Opening Doors

Opening Doors Lyrics

Song Opening Doors
Artist Stephen Sondheim
Album Sondheim on Sondheim (original broadway cast recording)
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[00:19.093] How's it going?
[00:19.842] Good, you?
[00:20.593] Fair
[00:21.093] Yeah, tell me
[00:22.093]
[00:22.592] Chinese laundry
[00:23.342] Hi
[00:23.843] Mary
[00:24.342] Say hello
[00:25.092]
[00:25.343] I think I got a job
[00:26.593] Where?
[00:27.092] True Romances
[00:27.843]
[00:28.092] Posing?
[00:28.842] Thank you, writing captions
[00:30.093] What about the book?
[00:30.842] What about the book?
[00:31.343]
[00:31.592] Nothing, are you working on your book?
[00:32.592] Yes
[00:33.092] Good
[00:33.343] No
[00:33.843]
[00:34.092] Mary
[00:34.593] Right, I know, yes, me and Balzac
[00:36.343]
[00:39.842] I finished the one act
[00:40.592] I got an audition
[00:41.593] I started the story
[00:42.592] Rehearsal pianist
[00:43.342]
[00:43.342] So where are we eating?
[00:44.592] I'm moving to Playboy
[00:45.592] The publisher called me
[00:46.342] I'm doing a rewrite
[00:47.093]
[00:47.343] My parents are coming
[00:48.342] I saw My Fair Lady
[00:49.342] I rewrote the rewrite
[00:50.093] I sort of enjoyed it
[00:50.843]
[00:51.342] I threw out the story
[00:51.843] I'm meeting an agent
[00:53.092] We'll all get together on Sunday
[00:54.343]
[00:54.592] We're opening doors
[00:55.843] Singing, 'Here we are'
[00:58.093] We're filling up days
[00:59.593] On a dime
[01:01.342]
[01:01.843] That faraway shore's
[01:03.343] Looking not too far
[01:05.342] We're following every star
[01:07.343] There's not enough time
[01:10.093]
[01:15.843] I called a producer
[01:16.594] I sent off the one act
[01:17.593] I started the story
[01:18.593] He said to come see him
[01:19.342]
[01:19.593] I dropped out of college
[01:20.593] I met this musician
[01:21.592] I'm playing a nightclub
[01:22.593] They're doing my one act
[01:23.343]
[01:23.592] I'm working for Redbook
[01:24.593] I rewrote the ballad
[01:25.592] I finished the story
[01:26.342] We started rehearsals
[01:27.344]
[01:27.344] I threw out the story
[01:28.342] And then the musician
[01:29.343] I'm moving to Popular Science
[01:30.592]
[01:30.842] We're opening doors
[01:32.343] Singing, 'Look who's here'
[01:34.342] Beginning to sail
[01:35.843] On a dime
[01:37.843]
[01:38.092] That faraway shore's
[01:39.593] Getting very near
[01:41.842] We haven't a thing to fear
[01:43.843] We haven't got time
[01:47.342]
[01:48.791] How's it coming?
[01:49.291] Good, You?
[01:50.291] Done
[01:50.791] One minute
[01:51.542]
[01:51.791] Hamburg Heaven
[01:53.041] Hi
[01:53.540] Mary
[01:53.791] Say hello
[01:54.541]
[01:54.791] I got another job
[01:56.290] Where?
[01:56.790] Chic
[01:57.291] What's that?
[01:57.792]
[01:58.041] A brand new concept:
[01:58.540] Pop up pictures
[01:59.541] What about the book?
[02:00.291] What about the book?
[02:00.791]
[02:01.041] Did you give the publisher the book?
[02:02.041] Yes
[02:02.540] Good
[02:03.041] No
[02:03.291]
[02:03.541] Mary
[02:04.041] Look, I
[02:04.291] Finished
[02:04.790] Let me call you back
[02:05.291] Right
[02:05.541]
[02:06.290] This is just a draft
[02:06.540] Right
[02:07.041] Probably it stinks
[02:07.541] Right
[02:08.040] I haven't had the time to do a polish
[02:09.727] Will you sing
[02:10.228]
[02:10.477] Right
[02:10.978] "Who wants to live in New York?
