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Putting It Together [Live]
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Barbra Streisand
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Look, I, I've spent a lot of time working on this
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Look, no one's gonna buy it, no one
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Nobody in middle America, anyway that's for sure
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He's right
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Sweetheart, it's just not commercial
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What is commercial?
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It's not what's selling nowadays
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I mean personally, I love it, but
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Be nice, girl
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(Nobody's into this kind of material)
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You have to pay a price, girl
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(This album needs a hit single we can push)
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They like to give advice, girl
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(The whole idea's too risky)
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Don't think about it twice, girl
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(The audience won't understand this kind of thing)
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It's time to get to work
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(I disagree! Why don't you wait until you hear it?)
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(This is like your old stuff)
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Art isn't easy
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(You've got to appeal to the kids)
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Even when you're hot
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(Why would you want to make an album like this anyway?)
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Advancing art is easy
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(I think we ought to talk seriously about this)
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Financing it is not
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(Why take chances?)
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A vision's just a vision if it's only in your head
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(Nobody respects your artistic integrity more than I do, but)
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If no one gets to hear it, it's as good as dead
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(You have to think about you career)
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It has to come to life
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Bit by bit, putting it together
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Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art
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Every moment makes a contribution
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Every little detail plays a parts
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Having just a vision's no solution
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Everything depends on execution
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Putting it together, that's what counts
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Ounce by ounce, putting in together
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Small amounts, adding up to make a work of art
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First of all you need a good foundation
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Otherwise it's risky from the start
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Takes a little cocktail conversation
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But without the proper preparation
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Having just a vision's no solution
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Everything depends on execution
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The art of making art
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Is putting it together, bit by bit
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(Do we really need all these musicians?)
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Link by link, making the connections, yes we do
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Drink by drink, taking every comment as it comes
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Learning how to play the politician
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Like you play piano, bass and drums
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Otherwise you'll find your composition
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Isn't gonna get much exhibition
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Art isn't easy
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Every minor detail is a major decision
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Have to keep things in scale
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Have to hold to your vision
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(Why don't we talk about this over dinner, darling?)
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What's a little cocktail conversation
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If it gets the funds for your foundation
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Every time I start to feel defensive
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I remember vinyl is expensive
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(Would you agree to do an interview?)
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Maybe one
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Dot by dot, building up the image
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Shot by shot, keeping at a distance doesn't pay
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Still if you remember your objective
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Not give all your privacy away
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A little bit of hype can be effective
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As long as you can keep it in perspective
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Even when you get some recognition
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Everything you do you still audition
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Art isn't easy
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Overnight you're a trend
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You're the right combination
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Then the trend's at an end
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You're suddenly last year's sensation
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All they ever want is repetition
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All they really like is what they know
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Gotta keep a link with your tradition
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Gotta learn to trust your intuition
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While you re-establish your position
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So that you can be on exhibit
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So that your work can be on exhibition
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Be new, girl
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They tell you till they're blue, girl
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You're new, or else you're through, girl
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And even if it's true, girl
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You do what you can do
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Bit by bit, putting it together
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Piece by piece, working on the vision night and day
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All it takes is time and perseverance
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With a little luck along the way
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Putting in a personal appearance
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Gathering supporters and adherents
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(Well, she's an original)
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(Was)
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Mapping out the songs but in addition
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Harmonizing each negotiation
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Balancing the part that's all musicians
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With the part that's strictly presentation
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Balancing the money with the mission
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Till you have the perfect orchestration
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Even if you do have the suspicion
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That it's taking all your concentration
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The art of making art
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Is putting it together, bit by bit
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Beat by beat, part by part
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Sheet by sheet, chart by chart
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Track by track, bit by bit
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Reel by reel, pout by pout
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Stack by stack, snit by snit
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Meal by meal, shout by shout
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Deal by deal, spat by spat
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Spiel by spiel, doubt by doubt
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And that is the state of the art
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