Details of
She's an Extra
by Carla Ulbrich


Lyrics Writer: Carla Ulbrich
Music Writer: Carla Ulbrich

Publisher: © 2022 Carla Ulbrich BMI
Licensing: © 2022 Carla Ulbrich BMI


Lyrics

5 - She’s an extra
1:42 © 2022 Carla Ulbrich BMI 
ISRC: US-KMZ-21-0005. -  Mid-tempo song recalling the Old West, this song recounts the adventures of a gal working as an “extra” in the TV and film biz.

Up at five in the morning  
She packs three changes of clothes
Commutes into the city  
For reasons she can’t disclose
She wears a woolen winter coat 
Out in the summer heat
And for the fifteenth time 
Waits for the cue to casually cross the street
She’s an extra

She moves her lips but makes no sound  
Not even to cough
I think she’s saying peas and carrots (peas and carrots?) 
My lip reading could be off
Sipping air from a coffee cup 
She waits for the all-clear
Then takes the arm of her man 
Her third husband just this year
She’s an extra

Behind the scenes she’s picking out her next identity
Biker? No Detective? No Hipster? No Model? No
Ordinary everyday pedestrian- that’s me!
She’s an extra

At last! A part in a movie
She told her job, “Drop dead”
You might see her on the big screen
Just look for the back of her head
She’s an extra