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Lucky Stiff
Music: Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Book: Lynn Ahrens
Premiere: Monday, April 25, 1988
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Something Funny's Going on
Company:
Something funny's going on
And it isn't very pretty
Women: This is how it all began
Men: With the murder of a man
*BANG, WHOOPS*
Company: In Atlantic City, New Jersey
Something funny's going on
There's a lot we haven't told yet
W: There's a fortune M: and a chase
Both: And a lovely foreign place
Woman: Lovely foreign place
M: Lovely, lovely
W: Foreign, foreign place
B: Ahhhhhh
And the body isn't cold yet
In New Jersey
The story that you're about to hear is strange, we know
And things like this don't happen everyday
But there's a little saying and it's apropos
Where there's a will, (where there's a will)
Where there's a will, there's a way
*SHREIK*
Uncle Anthony:
Dear nephew Harry,
This is my last will and testament.
I hope it finds you in better health then it does me ha ha!
Company: Something funny's going on
There's an awful lot of action
Dominique: and a physical attraction
Annabel: And a lot of dogs
*BARKING*
Harry: There's a fortune to be won
Rita: And a woman with a gun
Vinnie: And a body of a man
C: And an axe about to fall
Harry: On one unsuspecting fellow
Company: In the middle of it all
In England, in May
With a day already gone,
Something funny, funny
Very, very funny-
*BARK, BANG, WHOOPS*
-Is going on.
Mister Witherspoon's Friday Night
Harry: Three pairs of alligator pumps- check.
Two pairs of saddle toes in white- right.
Ten pairs goulashes for the rain,
And one shoe salesman going quietly insane
Another Friday night with Harry Witherspoon
Another perfect evening on its way
I'll just bet we're having stew, and my rent is overdue,
And I haven't sold a shoe all day
Behold the perfect life of Harry Witherspoon
How I would envy me if I were you
All the glamour all the fun and the endless days of sun
And the endless nights of stew
And I'm talking to a shoe
Three pairs of ankle straps in beige- check
Two pairs of loafers trimmed in chrome- check
Ten million shoes going off on adventures
And one shoe salesman going home
I should be strolling along a sandy beach someplace exotic and bright
I should be dancing instead of doing inventory on a Friday night
If I were someone else but Harry Witherspoon
I swear I'd never sell another shoe
I'd go sailing off to sea, flying through the blue
Doing all the things all you shoes get to do
There's be so many things I'd rearrange
But Witherspoon, your life is not about to change
*DOORBELL*
Landlady: who is it? I don't want to let the dogs into the kitchen
Telegram Deliverer: I've a telegram for a Mr. Harry Witherspoon! Is he in?
L: Telegram? For him? I'll take it. I'm his landlady. Thank you.
Evening Mrs. Martin
Mrs. Martin: Who was that?
L: Mr. Witherspoon got a telegram
MM: Mr. Witherspoon got what?
L: Got a telegram.
MM: Not a telegram! That's impossible!
L: Its not. Here! Look here!
Now a telegram means a tragedy
MM: Something horrible, or grim
B: Well I've never thought of a tragedy or of anything ever happening to him
Boarders: Evenin'
L: Boys! Boys! Now then look here! You'll never guess!
MM: You'll never guess
L (Boarders echo): Mr. Witherspoon got a telegram.
Well you could have knocked me flat!
Why would anyone send a telegram to a nincompoop like that?
Harry: I should be strolling along a sandy beach someplace exotic and bright
I should be dancing-
Company: Hold it up to the light
H: I should be quitting my job and moving out I should be waving goodbye
I should start living before I die
MM: Why on earth would they send it?
Boarder: we could slice it and mend it!
Boarder 2: He'll be home any minute
MM + Boarder: What the hell could be in it?
L: Should I just pry it open?
*kettle whistle*
Company: hmmm
L (Boarders echo): Will you have a cup? Have a lovely cup.
With some sugar dear and cream.
