Christopher Hampton - Betty's Office at Paramount lyrics

[BETTY, spoken] T-H-E E-N-D! I can't believe it, I've finished my first script! [JOE, spoken] Stop it, you're making me feel old [BETTY, spoken] It's exciting, though, isn't it? [JOE, spoken] How old are you, anyway? [BETTY, spoken] Twenty-two [JOE, spoken] Smart girl [BETTY, spoken] Shouldn't we open some champagne? [JOE, spoken] Best I can offer is a stroll to the water cooler at the end of the lot [BETTY, spoken] Sounds good to me. I love the back lot here. All cardboard, all hollow, all phony, all done with mirrors; I think I love it better than any street in the world. I spent my childhood here [JOE, spoken] What were you, a child actress? [BETTY, spoken] No, but my family always expected me to become a great star I had ten years of dramatic lessons, diction, dancing, everything you can think of; then the studio made a test [JOE, spoken] That's the saddest story I ever heard [BETTY, spoken] Not at all. Come on. I was born two blocks from here. My father was head electrician at the studio until he died, and Mother still works in wardrobe [JOE, spoken] Second generation, huh? [BETTY, spoken] Third. Grandma did stunt work for Pearl White (As THEY walk down the Manhattan street, the stage begins to revolve slowly, so that THEY end up walking Downstage; And the flimsy struts holding up the substantial sets are gradually revealed. JOE and BETTY walk in silence for a while; BETTY's expression is deeply preoccupied. They come to a halt in front of the water cooler.) [JOE, spoken] I guess it is kind of exciting, at that, finishing a script (HE fixes a couple of paper cups of water, and hands one to BETTY, who's miles away and comes to with a start when he touches her arm.) [BETTY, spoken] What? [JOE, spoken] Are you all right? [BETTY, spoken] Sure [JOE, spoken] Something's the matter, isn't it?