[JEFF]
A, D, D, D, D, F sharp, A
Will be the first notes of our show

[HUNTER]
We’ll start with the seed of an idea

[BOTH]
Then plant it on a paper
With a Dixon Ticonderoga
And then watch it sprout into a musical
And then we’ll help to make it grow
Bigger

Nothing guarantees it will stand out
And its future is unknown

[JEFF]
So in the meantime, we will schedule
A lot of meetings in Hell’s Kitchen

[HUNTER]
To collaborate in my living room

[BOTH]
But we can’t do it all alone
[HEIDI AND SUSAN]
So

[JEFF AND HUNTER/ HEIDI AND SUSAN]
We’ll get together all our friends/ Ahh
And exploit all of their talents/ Ahh
We’ll explore the latest trends/ Ahh
And avoid them when we balance the/ Ahh

[JEFF AND HUNTER]
Book with the score

[HEIDI AND SUSAN]
Book with the score

[ALL]
The score with a lyric
Appealing to the judge
These are shapes
Gently nudging the satiric

[JEFF, HEIDI, AND SUSAN]
Ahh

[HUNTER/ JEFF, HEIDI, AND SUSAN]
We’re trying hard not to duplicate/ Ooo
What we’ve seen and heard before/ Ooo
And if Bartok’s here, he’ll appreciate/ Ooo
If we’re inventive with the score/ Ooo
[ALL]
So we’ll put in a syncopation
And we’ll add a quarter note
And we’ll softly start the coda from a very tiny point
And then we’ll get a little louder to further emphasize the point
And then we’ll cross downstage toward you

[JEFF AND SUSAN]
And now we yell in fortissimo-

[HUNTER]
Yell in fortissimo-

[HEIDI]
Yell in fortissimo-

[ALL]
(Fortissim)o-oh-
It’s the opening song
It doesn’t have a title, no!
And it’s not very long
But it’s the starting point of our musical
And here’s the first scene of our musical