lirik lagu alan menken - the rosewater foundation
[all employees]
welcome to a flowing font of truth and good and cash
if you’re looking for the loot to toot a flute or cure a rash
if you’re down on luck and need a buck we’ll fund you in a flash
[artistic consultant]
if you’d like to write a piece on saint-denis or delacroix
[file clerk]
if you must research the church of christ or works of myrna loy
[executive]
don’t be bashful, we’ve a stashful
[artistic consultant]
don’t be timid
[blanche]
don’t be coy
[all]
baring market crashes, floods, or worse, inflation
baring fiscal flops or fierce devaluation
[applicants #1 & #2]
in a world where next to nothing comes for free
[blanche]
bet you’d never thought you’d ever live to see
[all]
so divine a shrine to fine philanthropy
as the rosewater foundation, nyc
[executive]
we’ve just handed norman mailer fifteen thou to vent his spleen
[file clerk, mail-boy, & artistic consultant]
fly to us! fly to us!
[blanche]
here’s a grant to will durant and to the reverend fulton sheen
[file clerk, mail-boy, & artistic consultant]
apply to us! apply to us!
[applicant #1]
me, i’m writing the biography of b-tterfly mcqueen
[file clerk, mail-boy, & artistic consultant]
here’s four grand for orson bean!
[all]
drive to town, come down, fill out an application
we’re a boon to the artistic population
[applicant #2]
they’re as generous as anyone can be
[applicant #1]
as enlightened and urbane as “camera three”
[blanche]
we’ll support you and we’ll serve you herbal tea
[all]
at the rosewater foundation, ltd
[applicant #1, spoken]
what time was your appointment with mr. rosewater scheduled?
[applicant #2, spoken]
10:30 this morning
[applicant #1, spoken]
mine was for 11. what time is it now?
[applicant #2, spoken]
4:45
[artistic consultant]
here’s a copy of -horizon- to amuse you while you wait
[blanche]
as per usual, the president is just a little late
[blanche & artistic consultant]
but unless you’d like to leave and ask for funding from the state
[eliot, spoken]
hey can somebody give me a hand, please? i’ve got a lot of books here and…
[all]
hail, eliot rosewater
president and chairman
beacon of obliging n-blesse
philanthropist deluxe
hail, eliot rosewater
rarest of those rare men
[file clerk]
sir you’re late
[blanche]
your datebook’s a mess
[executive]
your wife called
[mail-boy]
here’s your tux
[eliot]
it’s a joy to buoy the iroquois and liberate the cree
[all]
willingly! willingly!
[eliot]
help the idaho grand opera to produce die valkyrie
[all]
chillingly! chillingly!
[eliot]
and we built a “y” in tenafly and two in tennessee
[all]
yes he did that! yes-sir-ee!
what a fella, fine example
what a paragon, a saint
so he is, so he is!
what a pal to those who work in prose or poetry or paint
we know he is, we know is!
he’s devoted and he’s loaded
so we haven’t a complaint
and we state without restraint
he’s the subject of out abject adulation
[eliot]
i’m an outright blight of love and inspiration
[all]
he’s the rosewater foundation, i.n.c.!
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