Lyrics Betty's Office At Paramount - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original Broadway Cast Of Sunset Boulevard, Judy Kuhn

Betty's Office At Paramount

T-H-E E-N-D!
I can’t believe it, I’ve finished my first script!
Stop it, you’re making me feel old
It’s exciting, though, isn’t it?
How old are you, anyway?
Twenty-two
Smart girl
Shouldn’t we open some champagne?
Best I can offer is a stroll to the water cooler at the end of the lot
Sounds good to me.
I love the back lot here.
All cardboard, all hollow,
all phony, all done with mirrors;
I think I love it better than any street in
the world.
I spent my childhood here
What were you, a child actress?
No, but my family always expected me to become a great star
I had ten years of dramatic lessons, diction, dancing, everything you can think
of;
then the studio made a test
That’s the saddest story I ever heard
Not at all.
Come on.
I was born two blocks from here.
My father was head
electrician at the studio until he died, and Mother still works in wardrobe
Second generation, huh?
Third.
Grandma did stunt work for Pearl White
(As THEY walk down the Manhattan street, the stage begins to revolve slowly,
so that THEY end up walking Downstage;
And the flimsy struts holding up the substantial sets are gradually revealed.
JOE and BETTY walk in silence for a while;
BETTY’s expression is deeply
preoccupied.
They come to a halt in front of the water cooler.)
I guess it is kind of exciting, at that, finishing a script
(HE fixes a couple of paper cups of water, and hands one to BETTY,
who’s miles away and comes to with a start when he touches her arm.)
What?
Are you all right?
Sure
Something’s the matter, isn’t it?