
Robert John Ford
PLAYWRIGHT | COMPOSER | LYRICIST | PRODUCER
SONGS

ORIGINAL SONGS FROM MUSICALS​
Unless otherwise noted, all music & lyrics written by Robert John Ford
"A Bigger Part" from ROLF(E)
"A Little Bit Of Heaven (The Pageant Song)" from SIX-ON-SIX
"A Man In A Uniform" from ROLF(E)
"A Man Passes On" from OUTSIDE THE BOX, music by Adam Sakiyama
"Ahead Of Our Time" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Another Slow Day" from THE WORLD'S LARGEST ALUMINUM FOIL BALL
"Anything For A Vote" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"Confusing, Depressing, Disgusting Things" from ROLF(E)
"Contradictions" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"Divine Intervention" from OUTSIDE THE BOX, music by Adam Sakiyama
"Diesel, I Think" from ROLF(E)
"Do The Beanwalk/Detasseling" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010, 2011
"Dressing Down Diesel" from ROLF(E)
"Edmund High School Fight Song" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Entr'acte" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Ev'ry Day's A Win" from CLEAN UP, music by Brian E. Katona
"Female Problems" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Finale" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Find Another Way" from ROLF(E)
"Get Off Your Sorry Ass And Vote" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"Gets Around" from ROLF(E)
"Gone Forevermore/Edmund School Song" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Goodbye, Good Luck, Good Riddance" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"Halliday, Goldman, Jensen, and Tate" & Reprise from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"Hy-Vee Bag Boy" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010, 2011, 2015
"I Declare" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"I Need That Man" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"I Never Knew" from ROLF(E)
"I'm Open To Suggestions" from “ROLF(E)
"It's Caucus Eve!" from 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CAUCUS
"It's Time To Go To Iowa" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"I've Outgrown You" from ROLF(E)
"Jackie's Vision" from OUTSIDE THE BOX, music by Adam Sakiyama
"Just Seventeen" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Kitschy Road Trip" from THE WORLD'S LARGEST ALUMINUM FOIL BALL
"Keep 'Em Guessing" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"No Comment" from CLEAN UP, music by Brian E. Katona
"Notice Me" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Occupied" from ROLF(E)
"On Saturday Morning" from SIX-ON-SIX
"One Defining Moment" from SIX-ON-SIX
"One Happy Family" & "Reprise" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"One Of Those Women" from SIX-ON-SIX
"One Step Forward" from TRICE, music by Adam Sakiyama
"Overexposed (The Shawn Johnson Song)" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010
"Overhyped (The Weather Report)" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2011
"Overture" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Paris Of The Plains" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010, 2011
"Patriot Act" from THE WORLD'S LARGEST ALUMINUM FOIL BALL
"Progress" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010
"Ragbrai" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010, 2011
"Real Men" from ROLF(E)
"Say Yes To The Dress" from ROLF(E)
"Six-On-Six" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Slow" from THE WORLD'S LARGEST ALUMINUM FOIL BALL
"Smelling Like A Rose" from OUTSIDE THE BOX, music by Adam Sakiyama
"Step Aside" from SIX-ON-SIX
"Stick To The Point" from OUTSIDE THE BOX, music by Adam Sakiyama
"Teaching Tom Osborne" & Reprise from THE WORLD'S LARGEST ALUMINUM FOIL BALL
"Terry B" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010
"The Ballad of Rolf(e), Parts 1 & 2" from ROLF(E)
"The Ballad of The Ball, Parts 1 & 2" from THE WORLD'S LARGEST ALUMINUM FOIL BALL
"The Debauchery" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Complaints" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Delusions" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Event, Parts 1 & 2" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Facilities" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Food" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Hardest Part of Love" from SIX-ON-SIX
"The Hosts" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Insanity" from CYCLEPATHS
"The King of Horror" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010, 2011, 2015
"The Locals" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Lusty Milkmaid (Mary, The Dairy Whore)" from ROLF(E)
"The Man Before You Now" from CLEAN UP, music by Brian E. Katona
"The 'Me' And The 'I' In America" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"The Negotiation" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Not-So-Secret Of Our Success" from SIX-ON-SIX
"The Perfect Family" & "Reprise" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"The Surrender" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Tough Question Sidestep" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"The Weather" from CYCLEPATHS
"The Will Of The People" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"The World's Largest Aluminum Foil Ball" from THE WORLD'S LARGEST ALUMINUM FOIL BALL
"Twenty-Four Hours To Fill, Parts 1, 2 & 3" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"Utopia 2010, Part 1" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010
"Utopia 2010, Part 2" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010
"Utopia 2011, Part 1" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2011
"Utopia 2011, Part 2" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2011
"Utopia Opening Number" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"We Exist" from ROLF(E)
"What Are We Gonna Do About Rolf(e)?" from ROLF(E)
"What Happens In Between (Finale)" from ROLF(E)
