Widescreen Lyrics by Barbra Streisand

Widescreen

There are songs that sound like movies
There are themes that fill the screen
There are lines I say that sound as if theyre written
There are looks I wear the theater should have seen
But though Ive made my life a movie
The matinee must end by five
And I must stagger out into the blinding sunlight half alive
Wishing I were back inside the picture show
There where its always night
Notice how the screen is wide
The second role Ive said around too tight
Will I stay? yes, I might

Oh widescreen wider on my eyes
Lie my mind with lies
Find the world like nothing that Ive seen
Oh widescreen dreams are just my sighs
As we walk from out the movie
Are we acting out a scene
Does the orchestra play chords
When we start loving?
Do we move just like slow motion
On the screen?
Lifes a constant disappointment
When you live on celluloid
But my movie expectations are a dream I cant avoid
Waiting for a man to say the things
That I heard in the film last night
But he doesnt want to play the role
And he cant pick his cues up right
Will I dream? yes, I might!
Oh widescreen winding round my eyes
Blinding me with lies
Finding Ive been fooled by what Ive seen
No, widescreen dreams are more than you
How can lies be true?
All we have is life and mind
And love we find with a friend
Oh let the movie end...