Got a lovely pot and a lot of steam
B1: Better hurry up,
B2: hold it over here
MM: I'm a nervous wreck!
L: Me too!
Harry: get the! Back off! Let go of my leg!
Company: *GASP!* Mr. Witherspoon! Got a telegram, for you.
Uncle's Last Request
Attorney: Mr. Witherspoon, this is you Uncle Anthony.
Harry: but I thought he died!
A: He did. The cassette will explain everything.
The wheelchair operates manually or electrically.
So nice to have met you. Bon Voyage and congratulations!
Harry: Oh my God!
Anthony: Atlantic City, May 5
Dear nephew Harry, this is my last will and testament
I hope it finds you in better health than it does me- ha ha ha!
Harry! We never met, so I hope you won't be too surprised
When you hear the little favor I want
H: Favor?
UA: In return for my 6 million dollars, I want to go to Monte Carlo.
H: What!?!
UA: I want to go to Monte Carlo on vacation!
The plans are made, the restaurants are booked.
Everything is paid in advance.
The only thing you have to do is guard me-
And this heart shaped box on my lap- with your life.
H: But, but this is impossible!
UA: you're probably thinking 'impossible!' right?
Look, a taxidermist friend of mine has me fixed up
So no one will notice a thing.
Just pass me off as your dear old invalid uncle,
And follow the instructions on the tape.
There's nothing to it!
H: Take a dead man to the French Riviera? You must be mad!
UA: Otherwise I'll leave it all to my favorite charity-
The Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn.
So, Harry, whaddya say?
Good to Be Alive
Harry: Why am I here? What am I doing?
I'm on a trip with a dead man!
What made me think I could get through this?
Why in the hell did I ever do this?
How in the hell will I ever get by?
O! What's that uncle?
You say your eyesight isn't what it used to be?
Well of course, I'd be happy to describe the sights!
You can see the sun, shining on the sea, Uncle Anthony
What a lovely sea, wouldn't you agree, Uncle Anthony
Here it's very hot so I hope you've got something you can swim in
On the beach we'll lie, gazing at the sky
Uncle you will die! Uh- when you see the women
Everything is French, uncle take a look its all 'tres jolie'
Nothing like you've read, not in any book, Uncle Anthony
It's all so new and thanks to you I doubt that I'll survive
O don't you think it's good to be alive?
Luigi: Caio! Luigi Gaudi, siniores and you are?
H: Oh! Uh- Harry Witherspoon, and my Uncle Anthony.
L: This is your first time to Monte Carlo?
H: Well, yes
L: Fantastic! I will be your guide!
H: Well, actually my Uncle is here for rest you see, and seclusion-
L: Rest? Seclusion? Nonsense! This is Monte Carlo!
Try a little taste. Have a little sip, Uncle Anthony
God you musn't waste such a lovely trip Uncle Anthony
Ladies left and right, don't be so uptight. Have a fling why don't you
Uncle, don't look now, give a little bow, lovely ladies.
Ciao! Come and join us won't you?
Lady on Train1:
Hi I'm How d'ya do (uh huh)
Hi I'm who are you? (uh huh)
L+H: Uncle Anthony
Ladies: Anthony!
LoT2:
We are on a spree (uh huh)
Fun and fancy free (uh huh)
All: Uncle Anthony
Ladies: So now we've met so don't forget to call when y'all arrive
Ladies and Luigi: O Don't you think-
Harry: Yes he does!
All: It's good to be alive
Harry: Who's that woman, that woman over there?
Chewing on her pencil, giving me a glare
Witherspoon, don't stare
Harry (Company echos):
You can see the sun shining on the sea, Uncle Anthony
What a lovely sea, wouldn't you agree, Uncle Anthony
The great champagne, the bracing air
H: The racing train,
Ladies: a millionaire
All: A million things beyond compare to make a party thrive
Oh! Don't you think-
H: Yes I do! Uncle too!
All: It's good to be alive.
Rita's Confession
Rita: Vinnie, you're my brother.
