1.As If We Never Said Goodbye
Norma：I don't know why I'm frightened,
I know my way around here
The cardboard trees
The painted seas,
The sound here.
Yes, a world to rediscover
But I'm not in any hurry
And I need a moment
The whispered conversations
In overcrowded hallways
The atmosphere
As thrilling here
As always.
Feel the early morning madness
Feel the magic in the making
Why, everything's as if we never said
Goodbye.
I've spent so many mornings
Just trying to resist you
I'm trembling now
You can't know how
I've missed you,
Missed the fairy-tale adventures
In this ever-spinning playground,
We were young together.
I'm coming out of make-up
The lights already burning
Not long until
The cameras will
Start turning
And the early morning madness
And the magic in the making
Yes, everything's as if we never said
Goodbye.
I don't want to be alone
That's all in the past
This world waited long enough
I've come home at last.
And this time will be bigger
And brighter than we knew it
So watch me fly
We all know
I can do it.
Could I stop my head from shaking？
Has there ever been a moment
With so much to live for？
The whispered conversations
In overcrowded hallways
So much to say
Not just today
But always
We'll have early morning madness
We'll have magic in the making
Yes, everything's as if we never said
Goodbye.
Yes, everything's as if we never said
Goodbye.
We taught the world new ways to dream.
2.Eternal Youth Is Worth A Little Suffering
Astrologer：I don't think you should shoot before July 15th
Right now is a perilous time for Pisces
If you wait 'til Venus is in Capricorn
You'll avoid a catalog of crises
Analyst：Listen to your superego not your id
Age is just another damn neurosis
I'll have you regressing back to infancy
And back into the womb under hypnosis
Masseur 1：I need three more weeks to get these thighs
In shape no more carbohydrates,
Don't be naughty
Masseur 2：we'll soon have you skipping
Like an ingenue you won't look a day over forty.
Beautician1：
We have dry wheat, we have steam
Beautician2：
We have moisturizing cream
Beautician3：
We have mudpacks, we have blood sacks,
Beautician2：
It's a rigorous regime
All：Not a wrinkle when you twinkle
Or a wobble when you walk
Beautician3：
Of course, there's bound to
Be a little suffering
All：eternal youth is worth a little suffering.
All：Of course, there's bound to
Be a little suffering
eternal youth is worth a little suffering.
3.Girl Meets Boy (Reprise)
Joe：how about
They don't know each other
He works the night shift
And she takes classes all day？
Here's the thing,
They both share the same room
Sleep in the same bed
It works out cheaper this way.
Well, I've a feeling your just kidding
But to me it sounds believable
Makes a better opening than that
Car chase scene.
Girl finds boy
Borrowing her toothbrush
Or oversleeping
Or at her sewing machine
Joe： how's Artie？
Betty：Stuck in Tennessee. It rains all the time, they're weeks
behind.
Nobody knows when they'll get back.
Joe：Good.
Betty：What's good about it？ I'm missing him something fierce.
Joe：No, no, I mean the idea we had is really pretty good.
Joe：Back to work
Betty：what if he's a teacher
Joe：where does that get us？
Don't see what good that would do.
Betty：No, It's great,
If they do the same job
Joe：So much in common
They fall in love, wouldn't you？
Betty：Yes, but if he's just a teacher,
Then we lose those scenes in the factory
Joe：Not if he's a champion for the working
Man. Girl likes boy she respects his talent.
Betty：Working with someone
Can turn you into a fan.
Joe：This is fun,
Writing with a partner.
Betty：yes, and it could be...
Joe：a helluva movie.
Betty：can we really do this？
Both：I know that we can!
4.Sunset Boulevard
Joe：sure, I came out here
To make my name
Wanted my pool, my dose of fame
Wanted my parking space at Warner's.
But, after a year
A one-room hell
A Murphy bed
A rancid smell
Wallpaper peeling at the corners
Sunset Boulevard
Twisting boulevard
Secretive and rich, a little scary.
Sunset Boulevard
Tempting boulevard
Waiting there to swallow the unwary.
Dreams are not enough
To win a war
Out here they're always keeping score
Beneath the tan the battle rages.
Smile a rented smile
Fill someone's glass
Kiss someone's wife
Kiss someone's ass
We do whatever pays the wages.
Sunset Boulevard
Headline boulevard
Getting here is only the beginning
Sunset boulevard
Jackpot boulevard
Once you've won you have to go on winning
You think I've sold out
Dead right I've sold out
I've just been waiting
For the right offer.
Comfortable quarters,
Regular rations,
24-hour
Five-star room service.
And if I'm honest
I like the lady
I can't help being
Touched by her folly
I'm trading water,
Taking her money
Watching her sunset
Well, I'm a writer
L.A.'s changed a lot
Over the years
Since those brave goldrush pioneers
Came in their creaky covered wagons
Far as they could go
End of the line.
Their dreams were yours,
Their dreams were mine
But in those dreams
Were hidden dragons.
Sunset Boulevard
Frenzied boulevard
Swamped with every kind of false emotion.
Sunset Boulevard
Brutal boulevard
Just like you we'll wind up in the ocean.
