[Prologue / Ivy ("Marilyn"):]. When you are born with sex appeal. In a forest called Hollywood,. You'll find more wolves at your backdoor. Than that Little Red Riding Hood..
They say nothing lasts forever. Well, I wish that that were true. 'Cause this aching in my heart won't go away. . They sing, "Ev'rything must change",.
You hung the hopes of a world. On a shining star. Ready to give just a glimpse. A little bit of who You are. . When the heavens wink. On a midnight clear.
Put down the playbook. Cause the things I wanna show you cant be written down. Let my lips do the teaching. . Turn off the camera. Kick your shoes off for this scene you should be sitting down.
If I were a tape recorder, would you take me in your pack?. You could say anything, I would play it back. If we took the beach side down to where the boardwalk ends.
I'm not surprised, not everything lasts. I've broken my heart so many times, I stopped keeping track. Talk myself in, I talk myself out. I get all worked up, then I let myself down.
I'm shy like a rollercoaster. Switch back, take you for a ride. High-handed and we got your picture. Downhill, cautionary smile. . Off the rails were there to guide me.
If our lives were a movie. I'd know what to do. I'd write every scene with my heart. An RKO picture that stars me and you. And this time I'd learn my part.
So he sat behind his natural defenses. And there he wrestled with the song. He heard his name in every line, his life in every measure. Faced with feelings he could not explain.
[Male Ensemble:]. A studio executive has no beliefs. That's the way of a studio system. We bow to every rear of all the studio chiefs. And you can bet your ass we've kissed 'em.
The sun set down behind the trees. How quickly did my skin. Sense the chill upon the breeze. . And I'm uneasy, the night surrounds me. As dusk ushers out the light of day.
They thought they could dispose of me. They tried to make me small. I suffered each indignity. But now rise above it all. . Yes, the price I paid was all I had.
Growing more uneasy. With every question asked. It seems You're jealous of my interests. And the graven things I've cast. . Waking resolutions. Of twenty years or more.
Director:. The challenge for the actor is to use sense memory of childhood dramas!. . Ensamble:. Aaah!!!. Use your past. Use your pain. Never ever try to entertain!.
I have a plan for you. It will only take a lifetime to see through. I'll show you where to start. And the most that it can cost will be your heart. . Give me your heart forever starting now.
Somebody said you got a new friend. Does she love you better than I can?. There's a big black sky over my town. I know where you're at, I bet she's around.
Well I feel like I have to feel. Something good all of the time. With most of life I cannot deal. But a good feeling I can feel. Even though it may not be real.
I know I've kept you waiting. I know I made you mad. But this time that we've spent creating. was the best time I ever had. Now I love to sit with memories.
Pour the oil on troubled waters. Come around, lay down arms. Rest between the pure in heart and persecuted. Sound alarms to make calm. . Mend the fence convincing some.
Hello you long shots. You dark horse runners. Hairbrush singers, dashboard drummers. Hello you wild magnolias. Just waiting to bloom. . There's a little bit of all that inside of me and you.