[02:13.727] Who wants the worry, the noise, the dirt, the heat?
[02:16.477] Who wants the garbage cans clanging in the street?
[02:19.477] Suddenly I do
[02:21.477]
[02:22.226] They're always popping the cork
[02:24.227] I'll fix that line
[02:25.727] The cops, the cabbies, the salesgirls up at Saks
[02:28.227] You gotta have a real taste for maniacs
[02:30.977] Suddenly I do
[02:33.227]
[02:33.726] That's great, that's swell
[02:36.727] The other stuff as well
[02:39.727] It isn't every day
[02:40.977] I hear a score this strong
[02:42.727] But fellas, if I may
[02:43.728] There's only one thing wrong
[02:45.227]
[02:45.478] There's not a tune you can hum
[02:48.477] There's not a tune you go bum, bum, bum, di, dum
[02:51.477] You need a tune you can bum, bum, bum, di, dum
[02:54.477] Give me a melody
[02:56.421]
[02:57.420] Why can't you throw 'em a crumb?
[03:00.171] What's wrong with letting 'em tap their toes a bit?
[03:02.920] I'll let you know when Stravinsky has a hit
[03:05.921] Give me some melody
[03:08.421]
[03:08.670] Oh sure, I know
[03:11.672] It's not that kind of show
[03:14.671] But can't you have a score
[03:16.170] That's sort of in between?
[03:17.671] Look, play a little more
[03:18.921] I'll show you what I mean
[03:20.420]
[03:20.670] Who wants to live in New York?
[03:23.420] I always hated the dirt, the heat, the noise
[03:26.171] But ever since I met you, I
[03:29.365]
[03:29.615] Listen, boys, maybe it's me
[03:31.616] But that's just not a humable melody
[03:36.865] Write more, work hard
[03:38.116] Leave your name with the girl
[03:39.116]
[03:39.616] Less avant-garde
[03:41.116] Leave your name with the girl
[03:43.116] Just write a plain old melodey
[03:57.366]
[04:01.866] They're stopping rehearsals
[04:02.615] They ran out of money
[04:04.865] We lasted one issue
[04:05.617] My book was rejected
[04:06.866]
[04:07.865] The nightclub was raided
[04:08.866] I have to start coaching
[04:11.616] My parents are coming
[04:12.615] They screwed up the laundry
[04:13.866]
[04:14.115] My wallet was stolen
[04:14.866] I saw the musician
[04:15.865] We're being evicted
[04:16.865] I'm having a breakdown
[04:17.865] We'll all get together on Sunday
[04:18.616]
[04:19.365] They're slamming doors
[04:20.615] Singing, 'Go away'
[04:22.865] It's less of a sail
[04:24.616] Than a climb
[04:26.365]
[04:26.617] That faraway shore's
[04:28.366] Farther every day
[04:30.616] We're learning to ricochet
[04:32.366] We still have a lot to say
[04:33.866]
[04:34.615] You know what we'll do?
[04:35.866] What?
[04:36.616] We'll do a revue
[04:37.615] What?
[04:38.365]
[04:38.616] What?
[04:39.115] We'll do a revue of our own
[04:41.366] What? Where?
[04:41.866] Why? When?
[04:42.865]
[04:43.116] Not just songs but stories, scenes
[04:44.616] Piano pieces, mime
[04:46.115] Yeah
[04:46.867]
[04:47.366] Frankly Frank
[04:47.865] A showcase of our own?
[04:49.116] Where?
[04:49.615]
[04:49.615] The club's reopening
[04:50.616] We'll write a lot of new stuff
[04:51.616] Rewrite the old stuff
[04:52.366]
[04:52.615] What about the girl?
[04:53.116] What about the girl?
