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Changing Lives

Meryl Streep
2020-12-043:04 minSynced lyrics

"Changing Lives" is a song by Meryl Streep, released in 2020 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:04 long and contains 47 lines and 249 words.

Lyrics

0:43It's Frank DiLella with New York one's on stage
0:46And we're here for the opening night of Eleanor
0:48The Eleanor Roosevelt musical
0:50Let's talk process
0:51When I'm in character I go insane
0:55I stagger I stammer I sob
0:58I make the audiences feel my pain
1:01And if they don't leave depressed
1:03Then I've not done my job
1:05Each time I find a role like Eleanor
1:08The artist inside of me thrives
1:12I put on that wig and those prosthetic teeth
1:15And know I'm changing lives
1:19By the time I get tuberculosis in act two
1:25Even the people who are dead inside
1:28Will shout Bravo on cue
1:34The first review is in
1:36The new Jersey star-ledger
1:37Don't tell me unless it's a rave
1:41Or a mixed positive
1:43It says we're a hit
1:45Oh my God
1:59We're a hit and I think we deserve it
2:03That's for sure
2:06Also it means that this tour de force
2:09Will not be forced to tour
2:11To Eleanor may she run for eternity
2:14To Eleanor
2:18Cheers to a show that's so inspiring
2:21It's almost too much to sit through
2:24And if we've won that might mean one more thing
2:27That in ten years or so we'll do Eleanor 2
2:31I can predict what the reviews will say
2:34Before the next note has arrived
2:38It's ground-breaking
2:39Earth-shaking
2:40Life-affirming
2:40Breathtaking
2:41Gut-wrenching
2:42Heart-aching
2:43In two words it's history-making
2:45That's why every actor strives
2:47For adulation
2:50And compensation
2:54That comes from nightly
2:57Changing lives
3:04It's just what we do
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
Let's talk process
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
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
Even the people who are dead inside
Will shout Bravo on cue
The first review is in
The new Jersey star-ledger
Don't tell me unless it's a rave
Or a mixed positive
It says we're a hit
Oh my God
We're a hit and I think we deserve it
That's for sure
Also it means that this tour de force
Will not be forced to tour
To Eleanor may she run for eternity
To Eleanor
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
That in ten years or so we'll do Eleanor 2
I can predict what the reviews will say
Before the next note has arrived
It's ground-breaking
Earth-shaking
Life-affirming
Breathtaking
Gut-wrenching
Heart-aching
In two words it's history-making
That's why every actor strives
For adulation
And compensation
That comes from nightly
Changing lives
It's just what we do

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