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Moulin Rouge! (2019 Libretto)
Moulin Rouge! (2019 Libretto)
Book by
John Logan
Broadway Script
July 19, 2019
ii.
SETTING
1899.
CHRISTIAN
NINI
ARABIA
LA CHOCOLAT
BABY DOLL
ZIDLER
THE DUKE
LAUTREC
SANTIAGO
SATINE
AND
ACT ONE
Then…
Finally he smiles.
MUSIC begins.
They are…
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#1 “OPENING”
THE GIRLS
HEY SISTA, GO SISTA, SOUL SISTA, FLOW SISTA
HEY SISTA, GO SISTA, SOUL SISTA, FLOW SISTA
HEY SISTA, GO SISTA, SOUL SISTA, FLOW SISTA
HEY SISTA, GO SISTA, SOUL SISTA, FLOW SISTA
ARABIA
HE MET MARMALADE DOWN IN OLD MOULIN ROUGE
STRUTTIN’ HER STUFF ON THE STREET
BABY DOLL
SHE SAID, “HELLO, HEY JO,
YOU WANNA GIVE IT A GO?” OH!
THE GIRLS
GIUCHIE, GIUCHIE, YA YA DADA
GIUCHIE, GIUCHIE, YA YA HERE
MOCHA CHOCALATA YA YA
CREOLE LADY MARMALADE
VOULEZ VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI CE SOIR
VOULEZ VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI
LA CHOCOLAT
ON HER BLACK SATIN SHEETS
IS WHERE HE STARTED TO FREAK, YEAH
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THE GIRLS
GIUCHIE, GIUCHIE, YA YA DADA
GIUCHIE, GIUCHIE, YA YA HERE
MOCHA CHOCALATA YA YA
CREOLE LADY MARMALADE.
ZIDLER
Hello, chickens! Yes, it’s me. Your own beloved Harold
Zidler. In the flesh. Welcome, you gorgeous collection of
reprobates and rascals, artistes and arrivistes, soubrettes
and sodomites, welcome to the Moulin Rouge!
ZIDLER ALL
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
HIDEE HIDEE HIDEE HI!
HIDEE HIDEE HIDEE HI!
HODEE HODEE HODEE HO!
HODEE HODEE HODEE HO!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN
CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN
EVERYBODY CAN CAN! CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN
COMPANY
WOO! WOO! WOO! WOO!
WOO! WOO! WOO! WOO!
OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH
ZIDLER
EVERYBODY CAN CAN!
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
EVERYBODY CAN CAN!
COMPANY
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
GIUCHIE GIUCHIE YA YA DA DA
GIUCHIE GIUCHIE YA YA HERE
MOCHA CHOCOLATA YA YA
CREOLE LADY MARMALADE
OH OH OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH OH OH
ZIDLER
(he refers up to the balcony)
For the gallery it’s peanuts and lager. Hello, chickens. I
want to make desperate love to each and every one of you ...
(MORE)
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ZIDLER (CONT'D)
(he refers down to the
expensive orchestra seats)
But for the aristocracy ... hello, aristocracy ... it’s quail
eggs and caviar. Listen carefully and you’ll hear them
arriving outside, their jewels rattling, their wallets
stuffed to bursting. Ladies and Gentlemen! May I introduce
... The Duke de Monroth!!
MEN
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
THE GIRLS
OH YEAH
DUKE AND
ENSEMBLE
AIN’T NOBODY DOPE AS ME
I’M DRESSED SO FRESH, SO CLEAN...
THE GIRLS
SO FRESH AND SO CLEAN, CLEAN
DUKE AND
ENSEMBLE
DON’T YOU THINK I’M SO SEXY
I’M DRESSED SO FRESH, SO CLEAN
THE GIRLS
SO FRESH AND SO CLEAN, CLEAN
DUKE
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE
BUT YOU CAN KEEP THEM FOR THE BIRDS AND BEES
I’VE GOT MONEY
DUKE MEN
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
YEAH THAT’S WHAT I WANT
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
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DUKE
YOUR LOVE GIVES ME SUCH A THRILL
BUT YOUR LOVE DON’T PAY MY BILLS
MONEY DON’T GET EVERYTHING IT’S TRUE
BUT WHAT IT DON’T GET, I CAN’T USE
DUKE ENSEMBLE
I’VE GOT MONEY
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
THAT’S RIGHT MONEY
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
I’VE GOT MONEY
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
WHY MUST I LIVE THIS WAY?
