We Both Reached for the Gun
Ruthie Henshall, Henry Goodman
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[REPORTERS] Where'd you come from? [BILLY (as Roxie)] Mississippi [REPORTERS] And your parents? [BILLY (as Roxie)] Very wealthy. [REPORTERS] Where are they now? [BILLY (as Roxie)] Six feet under. [BILLY] But she was granted one more start [BILLY (as Roxie)] The convent of The Sacred Heart! [REPORTERS] When'd you get here? [BILLY (as Roxie)] 1920 [REPORTERS] How old were you? [BILLY (as Roxie)] Don't remember [REPORTERS] Then what happened? [BILLY (as Roxie)] I met Amos And he stole my heart away Convinced me to elope one day [MARY SUNSHINE (spoken)] Oh you poor dear I can't believe what you have been through A convent girl! A run-away marriage! Now tell us roxie... [MARY SUNSHINE] Who's Fred Casely? [BILLY (as Roxie)] My ex-boyfriend. [REPORTERS] Why'd you shoot him? [BILLY (as Roxie)] I was leavin'. [REPORTERS] Was he angry? [BILLY (as Roxie)] Like a madman Still I said, "Fred, move along." [BILLY] She knew that she was doing wrong. [REPORTERS] Then describe it. [BILLY (as Roxie)] He came toward me. [REPORTERS] With the pistol? [BILLY (as Roxie)] From my bureau. [REPORTERS] Did you fight him? [BILLY (as Roxie)] Like a tiger. [BILLY] He had strength and she had none. [BILLY (as Roxie)] And yet we both reached for the gun Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both Oh yes we both Oh yes, we both reached for The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun Oh yes, we both reached for the gun For the gun. [REPORTERS] Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both Oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both reached for The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, Oh yes, they both reached for the gun for the gun. [BILLY] Understandable, understandable Yes it's perfectly understandable Comprehensible, Comprehensible Not a bit reprehensible It's so defensible [REPORTERS] How're you feeling? [BILLY (as Roxie)] Very frightened [REPORTERS] Are you sorry? [ROXIE] Are you kidding? [REPORTERS] What's your statement? [BILLY (as Roxie)] All I'd say is Though my choo-choo jumped the track I'd give my life to bring him back [REPORTERS] And? [BILLY (as Roxie)] Stay away from... [REPORTERS] What? [BILLY (as Roxie)] Jazz and liquor... [REPORTERS] And? [BILLY (as Roxie)] And the men who... [REPORTERS] What? [BILLY (as Roxie)] Play for fun... [REPORTERS] And what? [BILLY (as Roxie)] That's the thougt that... [REPORTERS] Yeah [BILLY (as Roxie)] Came upon me... [REPORTERS] When? [BILLY] When we both reached for the gun! [MARY SUNSHINE] Understandable, understandable [BILLY AND MARY SUNSHINE] Yes, it's perfectly understandable Comprehensible, comprehensible Not a bit reprehensible It's so defensible! [REPORTERS] Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both reached for [BILLY (spoken)] Let me hear it! [REPORTERS] The gun, the gun, the gun, The gun Oh yes, they both reached For the gun [BILLY (spoken)] A little louder! [REPORTERS] For the Gun. Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both reached For the gun, the gun, [BILLY (spoken)] Now you got it! [REPORTERS] The gun,the gun Oh yes. They both reached For the gun For the gun. [BILLY AND REPORTERS] Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both reached for The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun Oh yes, they both reached for the gun For the gun. Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both Oh yes, reached for The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun [BILLY] Both reached for the...gun [REPORTERS] The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun The gun, the gun, Both reached for the gun.
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