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andrew lloyd webber - salome lyrics

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[norma, spoken]
now go

[joe, spoken]
next time i’ll bring my autograph album

[norma, spoken]
just a minute, you. did you say you were a writer?

[joe, spoken]
that’s what it says on my guild card

[norma, spoken]
and you’ve written pictures?

[joe, spoken]
sure have. would you like to see my credits?

[norma, spoken]
come over here. i want to ask you something. just what sort of length is a movie script these days?

[joe, spoken]
depends

[norma, spoken]
i wrote this. it’s a very important picture

[joe, spoken]
look like six very important pictures

[norma, spoken]
it’s for demille to direct

[joe, spoken]
oh, yeah? and will you be in it?

[norma, spoken]
of course. what do you think?

[joe, spoken]
just asking. i didn’t know you were planning a comeback

[norma, spoken]
i hate that word. it’s a return

[joe, spoken]
well…fair enough

[norma, spoken]
i want you to read it

[joe, spoken]
you shouldn’t let another writer read your stuff. he may steal it

[norma, spoken]
i’m not afraid. sit down. max! bring something to drink

[max, spoken]
yes, madame

[norma, spoken]
i said sit down! it’s about salome. salome – the story of a woman. the woman who was all women

[norma]
salome, what a woman, what a part!
innocent body and a sinful heart
inflaming herod’s l-st
but secretly loving a holy man
no one could play her like i can

[joe]
well, i had nothing urgent coming up
i thought i might as well skim it
it’s fun to see how bad bad writing can be
this promised to go to the limit

[norma]
there’s so many great scenes, i can’t wait
a boiling cauldron of love and hate
she toys with herod
’til he’s putty in her hands
he reels tormented through the desert sands

[joe]
it sure was a real cheery set-up
the wind wheezing through that organ
max shuffling around and a dead ape dumped on a shelf
and her staring like a gorgon

[norma]
they drag the baptist up from the jails
she dances the dance of the seven veils
herod says “i’ll give you anything”

[joe]
now it was time for some comedy relief
the guy with the baby casket
must have seen a thing or two, that chimp
shame it was too late to ask it

[norma]
have you got to the scene where she asks for his head?
if she can’t have him living
she’ll take him dead
they bring in his head on a silver tray
she kisses his mouth – it’s a great screenplay!

[joe]
it got to be eleven, i was feeling ill
what the h-ll was i doing?
melodrama and sweet champagne
and a garbled plot from a scrambled brain
but i had my own plot brewing

[joe, spoken]
just how old is salome?

[norma]
sixteen

[joe, spoken]
i see

[norma]
well?

[joe, spoken]
it’s fascinating

[norma]
of course it is

[joe]
could be it’s a little long
maybe the opening’s wrong
but it’s extremely good for a beginner

[norma]
no, it’s a perfect start
i wrote that with my heart
the river-bank, the baptist, and the sinner

[joe]
shouldn’t there be some dialogue?

[norma]
i can say anything i want with my eyes

[joe]
it could use a few cuts

[norma]
i will not have it butchered!

[joe]
i’m not talking limb from limb
i just mean a little trim
all you need is someone who can edit

[norma]
i want someone with a knack
not just any studio hack
and don’t think for a moment i’d share credit!

[norma, spoken]
when were you born?

[joe, spoken]
december 21st, why?

[norma, spoken]
i like sagittarians. you can trust them

[joe, spoken]
thanks

[norma, spoken]
i want you to do this work

[joe, spoken]
me? gee, i don’t know, i’m busy. i just finished one script and i’m about to start a new -ssignment

[norma, spoken]
i don’t care

[joe, spoken]
i’m pretty expensive. i get five hundred a week

[norma, spoken]
don’t you worry about money. i’ll make it worth your while

[joe, spoken]
well, it’s getting kind of late

[norma, spoken]
are you married, mr. –

[joe, spoken]
the name is gillis. single

[norma, spoken]
where do you live?

[joe, spoken]
hollywood. alto nido apartments

[norma, spoken]
you’ll stay here

[joe, spoken]
i’ll come back early tomorrow

[norma, spoken]
nonsense, there’s a room over the garage. max will take you there. max!

[max, spoken]
yes, madame

[norma, spoken]
take mr. gillis to the guest room. we’ll begin at nine sharp

[joe, spoken]
now this is more like it

[max, spoken]
i made up the bed this afternoon

[joe, spoken]
thanks. how did you know i was going to stay?

[max, spoken]
there’s soap and a toothbrush in the bathroom

[joe, spoken]
she’s quite a character, isn’t she, that norma desmond?

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