[04:53.865] Only that we're gonna need a girl
[04:55.116] Well, Mary
[04:55.866]
[04:56.116] Thanks, I don't perform except at dinner
[04:58.615]
[04:58.866] Who wants to live in New York?
[05:02.116] Who wants the worry, the noise, the dirt, the heat?
[05:05.116] Who wants the garbage cans clanging in the street?
[05:08.365]
[05:08.615] Thank you,but we are looking for
[05:10.116] Someone with more experience
[05:10.865]
[05:11.365] They're always popping their cork
[05:14.115] Up a tone
[05:14.615] The cops, the cabbies, the salesgirls up at Saks
[05:16.866] Up a tone
[05:19.062] You gotta have a real taste for maniacs
[05:20.812] Thank you, you're hired
[05:23.062]
[05:23.561] I'm Beth
[05:24.562] I'm Frank
[05:25.561] I really thought I stank
[05:27.061] I'm Mary
[05:27.561] Charley
[05:28.061]
[05:28.311] By the way
[05:28.811] I'm told we open Saturday
[05:31.562] What
[05:32.061] You're not serious
[05:32.561] Nobody's ready
[05:33.311]
[05:33.561] Apparently someone cancelled a booking
[05:35.562] The songs aren't finsihed
[05:36.561] And what about costumes?
[05:37.561] And how do I learn all these numbers?
[05:39.062] I'll bring you the copies of everything later this evening.
[05:39.561]
[05:40.061] Okay, but I'll have to have all the music and
[05:40.561] Saturday I've got to sing at a wedding
[05:40.811] Oh God, is there dancing 'cause I'm not a dancer?
[05:41.310] Not to mention I still haven't finished the
[05:41.811] Synanon song or the Kennedy number
[05:42.312]
[05:42.562] You don't have to, we'll segue the
[05:43.062] End of it into the dance we cut out
[05:43.312] And what'll we do about getting publicity
[05:43.811] Run around town putting stickers on windows?
[05:44.312]
[05:44.811] And have we decided or not on the restaurant sketch?
[05:45.311] I need two or three days to replace it
[05:45.812] | No, we'll use it but not with the long introduction
[05:46.811] We'll worry about it on Sunday
[05:47.812]
[05:48.061] We're opening doors, singing, 'Here we are'
[05:51.811] We're filling up days on a dime
[05:55.312] That faraway shore's looking not too far
[05:59.508] We're following every star
[06:00.758] There's not enough time
[06:04.008]
[06:04.508] We're banging on doors, shouting, 'Here again'
[06:08.007] We're risking it all on a dime
[06:11.759] That faraway shore's looking near again
[06:15.508] The only thing left is when
[06:17.507] We know we should count to ten
[06:19.258] We haven't got time, we haven't got time
[00:19.093] How' s it going?
[00:19.842] Good, you?
[00:20.593] Fair
[00:21.093] Yeah, tell me
[00:22.093]
[00:22.592] Chinese laundry
[00:23.342] Hi
[00:23.843] Mary
[00:24.342] Say hello
[00:25.092]
[00:25.343] I think I got a job
[00:26.593] Where?
[00:27.092] True Romances
[00:27.843]
[00:28.092] Posing?
[00:28.842] Thank you, writing captions
[00:30.093] What about the book?
[00:30.842] What about the book?
[00:31.343]
[00:31.592] Nothing, are you working on your book?
[00:32.592] Yes
[00:33.092] Good
[00:33.343] No
[00:33.843]
[00:34.092] Mary
[00:34.593] Right, I know, yes, me and Balzac
[00:36.343]
[00:39.842] I finished the one act
[00:40.592] I got an audition
[00:41.593] I started the story
[00:42.592] Rehearsal pianist
[00:43.342]
[00:43.342] So where are we eating?
