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I was bowled over when I first played the tape of this song, whitch Jimmy sent me very early in our work. Who on earth, I thought, could write such a song with such a title, and how could he make it come out so melodious and amusing? The hero of the novel, Norman Paperman, is indeed a Broadway press agent, and Public Relations is what he is escaping from after a nasty heart attack, to start life over on a tropical paradise. That is a dream that many peaple have, and Don't Stop the Carnival tells the funny and sad tell of Norman's awakening.
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Spoken:
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I was born on an island
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The island of Manhatten
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Dreamt all my life of a career on the
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Great White way
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Producer Norman Paperman
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Director Norman Paperman
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And I made it!
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In sort of an off the wall way I found my
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Calling-Listen
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Singing:
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Up every morning, out every evening
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Hustling for headlines, that's what I do
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Table at Sardi's, grappling for gossip
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Working the press for a mention or two
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[Paperman Cont.] I never acted like some nervous rookie
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Right form the start I was hot as a cookie
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I was a numero uno
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What a debut
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Chorus:
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Public Relations, Public Relations
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Boozing and schmoozing, that's what I do
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PR's my vocation
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And I'm a sensation
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Public relations
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Such hullabaloo
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But I went full throttle
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Never could slow down
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Then out of nowhere a mild heart attack
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Middle age crisis
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Face the big questions
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Had to get off of this foolish fast track
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It all started out
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As an add in the paper
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Now it's turned into
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A tropical caper
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But it's only public relations
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And thats what I do
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Chorus:
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Public Relations, Public Relations
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Ego inflation, that's what I do
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Isn't it wonderful, isn't it fabulou
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Public Relations, such hullabaloo
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Iris:
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Give this some thought Norman
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Things can get sticky
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Here in the tropics
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Wine turns to glue
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Norman:
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I've never seen such a beauitful ocean
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Iris:
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Holy sweet Jeues, he's got no clue
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Norman:
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I'll buy this place
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I am expatriating
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Iris:
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You as a landlord
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Sounds intoxicating
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Both:
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It's only Public Relations
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Who's screwing who
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Chorus:
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No, not that old PR
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Of the yacking and quacking
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Making folks happy
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That's what I'll do
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Sun shine and sea air
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Palm trees, martinis
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That's what I yearn for--like you, you, and you
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Just give me some time
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And I'll make it come true!
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