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 here

[JOE, spoken]
Haven't I seen you somewhere 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