Ex-Wives

Original Broadway Cast of Six
Six: The Musical: Live on Opening Night (Original Broadway Cast)

DivorcedBeheadedDiedDivorcedBeheadedSurvivedAnd tonight, New York City, we areLive

Listen up, let me tell you a storyA story that you think you've heard beforeWe know you know our names, and our fame, and our facesKnow all about the glories and the disgraces

I'm done, 'cause all this timeI've been just one word in a stupid rhymeSo I picked up a pen and a microphoneHistory's about to get overthrown

Divorced, beheaded, diedDivorced, beheaded, survivedBut just for you tonightWe're divorced, beheaded, live

Welcome to the show, to the histo-remixSwitching up the flow as we add the prefixEverybody knows that we used to be six wivesRaising up the roof 'til we hit the ceilingGet ready for the truth that we'll be revealingEverybody knows that we used to be six wivesBut now we're ex-wivesNew York, make some noise!

All you ever hear and read aboutIs our ex and the way it endedBut a pair doesn't beat a royal flushYou're gonna find out how he got unfriended

Tonight, we're gonna do ourselves justice'Cause we're taking you to courtEvery Tudor rose has its thornsAnd you're gonna hear 'em liveIn consort

Divorced, beheaded, diedDivorced, beheaded, survivedBut just for you tonightWe're divorced, beheaded, live

Welcome to the show, to the histo-remixSwitching up the flow as we add the prefixEverybody knows that we used to be six wives

Dancing through the night 'til the break of dayOnce we're done, we'll start again like it's the RenaissanceEverybody knows that we used to be six wivesBut now we're ex-wives

Remember us, from PBS?

(Divorced) my name is Catherine of AragonWas married 24 years, I'm a paragon of royaltyMy loyalty is to the VaticanSo if you try to dump me, you won't try that again

(Beheaded) I'm that Boleyn girl, and I'm up nextSee, I broke England from the ChurchYeah, I'm that sexyWhy did I lose my head?Well, my sleeves may be greenBut my lipstick's red

(Died) Jane Seymour, the only one he truly loved (rude)When my son was newly born, I diedBut I'm not what I seem, or am I?Stick around and you'll suddenly see more

(Divorced) Ich bin Anna of Cleves (ja!)When he saw my portrait, he was like (ja!)But I didn't look as good as I did in my picFunny how we all discuss that, but never Henry's little-

Prick up your ears, I'm the Katherine who lost her head (beheaded)For my promiscuity outside of wedLock up your husbands, lock up your sonsK-Howard is here and the fun's begun

(Survived) five down, I'm the final wifeI saw him to the end of his lifeI'm the survivor, Catherine ParrI bet you wanna know how I got this farI said I bet you wanna know how I got this farDo you wanna know how we got this far? Then

Welcome to the show, to the histo-remixSwitching up the flow as we add the prefixEverybody knows that we used to be six wivesCome on! Come on! Come on!

Get your hands up, get this party buzzingYou want a queen bee? Well, there's half a dozenEverybody knows that we used to be six wivesAh-ahh, wivesBut now we're ex-wives

One, two, three, four, fiveSix!