Act I

I guess you’re right.

I was thinking of another idea on the way up here. Maybe a song about the melting pots⁠—all the immigrants from overseas who’ve come to the Land of Liberty. Take the Jews⁠—do you know there’s nearly two million Jews in New York City alone?

What do you mean alone?

And then there’s the Hall of Fame, up to Washington Heights. They got everybody up there. Washington, Lincoln, Longfellow. They got two dozen⁠—what do you call ’em⁠—busts?