The Buddy System Lyrics by David Zippel & Cy Coleman
City Of Angels (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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[Buddy] Movies are shadows. They're light, they’re dark, they're faces ten feet high. Close up of him, close up of her... cut to close up of husband watching close up of her watching close up of him! You'll get it, you’ll see. Sweetheart, nobody gets a hole in one their first time at bat. There's people make a fortune writing movies and they don't know how. I mean no offense, everybody and his brother writes books, but a screenplay– [Stine] That's a ballgame of a different color, right? [Buddy] You know when Buddy Fidler talks, you're not listening to someone else [Intro: Buddy] I've got 12 nominations, a half dozen Oscars Nine cars and three ex-wives to show That in this business of refuse and nephews I know my stuff [Verse 1] You're a literary creator should've won a Pulitzer Prize I would never cannibalize Or impair a single hair or phrase of your amazing opus Still a lot of scribblers soon discover what they write for the screen Isn’t always right for the screen So I intervene I zipped through your book and the characters jumped To life on the page Now we’re at the stage where I bring them to life on the screen Don't cling to the words to which you gave birth Remember how many a picture is worth The odds are a thousand to one so get used to it Stine The book may be yoursbaby trust me the movie is mine [Bridge] Ya learn from von Sternberg Ya grow from von Stroheim And so I’m the heir to their skill This town has more nuts than Brazil Let's face it, I've been through DeMille [Verse 2] Authors unprepared to take a stab at this collaborative art Must suppress their egos and part With the notion that in motion pictures words are carved in marble Donna darling get this on a pad and type it up for next week I have an engagement to speak At the Writers' [Breakdown] You wouldn’t want to upset Buddy This is advice not a threat, buddy Let's see how tough things can get, buddy When things get rough it can get bloody Baby nobody says "No, Buddy" so buddy, you better concede Let Buddy be Buddy, pure Buddy, and he'll be your buddy The Buddy you need Next!
About “The Buddy System” by David Zippel & Cy Coleman
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