When Cameron asked me to devise something this evening,
that would be heartfelt but inexpensive,
I came up with a notion that involved two pianos.
He said he was running over budget and he could only afford one.
But I still needed a second pianist,
somebody who would sing a little
and play a little and who felt about Cameron
the way I did and would work for nothing.
I finally found somebody
but he had another gig this weekend,
and so we taped the piece instead and so,
here it is.
[SONDHEIM and LLOYD-WEBBER]
Isn't he rich?
Isn't he square?
Isn't he counting the house
Somewhere out there?
Send in the crowds!
Acts on his whims.
Take a big chance.
Seeing his anagram said
Cameron, the man's.
He went to France.
Send in the crowds!
Night time falling,
Cameron keeps calling.
Posing questions,
questions with suggestions.
Suddenly appearing,
forever interfering,
but here we are and cheearing as we might
the man who flogged the music of tonight!
Isn't kitsch?
Sometimes it's crass!
That's when he says to himself:
Bring in the class.
Send in the crowds! (Tea!)
Get me the Crown!
Always in charge, (still sketching and signs them)
making things long. (then he redesigns them)
How generous he's been to underwrite
the overwritten music of tonight!
God but he's rich!
(Richer than me...)
Lucky he never grows up,
or where would we be?
Thank you for scenes.
Let's do this again.
You're out of your mind!
Well, maybe next year?
[LLOYD-WEBBER]
Your Royal Highnesses,
forgive me for the fact that we had to film that,
but I'm working on my day job around the corner
with a new venture of my own.
Cameron, I can only say to you,
my dear friend Cameron, you are unique,
you are one of the extraordinary people
who has ever worked for musical theater.
When musical theater in England
was never really something that people
were really talking about too much.
I guess funny enough it was you and I.
You said something to me the other day at lunch,
which I will not forget.
You said when all the other people have given up,
you and I will stil be around.
The fact is,
I owe you a great deal, Cameron,
and the whole of musical theater owes you a huge debt.
Thank you very, very much for all you've done for me.
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