Timing Lyrics by Billy Crystal, Jordan Gelber, Brian Gonzales, Mylinda Hull
Mr. Saturday Night (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
2022
[BUDDY, spoken] Comedians? They were artists Everything they did was perfect On the nose [BUDDY] These were the pros The best in the business These were the comic greats [JOEY] These are the guys whose shoulders we stand on [LORRAINE] Stand-up's own heads of states [BUDDY] Back then you couldn't ride on one gimmick Back then there was an art [LORRAINE] Spit takes and tumbling [JOEY] Now therе's just mumbling [BUDDY, LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY] And what set them apart? They had timing Took yеars to perfect their timing The proper respect for timing Building up a career [JOEY] Comics today? Who knows? There's no telling It's just a lot of cursing and yelling [LORRAINE] Smoking a bong or smashing a melon That's a skill? [BUDDY] Blood would spill [BUDDY, LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY] Without timing! A song and a dance and timing A seltzer in the pants and timing Turn the crowd on a dime [BUDDY] My opening act was once Eddie Fisher! Now I should take advice from this pischer? [BUDDY, LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY] Get in line! Having timing takes time! [LORRAINE] I've played in college halls for Harvard yuppies [BOBBY] I've paid for gas by passing round the cup [JOEY] I've had to share the stage with kids and puppies… [LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY] That shit will fuck you up! [LORRAINE] Back in the day we opened for strippers [LORRAINE & BUDDY] Play too long you might get shot [BUDDY, LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY] That's when we all relied on our know how That special thing that we got! [ANNIE, spoken] Timing? Timing! Okay, what? [BUDDY, LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY] Patience! You get the applause with patience You know when to pause With patience You plan it out like a crime So we're not guys that you've gotten word of We're living legends you've never heard of You'll never be a pro 'Til you know what you don't know The art and the science The comedy giants Who knew how to stop a show! Timing! A song and a dance, and timing A seltzer in the pants, and timing Or else you're dead in your prime Wanna commit career kamikaze? Act like that fucked up old Ashkenazi Just ask us Having timing takes time! Having timing takes time! Having timing takes... Time!
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"Timing" appears on "Mr. Saturday Night (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 2022.
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