She was sinking fast
I threw a rope
Now I have suits
And she has hope
It seemed an elegant solution
One day this must end,
It isn't real,
Still, I'll enjoy
A hearty meal
Before tomorrow's execution.
Sunset Boulevard
Ruthless boulevard
Destination for the stonyhearted.
Sunset Boulevard
Lethal boulevard
Everyone's forgotten how they started
Here on Sunset Boulevard
5.Surrender (Reprise)
DeMille：If you could have seen
Her at seventeen
When all of her dreams were new,
Beautiful and strong,
Before it all went wrong,
She's never known the meaning of
Surrender;
Never known the meaning of surrender
6.The Greatest Star Of All (Reprise)
Norma：This was dawn
I don't know why I'm frightened
Silent music starts to play.
Happy new year, darling.
If you're with me, next year will be...
Next year will be...
They bring in his head on a silver tray.
She kisses his mouth...
She kisses his mouth...!
She kisses his mouth...!!
Mad about the boy!
They'll say Norma's back at last
Max：Madame, the cameras have arrived.
Norma：Max, where am I？
Max：This is the staircase of the palace
And they're waiting for your dance.
Norma：Of course,
Now I remember：
I was so frightened I might fall...
Max：You are the greatest star of all!
Lights!
Cameras!
Action!
Norma：I can't go on with the scene： I'm too happy.
May I say a few words mister DeMille？
I can't tell you how wonderful it is to
Be back in the studio making a picture. I promise you
I'll never desert you again.
This is my life. It always will be. There is
Nothing else. Just us, the cameras and all you wonderfull
People out there in the dark. And now Mr. DeMille, I'm ready
For my close up.
THE END
7.The Perect Year (Reprise)
Norma：There's been a call
What did I say？
They want to see
Me right away
Joe, Paramount,
They love our child
Mr. DeMille
Is going wild.
But it was some fool assistant
Not acceptable at all.
If he wants me, then Cecil B.
Himself must call.
Joe：I don't know if this is a time to stand on ceremony.
Norma：I've been waiting twenty years now
What's a few more days, my dear？
It's happened, Joe,
I told you so： the perfect year
Joe：It took her three days
And she was ready
She checked with her astrologer,
Who sacrificed a chicken.
She dressed up like a pharaoh,
Slapped on a pound of make-up
And set forth in her chariot.
Poor Norma,
So happy,
Re-entering her kingdom.
8.Too Much In Love To Care
Betty：When I was a kid,
I played on the street,
I always loved illusion.
I thought make-believe
Was truer than life
But now It's all confusion
Please can you tell me what's happening？
I just don't know anymore.
If this is real,
How should I feel？
What should I look for？
Joe：if you were smart,
You would keep on walking
Out of my life
As fast as you can.
I'm not the one
You should pin your hopes on,
You're falling for
The wrong kind of man.
This is crazy.
You know we should call it a day
Sound advice, great advice,
Let's throw it away.
I can't control
All the things I'm feeling,
I haven't got a prayer
If I'm a fool, well, I'm too much in love
To care.
I knew where I was,
I'd given up hope,
Made friends with disillusion.
No one in my life,
But I look at you
And know it's all confusion.
Betty：please can you tell me what's happening？
I just don't know anymore.
If this is real,
How should I feel？
What should I look for？
I thought I had
Everything I needed.
My life was set,
My dreams were in place.
My heart could see
Way into the future
All of that goes
When I see your face.
I should hate you.
There I was, the world in my hand
Can one kiss kiss away
Everything I planned？
I can't control
All the things I'm feeling,
I'm floating in mid-air.
I know It's wrong, but I'm too much in
Love to care.
Both：I thought I had
Everything I needed
My life was set,
My dreams were in place
My heart could see
Way into the future.
All of that goes
When I see your face
This is crazy.
You know we should call it a day.
Joe：Sound advice
Betty：Great advice
Both：Let's throw it away.
I can't control
All the things I'm feeling
We're floating in mid-air.
If we are fools, well, we're too much
In love to care.
If we are fools, well, we're too much
In love to care.
9.New Ways To Dream
Various Artists
Sunset Blvd. Cd 1
New Ways To Dream
Joe：I started work on the script,
I hacked my way to the thicket,
A maze a fragmented ramblings
Buy a soul in limbo.
She hovered there like a hawk,
Afraid I'd damage her baby.
The house was always so quiet.
Just me and Max and that organ.
No one phoned and nobody ever came.
I couldn't breathe in that room
It was so full of Norma Dezmond
And there was only one
kind of entertainment on hand.
Norma：This was dawn：
There were no rules,
We were so young.
Movies were born;
So many songs
Yet to be sung.
So many roads still unexplored;
We gave the world
New ways to dream.
Somehow we found
New ways to dream.
Joan of arc：
Look at my face,
Isn't it strong？
There in the dark.
Up on the screen,
Where I belong.
We'll show them all
Nothing has changed
We'll give the world
New ways to dream.
Everyone needs
New ways to dream.
Joe：I didn't argue,
Why hurt her,
You don't yell at a sleepwalker
Or she could fall and break her neck.
She smelled of faded roses.
It made me sad to watch her
As she relived her glory.
Poor Norma,
So happy,
Lost in her silver heaven.
Norma：they can't see where the future lies,
They don't recognize a star
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