[00:44.592] I' m moving to Playboy
[00:45.592] The publisher called me
[00:46.342] I' m doing a rewrite
[00:47.093]
[00:47.343] My parents are coming
[00:48.342] I saw My Fair Lady
[00:49.342] I rewrote the rewrite
[00:50.093] I sort of enjoyed it
[00:50.843]
[00:51.342] I threw out the story
[00:51.843] I' m meeting an agent
[00:53.092] We' ll all get together on Sunday
[00:54.343]
[00:54.592] We' re opening doors
[00:55.843] Singing, ' Here we are'
[00:58.093] We' re filling up days
[00:59.593] On a dime
[01:01.342]
[01:01.843] That faraway shore' s
[01:03.343] Looking not too far
[01:05.342] We' re following every star
[01:07.343] There' s not enough time
[01:10.093]
[01:15.843] I called a producer
[01:16.594] I sent off the one act
[01:17.593] I started the story
[01:18.593] He said to come see him
[01:19.342]
[01:19.593] I dropped out of college
[01:20.593] I met this musician
[01:21.592] I' m playing a nightclub
[01:22.593] They' re doing my one act
[01:23.343]
[01:23.592] I' m working for Redbook
[01:24.593] I rewrote the ballad
[01:25.592] I finished the story
[01:26.342] We started rehearsals
[01:27.344]
[01:27.344] I threw out the story
[01:28.342] And then the musician
[01:29.343] I' m moving to Popular Science
[01:30.592]
[01:30.842] We' re opening doors
[01:32.343] Singing, ' Look who' s here'
[01:34.342] Beginning to sail
[01:35.843] On a dime
[01:37.843]
[01:38.092] That faraway shore' s
[01:39.593] Getting very near
[01:41.842] We haven' t a thing to fear
[01:43.843] We haven' t got time
[01:47.342]
[01:48.791] How' s it coming?
[01:49.291] Good, You?
[01:50.291] Done
[01:50.791] One minute
[01:51.542]
[01:51.791] Hamburg Heaven
[01:53.041] Hi
[01:53.540] Mary
[01:53.791] Say hello
[01:54.541]
[01:54.791] I got another job
[01:56.290] Where?
[01:56.790] Chic
[01:57.291] What' s that?
[01:57.792]
[01:58.041] A brand new concept:
[01:58.540] Pop up pictures
[01:59.541] What about the book?
[02:00.291] What about the book?
[02:00.791]
[02:01.041] Did you give the publisher the book?
[02:02.041] Yes
[02:02.540] Good
[02:03.041] No
[02:03.291]
[02:03.541] Mary
[02:04.041] Look, I
[02:04.291] Finished
[02:04.790] Let me call you back
[02:05.291] Right
[02:05.541]
[02:06.290] This is just a draft
[02:06.540] Right
[02:07.041] Probably it stinks
[02:07.541] Right
[02:08.040] I haven' t had the time to do a polish
[02:09.727] Will you sing
[02:10.228]
[02:10.477] Right
[02:10.978] " Who wants to live in New York?
[02:13.727] Who wants the worry, the noise, the dirt, the heat?
[02:16.477] Who wants the garbage cans clanging in the street?
[02:19.477] Suddenly I do
[02:21.477]
[02:22.226] They' re always popping the cork
[02:24.227] I' ll fix that line
[02:25.727] The cops, the cabbies, the salesgirls up at Saks
[02:28.227] You gotta have a real taste for maniacs
[02:30.977] Suddenly I do
[02:33.227]
[02:33.726] That' s great, that' s swell
[02:36.727] The other stuff as well
[02:39.727] It isn' t every day
[02:40.977] I hear a score this strong
[02:42.727] But fellas, if I may
[02:43.728] There' s only one thing wrong
[02:45.227]
[02:45.478] There' s not a tune you can hum
[02:48.477] There' s not a tune you go bum, bum, bum, di, dum
[02:51.477] You need a tune you can bum, bum, bum, di, dum
[02:54.477] Give me a melody
[02:56.421]
[02:57.420] Why can' t you throw ' em a crumb?
[03:00.171] What' s wrong with letting ' em tap their toes a bit?