I'm in a little trouble and I didn't know where else to go
Listen to this obituary I just found in the Atlantic City paper
Vinnie: You're holding it upside-down put on your glasses.
R: Oh! Heh heh... ok 'British shoe salesman inherits 6 million dollars
From casino manager uncle.
V: I don't get it
R: Let me start at the beginning.
I was having an affair
V: an affair?
R: an affair, and my lover's name was Tony
V: Tony?
R: Hamden
He managed my husband's casino, he wore a tux
I went crazy for the guy, which is why
V: which is why...?
R: I embezzled from my husband
V: Not your husband
R: We stole from my husband's casino
Six million bucks!
V: no...
R: and all in rocks!
Six million bucks in diamonds in a heart shaped box
Now I've gotta go to Monte Carlo
I've gotta find this man
He inherited the money
I embezzled from my husband
For my lover, who I accidentally shot
V: What!?!
R: Well I went to Tony's place
V: Tony's place?
R: It was dawn. And I saw a woman leaving
V: woman?
R: Leaving. I knew that my Tony was in there
Well I saw red
And the room was very dark
V: Very dark
R: Very dark and I didn't have my glasses
V: What no glasses?
R: And there in the dark accidentally I shot him dead
They found his will
He left his English nephew my entire six mil.
Now I've got to go to Monte Carlo
I've got to find this man
V: He inherited the money
R: I embezzled from my husband
V: For the guy you accidentally shot at dawn
R: and you've got to go to Monte Carlo
V: Me?
R: Just as fast as you can
V: Why?
R: Cause I accidentally mentioned it was you who took the money
When my husband accidentally found it gone
What could I say?
V: What did you say? What did you say?
R: What could I do?
V: What did you do? What did you do?
R: The money was gone, and Nicky caught on so I blamed it
V: No...
R: On you
I said you lost it gambling... I was desperate.
It just came out of my mouth, you know, spontaneously
And now. Well, I think Nicky has a- a contract on your life
V: I've got to go to Monte Carlo. I've got to find this man
I could end up in the river with a bullet in my liver
Or piano wire wrapped around my neck
R: Check
Both: We've got to go to Monte Carlo just as fast as we can
And find this man
Lucky
Harry: Well, I suppose there are two ways to look at this
I mean, true I am here in a foreign country with a dead man
In a wheelchair, trying to pretend that nothing is wrong
And having to do all sorts of things I don't even want to think about
On the other hand, this is a chance to earn a great deal of money
In a very short time. So for once in my life I shall think positive
I will think positive
Everything is fine. Everything is A-ok
I suppose that one might say I'm lucky
Look at where I am. Think of how I made it through
All of this, and also you. I'm lucky
With you in my life we'll both find out how living feels
With you in my life my life will be a hell on wheels
Now my fate is in your hands and my futures on the line
Glad to know that you're so sure I'll be fine
But I'll need a lot of luck stuck with luck like mine
Well, what have you got to say for yourself, uncle?
Uncle Anthony: I want to go gambling one last time.
I want to go scuba diving. I want to feel the wind in my hair,
And the sun on my face... well as best I can.
H: With you by my side, there's nothing we won't see or do
With you by my side I'm unafraid. Are you?
Well no matter what's in store, what can someone do but try?
And if anyone should ask, I'll reply
You're one lucky stiff and so am I
UA: Have I got a red rose in my buttonhole?
H: Check
UA: Sunglasses?
H: Check
UA: And we're off. And Harry, I want to thank you again
I am about to have the biggest adventure of my life
H: And so am I
Dog Versus You
Harry: Alright, you're following us. Who are you?
Annabel: My card.
H: Ms. Annabel Glick,
Representative of the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn?
