Chicago

Music by John Kander

Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse

Film Synopsis

01) And All That Jazz

02) Funny Honey

03) When You're Good to Mama

04) Cell Block Tango

05) All I Care About

06) We Both Reached for the Gun

07) Roxie

08) I Can't Do It Alone

09) Mister Cellophane

10) Razzle Dazzle

11) Class

12) Nowadays

13) I Move On

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SYNOPSIS

of the film adaptation

Everyone loves a legend, but in Chicago, there's only room for one. Velma Kelly burns in the spotlight as a nightclub sensation. When she shoots her philandering husband, she lands on Chicago's famed murderess row, retains Chicago's slickest lawyer, Billy Flynn, and is the center of the town's most notorious murder case, only increasing her celebrity.

Roxie Hart, seduced by the city's promise of style and adventure, dreams of singing and dancing her way to stardom. When Roxie's abusive lover tries to walk out on her, she too ends up in prison. Billy recognizes a made-for-tabloids story, and postpones Velma's court date to take on Roxie's case. Infamy is Roxie's ticket to stardom. Billy turns her crime of passion into celebrity headlines, and in this town, where murder is a form of entertainment, she becomes a bona fide star-- much to Velma's chagrin.

As Roxie fashions herself as America's sweetheart, Velma has more than a few surprises in store and the two women stop at nothing to outdo each other in their obsessive pursuit of fame and celebrity.

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01) And All That Jazz [ MIDI ]

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VELMA
Come on, babe, why don't we paint the town,
And all that jazz!
I'm gonna rouge my knees and roll my stockings down
And all that jazz!
Start the car, I know a whoopee spot
where the gin is cold but the piano's hot.
It's just a noisy hall
where there's a nightly brawl
And all that jazz!

Slick you hair and wear your buckle shoes
And all that jazz!
I hear that Father Dip is gonna blow the blues
And all that jazz!
Hold on, hon, we're gonna bunny hug,
I bought some aspirin down at United Drug
In case we shake apart
and want a brand new start
to do that jazz!

Oh, I'm gonna see my Sheba shimmy shake.
(And all that jazz!)
Oh, she's gonna shimmy till her garters break.
(And all that jazz!)
Show her where to park her girdle,
Oh, her mother's blood'd curdle

ENSEMBLE
if she'd hear
her baby's queer

VELMA
for all that jazz!

Find a flask, we're playing fast and loose (Oh, you're gonna see your Sheba shimmy shake,)
and all that jazz! (And all that jazz!)
Right up here is where I store the juice, (Oh, I'm gonna shimmy till my garters break,)
And all that jazz! (And all that jazz!)
Come on, babe, we're gonna brush the sky. (Show me where to park my girdle,)
I betcha lucky Lindy never flew so high, (Oh, my mother's blood'd curdle)
'Cause in the stratosphere (if she'd hear)
how could he lend an ear (her baby's queer for)
to all that

ALL
jazz!

VELMA
No, I'm no one's wife,
but oh, I love my life
and all that jazz!

ALL
That jazz!

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02) Funny Honey [ MIDI ]

DURATION: 3:13
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ROXIE
Sometimes I'm right.
Sometimes I'm wrong.
But he doesn't care.
He'll string along.
He loves me so,
that funny honey of mine.

Sometimes I'm down and
Sometimes I'm up,
But he follows 'round
like some droopy eyed pup.
He loves me so,
that funny honey of mine.

He ain't no sheik.
That's no great physique.
And Lord knows he ain't got the smarts.
But look at his soul!
I tell ya that whole
is a whole lot greater than the sum of its parts.

And if you knew him like me.
I know you'd agree.

What if the world
slandered my name?
Why he'd be right there
taking the blame.
He loves me so
and it suits me fine,
That sunny, funny, honey hubby of mine.

He loves me so,
that funny honey of mine.

Lord knows he ain't got the smarts.

And if you knew him like me.
I know you'd agree.

What if the world
slandered my name?
Why he'd be right there
taking the blame.
He loves me so
and it suits me fine,
That sunny, funny, honey hubby of mine.

