Soundtracks - Changing Lives by Meryl Streep lyrics

[FRANK, spoken] It's Frank DiLella with New York One's On Stage, and we're here for the opening night of Eleanor!, the Eleanor Roosevelt musical [BARRY, spoken] Let's talk process (sung) When I'm in character, I go insane I stagger, I stammer, I sob I make the audiences feel my pain And if they don't leave depressed, then I've not done my job [DEE DEE] Each time I find a role like Eleanor The artist inside of me thrives I put on that wig and those prosthetic teeth And know I'm changing lives By the time I get tuberculosis in Act Two [BARRY] Even the people who are dead inside [BOTH] Will shout "Bravo!" on cue [SHELDON, spoken] The first review is in! The New Jersey Star-Ledger [DEE DEE, spoken] Don't tell me, unless it's a rave. Or a mixed positive [SHELDON, spoken] It says we're a hit! [BARRY, spoken] Oh my God! (sung) We're a hit and I think we deserve it! [DEE DEE] That's for sure [BARRY] Also, it means that this tour de force Will not be forced to tour [DEE DEE, spoken] To Eleanor! May she run for eternity! [ENSEMBLE] To Eleanor! [ALL] Cheers to a show that's so inspiring It's almost too much to sit through And if we've won that might mean one more thing [BARRY] That in ten years or so, we'll do Eleanor 2! [DEE DEE] I can predict what the reviews will say Before the next note has arrived It's ground-breaking [ENSEMBLE] Earth-shaking [BARRY] Life-affirming [ENSEMBLE] Breathtaking [BARRY and DEE DEE] Gut-wrenching [ALL] Heart-aching [BARRY and DEE DEE] In two words, it's history-making That's why every actor strives For adulation And compensation That comes from nightly Changing lives [BARRY, spoken] It's just what we do