NOTHING LIKE BROADWAY: DAVID RACKOFF LYRICS & MUSIC
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Sticking My Neck Out Again

The context: This is from a small clever farce show I'm working on. The character (a wealthy ingenue and supporter of the arts) thinks she might just take a chance on love (with the sweet main character).

A little about the creation of this song: I don't want to spoil anything in case you one day see the show. But she may secretly be the villain of the piece. Still, the feelings she's sharing with the audience are sincere. So I wanted her to use romantic metaphors, but to use them a little too literally (and viscerally-- literally viscerally, i.e. neck, chest, heart). Also, I wrote the music to this song, as well as the lyrics!
Sticking My Neck Out Again
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Music & Lyrics by David Rackoff
I’M STICKING MY HEAD OUT AGAIN,
BUT I’VE LEARNED TO BE CAUTIOUS.
STICKING MY NECK OUT AGAIN.
IT’S OKAY THAT I’M NAUSEOUS
AT FIRST…

I’LL OPEN MY CHEST UP TONIGHT,
AND I’LL FIND THAT IT’S MENDED.
OPEN MY HEART UP TONIGHT.
THE RESULTS WILL BE SPLENDID,
FOR ONCE…
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     AS A KID, OTHER KIDS WERE THE PEOPLE WHO HURTED ME.
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     THEN I GREW UP, BUT STILL PEOPLE DESERTED ME.
     ONCE I WAS SWEET, I WAS OPEN AND GUILELESS.
     NOW I AM SMART, I AM SAFE, BUT I SMILE LESS.
     YOU, I COULD SING, I COULD WRITE OPERETTA FOR.
     YOU ARE THE WHAT, ARE THE WHY, OF MY METAPHOR.

I’LL JUMP FROM A PLANE FROM THE CLOUDS,
LOOK STRAIGHT UP, AND YOU’LL SPOT ME.
ONTO YOUR HEAD, FROM THE CLOUDS!
I’M SO GLAD THAT YOU CAUGHT ME.
IF YOU TAKE CARE OF MY HEAD,
LOOK INTO MY HEART,
I’LL JUMP FROM THE PLANE
AT LAST…
AT LAST…
AT LAST!

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  • Home
  • Nothing Like Broadway! (the musical)
  • Songs from Nothing Like Broadway!
  • Other Songs
    • This Is Our Land (from Genius Grant)
    • A Hundred Years from Now
    • This Is the Start of Something...
    • Nothing Like Broadway
    • A Mop
    • The World's Most Famous Spy
    • If I Could Sing My Feelings (End of Act I)
    • In Another Universe
    • The Gods of the Theater
    • The Squeedle Song
    • How Dee Do, Little Pill
    • You Only Love Me for My...
    • I'm in Love with a Pianist
    • What If There Were No More Villains?
    • The Racing Horse Winner
    • Swan Song
    • Sing Along
    • Surprisingly Similar Way to Me
    • A Day at the Fair
    • An Underwhelming Life
    • Sticking My Neck Out Again
    • You Can't Have Too Much Christmas/I Can't Breathe (The Rocking Horse Winner Opening)
    • A Dream for Paul
    • BodyHair
    • Yell to the Heavens
  • Lyrics Can Have...
    • Wordplay
    • Euphony
    • Perfect Scansion
    • Story-telling
    • Rhymes
    • Musicality
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    • Imagery
  • About Me
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  • Spain & Rackoff website