Surrender

[NORMA] No more wars to fight White flags fly tonight You are out of danger now Let them send their armies I will never bend I won't see you now 'til I surrender I'll see you again when I surrender [JOE, spoken] I took a glance into the next room And there, on the table, shrouded in a shawl Was a small, sad corpse A dead chump [NORMA, spoken] Now, don't you give me a fancy price just because I'm rich [JOE, spoken] Look, lady, you've got the wrong man I just needed a place to stash a limping car with a hot license plate [NORMA, spoken] Get out [JOE, spoken] Okay, okay, okay And I'm sorry you lost your friend [NORMA, spoken] Get out of hеre [JOE, spoken] Haven't I seen you somewhеre before? [NORMA, spoken] Or shall I call my servant? [JOE, spoken] Aren't you Norma Desmond? Ha, you used to be in pictures, you used to be big [NORMA, spoken] I am big, it's the pictures that got small [NORMA, sung] Once upon a time, not long ago The head of any studio Knew how and when to play his aces Now they'll put some talentless unknown Beneath their sacred microphone We didn't need words, we had faces Yes, they took all the idols and smashed them They tore down the temples where we all worshipped They trampled on what was divine They threw away the gold of silence When all they needed was this face of mine [JOE, spoken] Don't blame me, I'm just a writer