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Lauren Worsham - 6 am (The Non​-​Equity Song)

from The Songs of Paul Fujimoto by Paul Fujimoto

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AN ODE TO NON-EQUITY CATTLE-CALL AUDITIONS.

Watch the NYC concert video with PHANTOM OF THE OPERA's Sara Jean Ford:
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lyrics

My pillow...
My pillow is soft.
My pillow...
My pillow is warm.
Never get up, never get up.
Ah! Ah!
Never get up...

(Her alarm clock goes off. She wakes, dresses, and makes her way to Midtown.)

Open call, non-Equity,
Pittsburgh Civic Light.
Open call, so naturally,
the line forms on the right.

How I long to sleep in on Mondays.
Not a sin, sleeping in.
But, instead, I'm in line with
a wanna-be Idina, nursing on an Aquafina,
looking like she's never seen a pair of tweezers.
A clueless ego-maniac,
who just arrived from Hackensack,
believing her augmented rack
can cover up a blatant lack of talent.

Oh, how gallant I must seem,
chasing after this pipe-dream.
But, the truth is this:
it isn't always bliss.
When you're a classically-trained soprano,
who's forced to sing Frank Wildhorn instead...
Ah!
I should have stayed in bed.

But, my credit...
My credit is bad.
My student loans...
My student loans are hefty.
Up on your feet!
You've gotta eat!
Ah! Ah!
Go get a job!

Oh God, I wanna run and hide.
I'm contemplating suicide.
I wish I had some pesticide to use on
the quasi-nouveau avant-garde
who feels, cause she's from Juilliard,
the need to constantly bombard us
with her perfect diction.

Feel the friction between us.
And they STILL haven't seen us.
Oh, how fair 'twould be to play Eliza D...
But, when you're just a non-union nothing,
you take the children's tours you can get!
Ah!

(Her high note gets her the job.)

Equity card! Equity card!
How divine! Finally mine!
Yes, it's true, there'll be the same bullshit...
But, it won't concern me 'til nine!

credits

from The Songs of Paul Fujimoto, released December 20, 2020
Vocals: Lauren Worsham
Piano: Rick Hip-Flores
Recorded at Smooth Spot Studios, NYC

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Paul Fujimoto New York

NYC based Composer/Lyricist of the new musical CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, based on the New York Times-Bestselling novel by Jamie Ford.

Johnny Mercer Writers Colony, BMI Workshop

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