Will Reynolds & Eric Price - Great Interest (feat. Santino Fontana & Solea Pfeiffer) Lyrics

Miss Brewster
Mr. John Pace Seavering
So
Where were we?
Yet to begin
Ah yes
Well

I've read your book
I was hoping you had
I read it with great interest
I am very glad
The story of your life
But organized so neatly
You swear that you wrote it alone?
The story of my life
Is mine and mine completely
Each word in the book is my own
It's a fine book
Well, now I'll relax
I read it with great interest
Fine. Down to brass tacks

Have you decided?
The work is so clean
Articulate, inviting
I can't wait to see where this goes
No, please, what I mean
In other people's writing
It's more often purple than prose
But not your book
Mr. Seavering
Oh, and do call me John
John
You read it with "great interest"?
From midnight 'til dawn
The story of your life
The struggle, the misfortune
The triumph, it's just what I need

I read it with great interest
With great interest?
Great interest indeed

The machine is out of control!
Gidger!
Ticking without end, sending paper hither and thither
Well, turn it off, will you?
Tell it to stop

Yes, John, that is exactly how it works
"Mr. Machine, would you very kindly stop?"
I'll take that break now
Do!
And close the door behind you
If everyone knew
About you and me
They would have great interest
I have to agree
What my people would make
If they beheld your freckles
If they smelled the starch of your collars
The earth would start to shake
Hysteria and heckles
If nobody sees
Well then, nobody hollers
You don't know a thing
You can show me the rest
You've taught me already
But not when we're dressed
The story of your life
Is tomorrow's front page
Nothing's been written so far
The story of my life
And all boys your age
You don't yet know who you are
Maybe we don't know who we are
Because we went through the war
And after the war, the way that you are
Isn't the way you were before

Think of what we saw
All we had to face
The worst things in this century
Have already taken place
So, if we're lost
We'll be found
Soon enough
Stick around
I'm starting to see
What the future can be
And does that future feature me
And my book?
As a matter of fact
I read it with great interest
Then you better act
The stories of our lives
Combine in this moment
Together we just might succeed
No one hears the sizzle
As we start to cook
And
No one takes the time
To take a second look
But
You got yourself a printing press
And I got a book
I read it with great interest
Great interest
Great interest indeed
I read it with great interest
Great interest
Great interest indeed