Week 26 - "Once I Get That Call"

August sent me a draft of some lyrics for a potential song for our new musical yesterday afternoon.  I worked through them at the piano and recorded this demo.  The lyrics that August sent me are posted below.

Lyrics:

BOY:

DON’T STOP RINGING!...

(realizing it’s not his phone)

                                                NEIGHBOR’S PHONE.

THE RING SOUNDS JUST LIKE MINE.

GIRL:

I HOPE THAT MOMMA DOESN’T CALL.

SHE JUST TIES UP THE LINE.

BOY:

AUDITION IS A WORD FOR TORTURE.

GIRL:

CALLBACKS EVEN WORSE.

BOY:

AN ACTOR DIES A THOUSAND DEATHS

BEFORE HE CAN REHEARSE.

GIRL:

WAS MY CALLBACK GOOD? I WONDER.

BOY:

WAS I BRILLIANT?

BOY:

DID I BLUNDER?

GIRL:

EVERY PIN DROP MAKES MY HEART STOP.

BOY:

EVERY NOISE I HEAR IS THUNDER.

CHORUS

GIRL:

I’LL BE ON THE ROAD TO GLORY.

GIRL:

MEN WILL FIGHT TO BUY MY STORY.

ALL:

I’LL BE SET FOR LIFE. I KNOW IT.

ONCE I GET THAT CALL.

BOY:

I CAN SEE THE MARQUEE GLOWING.

GIRL:

I’M THE PARTY THEY’LL BE THROWING.

ALL:

PLANETS WILL ALIGN THEIR ORBITS.

ONCE I GET THAT CALL.

BOY:

I MIGHT CAUSE THE SHOW TO STOP.

GIRL:

MY NAME WILL BE THE NAME TO DROP.

ALL:

FIGHTING MEN WILL LAY THEIR SWORDS DOWN.

ONCE I GET THAT CALL.

VERSE

GIRL:

BUT, MOMMA, I CAN’T TALK RIGHT NOW.

I REALLY HAVE TO GO.

NO, MA, HE’S NOT A DENTIST.

THE DIRECTOR OF A SHOW.

GIRL:

I CAN’T MISS THAT CALL.

I HAVE TO BE HERE WHEN IT COMES.

BOY:

I’M LIKE A GLADIATOR WAITING

FOR A SHOW OF THUMBS.

SPOTLIGHTS FROM THE SKY WILL BLIND ME.

CONTRACTS BY THE STACK WILL BIND ME.

ENDLESS WAITING. AGGRAVATING.

HURRY, FAME AND FORTUNE! FIND ME!