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03) When You're Good To Mama [ MIDI ]

DURATION: 2:56
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MAMA
Ask any of the chickies in my pen.
They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen.
I love them all and all of them love me
Because the system works, the system called reciprocity!

Got a little motto,
always sees me through,
When you're good to Mama,
Mama's good to you.

There's a lot of favors
I'm prepared to do.
You do one for Mama,
She'll do one for you.

They say that life is "tit for tat"
and that's the way I live.
So I deserve a lotta "tat"
for what I got to give.

Don't you know that this hand
washes that one too.
When you're good to Mama,
Mama's good to you.

If you want my gravy,
pepper my ragout,
Spice it up for Mama,
She'll get hot for you.

When they pass the basket
folks contribute to.
You put in for Mama,
She'll put out for you.

The folks atop the ladder are
the ones the world adores.
So boost me up my ladder, kid,
and I'll boost you up yours.

Let's all stroke together,
like the Princeton crew.
When you're strokin' Mama,
Mama's strokin' you.

So what's the one conclusion
I can bring this number to?
When you're good to Mama,
Mama's good to you.

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04) Cell Block Tango

LIZ
Pop

ANNIE
Six

JUNE
Squish

HUNYAK
Uh-uh

VELMA
Cicero

MONA
Lipshitz

LIZ
Pop

ANNIE
Six

JUNE
Squish

HUNYAK
Uh-uh

VELMA
Cicero

MONA
Lipshitz

LIZ
Pop

ANNIE
Six

JUNE
Squish

HUNYAK
Uh-uh

VELMA
Cicero

MONA
Lipshitz

LIZ
Pop

ANNIE
Six

JUNE
Squish

HUNYAK
Uh-uh

VELMA
Cicero

MONA
Lipshitz

LIZ
Pop

ANNIE
Six

JUNE
Squish

HUNYAK
Uh-uh

VELMA
Cicero

MONA
Lipshitz

ALL (except Hunyak)
He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there,
if you'd have seen it,

VELMA
I betcha you would have done the same.

LIZ
Pop

ANNIE
Six

JUNE
Squish

HUNYAK
Uh-uh

VELMA
Cicero

MONA
Lipshitz

LIZ
Pop

ANNIE
Six

JUNE
Squish

HUNYAK
Uh-uh

VELMA
Cicero

MONA
Lipshitz

ALL (except Liz who speaks her story)
He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there,
if you'd have seen it,
I betcha you would have done the same.

He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there,
if you'd have seen it,
I betcha you would have done the same.

He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.

LIZ
You know how people have these little habits that get you down? Like Bernie: Bernie here liked to chew gum. No. Not chew. Pop. So, I came home this one day and I'm really irritated and I'm looking for a little bit of sympathy. And there's Bernie lying on the couch, drinking a beer and chewing. No. Not chewing, popping! So I said to him, I said, "you pop that gum one more time..." And he did. So I took the shotgun off the wall and I fired two warning shots into his head.

ALL
He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there,
if you'd have seen it,
I betcha you would have done the same.

ALL (except Annie who speaks her story)
He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there,
if you'd have seen it,
I betcha you would have done the same.

He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there,
if you'd have seen it,
I betcha you would have done the same.

He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.

ANNIE
I met Ezekiel Young from Salt Lake City about two years ago, and he told me he was single, and we hit it off right away .So we started living together. He'd go to work. He'd come home. I'd fix him a drink and we'd have dinner. And then I found out. "Single" he told me. Single, my ass! Not only was he married, oh no. He had six wives. One of those Mormons, you know. So that night when he came home from work, I fixed him his drink, as usual. You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic.

GROUP 1 (GROUP 2)
He had it comin', (Pop Six Squish Uh-uh Cicero Lipshitz)
he had it comin',
he took a flower in its prime. (Pop Six Squish Uh-uh Cicero Lipshitz)
And then he used it, (Pop)
and he abused it. (Six)
It was a murder, but not a crime. (Squish Uh-uh Cicero Lipshitz)

LIZ
Pop

ANNIE
Six

JUNE
Squish

HUNYAK
Uh-uh

VELMA
Cicero

MONA
Lipshitz

LIZ
Pop

ANNIE
Six

JUNE
Squish

HUNYAK
Uh-uh

VELMA
Cic--

JUNE
Now, I'm standing in the kitchen carving up a chicken for dinner, minding my own business. In storms my husband Wilbur, in a jealous rage. "You been screwing the milkman?" He said. He was crazy! And he kept on screaming, "you been screwing the milkman!" And then he ran into my knife. He ran into my knife ten times.

