โหลดเพลง mp3 Putting It Together (Album Version) - Barbra Streisand

Barbra: Look I've spent a lot of time working on this
Producer 1: Look no one's gonna buy it -- no one
Producer 2: No one in Middle America anyway That's for sure
Producer 3: He's right
Producer 1: Sweetheart it's just not commercial
Barbra: What is commercial
Producer 2: It's not what's selling nowadays
Producer 1: I mean - personally I love it but
Barbra (sung):Be nice girl
Producer 3: Nobody's into this kind of material
Barbra (sung): You have to pay a price girl
Producer 2: This album needs a hit single we can push
Barbra (sung):They like to give advice girl
Producer 1: The whole idea's too risky
Barbra (sung): Don't think about it twice girl
Producer 2: The audience won't understand this kind of thing
Barbra (sung):It's time to get to work
Barbra(spoken): I disagree Why don't you wait until you hear it
Producer 3: This is like your old stuff
Barbra (sung): Art isn't easy
Producer 3: You've got to appeal to the kids
Barbra (sung): Even when you're hot
Producer 2: Why would you want to make an album like this anyway
Barbra (sung): Advancing art is easy
Producer 1: I think we ought to talk seriously about this
Barbra (sung): Financing it is not
Producer 2: Why take chances
Barbra (sung): A vision's just a vision if it's only in your head
Producer 1: Nobody respects your artistic integrity more than I do but
Barbra (sung): If no one gets to hear it it's as good as dead
Producer 2: You have to think about you career
Barbra (sung): It has to come to life
Barbra (sung): Bit by bit putting it together
Piece by piece only way to make a work of art
Every moment makes a contribution
Every little detail plays a parts
Having just a vision's no solution
Everything depends on execution
Putting it together that's what counts
Ounce by ounce putting in together
Small amounts adding up to make a work of art
First of all you need a good foundation
Otherwise it's risky from the start
Takes a little cocktail conversation
But without the proper preparation
Having just a vision's no solution
Everything depends on execution
The art of making art
Is putting it together bit by bit
Producer 2: Do we really need all these musicians
Barbra: Link by link making the connections yes we do
Drink by drink taking every comment as it comes
Learning how to play the politician
Like you play piano bass and drums
Otherwise you'll find your composition
Isn't gonna get much exhibition
Art isn't easy
Every minor detail is a major decision
Have to keep things in scale
Have to hold to your vision
Producer 1: Why don't we talk about this over dinner darling
What's a little cocktail conversation
If it gets the funds for your foundation
Every time I start to feel defensive
I remember vinyl is expensive
Producer 3: Would you agree to do an interview
Barbra: Maybe one
Dot by dot building up the image
Shot by shot keeping at a distance doesn't pay
Still if you remember your objective
Not give all your privacy away
A little bit of hype can be effective
As long as you can keep it in perspective
Even when you get some recognition
Everything you do you still audition
Art isn't easy
Overnight you're a trend
You're the right combination
Then the trend's at an end
You're suddenly last year's sensation
All they ever want is repetition
All they really like is what they know
Gotta keep a link with your tradition
Gotta learn to trust your intuition
While you re-establish your position
So that you can be on exhibit
So that your work can be on exhibition
Be new girl
They tell you till they're blue girl
You're new or else you're through girl
And even if it's true girl
You do what you can do
Bit by bit Putting it together
Piece by piece working on the vision night and day
All it takes is time and perseverance
With a little luck along the way
Putting in a personal appearance
Gathering supporters and adherents
Producer 1: Well she's an original
Producer 3: WAS
Barbra: Mapping out the songs but in addition
Harmonizing each negotiation
Balancing the part that's all musicians
With the part that's strictly presentation
Balancing the money with the mission
Till you have the perfect orchestration
Even if you do have the suspicion
That it's taking all your concentration
The art of making art
Is putting it together bit by bit
Beat by beat part by part
Sheet by sheet chart by chart Track by track bit by bit
Reel by reel pout by pout
Stack by stack snit by snit
Meal by meal shout by shout
Deal by deal spat by spat
Shpiel by shpiel doubt by doubt
And that Is the state of the art