@migu music@

Merrily We Roll Along (1974-1973) / Franklin Shepard, Inc. - Merrily We Roll Along Ensemble/Lonny Price

Lyricist：Stephen Sondheim

Composer：Stephen Sondheim

Producer：Thomas Z. Shepard

How did you get here from there Mr Shepard

If you look back you can see

Which is the moment and where Mr Shepard

Nineteen seventy three

I know our audience would love to hear

How you two work together

Sure

He goes

And I go

And soon we're humming along

Hmmm hmmm hmmm

And that's called writing a song

Hmmm hmmm hmmm

Then he goes

And I go

And the phone goes drrrring

And he goes

Mutter mutter mutter mutter yes Jeromoe

Mutter no Jerome

Mutter mutter mutter mutter

That's his lawyer Jerome

Mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter do it Jerome

Like sorry Charley

So I go

And he goes

And I go

And soon we're tapping away

Hmmm hmmm hmmm

Bzzz

Sorry Charley

Bzzz

It's the secretary

Bzzz

On the intercom

Yes Miss Bzzz

It's a messenger

Thanks Miss Bzzz

Will you tell him to wait

Will you order the car

Will you call the bank

Will you wire the coast

Will you drrrrrring

Sorry Charley

Mutter mutter mutter mutter sell the stock

Mutter buy the rights

Mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter

Bzzz let me put you on hold

Bzzz

Yes Miss Bzzz

It's the interview

Thanks Miss Bizz

Will you tell him to wait

Will you wire the car

Will you order the coast

Will you send up the bank

And the telephones blink

And the stocks get sold

And the rest of us he keeps on hold

And he's gonna start producing

And he's now a corporation

Right

And I play at home

With my wife and kids

And I wait to hear the movie bids

And I've got a little sailboat

And I'm into meditation

Right

He flies off to California

I discuss him with my shrink

That's the story of the way we work

Me and Franklin Shepard Inc

Oh

Well

When you do work together which comes first generally

The words or the music

Generally the contract

It sounds like you think making money

Is a bad thing for an artist

Money

Did I say money

No I like money a lot

Hmmm hmmm hmmm

I mean it's better than not

Hmmm hmmm hmmm

But when it's

Money

Money

When you're into

Money

And you should be

Listen

He does the money thing very well

But you know what

Other people do it better

And he does the music thing very well

And you know what

No one does it better

Still the telephones blink

And the buzzers buzz

And I really don't know what he does

But he makes a ton of money

And a lot of it for me

Right

So I think okay

And I start a play

And he somehow knows

'Cause right away

It's drrrring

Hiya buddy wanna write a show

Got a great idea

We'll own all the rights

With a two week out

And a turnaround

On the guarantee

Plus a gross percent of the billing clause

And there I am in California

Talking deals and turning pink

Back in business and I mean just that

Back with Franklin Shepard Inc

Very sneaky how it happens

Much more sneaky than you think

Start with nothing but a song to sing

Next you're Franklin Shepard

Wait

Could we wait a minute here

Because I'm getting in too deep

The thing you see is we're not that kind of close anymore

Way we used to be

And a friendship's like a garden

You have to water it

And tend it

And care about it

And you know what

I want it back

Look nothing permanent has happened

Just a temporary kink

Friendship's something you don't really lose

Very sneaky how it happens

Every day you're on the brink

First the prizes then the interviews

Oh my God I think it's happened

Stop me quick before I sink

One more triumph that I can't refuse

In case you didn't notice this my first time on TV

And my last

No here's the point whatever happens

Then we'll all go get a drink

That's the guy I love the fella who's

Inside

Mutter mutter mutter mutter quick Jerome

Get the president

There's a crazy man on my TV screen

Inside

Bzzz bzzz drrring

Inside

Franklin Shepard

Just write him care of any bank USA

Inc