[03:02.920] I' ll let you know when Stravinsky has a hit
[03:05.921] Give me some melody
[03:08.421]
[03:08.670] Oh sure, I know
[03:11.672] It' s not that kind of show
[03:14.671] But can' t you have a score
[03:16.170] That' s sort of in between?
[03:17.671] Look, play a little more
[03:18.921] I' ll show you what I mean
[03:20.420]
[03:20.670] Who wants to live in New York?
[03:23.420] I always hated the dirt, the heat, the noise
[03:26.171] But ever since I met you, I
[03:29.365]
[03:29.615] Listen, boys, maybe it' s me
[03:31.616] But that' s just not a humable melody
[03:36.865] Write more, work hard
[03:38.116] Leave your name with the girl
[03:39.116]
[03:39.616] Less avantgarde
[03:41.116] Leave your name with the girl
[03:43.116] Just write a plain old melodey
[03:57.366]
[04:01.866] They' re stopping rehearsals
[04:02.615] They ran out of money
[04:04.865] We lasted one issue
[04:05.617] My book was rejected
[04:06.866]
[04:07.865] The nightclub was raided
[04:08.866] I have to start coaching
[04:11.616] My parents are coming
[04:12.615] They screwed up the laundry
[04:13.866]
[04:14.115] My wallet was stolen
[04:14.866] I saw the musician
[04:15.865] We' re being evicted
[04:16.865] I' m having a breakdown
[04:17.865] We' ll all get together on Sunday
[04:18.616]
[04:19.365] They' re slamming doors
[04:20.615] Singing, ' Go away'
[04:22.865] It' s less of a sail
[04:24.616] Than a climb
[04:26.365]
[04:26.617] That faraway shore' s
[04:28.366] Farther every day
[04:30.616] We' re learning to ricochet
[04:32.366] We still have a lot to say
[04:33.866]
[04:34.615] You know what we' ll do?
[04:35.866] What?
[04:36.616] We' ll do a revue
[04:37.615] What?
[04:38.365]
[04:38.616] What?
[04:39.115] We' ll do a revue of our own
[04:41.366] What? Where?
[04:41.866] Why? When?
[04:42.865]
[04:43.116] Not just songs but stories, scenes
[04:44.616] Piano pieces, mime
[04:46.115] Yeah
[04:46.867]
[04:47.366] Frankly Frank
[04:47.865] A showcase of our own?
[04:49.116] Where?
[04:49.615]
[04:49.615] The club' s reopening
[04:50.616] We' ll write a lot of new stuff
[04:51.616] Rewrite the old stuff
[04:52.366]
[04:52.615] What about the girl?
[04:53.116] What about the girl?
[04:53.865] Only that we' re gonna need a girl
[04:55.116] Well, Mary
[04:55.866]
[04:56.116] Thanks, I don' t perform except at dinner
[04:58.615]
[04:58.866] Who wants to live in New York?
[05:02.116] Who wants the worry, the noise, the dirt, the heat?
[05:05.116] Who wants the garbage cans clanging in the street?
[05:08.365]
[05:08.615] Thank you, but we are looking for
[05:10.116] Someone with more experience
[05:10.865]
[05:11.365] They' re always popping their cork
[05:14.115] Up a tone
[05:14.615] The cops, the cabbies, the salesgirls up at Saks
[05:16.866] Up a tone
[05:19.062] You gotta have a real taste for maniacs
[05:20.812] Thank you, you' re hired
[05:23.062]
[05:23.561] I' m Beth
[05:24.562] I' m Frank
[05:25.561] I really thought I stank
[05:27.061] I' m Mary
[05:27.561] Charley
[05:28.061]
[05:28.311] By the way
[05:28.811] I' m told we open Saturday
[05:31.562] What
[05:32.061] You' re not serious
[05:32.561] Nobody' s ready
[05:33.311]
[05:33.561] Apparently someone cancelled a booking
[05:35.562] The songs aren' t finsihed
[05:36.561] And what about costumes?
[05:37.561] And how do I learn all these numbers?
[05:39.062] I' ll bring you the copies of everything later this evening.
