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Bounce • 2004
ACT II: Talent
Stephen Sondheim
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When I was a tyke,
I said, "What I like
Is art.
I know I′m a boy,
But what I enjoy
Is art."
Looking at paintings, going to plays,
Music and books informing my days,
Filling my mind,
Flooding my heart
With art!
I had this dream of becoming an artist--
A painter, a poet, who knows?
I had a nice little talent for drawing
And a natural feeling for prose.
I even began to compose.
So many talents,
Wasn't I blest!
All of them good,
A few of them better,
None of them best,
Just enough talent to know
That I hadn′t the talent.
So I put my dream
And my self-esteem
To rest.
That must have been difficult.
Yes. But it didn't matter. I merely had to find
out what I was meant to be.
I couldn't decide,
Then one day I spied
Palm Beach.
A speck on the map,
No more than a gap:
Palm Beach!
Jungle and seashore, muddy and raw,
But in a flash I suddenly saw
What it would take,
What I could make
Palm Beach!
I had this dream of a city of artists,
Versailles by the Florida sea.
A sort of world congregation of artists,
All encouraged to set themselves free.
I knew what I wanted to be!
I′d be their host and supporter,
The patron saint
Of the things that they write
And compose and paint.
I would wander among them with
lavish praise
As they carve their statues,
Construct their plays,
Design their buildings,
Recite their rhymes,
Making modern art
Fit for modern times--!
So many talents,
Gathered en masse!
Painters and poets,
Artists and dreamers,
Watered like grass.
And if the talent I have
Is for nurturing talent,
Then succeed or fail,
I will see they sail
First-class.
And my father can go stick it up his ass.
Writer(s): Stephen Sondheim
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Bounce
Album • 2004 • 22 tracks
1
ACT I: Overture
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2
ACT I: Bounce
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3
ACT I: Opportunity
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4
ACT I: Gold!
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5
ACT I: Gold! (Part 2)
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6
ACT I: What's Your Rush?
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7
ACT I: The Game
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8
ACT I: Next to You
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9
ACT I: Addison's Trip
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10
ACT I: The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened
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11
ACT I: I Love This Town
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12
ACT I: Isn't He Something!
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