Let Me Be Your Star

Let Me Be Your Star is the opening number in Bombshell the musical. It is sung by Norma Jeane. It was originally going to be the act break and being sung by Marilyn Monroe.

At the top of the show, her first marriage has just ended due to her all consuming drive to be a movie star.

Lyrics
Norma Jeane:

Fade in on a girl With a hunger for fame And a face and a name to remember The past fades away Because as of this day Norma Jeane's gone She's moving on

Her smiles and your fantasies play a duet That will make you forget where you are The music starts playing It's the beat of her heart saying Let me be your star

Flashback to a girl With a song in her heart As she's waiting to start the adventure The fire and drive That makes dreams come alive They fill her soul She's in control

The drama, the laughter, the tears just like pearls Well, they're all in this girl's repertoire It's all for the taking And it's magic we'll be making Let me be your star

I'll just have to forget the hurt that came before

Forget what used to be

The past is on the cutting room floor

The future is here with me

Choose me! Fade up on a star With it all in her sights All the love and lights That surround her Someday she'll think twice Of the dues and the price

She'll have to pay

But not today

Then she'll do all she can For the love of one man And for millions who look from afar And what you've been needing Is all here in my heart, pleading Let me be your star!

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