Two Nobodies In New York

[JEFF]
What if this dialog were set to music?
What if what we're saying could be said in a song?

[HUNTER]
Hey, that's not a bad idea perhaps we could use it
Music in a musical, how can we go wrong?

[BOTH]
We could
Ask significant questions
We could
Get important points across

Like?

[HUNTER]
Are we writing for art

[JEFF]
And is art a springboard for fame

[HUNTER]
And will fame get folks to trust us

[BOTH]
But will they trust us
If it's just us
Me and you
Two nobodies in New York

[HUNTER]
Hey, I think it's working we're discovering choices
Lots of things to think about when writing a show

[JEFF]
Yeah, creating a vehicle to showcase our voices
And I don't mean our vocal cords, I mean what's below

[HUNTER]
Uh-huh

[BOTH]
We could
Ask significant questions
We could
Get important points across

Like?

[HUNTER]
Are we writing for art

[JEFF]
And is art a springboard for fame

[HUNTER]
And will fame get us a paycheck

[BOTH]
But will a paycheck mean that we're sellouts
And if we sell out
Will they yell out
Me and you
Two nobodies in New York

[HUNTER, spoken]
Key change!

[JEFF]
Maybe someday our show will get a theater
And if not this festival then somewhere out west

[HUNTER]
TV actors in our show, what could be better?

[JEFF, spoken/HUNTER]
Sweeter/ We could-

[HUNTER, spoken]
What?

[JEFF, spoken]
Sweeter, we've been over this. You know the lyric is sweeter

[HUNTER, spoken]
But here's the deal. One of them sounds like it's two syllables
And the other sounds like it's three syllables, so it's
Like: sweeter, the-ater. Does that rhyme?

[JEFF, spoken]
Yes. Sorry, Larry, from the key change. A-five, six, seven, eight!
(sung)
Maybe someday our show will get a theater
And if not this festival then somewhere out west

[HUNTER]
TV actors in our show, what could be swee-ater?

[JEFF, spoken]
Thanks. Great
(sung)
We could get that woman who was on Empty Nest

[HUNTER]
Dinah Manoff, she's awesome!

[JEFF]
Yeah

[HUNTER]
She was in Grease

[JEFF]
Yeah!

[BOTH]
And Leader of the Pack!

We could
Ask significant questions
We could
Get important points across

Like are we writing for art
And is art a springboard for fame
And will fame get us a sitcom
And will a sitcom get us on Ellen

And will Ellen get folks to like us
And if they like us
Will they mike us
Me and You

Two nobodies in New York
Nobodies in New York!