After Everything I've Done For You (That You Didn't Ask For)

After Everything I've Done For You (That You Didn't Ask For)
Performer(s): Paula Proctor — First Appearance: ""Paula Needs to Get Over Josh!""
Written by: Adam Schlesinger and Rachel Bloom — Genre: Jazz

Summary

After everything I've done for you that you didn't ask for! The least you can do is be honest with your mother -I mean friend!

— Paula Proctor

"After Everything I've done For You (That You Didn't Ask For!)" is a song performed by Paula Proctor in response to Rebecca Bunch lying to her about her affair with Greg Serrano. In the song she is furious at Rebecca for undoing all the work she put into making a romance happen between her and Josh. The song was first heard in the Season One episode "Paula Needs to Get Over Josh!.” It is reprised by Rebecca as “After Everything You Made Me Do (That You Didn’t Ask For)” in the Season Three episode “To Josh, With Love..”

Song and lyrics

Lyrics: Paula: Time for you to shut up! Time for you to sit down! Paula's tired of being your sidekick, your henchman, your eager little clown! After everything I've done for you... Rebecca: That I didn't ask for! Paula: Do you have any idea the work you're undoing?! After everything I've done for you that you didn't ask for! let's just say Greg isn't the only one you're screwing! Want to know all the things I've done for you? I broke into Josh's old high school and made copies of all his grades! I bumped into Lourdes at Star Bucks and insisted you be a bridesmaid! I blackmailed Valencia's boss so now I control when she teaches! That's right! I make all the Yoga class schedules! There's no limit to where my reach is! After everything I've done for you that you didn't ask for! God! Will your lies ever end! After everything I've done for you that you didn't ask for! The least you can do is be honest with your mother - I mean friend! What's that look on your face? You're horrified. You think I'm a monster for doing your dirty work. You think love is stainless and pure but beneath all the fantasy there's filth and there's gore! So now it's time for me to walk out. Time for me to say no! Paula's tired for working for no thanks at all! Paula's gonna go! You're nothing without me and my creativity! I created you, you lived in my womb I mean figuratively! After everything I've done for you I don't, I don't, I don't know why! So now I'm gonna say Goodbye!!!

Notes

Pastiche

"After Everything I've Done For You (That You Didn't Ask For)" is inspired by the song "Rose's Turn" from the 1959 musical "Gypsy". The stage production is about a mother who dreams of super stardom for herself and her daughters and pushes her children into show business. The music was written by Jule Styne with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and is based on the 1957 memoirs of the striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee. The song "Rose's Turn" is about the mother Gypsy Rose expressing her frustration at the sacrifices she made for two ungrateful children and how she wants it to be her time to shine.