Susan Blackwell - Untitled Opening Number lyrics

JEFF A, D, D, D, D, F sharp, A Will be the first notes of our show HUNTER We'll start with the seed of an idea BOTH Then plant it on a paper With a Dixon Ticonderoga And then watch it sprout into a musical And then we'll help to make it grow' Bigger Nothing guarantees it will stand out And its future is unknown JEFF So in the meantime we will schedule A lot of meetings in Hell's Kitchen HUNTER To collaborate in my living room BOTH But we can't do it all alone HEIDI AND SUSAN So JEFF AND HUNTER/ HEIDI AND SUSAN We'll get together all our friends/ Ahh' And exploit all of their talents/ Ahh' We'll explore the latest trends/ Ahh' And avoid them when we balance the/ Ahh' JEFF AND HUNTER Book with the score HEIDI AND SUSAN Book with the score ALL The score with a lyric Appealing to the judge These are shapes Gently nudging the satiric JEFF, HEIDI, AND SUSAN Ahh' HUNTER/ JEFF, HEIDI, AND SUSAN We're trying hard not to duplicate/ Ooo' What we've seen and heard before/ Ooo' And if Bartyk's here, he'll appreciate/ Ooo' If we're inventive with the score/ Ooo' ALL So we'll put in a syncopation And we'll add a quarter' note And we'll softly start the coda from a very tiny point And then we'll get a little louder to further emphasize the point And then we'll cross downstage toward you JEFF AND SUSAN And now we yell in fortissimo' HUNTER Yell in fortissimo' HEIDI Yell in fortissimo' ALL (Fortissim)o'oh' It's the opening song It doesn't have a title, no! And it's not very long But it's the starting point of our musical And here's the first scene of our musical