Apr 17, 2014 — 1:06:47 AM
I really can't handle a lot of Glenn Slater's additional lyrics for Mermaid. The entire lyric for "One Step Closer" is just so literal and in-your-face that it leaves nowhere for the song to go. "Dancing is a language which is felt instead of heard" makes me cringe. Also, an honorable mention to Richard Stilgoe's original lyrics for All I Ask of You: I could bring you flowers to mingle with your hair but what good would be flowers? They only last for hours Clever, but completely inappropriate...