ALL
If you'd have been there,
if you'd have seen it,
I betcha you would have done the same.

HUNYAK
Mit keresek, én itt? Azt mondják, hogy a híres lakem lefogta a férjemet én meg lecsaptam a fejét. De nem igaz, én ártatlan vagyok. Nem tudom miért mondja Uncle Sam, hogy én tettem. Probáltama rendõrségen megmagyarázni de nem értették meg...

ROXIE
Yeah. But did you do it?

HUNYAK
Uh-uh. Not guilty

ALL (except Velma who speaks her story)
He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there,
if you'd have seen it,
I betcha you would have done the same.

He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he took a flower--

VELMA

My sister, Veronica, and I had this double-act and my husband Charlie traveled around with us. Now, for the last number in our act, we did these twenty acrobatic tricks in a row: ones, twos, threes, fours, fives, splits, spread eagles, back flips, flip flops one right after the other. So, this one night before the show, we're down at the Hotel Cicero, the three of us, boozing, having a few laughs. And we ran out of ice. So, I go out to get some. I come back open the door and there's Veronica and Charlie doin' number 17, The Spread Eagle. Well, I was in such a state of shock, I completely blacked out. I can't remember a thing! It wasn't until later, when I was washing the blood off my hands, I even knew they were dead!

They had it comin',

ENSEMBLE
They had it comin',

VELMA
they had it comin',

ENSEMBLE
they had it comin',

VELMA
they had it comin' all along.

ENSEMBLE
they had it comin' all along.

VELMA
I didn't do it,

ENSEMBLE
She didn't do it,

VELMA
but if I'd done it,

ENSEMBLE
but if she'd done it...

VELMA
how could you tell me that I was wrong?

They had it comin',

ENSEMBLE
They had it comin',

VELMA
they had it comin',

ENSEMBLE
they had it comin',

VELMA
they had it comin' all along.

ENSEMBLE
they took a flower in its prime.

VELMA
I didn't do it,

ENSEMBLE
And then they used it...

VELMA
but if I'd done it,
how could you tell me that I was wrong?

ALL (except Mona who speaks her story)
He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there,
if you'd have seen it,
I betcha you would have done the same.

MONA

I loved Al Lipshitz more than I could possibly say. He was a real artistic guy, sensitive, a painter. But he was always trying to find himself. He'd go out every night looking for himself and on the way he found Ruth, Gladys, Rosemary, and Irving. I guess you could say we broke up because of artistic differences. He saw himself as alive and I saw him dead.

ALL
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum. bum,
the dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum.

They had it comin',
they had it comin',
they had it comin' all along.
'Cause if they used us
and they abused us,
how could you tell us that we were wrong?

He had it comin',
he had it comin',
he only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there,
if you'd have seen it,
I betcha you would have felt the same.

LIZ
Pop that gum one more time.

ANNIE
Single, my ass!

JUNE
Ten times.

HUNYAK
Uh-uh.

VELMA
Number 17, the Spread Eagle.

MONA
Artistic differences.

FILM ENDING [ MIDI ]

DURATION: 6:56
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LIZ
Pop

ANNIE
Six

JUNE
Squish

HUNYAK
Uh-uh

VELMA
Cicero

MONA
Lipshitz

STAGE ENDING [ MIDI ]

DURATION: 6:51
FILE SIZE: 31.9 KB

ALL
I betcha you would have done the same.

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05) All I Care About [ MIDI ]

DURATION: 2:45
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BILLY
I don't care about expensive things,
cashmere coats, diamond rings
don't mean a thing,
All I care about is love.

BILLY & GIRLS
That's what I'm/he's here for.

BILLY
I don't care for wearing silk cravats,
ruby studs, satin spats
don't mean a thing,
All I care about is love.

