Girl Meets Boy (from Sunset Boulevard) Songtext
von Andrew Lloyd Webber

Girl meets boy
That′s a safe beginning

It's nearly closing
I thought you weren′t going to show

So did I
I felt it might be kinder

What are you saying

Come on, Miss Schaefer, you know

What

Every time I see some young kid
Dreaming they'll produce some masterpiece
I just want to throw them on the next train home

Never thought
You'd be so condescending

Sorry, Miss Schaefer
I didn′t come here to fight


Girl meets boy
If that′s how you want it
She's a young teacher
He′s a reporter
It's hate at first sight

It won′t sell
These days they want glamour
Fabulous heiress meets handsome Hollywood heel
The problem is
She thinks he's a burglar
Would you believe it
A wedding in the last reel

It doesn′t have to be so mindless
You should write from your experience
Give us something really moving
Something true

Who wants true
Who the hell wants moving
Moving means starving
And true means holes in your shoe

No, you're wrong
They still make good pictures
Stick to your story
It's a good story


O.K., Miss Schaefer
I give it to you

What do you mean

Just what I said. I′ve given up writing myself. So you write it

Oh, I′m not good enough to do it on my own
But I thought we could write it together

I can't. I′m all tied up

Couldn't we work evenings? Six o′clock in the morning? I'd come to your place

Look, Betty, it can′t be done. It's out
Let's keep in touch through Artie
That way if you get stuck, we can at least talk

Write this down
I′ll give you some ground rules
Plenty of conflict
But nice guys don′t break the law
Girl meets boy
She gives herself completely
And though she loves him

She keeps one foot on the floor

No one dies except the best friend
No one ever mentions communists
No one takes a black friend to a restaurant

Very good
Nothing I can teach you
We could have had fun
Fighting the studio

Yes, Mr. Gillis
That's just what I want

What a nightmare
Good to see you
Come to my New Year′s party

Last year it got out of hand

Guaranteed bad behavior

See you then

Don't give up
You′re too good

Thanks