cut from the soundtrack album.
Lyrics[]
Deloris: Look at my style, could it be more glam?
Look at my look, can you say, hot damn?
Look, an' at once, you know what I am
Me, I'm fabulous baby!
(Spoken)
KT: There she goes, fantamasizin' again.
Larosa: Baby, whatever you sniffin', I want me some.
(Sung)
Deloris: Look at my moves, don't they blow your mind?
Drama, and talent, and sex - combined!
Hell, you could tell even if you're blind!
See? I'm fabulous, baby!
I'm meant to be where the spotlight shines!
Born to be on display!
Built to be dressed to the ninety-nines,
And ready to stand and say - hey.
Look at me!
Can'tcha see,
I'm fabulous, baby!
Look right here,
Ain't it clear,
Where I'm heading to?
And look at the time -
Honey, I can't stay!
Look while you can,
'Cause I'm on my way!
Me, I'm fabulous baby.
I got fabulous things to do!
(Spoken)
KT: Where you goin'?
Deloris: Wherever it's happenin'!
New York, Vegas, Pittsburgh!
Larosa: Oh now we're talking' big-time.
KT: Hello, Pittsburgh, I'm Deloris Van Cartier!
(Sung)
Look at my boobs,
Larosa: At my clothes,
KT: My hair!
Larosa: Look what's up here...
KT: And then look back there.
KT & Larosa: Look all you want,
I got lots to spare!
Deloris: Just stand back and clear the track!
'Cause look at me!
Can'tcha see
KT & Larosa: I'm fabulous, baby!
(so fabulous, baby!)
Deloris: Check me out!
Ain't no doubt,
Where this girl is bound!
So joke all ya want,
Go ahead and laugh.
One day you'll beg for my autograph!
Oh, I'm fabulous, baby!
KT & Larosa: So damn fabulous, baby!
All: Can'tcha see me lit up on a stage
As the cameras adore me! (ah!)
Can'tcha see me out walkin' red carpets - or doin' TV? (Ooo!)
Can'tcha see all my millions of fans
Screamin' desperately for me?
(d-e-l-o-r-i-s!)
I'm a diva, a goddess,
A star on the brink!
A house-rocking vision
In hot shocking pink!
A party! A riot!
The whole kitchen sink!
It's time for the world to find out,
Don'tcha think? Wo-ho-ho
Look at me,
Can'tcha see!
KT/Larosa: She's fabulous, baby!
Deloris: Yeah, I'm fabulous, baby!
Feast your eyes,
Can't disguise
My star quality!
So laugh all you want,
I won't be denied.
What I have got is too hot to hide!
I am fabulous, baby!
So damn fabulous, baby!
I'll do fabulous, guarantee!
I'll be fabulous, baby,
Fresh, free, fabulous, baby!
Fine and fabulous,
Wait and see!
Deloris: I've been hearing 'Shut Up" and "Sit Down'
Since first grade at St' Mary's
All those nasty ol' nuns
Saying what I can't be
Then producers, promoters club owners-
The jive never varies
I'm too this, I'm too that,
I'm too much, I'm not quite
I'm too loud, too demanding,
Too wrong, too not right
Well, too bad if they think
I should stay out of sight.
Honey, open your eyes-
Lemme show you the light!
Look at my style, could it be more glam?
Look at my look, can you say, hot damn?
Look, an' at once, you know what I am
Me, I'm fabulous baby!
Look at my moves, don't they blow your mind?
Drama, and talent, and sex - combined!
Hell, you could tell even if you're blind!
See? I'm fabulous, baby!
I'm meant to be where the spotlight shines!
Born to be on display!
Built to be dressed to the ninety-nines,
And ready to stand and say - hey.
Look at me!
Can'tcha see,
I'm fabulous, baby!
Michelle/Tina: So fabulous, baby!
Deloris: Look right here,
Ain't it clear,
Where I'm heading to?
And look at the time -
Honey, I can't stay!
Look while you can,
'Cause I'm on my way!
Me, I'm fabulous baby.
I got fabulous things to do!
Michelle/Tina: Yeah! Right! Sure!
Look Atcha!
You're so fabulous, baby!
Deloris: I'm so fabulous, baby!
Tina: Broke-
Michelle: Unknown-
Tina: Chances blown-
Michelle/Tina: No doubt, girl-You're too faboo
Deloris: So joke all ya want, go ahead and laugh.
