The Prom - Changing Lives Lyrics

2020 Netflix musical film
The Prom - Changing Lives Lyrics

Performed by Meryl Streep, James Corden and Ensemble.

FRANK: (spoken)
It's Frank DiLella with New York One's On Stage,
And we're here for the opening night of Eleanor!
The Eleanor Roosevelt musical

BARRY: (spoken)
Let's talk process

(sung)
When I'm in character, I go insane
I stagger, I stammer, I sob
I make the audiences feel my pain
And if they don't leave depressed
Then I've not done my job

DEE DEE:
Each time I find a role like Eleanor
The artist inside of me thrives
I put on that wig and those prosthetic teeth
And know I'm changing lives
By the time I get tuberculosis in Act Two

BARRY:
Even the people who are dead inside

BOTH:
Will shout "Bravo!" on cue

SHELDON: (spoken)
The first review is in! The New Jersey Star-Ledger

DEE DEE: (spoken)
Don't tell me, unless it's a rave. Or a mixed positive

SHELDON: (spoken)
It says we're a hit!

BARRY: (spoken)
Oh my God!
(sung)
We're a hit and I think we deserve it!

DEE DEE:
That's for sure

BARRY:
Also, it means that this tour de force
Will not be forced to tour

DEE DEE: (spoken)
To Eleanor! May she run for eternity!

ENSEMBLE:
To Eleanor!

ALL:
Cheers to a show that's so inspiring
It's almost too much to sit through
And if we've won that might mean one more thing

BARRY:
That in ten years or so, we'll do Eleanor 2!

DEE DEE:
I can predict what the reviews will say
Before the next note has arrived
It's ground-breaking

ENSEMBLE:
Earth-shaking

BARRY:
Life-affirming

ENSEMBLE:
Breathtaking

BARRY & DEE DEE:
Gut-wrenching

ALL:
Heart-aching

BARRY & DEE DEE:
In two words, it's history-making
That's why every actor strives
For adulation
And compensation
That comes from nightly
Changing lives

BARRY: (spoken)
It's just what we do


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