GIRLS
All he cares about is love.

BILLY
Give me two eyes of blue
softly saying

GIRLS
"I need you,"

BILLY
Let me see her standing there
And honest, Mister, I'm a millionaire.

I don't care for any fine attire
Vanderbilt might admire,
No, no, not me,
All I care about is love.

GIRLS
All he cares about is love.

BILLY
Whistle

GIRLS
That's what he's here for.
All he cares about is love.

Show me long raven hair
flowing down about to there.
When I see her running free
Keep your money, that's enough for me.

I don't care for having Packard cars
or smoking long black cigars.
No, no, not me,
All I care about is
Doin' a guy who's pickin' on you.
Twistin' the wrist that's turnin' the screw.

BILLY & GIRLS
All I care about is love!

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06) We Both Reached For The Gun [ MIDI ]

DURATION: 3:56
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ENSEMBLE
Where'd you come from?

BILLY (as Roxie)
Mississippi.

ENSEMBLE
And your parents?

BILLY (as Roxie)
Very wealthy.

ENSEMBLE
Where are they now?

BILLY (as Roxie)
Six feet under,

BILLY (as himself)
But she was granted one more start,

BILLY (as Roxie)
The Convent of the Sacred Heart.

ENSEMBLE
When'd you get here?

BILLY (as Roxie)
Nineteen Twenty,

ENSEMBLE
How old were you?

BILLY (as Roxie)
Don't remember.

ENSEMBLE
Then what happened?

BILLY (as Roxie)
I met Amos,
And he stole my heart away,
convinced me to elope one day.

MARY SUNSHINE
Who's Fred Casely?

BILLY (as Roxie)
My ex-boyfriend.

ENSEMBLE
Why'd you shoot him?

BILLY (as Roxie)
I was leavin'.

ENSEMBLE
Was he angry?

BILLY (as Roxie)
Like a madman.
Still I said, "Fred move along."

BILLY (as himself)
She knew that she was doin' wrong.

ENSEMBLE
Then describe it.

BILLY (as Roxie)
He came toward me.

ENSEMBLE
With a pistol?

BILLY (as Roxie)
From my bureau.

ENSEMBLE
Did you fight him?

BILLY (as Roxie)
Like a tiger.

BILLY (as himself)
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.

ENSEMBLE
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.

BILLY
Understandable,
Understandable,
Yes it's perfectly understandable.
Comprehensible,
Comprehensible,
Not a bit reprehensible,
It's so defensible.

ENSEMBLE
How're you feeling?

BILLY (as Roxie)
Very frightened.

ENSEMBLE
Are you sorry?

ROXIE
Are you kidding?

ENSEMBLE
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.

ENSEMBLE
And?

BILLY (as Roxie)
Stay away from

ENSEMBLE
What?

BILLY (as Roxie)
jazz and liquor,

ENSEMBLE
And?

BILLY (as Roxie)
and the men who

ENSEMBLE
What?

BILLY (as Roxie)
play for fun.

ENSEMBLE
And what?

BILLY (as Roxie)
That's the thought that

ENSEMBLE
Yeah?

BILLY (as Roxie)
came upon me

ENSEMBLE
When?

BILLY (as Roxie)
when we both reached for the gun!

MARY SUNSHINE
Understandable,
Understandable,

MARY & BILLY
Yes it's perfectly understandable.
Comprehensible,
Comprehensible,
Not a bit reprehensible,
It's so defensible.

ENSEMBLE
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both reached for

BILLY
Let me hear it!

ENSEMBLE
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, oh yes, they both reached for the gun, for the gun.

BILLY
A little louder!

ENSEMBLE
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
Now you got it!

ENSEMBLE
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, they both 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, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun.

BILLY
Both reached for the gun.

ENSEMBLE
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, the gun, the gun.
Both reached for the gun!

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07) Roxie [ MIDI ]

DURATION: 2:50
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ROXIE
The name on ev'rybody's lips is gonna be Roxie,
The lady rakin' in the chips is gonna be Roxie.
I'm gonna be a celebrity, that means somebody ev'ryone knows.
They're gonna recognize my eyes, my hair, my teeth, my boobs, my nose.

