I Can't Make this Movie

Nine (Musical)

Compositor: Maury Yeston

I can't make this movie
Theres no way that I'll begin it
I can't bear to see the cameras roll
Problem is the subject
Theres no pleasant way to treat it
The problem is the author's lost control

How I wish it didn't have to be so
But we cut the losses-starting now
Strike the set and keep it for some sideshow
Tell the cast and crew that they can all go

Find another genius
I can't be one or become one
I can't even tell how i'd begin
Help me Luisa, Help me
Help me Mamma
Help me someone
Here's a place where I have never been

Guido out in space with no direction
Guido at a loss for what to say
Guido with no intervening actors
Guido at the mercy of detractors
Guido here alone with only Guido

Nothing holds together
Nothing makes a bit of sense now
Impossible to grasp or understand
How can I go on to watch the whole of my existence
End up being nothing that a plane

Have I lost myself and all I wished for
Has my life become a mindless game
Guido, I can't stand the name of Guido
Guido, for godsake who is this Guido?
Guido here, With no one else but
Guido...