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Something Special
Soundtrack
Something Special was released on August 21, 2000 by LML Music as a part of the album Divas
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AlbumDivas
Release DateAugust 21, 2000
LabelLML Music
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
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Credits

Lyrics

Have you ever had a person say to you
"What is it exactly that you do?
Well, I know you write for the stage and the TV screens
But I can't figure out what your credit means
I suppose you write all the talk and the jokes
For those sketches that star the TV folks"
Well, if that's your impression, I must ruin it
For whatever it is I do
Right now, I'm doin' it
(Sung)
A star wants a song to open the show
A "how do you do," a clever "hello"
She'd like to come on kind of strong
But still ethereal
That girl wants something special
I write her something special
We call that something special
Special material
A show needs a song to bookend a sketch
The tag doesn't work, the star starts to kvetch
A song makes a sketch seem a little less funereal
They like that song on Tuesday
I turn it in on Wednesday
That instant prefab hit
Special material
There's only a few who do what we do
There's Earley and Rakim and Mitzi
We're all of us dizzy and ditzy
And losing our reason each new TV season
A special comes up they want you to do
It stars Helen Hunt in a day at the zoo
Well, what can you rhyme with gnu and rhino cereal?
Oh, Stephen Sondheim, please
That show wants something special
A special something special
That special's special
Special's special material
The jingles you hear for coffee and beer
Those parodies, medleys, and verses
Those tongue twisters no one rehearses
Are all made to order, so start the recorder
I wanted to be a Noel Accole
I felt this stuff was way off my goal
Kids, in the meantime it buys my breakfast cereal
So pass the old thesaurus
I'll write another chorus
Of good old something special, special
I'm sorry for taking your time up
But you've got to understand once and for all
I write special material
(Spoken)
But what do I do?
Written by: Damon Johnson, Harold J Grate, Harry Wayne Casey, Henry Grate, Marc C Rooney, Mark Morales, Richard Finch
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