HEY! MUST BE THE MONEY!
ZIDLER
All is in readiness, your grace.
DUKE
She’s awaiting me?
ZIDLER
After her performance.
DUKE
When does she go on?
ZIDLER
Satine closes the show. She is our coup de grâce.
DUKE
She had best live up to your description, Zidler.
ZIDLER
Hyperbole has no place in my heart, sir! Satine is every inch the
Venus I have promised.
DUKE
(smiles)
Go back to work, you old pander.
ZIDLER
On the Right Bank they wear kid gloves and gaze imperiously
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ZIDLER (CONT’D)
through gilded lorgnettes. But there is another Paris, yes? And
other Parisians. These are the denizens of the Left Bank, the rats
of the Latin Quarter, the starving artists and thieves and whores
of Montmartre. Our own beloved BOHEMIANS!
CHRISTIAN, LAUTREC and SANTIAGO enter
dramatically.
HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC is the famous French
artist. Legs stunted by childhood injury and
illness. He is a bold visionary and a tough-
minded anti-romantic romantic. A doomed
genius. Charismatic and fervently, joyously
eloquent.
SANTIAGO is a comically dashing figure. He’s
the greatest tango dancer in Paris – and the
greatest gigolo. A ferocious Argentinian
swashbuckler, he lives for the extravagant
torments of love. But he’s a fine man to have
as a friend: faithful and true.
They perform a hot and funky number. We like
them instantly, the coolest cats in the club.
CHRISTIAN, LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO
WATCH OUT
YOU MIGHT GET WHAT YOU’RE AFTER
ROUGE BABY
STRANGE BUT NOT A STRANGER
I’M AN ORDINARY GUY
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
ALL
MY HOUSE!
CHRISTIAN, LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
ALL
THAT’S RIGHT!
CHRISTIAN, LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO
DON’T WANT TO HURT NOBODY
SOME THINGS SURE CAN SWEEP ME OFF MY FEET
ALL
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
LAUTREC AND
SANTIAGO
HERE’S YOUR TICKET PACK YOUR BAG
TIME FOR JUMPIN’ OVERBOARD
TRANSPORTATION IS HERE
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CHRISTIAN, LAUTREC
AND SANTIAGO
CLOSE ENOUGH BUT NOT TOO FAR
MAYBE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
FIGHTIN’ FIRE WITH FIRE
ALL
LET’S DANCE!
LET’S SWAY
LET’S DANCE!
LET’S SWAY
ZIDLER
And now it’s time for the breakdown!
ALL
AH
AH
AH
AH
CHRISTIAN
It’s incredible here!
LAUTREC
Welcome to the Moulin Rouge, my friend.
SANTIAGO
Where Eros thrills your blood like the clatter of a thousand
castanets!!
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CHRISTIAN
Wow. Okay ... But are you sure this “Satine” will even agree
to meet me?
LAUTREC
Of course she will! And you will charm her, delight her,
dazzle her with your unassuming if slightly gauche American
ways.
CHRISTIAN
(unsure)
If you say so...
LAUTREC
Don’t underestimate yourself, Christian! The world will
always seek to grind us under its heel. We cannot let it. We
must rise up!
SANTIAGO
Assault the barricades of Aphrodite and claim our prize!
LAUTREC
Satine must surrender to you. So string your bow, Cupid, and
let the arrows fly!
ZIDLER ENSEMBLE
MARMALADE
HEY
LADY MARMALADE
HEY YEAH
MARMALADE
HEY
ALL
AH-AH-AH
CREOLE LADY MARMALADE!
WHOO!
Then:
ZIDLER
And now the time has come to meet our star… the epicenter of
your passions, the apogee of your desires...