A: We were your late uncle's favorite charity
H: Don't tell me you've come all this way for a handout
A: I have come all this way for the money Mr. Witherspoon
All six million dollars of it. You see,
There are dogs in despair, who need shelter and care
And who don't have a bone to chew
You have pink satin sheets; they spend nights on the streets
It's the dogs, the dogs, it's the dogs versus you
We are down on our needs braving rabies and fleas
It's a job someone has to do
We need food, we need tags, doggie toys, doggie bags
For the dogs
Both: The dogs
A: It's the dogs versus you
How I wish you could meet the needy dogs I've known.
H: Oh please.
A: How much good you could do in the greater NY area alone.
Picture one (no) hungry hound (no)
Picture pups (no) at the pound (no)
Or the poor (no) little lost shiatsu
H: Who?
A: Think of beagles (no) who beg (no)
St. Bernards (no) with no keg
It's the dogs.
H: I hate dogs
A: You hate dogs?
H: Oh how I wish (needy dogs) you could see (hungry dogs)
The kind of life I've had (25,000 starving dogs)
If you think (save the dogs) I'll go back
You're absolutely, positively mad
A: I'm prepared
H: So am I
A: This is
Both: do or die
It's so nice that we both agree
It's the dogs, the dogs
A: Versus you
H: And you
Both: Versus me. After you
The Phone Call
Airport announcement: Welcome to this airport.
Ground transportation for visitors proceeding to Monte Carlo
Is available on the lower level
Vinnie: Uh, hello? Mary Alice? Can you hear me?
Listen honey, I'm calling to tell you.
There's a problem. Are you sitting?
Well I won't be home for dinner tonight.
You know Nicky, Rita's husband?
Well I think he is planning to kill me
Mary Alice, it's not funny,
And I won't be home for dinner tonight
Don't hold the meatloaf, don't toss the salad.
Don't talk to strangers, and make up some excuse for mom
Call all my patients, break my appointments
Please, Mary Alice just be calm
Are you finished? Are you better?
Mary Alice you're overreacting
Honey Bunny, are you crying?
It's your birthday? Gee, I'm sorry
Mary Alice, it's only a birthday
So you're 40, I'm in danger.
And I can't come home for dinner
Blow out the candles, open the presents
Please Mary Alice,
I'm in Europe, in an airport
With no wallet, no cards and no money
With my sister, who is crazy
And who's got me in an awful jam
So the answer, Mary Alice is I won't be home for dinner
Mary Alice? Mary Alice? Damn!
Monte Carlo!
Monte Carlo MC:
La mer, si bleu. Les filles, si bronzer
Ze sky, so full of stars above
Monte Carlo, beautiful Monte Carlo
Is a place for lovers I said a place for lovers
It's a place for lovers in love
Speaking French
MC: and now, monsieur, dames
The moment you have all been waiting for
The moment when France unveils another of her wonders
She sings like a bird! She looks like a dream!
And she don't just can-can, she will-will!
Monsieur, Dames, I give you that international bonbon!
Dominique du Monaco!
Dominique: Bon soir! Les dames et les monsieur
Comment ca va? Ca va bien?
What? You don't speak French?
What is love if you don't speak French?
Mon cherie you don't stand a chance here.
Come with me, you will see
The way we do things in the south of France dear
You can say all you want to say
With one basic lesson I know
Use your lips. Use your ribs, like so. Like so. Like so!
When you say ooh, ooh, ooh, I answer ah, ah, ah.
You whisper ooh la, la, and I go-
Then you say mm, mm, mm, and I go ah, ah, ah
And then you're speaking French
Bonjour Henry Witherspoon!
H: You know me?
D: I am your surprise!
I don't care how it's done in Rome,
Or in Oklahoma or Nome dear
S'il vous plait, parle francaise
You'll fall in love and you may not go home dear
Vous parle cher, is a savoir faire
If you dare to try something new
Come, my dear volunteer, won't you?
H: No, I couldn't possibly.
D: Won't you?
H: I can't dance
D: Yes you!
When you say ooh, ooh, ooh, you answer
H: ah, ah, ah?
D: I whisper ooh la, la, which causes-
H: Bong?
