You got a felony rap against you

And that automatically revokes your license in New York, you know that?

No, I didn't know that

And if you're not working in New York, you're nothing

Give me an idea, give me a suggestion, I'll work with you

I love your work, what can I do?

Let's kick it around

All right, think about it

Wait a minute, wait a minute

Wait a minute

Did you ever hear of any agent in the world booking a jazz singer into Carnegie hall?

I'll have the newspaper guys, the magazine fellows, the radio, the newsreel

And, Billie, when that curtain goes down on your opening night

You're gonna hear a noise that'll shake that frigging place

Then show me the license commissioner with the courage

Who would dare not to give you back your license, that audience will tear him into bits

Billie, you gonna do it

What do you think?

You couldn't do that for me, could you?

You've made a deal