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