There's Been A Call; Journey To Paramount

There's been a call
What did I say?
They want to see me right away
Joe, Paramount they love our child
Mr. De Mille is going wild.

Well, that's wonderful, Norma
But it was some fool assistant, not acceptable at all
If they want me, then Cecil B. himself must call.

I don't know if this is the time to stand on ceremony
I've been waiting twenty years now
What a few more days, my dear?
It's happened, Joe, I told you so
The perfect year.

Come on, let's go upstairs
Shouldn't you at least call back?
No. They can wait until I'm good and ready
It took her three days and she was ready.

She checked with her astrologer who sacrificed a chicken
She dressed up like a pharaoh, slapped on a pound of make-up
And set forth in her chariot. Poor Norma, so happy
Re-entering her kingdom.

If you will pardon me, Madame
The shadow over the left eye is not quite balanced
Thank you, Max
Hey, hey, that's enough of that
To see Mr. De Mille
Open the gate
Mr. De Mille is shooting
You need an appointment
This is Norma Desmond
No appointment is neccessary
Norma who?
Jonesy!

Why, if it isn't Miss Desmond
How have you been, Miss Desmond?
Fine, Jonesy, open the gate
You heard Miss Desmond
They don't have a pass
Stage 18, Miss Desmond.

Thank you, Jonesy
And teach your friend some manners
Tell him without me there wouldn't be any Paramount Studios
Get me stage 18, I have a message for Mr. De Mille.

Mr. De Mille?
What is it?
Norma Desmond is here to see you
Norma Desmond?
She's hereint the studio
It must be about that appalling script of hers
What shall I say?
Maybe I could give her the brush
Thirty million fans have given her the brush
Isn't that enough? Give me a minute
Won't you come along, darling?
It's your script. It's your show. Good luck
Thank you, darling.

Miss Desmond
Well, well, well
Mr. De Mille, well have I been, have I
The last time I saw you, you were some place terribly gay
I was dancing on the table
A lot of people were
Lindbergh had just landed.

You read the script, of course
Well, yes
Now, I know how busy you are when you're shooting
But I think you could have at least have picked up the phone yourself
Instead of leaving it to some assistant
I don't know what you mean, Norma
Yes, you do
Come on in.