"What I Want" from CAUCUS! THE MUSICAL
"What Would He Do?" from THE WORLD'S LARGEST ALUMINUM FOIL BALL
"What's Mine Is Yours" from OUTSIDE THE BOX, music by Adam Sakiyama
"What's My Peanut?" from TRICE, music by Rick Bassett
"When My Number Comes Up" from OUTSIDE THE BOX, music by Adam Sakiyama
"Why Not Me?" from TRICE, music by Rick Bassett
"With The Ball In My Hands" from SIX-ON-SIX
"You Best Save An Hour For Me" from OUTSIDE THE BOX, music by Adam Sakiyama
"You Don't Say No To A Nazi" from ROLF(E)
STAND-ALONE SONGS
Unless otherwise noted, all music & lyrics written by Robert John Ford
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"Beyond Me"
"Blow You Away"
"Captive" (theme song from MY DINNER WITH ANDREW)
"Cry," music by Rick Bassett
"Forty-Nine Percent In Love"
"Hot Dish," music by Rick Bassett
"I Wanna Be A Nat Geo Girl"
"It's A Great Night To Be Homeless"
"It's All Been Said Before"
"It's You, Not Me"
"Leave Them Wanting More"
"Let's Grow Young Together"
"Look Into Your Heart," music by David Shenton
"Lucky," music by Michael Mott
"Memories of Christmas Past," music by David Shenton
"More Time With You"
"Moving At The Speed Of Dark"
"No More Me"
"Off The Grid," music by Ben Boecker
"Progress"
"Santa Was In The Towers That Day"
"Santa's 21 Conditions"
"Since You Went Home For Christmas"
"Standing O"
"Take Your Bow"
"The Age I Am Within"
"The Life I Could've Lived"
"The Signs Were All There"
"The Sixteenth Minute Of Fame"
"Too Me For Too Long"
"Welcome To The Middle Ages"
"What I Want"
"When Everything Was Big," music by Adam Sakiyama
"You're The One I Settled For"
"You've Got Family Here," music by Justin Friello
PARODY SONGS
"And I Am Telling You (It's Slow Goin')" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Alone Again, Congressionally" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
​"Bread Bags" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"Bud Light" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010, 2011, 2015
"Canvassing" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"Catch Des Moines" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"(The) Clone Song" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010, 2011, 2015
"Dairy Queen" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"Dental Hygienist" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"Done" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"DSM International Airport" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Four-H Girl" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"For The Time Is Now" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"Front Porch" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"Fund The Arts" for Iowa Arts Advocacy Day
"Good Morning, Iowa!" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"(A) Hawk Like That" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010, 2011, 2015
"(A) Hawkeye" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010, 2011, 2015
"(The) Hawkeyes And The Cyclones" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"He Has No Future" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Helen's Got A Gun" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"Hello, Ames!" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"I Can Beat That" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"I Hope I Win It" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"I'll Be Back" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"In The White House" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"Jello" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Loebsacks' Lament" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"(A) Mower" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE2015
"My Name Is" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"One" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"People" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"Pissed!" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"Pocahontas" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"(The) Red State Blues" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"Rain" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"Raygun" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"(The) Resistance" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Reynold's Rap" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Rootworms" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Skywalkers" from "UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2011, 2015
"(A) State School In Iowa" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Stay For The Infidelity" from "UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Suburbia (Medley of 11 Songs)" from "UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Tweets That Are Mine" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"Utopia Opening Number" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"(The) Vander Plotz" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2011
"We Both Hate The Huskers" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2011, 2015
"We Need Another Hay Bale" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"Welcome To Utopia" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"We've Never Had A Team Ranked So High" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"Whatever Lolo Wants" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"When I'm The Prez" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2015
"(The) Whitest State Around" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018
"Wisconsin & Ohio" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"Wow" from ADORE US! LINE 2020
"You And I At UNI" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2010, 2011, 2015
"You Don't Like My Coaching Anymore" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2011, 2015
"You're Gonna Die!" from UTOPIA - THE IOWA MUSICAL REVUE 2018