Every Movie's a Circus

Every movie's a circus
On the wire without a net
Coffee?
I'm up too early
Shooting at seven
I gotta go
Movies
What's wrong?
Can't get a screen test
Don't you hate it
When a yes-man says no?
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Good part?
I'm a policeman
"Hands up, punk!"
That's all I say
First time you've worked on the lot there
I must say R.K.O. are O.K
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Then what?
He pressed a button
Out of the wall
Fell a four-poster bed
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Busy?
They shot my screenplay
Isn't that great?
No, they shot the thing dead
Every movie's a circus
On the wire without a net
Lonely?
That's how I like it
Can't you be nice?
Why? We're not on the set
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Hey, Joe
What are you, slumming?
Here for a meeting
This time of night?
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Yeah, it's some studio smartass
You know I'm famous for being polite
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Guess what?
I'm getting married
Congratulations
She'll be right back
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Fact is, we were just leaving
She's been stood up by some uppity hack
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Married. Who would have thought it?
Why don't you look happy?
Come on, be brave
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It's this movie I'm shooting
You first assistant?
More like a slave
Every movie's a circus
But this is a circus movie as well
Problems, nothing but problems
Animals, actors
Two kinds of hell
Every movie's a circus
On the wire without a net
Well hello, Mr. Gillis
You two have met?
I'm the uppity hack
And she's the studio smartass
What's going on here?
Artie, they're calling you back
I just reread Blind Windows
It needs some real re-working, of course
If we fixed up the opening
Call up the wrangler
Pay off the horse



Credits
Writer(s): Andrew Lloyd-webber, Don Black, Christopher James Hampton
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