[05:39.561]
[05:40.061] Okay, but I' ll have to have all the music and
[05:40.561] Saturday I' ve got to sing at a wedding
[05:40.811] Oh God, is there dancing ' cause I' m not a dancer?
[05:41.310] Not to mention I still haven' t finished the
[05:41.811] Synanon song or the Kennedy number
[05:42.312]
[05:42.562] You don' t have to, we' ll segue the
[05:43.062] End of it into the dance we cut out
[05:43.312] And what' ll we do about getting publicity
[05:43.811] Run around town putting stickers on windows?
[05:44.312]
[05:44.811] And have we decided or not on the restaurant sketch?
[05:45.311] I need two or three days to replace it
[05:45.812] No, we' ll use it but not with the long introduction
[05:46.811] We' ll worry about it on Sunday
[05:47.812]
[05:48.061] We' re opening doors, singing, ' Here we are'
[05:51.811] We' re filling up days on a dime
[05:55.312] That faraway shore' s looking not too far
[05:59.508] We' re following every star
[06:00.758] There' s not enough time
[06:04.008]
[06:04.508] We' re banging on doors, shouting, ' Here again'
[06:08.007] We' re risking it all on a dime
[06:11.759] That faraway shore' s looking near again
[06:15.508] The only thing left is when
[06:17.507] We know we should count to ten
[06:19.258] We haven' t got time, we haven' t got time
[00:19.093] How' s it going?
[00:19.842] Good, you?
[00:20.593] Fair
[00:21.093] Yeah, tell me
[00:22.093]
[00:22.592] Chinese laundry
[00:23.342] Hi
[00:23.843] Mary
[00:24.342] Say hello
[00:25.092]
[00:25.343] I think I got a job
[00:26.593] Where?
[00:27.092] True Romances
[00:27.843]
[00:28.092] Posing?
[00:28.842] Thank you, writing captions
[00:30.093] What about the book?
[00:30.842] What about the book?
[00:31.343]
[00:31.592] Nothing, are you working on your book?
[00:32.592] Yes
[00:33.092] Good
[00:33.343] No
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[00:34.092] Mary
[00:34.593] Right, I know, yes, me and Balzac
[00:36.343]
[00:39.842] I finished the one act
[00:40.592] I got an audition
[00:41.593] I started the story
[00:42.592] Rehearsal pianist
[00:43.342]
[00:43.342] So where are we eating?
[00:44.592] I' m moving to Playboy
[00:45.592] The publisher called me
[00:46.342] I' m doing a rewrite
[00:47.093]
[00:47.343] My parents are coming
[00:48.342] I saw My Fair Lady
[00:49.342] I rewrote the rewrite
[00:50.093] I sort of enjoyed it
[00:50.843]
[00:51.342] I threw out the story
[00:51.843] I' m meeting an agent
[00:53.092] We' ll all get together on Sunday
[00:54.343]
[00:54.592] We' re opening doors
[00:55.843] Singing, ' Here we are'
[00:58.093] We' re filling up days
[00:59.593] On a dime
[01:01.342]
[01:01.843] That faraway shore' s
[01:03.343] Looking not too far
[01:05.342] We' re following every star
[01:07.343] There' s not enough time
[01:10.093]
[01:15.843] I called a producer
[01:16.594] I sent off the one act
[01:17.593] I started the story
[01:18.593] He said to come see him
[01:19.342]
[01:19.593] I dropped out of college
[01:20.593] I met this musician
[01:21.592] I' m playing a nightclub
[01:22.593] They' re doing my one act
[01:23.343]
[01:23.592] I' m working for Redbook
[01:24.593] I rewrote the ballad
[01:25.592] I finished the story
[01:26.342] We started rehearsals
[01:27.344]
[01:27.344] I threw out the story
[01:28.342] And then the musician
[01:29.343] I' m moving to Popular Science
[01:30.592]
[01:30.842] We' re opening doors
[01:32.343] Singing, ' Look who' s here'
[01:34.342] Beginning to sail
[01:35.843] On a dime
[01:37.843]
[01:38.092] That faraway shore' s
[01:39.593] Getting very near
[01:41.842] We haven' t a thing to fear
[01:43.843] We haven' t got time
[01:47.342]
[01:48.791] How' s it coming?
