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Listen to Marry Me a Little (Original 1980 Off-Broadway Cast) by Stephen Sondheim
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Thomas Z. Shepard
Thomas Z. Shepard
Producer

Lyrics

Here, kid—
Look, I brought you flowers
Green, red, blue
All things
Permanent and perfect for you, kid, you
I mean all things bright and beautiful
Everything forever—yours, kid
Everything forever all come true
All things bright and beautiful
Everything forever all come true
The war commences
The enemy awaits
In quivering expectancy
The poor defenses
The penetrable gates
How terrible to be a woman
The time is here
The game is there
The smell of fear
Like musk, pervades the air
The bugle sounding
The pistol steady
The blood is pounding
Take aim, and ready—
Bang!
Twenty minutes' small talk
Thirty at the most
Bang
Two or three
To pour the schnapps
Bang, bang, bang
Half a minute
To propose
The necessary toast
Bang!
The tunic opens
Bang
The trousers fall
Bang
The foe is helpless
Back against the wall
Bang
An hour and a quarter
Overall
And bang!
Twenty minutes to arrange those
Bloody awful flowers
Bang
Can I get away with more?
Bang, bang, bang
Then I have to brush my hair
And that could take me hours
Bang
A fit of vapors—
Bang
No, that's too quaint
Bang
A wracking cough
And then a graceful faint
Bang
A lengthy lecture
Bang
On self-restraint
Bang, bang!
Bang, bang
Bang, bang!
The battle rages
Bang
Whatever ground I gain
I fortify remorselessly
Bang, bang!
The foe engages
Bang!
By shifting the terrain
How pitiful to be a woman
Bang!
Attack
Bang
Retreat
Bang
Lay back
Bang
Reform
Bang, bang
Outflank
Bang
Deplete
Bang
Move up
And then restore
Bang, bang, bang, bang
The siege succeeding
Bang!
The time grows shorter
Bang!
She lies there pleading
Bang!
I give no quarter
Bang!
Foray at the elbow
Salvo at the knee!
Bang!
Fusillades at breast and thigh
Bang, bang, bang!
Then when she's exhausted
Bang
A fresh sortie
Bang
I taste the conquest
Bang
The taste is sweet
Bang, bang
She lays her arms down
Welcoming defeat
Bang, bang
Both sides content
Bang
Secure
Bang
Positions
Bang, bang, bang
All passion spent
Bang
Discuss
Bang
Conditions
How terrible
Bang
How pitiful
Bang
How glorious to be a woman
He is a peacock
I keep forgetting
The quarry senses
A momentary pang
It's all so foolish
Why am I sweating?
The war commences
Bang
Wait, kid—
Every minute flowers
Night, noon, day
Trust me
Anything you want, you just say, kid, say
You'll have all things bright and beautiful
Everything forever—ask me
Everything forever every day
All things bright and beautiful
Ben, can we go to Paris?
Ben, can we go to London? (Of course we can go to Paris)
All things bright and beautiful (Or London or Rio, you name it)
Ben, I get so excited
I hardly can breathe
Let them laugh
Just don't leave me
I'm all right
Just don't leave me again
Let them laugh (And we'll be together)
I won't leave you (Tomorrow)
I won't leave (And we'll be together)
Never ever again (On Monday)
You'll be mine, mine (And we'll be together)
Tomorrow and
Monday and
April and
Christmas and
Look, love
Everything is flowers
Red—
White—
Pink—
Green—
Blue
Soon, love
Everywhere I look will be you, love, you
And that's all things bright and beautiful
Everything forever—ours, kid
Everything we never did, we'll do
And we'll be together tomorrow
And we'll be together on Monday
And we'll be together on April
And Christmas
And next year
And always
And—
Written by: Stephen Sondheim

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