:30:05
- [Clears Throat] This is the melody.
- What do we got?
:30:08
- All right.
- This is the lyric.
:30:10
- Got a Negro couple
under a street lamp.
- No, a street lamp, my ass.
:30:14
- They were on the fire escape.
- You're so literal.
:30:16
We're making art. A street lamp
signifies the urban condition.
:30:19
- Were you there?
- No, I wasn't.
:30:21
- Were you there?
- No.
:30:23
I was there, and they were
on the fire escape.
:30:26
How about a fire escape
under a street lamp?
:30:28
- That way, you get your realism...
- And you get your urban existential...
:30:32
Hey, Betty. Here you go,
the new lead sheets.
:30:35
- [Girl Sobbing]
- Who's that?
:30:38
[Betty]
That's Annie, my niece.
:30:41
- [Sobbing]
- She got herself into some trouble.
:30:44
You dig? For love.
:30:46
- She's so young.
- You're telling me! She's 12 years old.
:30:50
- Does she have any family?
- I'm her family.
:30:53
- [Annie] I just hate you.
- What's gonna happen to her?
:30:55
I don't know, but I'm not getting her
out of this one.
:30:58
Don't you have anything to say?
You're just standing there.
:31:01
Don't you have
anything to say?
:31:03
She doesn't know how to listen.
Trouble with girls these days
is they all think they're grown.
:31:08
So the boy in our song is depressed.
Why is he depressed?
:31:11
Because he's 16, he's a Negro, and
no one's gonna hire him.
:31:15
No, no, no. He's depressed because he
knocked up his 12-year-old girlfriend.
:31:20
Anyway, it's her story.
It's not his story.
:31:23
- That'll work. Yeah, all right.
- Really?
:31:26
She's knocked up and he's a wreck
because he doesn't want the kid.
:31:29
- He doesn't know how he's
gonna support the kid...
- And she was unwanted,
:31:32
- Right.
- But she wants to keep the kid.
:31:35
She wants a family.
That'll work.
:31:37
- # How can I tell them
How can I explain #
- # Ooh #
:31:40
- # All the love #
- # Love #
:31:42
- # That I never had #
- # Had #
:31:44
# I found in him #
:31:47
- ## [Piano Chord]
- Wait, I got this one.
:31:49
- [Chuckling]
- He gave her his... child,
:31:52
- ## [Piano]
- # But wouldn't give her
his name #
:31:55
Oh-ho!
# There's a...
There's a... #
:31:58
- Come on, that was good. Admit it!
- It was good.