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
Ladies and gentlemen … Bohemians and Artists, Coquettes and
Boulevardiers … May I present to you our Sparkling Diamond …
the unique … the indomitable … the one and only--
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ZIDLER AND
CHRISTIAN
Satine.
CHRISTIAN
This is a story about love ... About passionate love and
desperate love and foolish love and the kind of love you
never forget and that one enchanted evening where your eyes
meet across a crowded room and...
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
This is a story about a woman named Satine... I had arrived
in Paris that very day. Only hours before... I came to escape
my suffocating life in America. To find a place where I could
belong, where my heart could be free. I came to be a child of
the revolution. To be an artist. To fall in love.
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
So when I got off the boat I didn’t go to the Eifel Tower or
the Louvre ... I went to Montmartre! To lose myself in that
dazzling chaos of poets and painters and musicians and
writers. Everything I wanted to be.
(he indicates Lautrec and
Santiago)
And in the midst of it all, the two most peculiar men I had
ever seen...
LAUTREC
How’s this...?
(he holds up composition
paper and sings)
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE...
WITH THE SCREAMS OF THE PROLETARIAT
SANTIAGO
That’s awful.
LAUTREC
Then what do you have?
SANTIAGO
(he holds up composition
paper and sings)
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE...
WITH THE SOUND OF THE CONDORS SHRIEKING OVER THE
ANDES!
LAUTREC
Condors shrieking?! This is supposed to be a love song!
SANTIAGO
Face it, Toulouse. We’re not songwriters.
LAUTREC
How hard can it be for God sake?! June, spoon, moon -- done!
Here -- let me try again--
CHRISTIAN
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE
WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC!
CHRISTIAN
(CONT’D)
WITH SONGS THEY HAVE SUNG
FOR A THOUSAND YEARS!
LAUTREC
Hello I love you won’t you tell me your name?
CHRISTIAN
My name’s Christian.
SANTIAGO
You’re a songwriter then?
CHRISTIAN
Yes.
LAUTREC
And why have you come to Paris?
CHRISTIAN
(”I Don’t Want to Wait”)
I DON’T WANT TO WAIT FOR MY LIFE TO BE
OVER.
I WANT TO KNOW RIGHT NOW WHAT WILL IT BE
SANTIAGO
Tell me, have you ever written a love song?
CHRISTIAN
(”Every Breath You Take”)
WITH EVERY BREATH I TAKE.
LAUTREC
Sing one of your love songs instantly!
CHRISTIAN
(“Never Gonna Give You Up”)
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP…
LAUTREC AND
SANTIAGO
GENIUS!
LAUTREC
Sit, sit, join us! I am Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-
Lautrec-Monfa and I am, as is obvious --
(he gestures to his paintings)
-- a very great artist. And this is my friend Santiago Diego
Romero Ruiz, who, as you can clearly see, is Argentinian.
He’s the greatest tango dancer in all of Paris! ...
(Santiago strikes a pose)
... Which needless to say also means he’s the greatest
gigolo…
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LAUTREC (CONT’D)
(Santiago strikes another
pose)
… Now tell me, Christian, have you the heart of a lion?
CHRISTIAN
What? Sure.
SANTIAGO
Willing to risk all on one impossibly insane gamble?
CHRISTIAN
Why not?!
LAUTREC
Do you believe in the Bohemian ideals?
SANTIAGO
Truth!
LAUTREC
Beauty!
SANTIAGO
Freedom!
LAUTREC
Love!
CHRISTIAN
YES!
LAUTREC
Then you must join us in our great cause!
CHRISTIAN
So it turns out they were in the midst of writing a
theatrical play with some songs in it. They wanted me to go
to the Moulin Rouge and sing one of my songs for the star
there, sort of an audition. If she liked my music then she’d
get the club to put on their show, which they called --
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. I swear, they were like two knockabout
vaudevillians escaped from the nearest asylum and the whole
thing was the single most insane idea I’d ever heard ... (he
spins back to them, excited) ... I’LL DO IT!
LAUTREC AND
SANTIAGO
Bravo!
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LAUTREC
Glory awaits, my lad. And in the meantime, you shall live
here with us in dire and glorious poverty ... Look around.