D: and we say
Both: mm, mm, mm, and then it's ah, ah, ah
D: And look we're speaking
Stop! Moment, s'il vous plait.
There is someone here tonight who is not joining in.
Someone who is alone.
What is it cherie? Why so sad?
Has your lover deserted you?
Have too many lovers trampled on your heart?
May I have a blue spotlight please? Thank you
I myself have walked the solitary boulevards
Of life beaucoups des jours.
Just like you, so alone. Sans l'amour
Ah to go searching for l'amour among the boulevards
Of life is not a crime.
As I told, that jeune damme, at the time
I spoke French, lucky me. So did he.
I said-- and he said-
And I said- which led to-
And then we mm, mm, mm and then we ah, ah, ah
No wonder I love French
Everybody!
Company: Ooh, ooh, ooh
D: Then you say
C: Ah, ah, ah
D: Then we say
C: Ooh la,la
D: Then we go
I love that
All: Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah, ah, ah
And now you're speaking French!
Times Like This
Annabel:
All I have to say is I am happy to be sitting here,
Doing what is meaningful to me
Working on behalf of the Universal Dog Home
Not barking up a strangers tree
Now my idea of company would be
A friendly face, the kind of face
That melts you with a grin
The kind of eyes that welcome you
The minute you walk in
A tender glance you simply can't refuse
At times like this a girl could use
A dog.
He listens when you tell him things,
There's nothing you can't say
And unlike certain people you can teach him how to stay
And if the world is giving you the blues
He cheers you up by chewing up the news.
It's things like that that make you choose
A dog
Other people need romance, dancing, playing around
Other people need constant fun, well I'm not one
I have my feet on the ground
Give me a quiet night, a stack of books
A tuna fish on rye.
A simple walk together
Underneath the starry sky
And suddenly the night is something rare
And all because there's someone special there.
Who's gazing at the views.
His head upon your shoes.
At times like this, I sure could use
A Dog
Fancy Meeting You Here
Harry: Goodnight Uncle Anthony
Rita: Wait, I thought I killed him
I must have nicked him instead.
The paper said he was dead
Was that a fake? Or a mistake?
God I thought I killed him. I didn't kill him.
He's over there. He's in a wheelchair! Oh!
Tony! Tony! Tony! Oh my god! I'm a mess!
I need a comb! Where's my rouge?
Let me get rid of these stupid glasses.
Hi. Fancy meeting you here. Hello. Long time no see
Is it really you? Yes it's really me.
Please. I know what you're thinking. You're hurt. I'm hurting too.
So I jumped the gun, maybe so did you.
I'm changed. I'm not so jealous
You've changed, you're much more settled
We're here, and if you're willing to try, so am I
Tony so am I
Okay, I know I shot you, but you cheated on me.
Can't we call it even, no, no, no, no, please. Hear me out
You are the only man I've ever loved
And I am the only woman who could make you happy.
Let's not throw that away, Tony, Especially now.
We're in Europe, like we planned, with the money
And we've got the rest of our lives ahead of us.
Yes I can see the future, can you?
Two lives entwined
Maybe I'm the fool, maybe I'm just blind
But now all the worse is over, it took some thinking of
Think of we can do here. We can start anew here.
Fancy meeting you here, Tony, my love.
Something Funny's Going On (Reprise)
*Shriek*
Company: Something funny's going on
Now the plot is moving faster
Harry: With a hero on the run
Rita: and a woman with a gun
Annabel: And an ending with a twist
Vinnie: And a brother who is pissed
Company: And a possible disaster
Now the pun's already gone, and the intermission's through
Something funny's going on
Act 2
Him, Them, It, Her
Harry: Someone's taken uncle!
Oh my god! Who could have taken him?
Annabel: If we don't find him we both lose everything
Come on!
H: We're looking for a sweet old man
A: Very dignified
H: Wore a hat
Both: He'd be sitting in a wheelchair.
Man: Wheelchair.
