:44:02
He's tried it seven times.
The song is a problem.
:44:06
I told you, we should have given it
to Astaire.
:44:08
Beard, the song is not a problem,
it's a challenge.
:44:11
Just give me a moment.
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Jack, dear boy...
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what can I do to help?
Anything, just name it.
:44:19
Write another song.
:44:21
God, that cuts me right to the quick.
:44:23
I know it's God-awful,
but it's the best I can do.
:44:26
And we open in three days.
:44:28
Look, Mr. Porter, the song goes
so high and so low, it is impossible.
:44:34
It's not impossible.
Jack, I wrote it with you in mind.
:44:36
I know you've got it. I can sing it,
and I have a range of three notes.
:44:40
Where did you come up with it?
:44:42
I get all my ideas from a little Chinese man
in Poughkeepsie.
:44:46
Listen, you can sing this.
The problem is, you're not having any fun.
:44:50
Just don't think about the melody.
:44:52
Just think about the words.
It's about obsession.
:44:55
It's about being in love.
:44:57
You've been in love?
:44:58
All right, obsess about it.
Just sing it with me.
:45:02
Think about the lyrics and just look at me.
One more time. Jimmy?
:45:07
Like the beat beat beat of the tom tom
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When the jungle shadows fall
:45:15
Like the tick tick tock of the stately clock
:45:19
- As it stands against the wall
- It's relentless, it's obsessive.
:45:23
Like the drip drip drip of the raindrops
:45:27
When the summer shower is through
:45:31
So a voice within me keeps repeating
:45:36
You you you
:45:40
Night and day
:45:45
You are the one
:45:50
Only you beneath the moon
:45:54
And under the sun
:45:56
That's beautiful.
:45:58
Whether near to me or far