Lyrics Completion Of The Script - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original Broadway Cast Of Sunset Boulevard, Glenn Close

Completion Of The Script

In December, the rains came.
One great big package, over-sized, just like
everything else in California;
and it came right through the roof of my room
above the garage.
So she had me moved into the main house.
Into what Max called
«the room of the husbands».
And on a clear day, the theory was, you could see
Catalina.
And little by little I worked through to the end of the script.
At which point I might have left: only by then those two boys from the finance
company had traced my car and towed it away, and I hadn’t seen one single
dollar of cash money since I arrived
Stop that!
Today’s the day
What do you mean?
Max is going to deliver the script to Paramount
You’re really going to give it to DeMille?
I’ve just spoken with my astrologer.
She read DeMille’s horoscope;
she read mine
Did she read the script?
DeMille is Leo;
I’m Scorpio.
Mars is transiting Jupiter and today is the day of
closest conjunction
Oh well, that’s all right, then
Max
Yes, Madame
Make sure it goes to Mr. DeMille in person
Well…
Great day
It’s been real interesting
Yes… hasn't it?
I want to thank you for trusting me with your baby
Not at all, it is I who should thank you
Will you call and let me know as soon as you have some news?
Call?
Where?
My apartment
Oh, but you couldn’t possibly think of leaving now, Joe
Norma, the script is finished
No, Joe.
No. It’s just the beginning, it’s just the first draft.
I couldn’t dream of letting you go, I need your support
Well, I can’t stay
You’ll stay on with full salary, of course
Oh, Norma, it’s not the money — Yes, of course, I’ll stay until we get some
sort of news back from Paramount
Thank you.
Thank you, Joe
So, Max wheeled out that foreign bus
Brushed the leopardskin upholstery
He trundled along to Paramount
To hand Cecil B. our hopeless opus
My work was over
I was feeling no pain
Locked up like John the Baptist