One day you'll beg for my autograph!
Oh, I'm fabulous, baby!
Michelle/Tina: So damn fabulous, baby!
Deloris: Can'tcha see me lit up on the stage
As the cameras adore me!
Can'tcha see me out walkin' red carpets
Or doin' TV?
(Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah)
Can'tcha see all my millions or fans
Screamin' desp'rately for me?
(Oooh, oooh, oooh)
I'm a diva, a goddess (D-E-L-O-R-I-S)
A star on the
Brink! (Oh)
A house-rocking vision
In hot shocking
Pink! (Ah)
A party! A riot!
The whole kitchen sink!
It's time for the world to find out,
Don'tcha think?
oh-oh-oh
Look at me,
Can'tcha see?
Michelle/Tina: She's fabulous baby!
Deloris: Yeah, I'm fabulous baby
Feast your eyes,
Can't disguise
My star quality!
So laugh all you want,
I won't be denied.
What I have got is too hot to hide!
I'll be fabulous, baby,
So damn fabulous, baby!
Fine and fabulous,
Wait and see!
Eddie: Look how your smile makes the room ignite,
Look how your voice sets the world alright,
Look in my eyes, and you'll know I'm right
Look at you-
Through and through-
You're fabulous, baby!
'Cause with or without all those singin' nuns
You're gonna shine like a million suns
You'll be fabulous baby
Fine and fabulous baby
You're my fabulous baby
[...]
Deloris: Gonna walk out that courthouse
And find me a nightclub to sing at.
(And none of this downtown disco. Some place classy.)
Gonna get me an agent,
The money the fame the whole deal,
(And this time ain't nothing stopping me)
Gonna knock the world out,
And there ain't any fence I won't swing at.
I'm tomorrow sensation,
The new disco queen,
The next double deckered,
Hit record machine.
A bomb shell-to-be
Like the world's never seen.
And, no, I won't miss
That whole sister routine!
(Ladies and gentlemen, get ready! Deloris Van Cartier is back!)
Look at my star
Risin' right on cue!
Look at my dreams
As the all come true!
Look at me now,
Baby, dig that view!
(Lights! Glitter! Glamour!)
Look at my act, baby! Ain'tcha wowed?
Everything goes, and it's all allowed!
I'm back in business with my own crowd!
(Backups! Dancers! And of course my fans! C'mon, people! Lemme feel the love!)
Look at me!
Can'tcha see -
Backups: She's fabulous baby!
Deloris: I'm fabulous baby!
Check me out!
Ain't no doubt
Where this girl should go!
Backups: No no no!
Deloris: So don't hold me back,
'Cause I'm good as gone. (Ooooh)
Straight down the track,
Honey, movin' on! (Movin' on)
Me I'm fabulous baby!
Much too fabulous to...
Nuns: Ave maria, ave maria,
Gratia ple..
Deloris: No!
Backups: D-e-l-o-r-i-s.
D-e-l-o-r-i-s.
D-e-l-o-r-i-s.
(Spoken)
Deloris:
I can't go back. Curtis'll find me there.
I gotta testify tomorrow, put him away,
And and get on with my life.
Yeah!
(Sung)
Backups: Yes, yes, yes!
Deloris: Look at my look, ain't I lookin' good?
Look out, Manhattan and Hollywood!
Look, I'm at last doin' what I should!
Nuns: Salve regina, mater misericordiale,
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra salve.
(Spoken)
Deloris: I gotta go back, and even shank ain't crazy enough to shoot me in front of no pope.
My girls need me.
(Sung)
Backups: You're fabulous, fabulous,
Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous!
Deloris: Gotta get to a place
Where for once I can say I succeeded!
Backups: D-e-l-o-r-i-s!
Deloris: Gotta get to a place
Where at last I can feel I belong
Nuns: De profundis clamavi!
Deloris: Gotta get to a place
Where at last I'll be loved and be needed!
Nuns: Look at me!
Deloris: Stop.
Backups: Look at me!
Deloris: No.
Nuns: Look at me!
Deloris: Please...
Backups: Look at me!
Deloris: Just, let me be
Backups: Look at me!
Backups & Nuns: Look at me! Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me!
Look! Look! Look! Look!
Deloris: Stop!
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