Songwriting (Dialogue) [Live]

[Intro]

That song was written by my very good friends Alan and Marilyn Bergman

And Marvin Hamlisch

And—let me take a little—um, they're real songwriters you know?

Thank you

Me, I dabble

You know, my career is

Forty-six years old not counting summer stock

And in all that time I've written approximately ten songs

Which averages out to be about two point three songs per decade

But I was twenty-two when I wrote my first song, the music

And, which I thought I'd sing for you tonight because it's short, sweet

And it's called "Ma première chanson"

Which in French means "My First Song"

And it's in French because I was working on one of my least popular albums

Called Je m'appelle Barbra, that just went gold after forty-two years!

Better late than never, right?

But, so it wasn't very popular, but

Except in, obviously in France and Montreal

Vietnam, I think

Algeria, you know?

Where else do they speak French?

Anyway, the essence of it says "With my finger on the piano

On the first day of my first love

With your heart in my hand

I found my first song"

So, I'm not a really good piano player

So excuse my imperfections

Thank you

Oh, my glasses, my glasses

A senior moment

Okay

Oh, you're very kind