how s it going good you fair yeah tell me chinese laundry hi mary say hello i think i got a job where true romances posing  thank you writing captions what about the book what about the book nothing are you working on your book yes good no mary right i know yes me and balzac i finished the one act i got an audition i started the story rehearsal pianist so where are we eating i m moving to playboy the publisher called me i m doing a rewrite my parents are coming i saw my fair lady i rewrote the rewrite i sort of enjoyed it i threw out the story i m meeting an agent we ll all get together on sunday we re opening doors singing here we are we re filling up days on a dime that faraway shore s looking not too far we re following every star there s not enough time i called a producer i sent off the one act i started the story he said to come see him i dropped out of college i met this musician i m playing a nightclub charley they re doing my one act i m moving to redbook i rewrote the ballad mary i finished the story we started rehearsals i threw out the story and then the musician i m moving to popular science we re opening doors singing look who s here beginning to sail on a dime that faraway shore s getting very near we haven t a thing to fear we haven t got time bum bum bum da da da da bum bum bum bum bum bum ba how s it coming good you done one minute hamburg heaven hi mary say hello i got another job where chic what s that a brand new concept pop up pictures what about the book what about the book did you give the publisher the book yes good no mary look i never finished let me call you back right this is just a draft right probably it stinks right i haven t had the time to do a polish will you sing right who wants to live in new york who wants the worry the noise the dirt the heat who wants the garbage cans clanging in the street suddenly i do they re always popping their cork i hate that line the cops the cabbies the salesgirls up at saks you gotta have a real taste for maniacs suddenly i do that s great that s swell the other stuff as well it isn t every day i hear a score this strong but fellas if i may there s only one thing wrong there s not a tune you can hum there s not a tune you go bum bum bum di dum you need a tune to go bum bum bum di dum give me a melody why can t you throw em a crumb what s wrong with letting em tap their toes a bit i ll let you know when stravinsky has a hit give me some melody ah sure i know it s not that kind of show but can t you have a score that s sort of in between look play a little more i ll show you what i mean who wants to live in new york i always hated the dirt the heat the noise but ever since i met you i listen boys maybe it s me but that s just not a hum mm mm mm mm mm mm mable melody write more work hard leave your name with the girl less avant garde leave your name with the girl just write a plain old melodee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee they re stopping rehearsals they ran out of money we lasted one issue my book was rejected the nightclub was raided i have to start coaching my parents are coming they screwed up the laundry my wallet was stolen i saw the musician we re being evicted i m having a breakdown we ll all get together on sunday they re slamming the doors singing go away it s less of a sail than a climb that faraway shore s farther every day we re learning to ricochet we still have a lot to say you know what we ll do what we ll do a revue what what we ll do a revue of our own what where why when not just songs but stories scenes piano pieces mime yeah frankly frank a showcase of our own where the club s reopening we ll write a lot of new stuff rewrite old stuff what about the girl what about the girl only that we re gonna need a girl well mary thanks i don t perform except at dinner who wants to live in new york who wants the worry the noise the dirt the heat who wants the garbage cans clanging in the street thank you for coming next eight please they re always popping their cork up a tone the cops the cabbies the salesgirls up at saks up a tone you gotta have a real taste for maniacs thank you you re hired oh i m beth i m frank i really thought i stank i m mary charley by the way i m told we open saturday what you re not serious nobody s ready apparently somebody cancelled a booking the songs aren t finished and what about costumes and how do i learn all these numbers i ll bring you the copies of everything later this evening not to mention i still haven t finished the synanon song or the kennedy number okay but i ll have to have all the music and saturday i ve got to sing at a wedding oh god is there dancing cause i m not a dancer you don t have to we ll segue the end of it into the dance we cut out and have we decided or not on the restaurant sketch i need two or three days at the least to replace it and what ll we do about getting publicity run around town putting stickers on windows no we ll use it but not with the long introduction we ll worry about it on sunday we re opening doors singing here we are we re filling up days on a dime that faraway shore s looking not too far we re following every star there s not enough time we re banging on doors shouting here again we re risking it all on a dime that faraway shore s looking near again the only thing left is when we know we should count to ten we haven t got time we haven t got time 