This is Montmartre. We are whores and beggars here, criminals
all. It’s a hard life we lead, but it is ours, and we share
it with you openly. We may live on crusts and charity, but we
have our honor.
He sings:
LAUTREC (CONT’D)
I’VE NEVER SEEN A DIAMOND IN THE FLESH…
I CUT MY TEETH ON WEDDING RINGS IN THE MOVIES
AND I’M NOT PROUD OF MY ADDRESS
IN THE TORN UP TOWN, NO POST CODE ENVY.
LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO
CRISTAL, MAYBACH,
DIAMONDS ON YOUR TIMEPIECE
STEAM SHIPS, ISLANDS,
TIGERS ON A GOLD LEASH
WE DON’T CARE
LAUTREC
WE’RE NOT CAUGHT UP IN YOUR LOVE AFFAIR
SO WE'LL NEVER BE ROYALS
CHRISTIAN,
LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO
ROYALS
LAUTREC
IT DON'T RUN IN OUR BLOOD
THAT KIND OF LUX JUST AIN'T FOR US
WE CRAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF BUZZ
LET ME BE YOUR RULER…
CHRISTIAN,
LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO
RULER…
LAUTREC
YOU CAN CALL ME QUEEN BEE
AND BABY I'LL RULE…
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SANTIAGO
I'LL RULE…
CHRISTIAN
I'LL RULE…
CHRISTIAN,
LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO
LET ME LIVE THAT FANTASY!
LAUTREC
Now tell me, Christian, what do we believe in?!
LAUTREC (CONT’D)
FREEDOM, BEAUTY, TRUTH AND LOVE!
CHRISTIAN,
LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO
FREEDOM, BEAUTY, TRUTH AND LOVE!
SANTIAGO
WELL YOU CAN BUMP AND GRIND
SAY IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR MIND
YOU CAN TWIST AND SHOUT
LET IT ALL HANG OUT
CHRISTIAN,
LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO
BUT YOU
WON'T FOOL THE CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION
NO YOU WON'T FOOL THE CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION!
CHRISTIAN
TONIGHT, WE ARE YOUNG
SO LET'S SET THE WORLD ON FIRE
WE CAN BURN BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN
ZIDLER
And now the time has come to meet our star… the epicenter of
your passions, the apogee of your desires... Ladies and
gentlemen … Bohemians and Artists, Coquettes and
Boulevardiers … May I present to you our Sparkling Diamond …
the unique … the indomitable … the one and only … Satine.
The spotlight finds…
SATINE.
Descending dramatically from above.
Satine is a star. Beautiful, glamorous,
commanding. Fully aware of her worth. Wicked
sense of humor and smart ... But beyond this,
our heroine has a deep humanity. She has
suffered and her wounds are very close to the
skin. Heartbreaking, in her way.
SATINE
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER,
THEY ARE ALL I NEED TO PLEASE ME
THEY CAN STIMULATE AND TEASE ME
THEY WON’T LEAVE IN THE NIGHT
I’VE NO FEAR THAT THEY MIGHT DESERT ME
#3 “DIAMONDS”
Satine and The Moulin Rouge Girls perform a
sizzling mash-up of DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST
FRIEND/MATERIAL GIRL/SINGLE LADIES:
SATINE (CONT’D)
A KISS ON THE HAND
MAY BE QUITE CONTINENTAL
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SATINE (CONT’D)
BUT DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND
A KISS MAY BE GRAND
BUT IT WON'T PAY THE RENTAL
ON YOUR HUMBLE FLAT
OR HELP YOU FEED YOUR PUSSYCAT
THE GIRLS
OOOOOOOOOOOOOO
SATINE WOMEN
DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S OH, OH, OH, OH
MEN
SHE’S A BRICK HOUSE
SHE’S MIGHTY MIGHTY
WOMEN
TIFFANY!
NO YOU’RE NEVER GONNA GET IT
CARTIER!
NEVER, EVER GONA GET IT
BLACK STARR!
NO YOU’RE NEVER GONNA GET IT
ROSCOE!
NEVER EVER GONNA GET IT
SATINE
TALK TO ME, HARRY ZIDLER, TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT!
