A song inspired in my New York years by the struggles of cabaret folk I knew, trying to make a dent in show biz with little but their own wits to sustain them.
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This was a melody from my musical MANNEQUINS that I repurposed for a show called TOOTH AND NAIL, about a showbiz duo that kept breaking up and getting back together.
I don't mind telling you
We're coming to a situation
I thought our enterprises
Had real potential
Now is this how it ends?
We're not even friends anymore
I paid the cab, I schlepped the bag
I cooked the TV dinners
I gave my everything to keep it together
Now a brand new shock!
You wanna walk out the door
So...I starve, and I cry
And I move the earth just trying
To get over
And it's over
I dig in, never stop
Coming up, over the top
And then it's over
It's all over
Go off and make a brand new plan
I'VE DONE ALL I CAN...hold up!
What happened to the days
We gladly cast our fate together?
Each minor setback
Was a major adventure
With no shadow of doubt
No chickening out in the clinch
Am I to understand
You're throwing in an early towel?
Are all our big ambitions
So many ashes falling through the sieve?
God, somebody give me a pinch!
Or a slap in the face
Someone put me in my place
And say "It's over!"
If it's over...burn it in!
Make it sting!
Let me understand your thinking
That it's over
If it's over
Go find the house, the job, the man
I'VE DONE ALL I CAN
All I can!
All I can!
All I can!
I'VE DONE ALL I CAN