Franklin Shepard, Inc.

Now, how do you two work together? Oh! May I answer that? How do we work together? Sure He goes And I go And soon we're hummin' along Hmm-mhm And that's called writing a song Hmm-mhm Then he goes And I go And the phone goes D-ling! And he goes Mutter, mutter, mutter, mutter Yes, Jerome, mutter No Jerome Mutter, mutter, mutter, mutter That's his lawyer Jerome Mutter, mutter, mutter, mutter Do it, Jerome! Like sorry, Charley So I go And he goes And I go And soon we're tapping away Hmm-mhm Bzz, sorry Charley Bzz, it's secretary Bzz, on the intercom Yes, Miss bzz, it's a messenger Thanks, Miss bzz, will you tell 'em to wait? Will you order the car? Will you call up a bank? Will you wire the coast? Will you d-ling! Sorry, Charley Mutter, mutter, mutter, mutter Sell the stock Mutter buy the rights! Mutter, mutter, mutter, mutter Bzz, let me put you on hold Bzz, yes, Miss bzz, it's the interview Thanks, Miss bzz, will you tell 'em to wait? Will you wire the car? Will you order the coast? Will you send up the bank? And the telephones blinked And the stocks get sold And the rest of us he keeps on hold And he's into making movies And he's now a corporation Right So I play it home With my wife and kids And I wait to hear the movie bids And I've got a little sailboat And I'm into mediation Right He flies off to California I discuss him with my shrink That's the story of the way we work Me and Franklin Shepard, Inc I am beginning to enjoy this I promise to be honest, if you promise to handle the lawsuit No Frank When you do work together I've always been curious Which generally comes first The words, or the music? Oh, generally, the contract Oh That sounds like you think making money, is a bad thing for an artist Money? Did I say money? No! I like money a lot! Hmm-mhm I mean it's better than not Hmm-mhm But when it's Money Money When you're into Money And you should be Listen Frank does the money thing very well But you know what? Other people do it better And Frank does the music thing very well And you know what? No one does it better So the telephones blink And the buzzers buzz And I really don't know what he does But he makes a ton of money And a lot of it for me Right So I think okay And I start a play But he somehow knows 'cause right away it's D-ling! Hiya, buddy Wanna write a show? I got a great idea We'll own all the rights With a two-week out And a turnaround on the guarantee Plus a gross percent of the billing clause And there I am in California Talking deals and turning pink Back in business and I mean just that Back with Franklin Shepard, Inc Very sneaky how it happens Much more sneaky than you think Start with nothing but a song to sing Next you're Franklin Shepard Oh, wait a second Wait one second I am getting in too deep here Franklin let me ask you You see Frank and I are not that kind of close Not like we used to be Now Frank! And friendship is like a garden You have to water it and tend it And care about it And you know what? I miss it And I want it back Look Nothing permanent has happened Just a temporary kink Friendship's something you don't really lose Ladies and gentlemen Don't let me lose the greatest composer Any lyricist has ever had Phone him Write him, stop him on the street You'll recognize him He's the one going through his checkbook And, tell that man To get back to his piano Very sneaky how it happens Every day, you're on the brink First the prizes, then the interviews Oh, my God, I think it's happened! Stop me quick before I sink One more triumph That I can't refuse In case you didn't notice, this is my first time on TV And my last No! Here's the point whatever happens Then we'll all go have a drink That's the guy I love, the fella who's Inside Mutter, mutter, mutter, mutter Quick Jerome! Get the president There's a crazy man on my TV screen Inside, bzz bzz D-ling! Inside Franklin Shepard Just write in care of any bank, USA Inc.