From just some dumb mechanic's wife I'm gonna be Roxie.
Who says murder's not an art?
And who in case she doesn't hang can say she started with a bang?
Roxie Hart.

BOYS
They're gonna wait outside in line to get to see Roxie,

ROXIE
Think of those autographs I'll sign: "Good luck to you,

ROXIE & BOYS
Roxie."

ROXIE
I'll appear in a lavaliere that goes all the way down to my waist.

BOYS
Here a ring, there a ring, ev'rywhere a ring-a-ling,

ROXIE
but always in the best of taste.

BOYS
She's giving up her humdrum life,

ROXIE
I'm gonna be

BOYS
Roxie.

She made a scandal and a star.

ROXIE
And Sophie Tucker'll shit, I know, to see her name get billed below
Roxie Hart.

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08) I Can't Do It Alone [ MIDI ]

DURATION: 2:29
FILE SIZE: 10.4 KB

VELMA
My sister and I had an act that couldn't flop.
My sister and I were headed straight to the top.
My sister and I earned a thou a week at least.
But my sister is now, unfortunately, deceased.

It's sad, of course, but a fact is still a fact.
And now all that remains is the remains of a perfect double act.

Watch this! Now, you have to imagine it with two people.

First I'd...
Then she'd...
Then we'd...
But I can't do it alone.

Then she'd...
Then I'd...
Then we'd...
But I can't do it alone.

She'd say, "What's your sister like?"
I'd say, "Men" (Yuk, yuk, yuk.)
She'd say, "You're the cat's meow."
Then we'd wow the crowd again

when she'd go...
I'd go...
We'd go...

And then these two bit Johnnies did it up brown
to cheer the best attraction in town.
They nearly tore the balcony down.

And we'd say, we're goin' home, but before we go, here's a few more parting shots." And this we did in perfect unison.

Now you see me goin' through it.
You may think there's nothin' to it.
But I simply cannot do it alone.

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09) Mister Cellophane [ MIDI ]

DURATION:  3:50
FILE SIZE:  23.1 KB

AMOS
If someone stood up in a crowd
and raised his voice way out loud
and waved his arm and shook his leg,
you'd notice him.

If someone in the movie show
yelled "Fire in the second row!
This whole place is a powder keg!"
You'd notice him.

And even without clucking like a hen,
ev'ryone get noticed now and then,
Unless, of course, that person should be
invisible inconsequential me.

Cellophane,
Mister Cellophane should have been my name,
Mister Cellophane, 'cause you can look right through me,
walk right by me and never know I'm there. I tell ya

Cellophane,
Mister Cellophane should have been my name,
Mister Cellophane, 'cause you can look right through me,
walk right by me and never know I'm there.

Suppose you was a little cat
residin' in a person's flat,
who fed you fish and scratched your ears;
you'd notice him.

Suppose you was a woman, wed
and sleepin' in a double bed
beside one man for seven years;
You'd notice him.

A human being's made of more than air.
With all that bulk you're bound to see him there,
Unless that human being next to you
is unimpressive, undistinguished you know who.

Should have been my name,
Mister Cellophane, 'cause you can look right through me,
walk right by me and never know I'm there. I tell ya

Cellophane,
Mister Cellophane should have been my name,
Mister Cellophane, 'cause you can look right through me,
walk right by me and never know I'm there.
Never even know I'm there.

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10) Razzle Dazzle [ MIDI ]

DURATION: 3:35
FILE SIZE: 18.1 KB

BILLY
Give 'em the old razzle dazzle.
Razzle dazzle 'em.
Give 'em an act with lots of flash in it
And the reaction will be passionate.
Give 'em the old hocus pocus.
Bead and feather 'em.
How can they see with sequins in their eyes?
What if your hinges are all rusting?
What if in fact you're just disgusting?
Razzle dazzle 'em and they'll never catch wise

Give 'em the old razzle dazzle.

ALL
Razzle dazzle 'em.

BILLY
Give 'em a show that's so splendiferous,
row after row will grow vociferous.

ALL
Give 'em the old flim flam flummox.
Fool and fracture 'em.

