PLAYING THE PART OF ME W/M: Bob Bennett It's the part I was born to play Critics and fans agree It's the role of a lifetime I'm so lucky that I'm Playing the part of me At first I tried to connect With my character's point of view I was too busy to see, Playing the part of me, That you were playing the part of you It's all right here in the script Hardly a thing can go wrong When I just act out what the play's about David Mamet was right all along I'm the luckiest guy in the world It's not every day that you'll find A playwright's decision To fashion his vision With only one actor in mind So, tonight I am living the dream And I'd like to thank the Academy I'd never thought I'd get To set this statuette Where everyone could easily see That after all these years To be honored by my peers For my modest tour-de-force It's a total surprise, of course Once I learned to do it There was really nothin' to it I'm a walking work of art When I'm playing the part ... of me!