Today 4 U is a song from RENT, sung mainly by Angel Dumott Schunard and accompanied by Tom Collins, Mark Cohen and Roger Davis. This song is about Angel's story killing an Akita dog (Evita) for money and how she met Collins.
Lyrics (Movie Version)[]
Collins
Gentlemen, our benefactor on this Christmas Day
Whose charity is only matched by talent, I must say
A new member of the Alphabet City Avant-garde
Angel Dumott Schunard!
Angel
Today for you, tomorrow for me
Today for you, tomorrow for me
Collins
And you should hear her beat!
Mark
You earned this on the street?
Angel
It was my lucky day today on Avenue A
When a lady in a Limousine drove my way
She said, "Dahling, be a dear, haven't slept in a year
I need your help to make my neighbor's yappy dog disappear
This Akita-Evita just won't shut up
I believe if you play nonstop that pup
Will breathe its very last high strung breath
I'm certain that cur will bark itself to death"
Today for you, tomorrow for me
Today for you, tomorrow for me
We agreed on a fee, a thousand dollar guarantee
Tax free, and a bonus if I trim her tree
Now who could foretell that it would go so well
But sure as I am here that dog is now in doggy hell
After an hour, Evita in all her glory
On the window ledge of that twenty third story
Like Thelma and Louise did when they got the blues
Swan dove into the courtyard of the Gracie Mews
Today for you, tomorrow for me
Today for you, tomorrow for me
Back on the street where I met my sweet
Where he was moaning and groaning on the cold concrete
The nurse took him home for some mercurochrome
And I dressed his wounds and got him back on his feet
Sing it!
Today for you, tomorrow for me
Today for you, tomorrow for me
I said, today for you, tomorrow for me
Today for you, tomorrow...for me!
Trivia[]
- In the movie version, the song started when Collins sang "Gentlemen, our benefactor on this Christmas Day" and the stage lyrics before that were mainly spoken.
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Rent Songs |
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| Act I Tune Up 1 • Voice Mail • Tune Up 2• Rent • You Okay Honey? • Tune Up 3 • One Song Glory • Light My Candle Voice Mail 2 • Today 4 U • You'll See • Tango: Maureen • Life Support • Out Tonight • Another Day • Will I? On The Street • Santa Fe • I'll Cover You • We're Okay • Christmas Bells • Over The Moon • La Vie Boheme I Should Tell You • La Vie Boheme B |
| Act II Seasons of Love • Happy New Year • Voice Mail 3 • Happy New Year B • Take Me or Leave Me • Seasons of Love B Without you • Voice Mail 4 • Contact • I'll Cover You (Reprise) • Halloween • Goodbye Love • What You Own Voice Mail 5 • Finale • Your Eyes • Finale B |