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Changing Lives Lyrics by Meryl Streep, James Corden, The Prom Ensemble

The Prom (Music From the Netflix Film)

2020

[FRANK, spoken]
It's Frank DiLella with New York One's On Stage, and we're here for the opening night of Eleanor!, the Eleanor Roosevelt musical

[BARRY, spoken]
Let's talk process
(sung)
When I'm in character, I go insane
I stagger, I stammer, I sob
I make the audiences feel my pain
And if they don't leave depressed, then I've not done my job

[DEE DEE]
Each time I find a role like Eleanor
The artist inside of me thrives
I put on that wig and those prosthetic teeth
And know I'm changing lives
By the time I get tuberculosis in Act Two

[BARRY]
Even the people who are dead inside

[BOTH]
Will shout "Bravo!" on cue

[SHELDON, spoken]
The first review is in! The New Jersey Star-Ledger

[DEE DEE, spoken]
Don't tell me, unless it's a rave. Or a mixed positive

[SHELDON, spoken]
It says we're a hit!

[BARRY, spoken]
Oh my God!
(sung)
We're a hit and I think we deserve it!

[DEE DEE]
That's for sure

[BARRY]
Also, it means that this tour de force
Will not be forced to tour

[DEE DEE, spoken]
To Eleanor! May she run for eternity!

[ENSEMBLE]
To Eleanor!

[ALL]
Cheers to a show that's so inspiring
It's almost too much to sit through
And if we've won that might mean one more thing

[BARRY]
That in ten years or so, we'll do Eleanor 2!

[DEE DEE]
I can predict what the reviews will say
Before the next note has arrived
It's ground-breaking

[ENSEMBLE]
Earth-shaking

[BARRY]
Life-affirming

[ENSEMBLE]
Breathtaking

[BARRY and DEE DEE]
Gut-wrenching

[ALL]
Heart-aching

[BARRY and DEE DEE]
In two words, it's history-making
That's why every actor strives
For adulation
And compensation
That comes from nightly
Changing lives

[BARRY, spoken]
It's just what we do

About “Changing Lives” by Meryl Streep

Read the complete lyrics to "Changing Lives" by Meryl Streep, James Corden, The Prom Ensemble from the album "The Prom (Music From the Netflix Film)" in 2020. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Musicals, Soundtrack, Pop.

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"Changing Lives" appears on "The Prom (Music From the Netflix Film)" in 2020.

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