Smash!

Lyrics

[SCOTT, spoken] Look - when all this started, I didn't even like musicals. I didn't even get them. I mean, people bursting into song? That doesn't happen in reality. But hey, have you seen the news? I mean, what's so great about reality? [sung] So tonight has you feeling you're at the end Well, tomorrow you'll think of a smash [NIGEL, spoken] What is happening? [SCOTT, sung] Though tonight seems the curtain's about to descend Well, tomorrow we'll rise with a smash [JERRY, spoken] Are you all seeing this? [SCOTT, sung] Through each stop and each start And you stomping on my heart Well, I still fell in love with the show So, old friends, I implore you Like Sondheim before you Eventually Merrily was a hit! [ANITA, spoken] I didn't see that one coming [SCOTT, sung] I have watched how you've argued and laughed and drank And gambled your last ounce of cash While you danced on the edge of a ledge Heading straight for the trash... [TRACY, spoken] Who are you? [SCOTT, sung] Me? Well, I felt most alive Watching you all take the dive But I hope when you wake from the crash That the gods that you sing to may once again bring you a smash! [NIGEL, spoken] Oh, so we're in a musical now? [sung] As a child, you dream of that pot of gold That will come when you find you're a smash By the time that you reach it, you're too fricking old But your obit says you were a smash! [ANITA] All the openings and galas Are endless valhallas As budgets and bills hit the sky [TRACY, JERRY] Though you're endlessly doubting [TRACY] And drinking [JERRY] And shouting [ANITA] Each day you set sail [PRINCIPALS] For that elusive white whale... [SCOTT, spoken] So go! Do it! What's the next one? [TRACY] Okay! Here's my terrible idea: we write what we know [ANITA] What do we know exactly? [NIGEL] We know how incredibly hard it is to make musicals [JERRY] Oh! So we don't make a show about Marilyn Monroe; we make a show about making a show about Marilyn Monroe? [SCOTT] Yes! With a crazy star, and a poison cupcake, and a cryptkeeper. Write that! [IVY] It's everything we just went through! [CHLOE] I can see it! You can play Ivy! [IVY] You can play Karen! [KAREN] And you can finally direct! [PRINCIPALS, sung] Don't know when to say when So we get up again [TRACY, JERRY] And this time, we might hit the top [ANITA] And get the rave that we crave [NIGEL] Not the pan that says "man, you should stop" [IVY] With your friends on your side [IVY, KAREN] On that red carpet ride [IVY, KAREN, CHLOE] Sink or swim, we'll at least make a splash [PRINCIPALS] Keep your eyes on the prize, and the curtain will rise on a... [ENSEMBLE] Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah... Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah, ah... [ALL] Every life is a show Seasons come and they go So we pray as the cameras all flash [ENSEMBLE] Flash! Flash! [ALL] Let it be a smash! Let it be a smash!