Waiting for the Film to Come


The Book of the Month, The Book of the Year,
The Book of the Day will soon be here.

Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall,
The books keep coming and I buy them all.

But I'm waiting for the film to come...

'Memoirs of a Geisha', everybody's heard of it,
I bought that, and read about a third of it,
I must confess, I didn't get a word of it,
I'm waiting for the film to come.

I'm waiting for the film,
I'm waiting for the film,
I'm waiting for the film to come.

'Angela's Ashes', I tried hard to begin it,
It's so wonderfully Irish I cried every minute,
I guess we should be grateful there's no River-Dancing in it,
I'm waiting for the film to come.

The latest Jackie Collins, I'm not a man to grovel,
Sex, sex everywhere, from a palace to a hovel,
In fact it's so darn sexy it's a thirteen Kleenex novel,
I'm waiting for the film to come.

I'm waiting for the film,
I'm waiting for the film,
I'm waiting for the film to come.

Monica Lewinsky, the tubby White House Venus,
Has finally spilled her memoirs of the Presidential penis,
The dress was the only thing not taken to the cleaners,
I'm waiting for the film to come.

'Eyes Wide Shut', I'm really not a prude,
I like Nicole Kidman, especially in the nude,
I didn't understand it, and if I may be rude,
I'm waiting for the *book* to come.

I'm waiting for the book,
I'm waiting for the book,
I'm waiting for the book to come.

NOTE: This is a new song by Eric Idle and was first aired on the Craig Kilborn show in the United States on October 6th, 1999.