Every Movie's A Circus (Reprise) lyrics
Every Movie's A Circus (Reprise)
ALL
Every movie's a circus
On the wire without a net
JOANNA
Coffee?
MYRON
I'm up too early
Shooting at seven
I gotta go
ALL
Movies
BOY
What's wrong?
GIRL
Can't get a screen test
Don't you hate it
When a yes-man says no?
ALL
Movies
GIRL
Good part?
BOY
I'm a policeman
"Hands up, punk!"
That's all I say
ACTOR
First time you've worked on the lot there
ACTRESS
I must say R.K.O. are O.K.
ALL
Movies
BOY
Then what?
GIRL
He pressed a button
Out of the wall
Fell a four-poster bed
ALL
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MYRON
Busy?
JOANNA
They shot my screenplay
MYRON
Isn't that great?
JOANNA
No, they shot the thing dead
ALL
Every movie's a circus
On the wire without a net
BOY
Lonely?
GIRL
That's how I like it.
BOY
Can't you be nice?
GIRL
Why? We're not on the set.
ALL
Movies
ARTIE
Hey, Joe
What are you, slumming?
JOE
Here for a meeting
ARTIE
This time of night?
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Movies
JOE
Yeah, it's some studio smartass
You know I'm famous for being polite
ALL
Movies
ARTIE
Guess what?
I'm getting married
JOE
Congratulations
ARTIE
She'll be right back
ALL
Movies
ARTIE
Fact is, we were just leaving
She's been stood up by some uppity hack
ALL
Movies
JOE
Married. Who would have thought it?
Why don't you look happy?
Come on, be brave
ALL
Movies
ARTIE
It's this movie I'm shooting
JOE
You first assistant?
ARTIE
More like a slave
ALL
Every movie's a circus
ARTIE
But this is a circus movie as well
Problems, nothing but problems
Animals, actors
Two kinds of hell
ALL
Every movie's a circus
On the wire without a net
BETTY
Well hello, Mr. Gillis
ARTIE
You two have met?
JOE
I'm the uppity hack
ARTIE
And she's the studio smartass
BETTY
What's going on here?
BARMAN
Artie, they're calling you back.
BETTY
I just reread "Blind Windows"
It needs some real re-working, of course
If we fixed up the opening
ARTIE
Call up the wrangler
Pay off the horse
Last Update: December, 23rd 2013