Victoria Clark (born October 10, 1959) is an American soprano who won the T… Read Full Bio ↴Victoria Clark (born October 10, 1959) is an American soprano who won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical in 2005 for her performance in Adam Guettel's The Light in the Piazza. She also won the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Joseph Jefferson Award for her performances in this role.

Clark grew up in Texas, where she attended the Hockaday School, an all-girls school in Dallas, Texas. She also attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, before whisking off to Yale University (graduated in 1982), where, at the age of eighteen, she sang the role of Mabel in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance. She also sang the title role of Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience and directed a production of Ruddigore for the Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society. After college, Clark continued to direct shows. She currently teaches voice in addition to performing.

Clark's stage work previous to The Light in the Piazza (2005-06) includes roles in the Broadway musicals Urinetown (2003), Cabaret (1999-2000), Titanic (1997-99), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1995-96), A Grand Night for Singing (1993-94), and Guys and Dolls (1992-93), as well as numerous roles Off-Broadway and in regional theatre. Clark has also been seen in films and in roles in television episodes and appears on a number of Broadway cast albums and other recordings.

She appeared as ex-showgirl Sally Durant Plummer in the Encores! staged concert presentation of Follies in February 2007 at City Center.

Something's Gotta Give
Victoria Clark Lyrics

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When an irresistible force such as you
Meets an old immovable object like me
You can bet as sure as you live
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give
Something's gotta give

When an irrepressible smile such as yours
Warms an old implacable heart such as mine

Don't say no because I insist
Somewhere, somehow
Someone's gonna be kissed

So en garde, who knows what the fates have in store
From their vast mysterious sky
I'll try hard ignoring those lips I adore
But how long can anyone try?

Fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of our might
Chances are some heavenly star spangled night
We'll find out as sure as we live
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give
Something's gotta give

So en garde, who knows what the fates have in store
From their vast mysterious sky
I'll try hard ignoring those lips I adore
But how long can anyone try?

Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of our might
Chances are some heavenly star spangled night
We'll find out as sure as we live
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give

Something's gotta give, something's gotta give
Something's gotta give

Something's gotta give, something's gotta give
Something's gotta give

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Victoria Clark's Something's Gotta Give describe the tension and chemistry between two people, one being the irresistible force and the other being an old, immovable object. The singer acknowledges that when such forces collide, something has to give. She sings about the irresistible smile of the other person, and her implacable heart, and how she cannot help but want to kiss them, despite their differences.

The lyrics also acknowledge the unpredictable nature of love and fate, and the struggle to resist temptation. The singer tries to ignore her feelings for the other person, but admits that it is difficult to do so. The song encourages a fight for love and the pursuit of happiness, even when the odds seem against it.

Line by Line Meaning

When an irresistible force such as you
When someone as charming as you

Meets an old immovable object like me
Meets someone as stubborn and set in their ways as me

You can bet as sure as you live
There's no doubt that

Something's gotta give, something's gotta give
One of us needs to change or compromise

Something's gotta give

When an irrepressible smile such as yours
When a smile as bright and contagious as yours

Warms an old implacable heart such as mine
Makes someone as ruthless and hard-hearted as me feel something

Don't say no because I insist
Don't reject me just because I'm persistent

Somewhere, somehow
At some point in time and space

Someone's gonna be kissed
We'll share a romantic moment

So en garde, who knows what the fates have in store
Be on guard, as we can't predict what the future holds