[01:49.291] Good, You?
[01:50.291] Done
[01:50.791] One minute
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[01:51.791] Hamburg Heaven
[01:53.041] Hi
[01:53.540] Mary
[01:53.791] Say hello
[01:54.541]
[01:54.791] I got another job
[01:56.290] Where?
[01:56.790] Chic
[01:57.291] What' s that?
[01:57.792]
[01:58.041] A brand new concept:
[01:58.540] Pop up pictures
[01:59.541] What about the book?
[02:00.291] What about the book?
[02:00.791]
[02:01.041] Did you give the publisher the book?
[02:02.041] Yes
[02:02.540] Good
[02:03.041] No
[02:03.291]
[02:03.541] Mary
[02:04.041] Look, I
[02:04.291] Finished
[02:04.790] Let me call you back
[02:05.291] Right
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[02:06.290] This is just a draft
[02:06.540] Right
[02:07.041] Probably it stinks
[02:07.541] Right
[02:08.040] I haven' t had the time to do a polish
[02:09.727] Will you sing
[02:10.228]
[02:10.477] Right
[02:10.978] " Who wants to live in New York?
[02:13.727] Who wants the worry, the noise, the dirt, the heat?
[02:16.477] Who wants the garbage cans clanging in the street?
[02:19.477] Suddenly I do
[02:21.477]
[02:22.226] They' re always popping the cork
[02:24.227] I' ll fix that line
[02:25.727] The cops, the cabbies, the salesgirls up at Saks
[02:28.227] You gotta have a real taste for maniacs
[02:30.977] Suddenly I do
[02:33.227]
[02:33.726] That' s great, that' s swell
[02:36.727] The other stuff as well
[02:39.727] It isn' t every day
[02:40.977] I hear a score this strong
[02:42.727] But fellas, if I may
[02:43.728] There' s only one thing wrong
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[02:45.478] There' s not a tune you can hum
[02:48.477] There' s not a tune you go bum, bum, bum, di, dum
[02:51.477] You need a tune you can bum, bum, bum, di, dum
[02:54.477] Give me a melody
[02:56.421]
[02:57.420] Why can' t you throw ' em a crumb?
[03:00.171] What' s wrong with letting ' em tap their toes a bit?
[03:02.920] I' ll let you know when Stravinsky has a hit
[03:05.921] Give me some melody
[03:08.421]
[03:08.670] Oh sure, I know
[03:11.672] It' s not that kind of show
[03:14.671] But can' t you have a score
[03:16.170] That' s sort of in between?
[03:17.671] Look, play a little more
[03:18.921] I' ll show you what I mean
[03:20.420]
[03:20.670] Who wants to live in New York?
[03:23.420] I always hated the dirt, the heat, the noise
[03:26.171] But ever since I met you, I
[03:29.365]
[03:29.615] Listen, boys, maybe it' s me
[03:31.616] But that' s just not a humable melody
[03:36.865] Write more, work hard
[03:38.116] Leave your name with the girl
[03:39.116]
[03:39.616] Less avantgarde
[03:41.116] Leave your name with the girl
[03:43.116] Just write a plain old melodey
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[04:01.866] They' re stopping rehearsals
[04:02.615] They ran out of money
[04:04.865] We lasted one issue
[04:05.617] My book was rejected
[04:06.866]
[04:07.865] The nightclub was raided
[04:08.866] I have to start coaching
[04:11.616] My parents are coming
[04:12.615] They screwed up the laundry
[04:13.866]
[04:14.115] My wallet was stolen
[04:14.866] I saw the musician
[04:15.865] We' re being evicted
[04:16.865] I' m having a breakdown
[04:17.865] We' ll all get together on Sunday
[04:18.616]
[04:19.365] They' re slamming doors
[04:20.615] Singing, ' Go away'
[04:22.865] It' s less of a sail
[04:24.616] Than a climb
[04:26.365]
[04:26.617] That faraway shore' s
[04:28.366] Farther every day
[04:30.616] We' re learning to ricochet
[04:32.366] We still have a lot to say
[04:33.866]
[04:34.615] You know what we' ll do?