BILLY
How can they hear the truth above the roar?
Throw them a fake and a finagle.
They'll never know you're just a bagel.

ALL
Razzle dazzle 'em

BILLY
and they'll beg you for more.

ALL
Give 'em the old razzle dazzle.
Razzle dazzle 'em.

BILLY
Back in the days of old Methuselah,
Ev'ry one loves the big bamboozalah.

ALL
Give 'em the old three ring circus.
Stun and stagger 'em.

BILLY
When you're in trouble go into your dance.
Though you are stiffer than a girder
They'll let you away

ALL
with murder.

BILLY
Razzle dazzle 'em and you got a romance.

ALL
Give 'em the old razzle dazzle.

BILLY
Razzle dazzle 'em.
Give 'em an act that's unassailable,
They'll wait a year till you're available.
Give 'em the old double whammy,
Daze and dizzy 'em.
Show 'em the first rate sorcerer you are.
Long as you keep 'em way off balance,
How can they spot you got no talents.
Razzle dazzle 'em,

ALL
Razzle dazzle 'em,

BILLY
Razzle dazzle 'em

ALL
and they'll make you a star.

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11) Class [ MIDI ]

DURATION: 2:41
FILE SIZE: 13.8

VELMA
Whatever happened to fair dealing and pure ethics and nice manners?
Why is it ev'ryone now is a pain in the ass?
Whatever happened to class?

MAMA
Class?

Whatever happened to "please, may I?" and "yes, thank you" and "how charming!"
Now ev'ry son of a bitch is a snake in the grass.
Whatever happened to class?

VELMA
Class!

BOTH
Ah, there ain't no gentlemen to open up the doors,
There ain't no ladies now there's only pigs and whores
and even kids'll knock ya down so's they can pass.
Nobody's got no class.

VELMA
Whatever happened to old values

MAMA
and fine morals

VELMA
and good breeding?

MAMA
Now no one even says "oops" when they're passing their gas.

BOTH
Whatever happened to class?
Class!

Ah, there ain't no gentlemen who's fit for any use,
And any girl'd touch your privates for a deuce.

MAMA
And even kids'll kick your shins and give ya sass,

VELMA
And even kids'll kick your shins and give ya sass,

BOTH
Nobody's got no class.

VELMA
All you read about today is rape and theft.

MAMA
Jesus Christ! Ain't there no decency left?

BOTH
Nobody's got no class.

MAMA
Ev'rybody you watch

VELMA
s'got his brains in his crotch.

MAMA
Holy crap,

VELMA
Holy crap,

MAMA
What a shame,

VELMA
What a shame,

BOTH
What's become of class?

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12) Nowadays [ MIDI ]

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ROXIE
It's good, isn't it?
Grand, isn't it?
Great, isn't it?
Swell, isn't it?
Fun, isn't it?
Nowadays.

There's men ev'rywhere,
Jazz ev'rywhere,
Booze ev'rywhere,
Life ev'rywhere,
Joy ev'rywhere,
Nowadays.

You can like the life you're living,
You can live the life you like.
You can even marry Harry,
But mess around with Ike.

And that's good, isn't it?
Grand, isn't it?
Great, isn't it?
Swell, isn't it?
Fun, isn't it?
But nothing stays.

In fifty years or so
it's gonna change, you know.
But oh, it's heaven nowadays.

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13) I Move On [ MIDI ]

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VELMA
While truckin' down the road of life
When ev'ry hope seems gone,
I just move on.

ROXIE
When I can't find a single star
That I can wish upon
I just move on.
I move on.

VELMA
I run so fast,
a shotgun blast
Can't hurt me not one bit.

ROXIE
I'm on my toes
'cause heaven knows,
A moving target's hard to hit.

BOTH
So as I play in life's ballet,
I'm not the dyin' swan,
I just move on, I move on.

ROXIE
Just when it seems
I'm out of dreams
And life has got me down,

VELMA
I don't despair,
I don't go there.
I hang my bonnet out of town.

BOTH
So, there's no doubt I'm well cut out
To run life's marathon
'Cause I move on.
I move on.

So fleet of foot, I can't stay put,
I just move on,
Yeah, I move on.

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