Then – an abrupt change in the music – as
Satine stumbles!
She suddenly feels ill. She can’t breathe. The
world is disorienting around her. We hear her
amplified heartbeat ... The cold shiver of
illness, disease, mortality. The shape of
things to come...
She pulls herself together through sheer force
of will and the world returns to normal as...
SATINE (V.O.)
SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND
SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND
SATINE
SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND
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WOMEN
HE'S YOUR GUY
WHEN STOCKS ARE HIGH
BUT BEWARE WHEN THEY START TO DESCEND
SATINE
IT'S THEN THAT THOSE LOUSES
GO BACK TO THEIR SPOUSES
DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND!
ZIDLER
Our Sparkling Diamond, Satine!
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ZIDLER
Well done, my girl. You killed it.
SATINE
That’s my job.
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ZIDLER
But are you feeling all right? You seemed ill during the
number.
SATINE
Corset’s too tight, that’s all. I’m fine ... So where is he?
ZIDLER
(looking at the Duke)
In the box. The steely looking one.
SATINE
(looking at Christian, not
the Duke)
He doesn’t look like a duke.
ZIDLER
(looking at the Duke, not
Christian)
When you’re that rich, you can look like anything you want.
SATINE
(looking at Christian, not
the Duke)
He’s rather handsome.
ZIDLER
I couldn’t agree more. But more to the point, he’s rich
beyond my most heroic dreams of avarice. The Duke de Monroth
could save us.
SATINE
We’re that much in need of saving?
ZIDLER
God, don’t let all the glitter and velvet fool you. I’m in
hock up to my eyeballs ... You know what to do, pet.
SATINE
Watch momma go to work.
ZIDLER
She quivers for you, your grace, and has pronounced you
triumphantly handsome!
DUKE
And she’s everything you promised…
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ZIDLER
The greatest courtesan in Paris! And she will await you after
the performance, breathlessly…
CHRISTIAN
(looking at Satine)
My God, she’s sensational!
LAUTREC
After the performance you’ll go to her dressing room…
DUKE
(continuing to Zidler)
Where am I to meet her?
ZIDLER
In the Elephant!
LAUTREC
(continuing to Christian)
In the Elephant!
CHRISTIAN AND
THE DUKE
In the Elephant?
ZIDLER
Her private sanctuary upstairs for discrete tete-a-tete. And
if you should care to prepare for your rendezvous in private
you may use my office ... And perhaps we can talk a little
business?
DUKE
Business on such a night, Zidler? You’re a sad, venal soul.
ZIDLER
Just making my way through a treacherous world, your grace…
LAUTREC
(to Christian)
Now are you ready, Christian? You must be debonair!
CHRISTIAN
I don’t know, Toulouse...
SANTIAGO
What are you worried about?!
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CHRISTIAN
She’s a little out of my league, pal.
LAUTREC
Genius has no league!
LAUTREC (CONT’D)
Go forth and triumph!
SATINE
You’re not what I expected.
CHRISTIAN
(endearingly bumbling)
Surprise! Ha. Can I -- um -- buy you a drink? Wait. No. I
don’t have any money.
SATINE
Excuse me?
CHRISTIAN
This isn’t going well ... So I understand I’m to meet you
inside an Elephant?
SATINE
My dressing room, yes. Harold has arranged a light supper for
us.
CHRISTIAN
(mystified)
Harold, okay...
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SATINE
You have the most interesting accent, I must say.
CHRISTIAN
Lima, Ohio!
SATINE
(smoothly)
Lima, Ohio. But of course, where else?
CHRISTIAN
(rattling on nervously)
I know, I know, my accent sounds like Cleveland sometimes,
but it’s pure Lima. You know, just over from Indiana, above
Kentucky, down from Toledo, why can’t I stop talking--?!
SATINE
Darling, I think you better shut up and dance with me.
CHRISTIAN
OH DON'T YOU DARE LOOK BACK
JUST KEEP YOUR EYES ON ME
I SAID YOU'RE HOLDING BACK
SHE SAID…
SATINE
SHUT UP AND DANCE WITH ME
CHRISTIAN
THIS WOMAN IS MY DESTINY
SHE SAID…
SATINE
OOH OOH
SHUT UP AND DANCE WITH ME.
