That Frank lyrics
by New Broadway Cast of Merrily We Roll Along
[TYLER]
I said, "Frank, this picture is a watershed…"
[TERRY]
I said, "Frank, one day you'll run my studio…"
[SCOTTY]
I said, "Frank, will you listen to that response?"
[DORY]
I said, "Frank really knows what the public wants"
[TYLER]
I said, "Frank, this picture is a watershed…"
[MARY, spoken]
Know what I'm having?
[RU, spoken]
What?
[MARY, spoken]
Not much fun
[FRANK, spoken]
Party!
[GROUP I]
That Frank—
[JEROME]
The guy is too much—
[FRANK, spoken]
Hey, the party's outside!
[GROUP II]
That Frank—
[FRANK, spoken]
Did you like the picture?
[TERRY]
The platinum touch
[FRANK, spoken]
How about more Champagne?
[SCOTTY]
He has taste, he has talent—
[TERRY]
Is he the best?
[TYLER]
Plus a fine head for business
[KT]
The man is blessed
[GUESTS]
That Frank!
[RU, spoken]
I wrote the screenplay for Frank's movie
[MARY, spoken]
Your secret's safe with me
[GUESTS]
That Frank—
[RU, spoken]
So what do you do?
[GUESTS]
He's full of advice
[MARY, spoken]
I drink
[GUESTS]
That Frank—
[RU, spoken]
No, what do you really do?
[GUESTS]
And God, is he nice!
[MARY, spoken]
I really drink
[KT]
What a friend—
[MEG]
What a host—
[BUNKER]
And his work is great
[TERRY]
Has a wife who is gorgeous—
[MEN]
A son who's straight
[GUESTS]
He's the type you could easily learn to hate
That Frank!
[FRANK]
Who says, "Lonely at the top?"
I say, "Let it never stop!"
It's our time
Coming through
All our dreams
Coming true
Working hard
Getting rich
Being happy—
There's a switch!
[GROUP I]
That smile—
[BUNKER, spoken]
Don't you miss writing music?
[GROUP I]
He's hot but he's cool
[FRANK, spoken]
That was the old Frank Shepard
[GROUP II]
What style—
[JEROME, spoken]
This guy's the American dream!
[MEG]
And what a great pool!
[GROUP I]
If you had no idea what charisma meant—
[GROUP II]
And you just can't be jealous, he's such a gent—
[GUESTS]
He's the kind of a man that you can't resent
That Frank!
[MEG, spoken]
Franklin?
[FRANK, spoken]
Oh, Meg, this is Mary Flynn
Mary is my deepest, closest, best friend in all the world
[MARY, spoken]
Congratulations on the movie
Your performance will stay with me for a long time
[FRANK, spoken]
We go way back
[MARY, spoken]
But seldom forward
[TYLER]
I said, "Frank, you're coming down to Mexico…"
[JEROME]
I think Frank is moving back to Paramount…
[MARY]
These are the movers
These are the shapers
These are the people
Who fill the papers
[GROUP I]
Mexico…
[MARY]
These are the friends of Frank
[GROUP II]
Moving back to Paramount…
[MARY]
Each one a perfect blank
[GUESTS]
When you see a movie that successful
What can you say?
[GUESTS, spoken]
Congratulations!
[FRANK, spoken]
Thank you!
[MARY]
These are the movers
These are the shapers
These are the people
Who give you vapors…
[FRANK]
Twenty years ago, who'd have guessed
Who'd have guessed
We'd be standing here?
God, we would have been so impressed!
Now we're here with the most—
[GROUP I]
Mexico…
[FRANK]
—Brilliant minds on the coast
[GROUP II]
Moving back to Paramount…
[FRANK]
And notice who is their host
[GROUP I]
Mexico…
[GROUP II]
Beautiful, Frank!
[GROUP I]
Acapulco, Mexico…
[GROUP II]
Beautiful, Frank!
[GUESTS]
When you've made a movie that successful
Where do you go?
[FRANK, spoken]
Uh—Paramount!
Here's to us
[MARY, spoken]
Who's like us?
[FRANK & MARY, spoken]
Damn few
[JEROME, spoken]
Now I heard a reliable rumor that you're selling the Malibu house?
[FRANK, spoken]
You don't want it
The place doesn't even have a pool
[MARY, spoken]
No pool?! Trash it!
[FRANK, spoken]
Let's have some coffee, Mary
[GUESTS]
Poor Frank—
[MARY, spoken]
I never drink coffee
[GUESTS]
He handled that well
[MARY, spoken]
Caffeine isn't good for you
[GROUP I]
That Frank—
[FRANK, spoken]
Look, I'm aware this was just a formula picture
[GUESTS]
He's loyal as hell
[FRANK, spoken]
But my next movie—you wait
[MARY, spoken]
I gave up waiting
[GUESTS]
He's polite and considerate, rain or shine
[MARY]
It began when I tasted communion wine—
[GUESTS]
That Frank
[FRANK]
Who says, "Mustn't go too far"?
I say, "Look at where we are!"
It's our time
Coming through
I say, "Good—
Me and you"
I say, "Roll!"
I say, "Ride!"
I say, "Hey, there's food outside!"
[GUESTS]
That Frank!
[TERRY, spoken]
Frank's movie was fun!
[GUESTS]
You'd think he'd relax
[TYLER, spoken]
Frank knows what the public wants
[GUESTS]
Not Frank—
[BUNKER, spoken]
And Frank made a star
[GUESTS]
He's laying new tracks
[KT, spoken]
I love a "movie-movie"!
[GUESTS]
If you had no idea what charisma meant—
And you just can't be jealous, he's such a gent—
He's the kind of a man could be President
That Frank!
That Frank!
That Frank!
That Frank!