H: Uncle's gray haired
A: And he's very quiet
H: Very, very quiet
Both: Uncle's in an awful plight
Have you seen him-
Rita: Them-
A+H: It-
Vinnie: Her-
All: Tonight?
Rita: I'm looking for an English man and his lady-friend
Him or her
A+H: and an uncle in a wheelchair
Falsetto: Wheelchair!
V: Dark-haired woman, armed and very crazy
A+H: and we're sick with worry.
R: They were in a hurry
All: I've been looking left and right
A+H: Have you seen him-
R: Them-
A+H: It-
V: Her-
All: Tonight?
Oooh if I don't find
H: Him
R: Them
A: It
V: Her
All: Soon
If I don't find
A: It
H: Him
V: Her
R: Them
All: Now
H: My chance of a lifetime will never come true
A: The home will be gone and my job will be too
V+R: My life will be over
All: There's just one thing to do
I'm looking, keep looking, we're looking,
and looking, still looking, who's looking? We're looking for a
(overlapping)
A+H: Sweet old man, very dignified
R: Englishman. Terrified
A+H: Find an uncle in a wheelchair
Falsetto: Wheelchair
R: Wheelchair
Falsetto +Harry: Wheelchair
All: Think of going
R: Back to face the music
V: Back to Rita's husband
A: Back to unemployment
H: Back to being nothing
All: God I know the chance is slight
That I'll find-
H: Him
R: Them
A: It
V: Her
A: It
H: Him
V: Her
R: Them
All: Him, Them, It, Her
Tonight!
Nice
Annabel: I have a toast to make.
It's the first one I've ever made.
As long as its goodbye and knowing this is it,
I have a little something to admit.
It was
Nice fighting you, nice hating you
Nice knowing I was aggravating you.
Amazing, but true. It was
A+H: nice
Harry: You were impossible,
A: Unbearable,
A+H: My nerves were almost
H: un-- A: repairable.
A+H: But now that it's through,
It was nice
A: From now on I'll have no one to ruin my day
H: A view won't be a view without you in my way
A+H:
And no sleepless nights,
No heart attacks,
H: No need to bring along your battleaxe
A+H: No way I would do this twice,
H: but once,
A: just once,
A+H: it was nice
From now on I'll have no one to ruin my day
A view won't be a view without you in my way
So nice knowing you, nice meeting you
Nice knowing there'll be no repeating you
And won't life be paradise,
So sane and calm, and plain, and much too nice
Welcome Back, Mr. Witherspoon (the nightmare)
Man: Telegram for a Mr. Harry Witherspoon, is he in?
Landlady: Oh I'll take it I'm his landlady
Guess who let a bloody fortune slip right through a crack
Mr. Witherspoon got a telegram
And it says he's coming back
Company: Welcome back Mr. Witherspoon
Mr. Witherspoon, no use in running away
There's a pack, Mr. Witherspoon. Mr. Witherspoon,
We'd always knew you'd be back someday.
Harry: Say goodbye to skies curiously blue
Gloriously sunny
Landlady: Lovely stew getting cold for you.
Harry: Say hello to rent always overdue
Company: Say hello to shoe, after shoe, after shoe,
After shoe, after shoe, after shoe.
Welcome back Mr. Witherspoon, Mr. Witherspoon,
Nice to have you back
Rita: Give it back, Mr. Witherspoon
Company: Mr. Witherspoon
R: 6 million dollars or die
No more flack Mr. Witherspoon
Company: Mr. Witherspoon
R: Kiss your sweet uncle goodbye, goodbye
MC: Harry you're a fool, should have played it cool
I am your accuser
Dominique: ooh, ooh, ooh
MC: Harry you're a joke, Harry now you're broke
Harry you're a loser
Company: Loser, loser, loser
Annabel: It was nice knowing you, nice meeting
Company: Nice knowing that you
lost your one and only chance
and now your uncle wants to dance
Welcome back Mr. Witherspoon.
Mr. Witherspoon, no use in running away.
