Danny Kaye - Stanislavsky lyrics

Who is the world's greatest actor? And how did I get that way? Who made me a genius, the greatest projector Who ever wore a toupee? Who made me most miserable Hamlet The deadest Romeo who died for his bride? Who made me most awful Dr. Jekyll? And then made me Hyde? Stanislavsky! Stanislavsky of the Moskia Theater Stanislavsky, a director from the heart! I will never forget the day I first meet the great master He took me by the hand And beat my head against the wall! And in one word In one word he told me the secret Of the great Stanislavsky Method: Suffer! That's all Suffer! You must live before you give! Suffer! You must ache before you make! Suffer! You must think before you stink! Suffer! Suffer! Suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer! Suffer, and the audience suffers with you Stanislavsky! Stanis... I will never forget the day They give me first part to play I'm supposed to play part of sailor But first I must suffer! What I'm going to do? I join navy, become sailor First day out, big storm! At first I was afraid I was going to die! Then I was afraid I wasn't going to die! But I suffered! I came back to Moskva And in this part I was wow! Here is what the great critic, Georginya Sasha Vladimir Nathan say: [Russian sentence] "Just like in America, three and a half stars" So if you want career on stage You mustn't dream of merely acting Use the Stanislavsky Method If Mental Chiropractic Be a tree, be a sled Be a fearful spool of thread Be a storm, a piece of lace A subway train, an empty space Take it fast, take it slow Hello Moe, Hello Joe I just got back from a wonderful show! Stanislavsky! Stanis... I will never forget the day Louella Harper said I stink I was playing part of stable boy It was in great Russian tragedy It was beautiful Everybody died I also play part in great Chekhov comedy Everybody died But they died happy! This makes it funny But I will never forget the day of my greatest triumph I was playing part of antique mahogany bureau So convincing in the third act My drawers fell out And who is the man who loosened my screws? Who pulled me all apart? Stanislavsky! Stanislavsky of the Moskia!