The Witches of Eastwick movie - Waiting for the Music to Begin lyrics
rate meSong by Joanna Riding<br /><br>
Darryl-<br>
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You know the notes darling?<br>
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Jane-<br>
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Yes, but I...I..<br>
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Darryl-<br>
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Now...go beyond them.<br>
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Jane-<br>
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When I was 12, Friday would come- <br>
I'd go to Miss Pittro's, rosin up my bow. <br>
Stiff as a rail, warm as an iceberg; <br>
utter precisions, that was status quo. <br>
Anytime I dallied with passion...<br>
I was told to stop it- reign it in! <br>
And I'd go along as was the fashion- <br>
waiting for the music to begin.<br>
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I'd play...I'd play...I'd play...la la la la la, la la la la la la..<br>
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So I grew up polished and practised- <br>
over the years I learnt to play my part. <br>
Never too rushed, never with feeling; <br>
all this applied in life as well as art. <br>
Janie at the strings like a spider, <br>
constantly in motion, cold and thin. <br>
Terrified to know what lay inside her, <br>
waiting for the music ...waiting for the music....<br>
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G...F sharp...F...E...G...F sharp...F...E<br>
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Oh for the days when it all seemed so clear! <br>
Sticking to the beat-staying to the tone. <br>
Day after week after month after year- <br>
perfectly in time, perfectly alone!<br>
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But what sort of man could lay claim to my soul? <br>
Half Ravel, half Rossini- part Shostokovich and part Paganinni, <br>
who knows? who knows? For what sort of man could <br>
I lose all control? Mahler-esque, slightly Grieg-y. <br>
Peppered with Brahms, plus a pinch of Respighi, <br>
here goes...here goes...The notes carry on in their endless campaign, <br>
the cords have turned darker where once they were plain- <br>
the air's growing warmer with every refrain, <br>
the rooms getting hotter, the sound is insane!! <br>
Is the bowing finally bending in the heat of this unending...<br>
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Darryl- Jane-<br>
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G Yes!<br>
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F sharp Yes!<br>
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F Yes!<br>
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E Yes!<br>
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G Yes!<br>
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F sharp Yes!<br>
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F Yes!<br>
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E Yes!<br>
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Jane-<br>
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Waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting <br>
and waiting for the music to begin........!<br>
<br>
Darryl-<br>
<br>
Cigarette?<br>
<br>