[04:35.866] What?
[04:36.616] We' ll do a revue
[04:37.615] What?
[04:38.365]
[04:38.616] What?
[04:39.115] We' ll do a revue of our own
[04:41.366] What? Where?
[04:41.866] Why? When?
[04:42.865]
[04:43.116] Not just songs but stories, scenes
[04:44.616] Piano pieces, mime
[04:46.115] Yeah
[04:46.867]
[04:47.366] Frankly Frank
[04:47.865] A showcase of our own?
[04:49.116] Where?
[04:49.615]
[04:49.615] The club' s reopening
[04:50.616] We' ll write a lot of new stuff
[04:51.616] Rewrite the old stuff
[04:52.366]
[04:52.615] What about the girl?
[04:53.116] What about the girl?
[04:53.865] Only that we' re gonna need a girl
[04:55.116] Well, Mary
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[04:56.116] Thanks, I don' t perform except at dinner
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[04:58.866] Who wants to live in New York?
[05:02.116] Who wants the worry, the noise, the dirt, the heat?
[05:05.116] Who wants the garbage cans clanging in the street?
[05:08.365]
[05:08.615] Thank you, but we are looking for
[05:10.116] Someone with more experience
[05:10.865]
[05:11.365] They' re always popping their cork
[05:14.115] Up a tone
[05:14.615] The cops, the cabbies, the salesgirls up at Saks
[05:16.866] Up a tone
[05:19.062] You gotta have a real taste for maniacs
[05:20.812] Thank you, you' re hired
[05:23.062]
[05:23.561] I' m Beth
[05:24.562] I' m Frank
[05:25.561] I really thought I stank
[05:27.061] I' m Mary
[05:27.561] Charley
[05:28.061]
[05:28.311] By the way
[05:28.811] I' m told we open Saturday
[05:31.562] What
[05:32.061] You' re not serious
[05:32.561] Nobody' s ready
[05:33.311]
[05:33.561] Apparently someone cancelled a booking
[05:35.562] The songs aren' t finsihed
[05:36.561] And what about costumes?
[05:37.561] And how do I learn all these numbers?
[05:39.062] I' ll bring you the copies of everything later this evening.
[05:39.561]
[05:40.061] Okay, but I' ll have to have all the music and
[05:40.561] Saturday I' ve got to sing at a wedding
[05:40.811] Oh God, is there dancing ' cause I' m not a dancer?
[05:41.310] Not to mention I still haven' t finished the
[05:41.811] Synanon song or the Kennedy number
[05:42.312]
[05:42.562] You don' t have to, we' ll segue the
[05:43.062] End of it into the dance we cut out
[05:43.312] And what' ll we do about getting publicity
[05:43.811] Run around town putting stickers on windows?
[05:44.312]
[05:44.811] And have we decided or not on the restaurant sketch?
[05:45.311] I need two or three days to replace it
[05:45.812] No, we' ll use it but not with the long introduction
[05:46.811] We' ll worry about it on Sunday
[05:47.812]
[05:48.061] We' re opening doors, singing, ' Here we are'
[05:51.811] We' re filling up days on a dime
[05:55.312] That faraway shore' s looking not too far
[05:59.508] We' re following every star
[06:00.758] There' s not enough time
[06:04.008]
[06:04.508] We' re banging on doors, shouting, ' Here again'
[06:08.007] We' re risking it all on a dime
[06:11.759] That faraway shore' s looking near again
[06:15.508] The only thing left is when
[06:17.507] We know we should count to ten
[06:19.258] We haven' t got time, we haven' t got time
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