Timing lyrics

[BUDDY, spoken]
Comedians? They were artists
Everything they did was perfect
On the nose

[BUDDY]
These were the pros
The best in the business
These were the comic greats

[JOEY]
These are the guys whose shoulders we stand on

[LORRAINE]
Stand-up's own heads of states

[BUDDY]
Back then you couldn't ride on one gimmick
Back then there was an art

[LORRAINE]
Spit takes and tumbling

[JOEY]
Now therе's just mumbling
[BUDDY, LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY]
And what set them apart?
They had timing
Took yеars to perfect their timing
The proper respect for timing
Building up a career

[JOEY]
Comics today? Who knows?
There's no telling
It's just a lot of cursing and yelling

[LORRAINE]
Smoking a bong or smashing a melon
That's a skill?

[BUDDY]
Blood would spill

[BUDDY, LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY]
Without timing!
A song and a dance and timing
A seltzer in the pants and timing
Turn the crowd on a dime

[BUDDY]
My opening act was once Eddie Fisher!
Now I should take advice from this pischer?
[BUDDY, LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY]
Get in line!
Having timing takes time!

[LORRAINE]
I've played in college halls for Harvard yuppies

[BOBBY]
I've paid for gas by passing round the cup

[JOEY]
I've had to share the stage with kids and puppies…

[LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY]
That sh*t will f*ck you up!

[LORRAINE]
Back in the day we opened for strippers

[LORRAINE & BUDDY]
Play too long you might get shot

[BUDDY, LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY]
That's when we all relied on our know how
That special thing that we got!
[ANNIE, spoken]
Timing?
Timing!
Okay, what?

[BUDDY, LORRAINE, JOEY & BOBBY]
Patience!
You get the applause with patience
You know when to pause
With patience
You plan it out like a crime
So we're not guys that you've gotten word of
We're living legends you've never heard of
You'll never be a pro
'Til you know what you don't know
The art and the science
The comedy giants
Who knew how to stop a show!

Timing!
A song and a dance, and timing
A seltzer in the pants, and timing
Or else you're dead in your prime
Wanna commit career kamikaze?
Act like that f*cked up old Ashkenazi
Just ask us
Having timing takes time!
Having timing takes time!
Having timing takes...
Time!