We always knew you'd be back
We always knew you'd be back
We always knew you'd be
Harry we knew you'd be back someday.
Harry: NO!
Company: Welcome Back!
Confession #2
Rita: Alright. Nobody move.
And nobody say one word about these glasses
I look awful in them, don't I? Shut up!
Now, where is it?
Harry: Where is what?
R: The money, the diamonds. The heart-shaped box
Annabel: Don't give it to her Harry!
R: You have three seconds. One... two...
Luigi: You will please to drop the gun.
Ciao Harry. I thought you might need a little assistance.
H: Thank god! Luigi!
Luigi: Not exactly
H: Huh? Who are you?
Luigi/ Uncle Anthony: I'm your uncle kid I'm Tony Hamdon
I've been keeping an eye on you.
Rita: Jesus Tony! I thought you were dead!
And here you are, in an Arab outfit with and Italian accent.
You look good.
Harry: You're my Uncle?
Annabel: Then who's that?
Uncle Anthony: Luigi Gaudi. A dear old friend who was
killed in my own apartment, in my own bed.
He was staying at my place
H+A+R: At your place.
UA: For the night, knowing him he had a woman
H: Woman
UA: Woman
I came home at five in the morning, he lay there dead
So I held him in my arms
H+A+R: In your arms
UA: In my arms, thinking someone tried to shoot me
R: Scare you
UA: Shoot me. Instead someone murdered my buddy
And laying there battered and bloody
With his last breath
He whispered
I've got to go to Monte Carlo. Tony I'll tell you why
Got the reservations made its all arranged and its all paid
And I was hoping to get laid, and Tony- Acgh!!!
I knew the bullet that killed Luigi was meant for me.
I owed the guy, so I made arrangements for my friend to have
the vacation of his dreams. I made tapes of everything
he wanted to see and do, and then I left it all to you, Harry-
Temporarily, of course. Now look, you've still got Luigi's
Infallible system for roulette, and the rest of the week
all paid in advance, that's not bad, huh kid?
And as for you Rita-
Rita: Ok, ok, I know I killed your best friend-accidentally!
Well you took those diamonds and you ran out on me.
Can't we call it even? We're in Europe, like we planned!
With the money! And we've got the rest of our lives ahead of us!
Yes! I can be forgiving! It's us I'm thinking of!
Think what we could do here
UA: We could start anew here
R: Fancy meeting you here Tony,
Both: My love!
Finale: Good to Be Alive
Harry: Do you think anyone else is coming through that door?
Annabel: I hope not
H: I'll just lock it then, shall I?
A: That would be a wonderful idea
H: Ms. Glick...
A: Annabel...
H: Annabel. You know this week is paid in advance
A: Yes
H: And I've got plenty of pocket money
And my uncle's infallible system for roulette
A: Yes
H: Well, I thought per- perhaps you. I mean, we.
Could... well, what I'm trying to say is. Ugh
Why don't you stay?
A: You mean, stay here for the entire week, sightseeing and gambling?
H: You might win something for the dogs
A: Yes, but there are only so many hours in a person's life
And to spend a week just enjoying oneself, well, I don't know
I mean there are certain things that take priority over
personal pleasure and responsibility's-
Harry: You can see the sun, shining on the sea
A: I'm not what you'd call a
spontaneous person or anything, though Harry
H: What a lovely sea, wouldn't you agree
A: I have no sense of humor,
and I'm not fun to be around in the morning, really
H: lovely little boats waiting at the shore.
We could learn to use them
A: I can't swim, I can't even doggy- paddle
H: Seagulls in the sky, people passing by
Worlds of things to try, how can you refuse them?
A: I uh... I- I do like seagulls.
H: Why not take a chance? Why not go for broke?
We'll sail out to see (we'll sail away out to sea)
Who knows what we'll learn, or when we'll return
Both: Lucky, aren't we?
H: It's all so strange
A: It's all so new
Both: And all so strangely overdue
But somehow being here with you, I know that I'll survive
Oh, it's good to be alive.
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