As Zidler re-enters.
LAUTREC
(to Santiago)
My God, it’s Zidler!
(MORE)
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LAUTREC
If he sees Christian and Satine together, we’re sunk! Now my
friend – we must be magnificently distracting!
LAUTREC (CONT’D)
My dear Harold! You’ve lost some weight haven’t you, you old
fox.
ZIDLER
What? Yes, well maybe a couple of-- Wait, what are you doing
here, Lautrec?! And you were supposed to be barred until you
paid your tab! Which is, I might add, astronomic.
LAUTREC
Let’s not pollute our ears with talk of money.
SANTIAGO
Filthy money! Tonight is for love!
LAUTREC
SO RAISE YOUR GLASS IF YOU ARE WRONG,
IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS,
ALL MY UNDERDOGS,
LAUTREC AND
SANTIAGO
WE WILL NEVER BE NEVER BE, ANYTHING BUT LOUD
AND NITTY GRITTY DIRTY LITTLE FREAKS
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE
WE WERE VICTIMS OF THE NIGHT
THE CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, KRYPTONITE
HELPLESS TO THE BASS AND THE FADING LIGHT
OH WE WERE BOUND TO GET TOGETHER
BOUND TO GET TOGETHER
CHRISTIAN
SHE TOOK MY ARM
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED
WE TOOK THE FLOOR AND SHE SAID
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE
OH DON'T YOU DARE LOOK BACK
JUST KEEP YOUR EYES ON ME
CHRISTIAN
SHE SAID YOU'RE HOLDING BACK
SHE SAID
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE
SHUT UP AND DANCE WITH ME
CHRISTIAN
THIS WOMAN IS MY DESTINY
SHE SAID
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE
OOH OOH
SHUT UP AND DANCE WITH ME
ALL
OOH OOH
SHUT UP AND DANCE WITH ME
SATINE AND
LAUTREC
SLAM SLAM, OH HOT DAMN
WHAT PART OF PARTY DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
WISH YOU'D JUST FREAK OUT
CAN'T STOP, COMIN' IN HOT,
I SHOULD BE LOCKED UP RIGHT ON THE SPOT
CHRISTIAN
WHY SO SERIOUS?
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ALL
OOH OOH
SHUT UP AND DANCE WITH ME
SATINE
I’ll see you shortly then…
CHRISTIAN
Yes…
SATINE
I’m living for it.
CHRISTIAN
Me too.
SATINE
By the way, would you like me to call you “your grace”?
CHRISTIAN
Um … if you want.
LAUTREC
Well done, Christian. We are mere moments from victory! Now,
have you a song in mind to audition for her?
CHRISTIAN
I think so. An old one of mine. Sort of a love song.
LAUTREC
Make her fall in love with your music and our show is within
reach!
SANTIAGO
This is our night, Christian! We are young!
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LAUTREC
We are brave!
CHRISTIAN,
LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO
WE ARE BOHEMIANS!
ALL
BOHEMIANS!
ALL
SOMEBODY WHO
SOMEBODY WHO
SOMEBODY WHO LOVES ME
SOMEBODY WHO
SOMEBODY WHO
SANTIAGO
TO HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS!
NINI
Keep walking.
ENSEMBLE
SOMEBODY WHO
SOMEBODY WHO
BABY DOLL
(to Satine)
Momma, you killed it tonight.
SATINE
You ladies make me look good, that’s all.
NINI
And your Duke certainly is dashing, isn’t he?
ARABIA
Nini’s right. He’ll probably shower you with diamonds.
NINI
He had better. Otherwise this place shuts down and we’re all
out on the street.
BABY DOLL
(anxious)
Satine, is it true the Moulin Rouge might close? What would
we do then?
SATINE
Don’t worry, I won’t let that happen.
BABY DOLL
I can’t -- I can’t go back to the underground clubs. Or the
streets...
SATINE
Listen to me, you gorgeous creature. This is our home and no
one’s going to take it away. We’re safe here, I promise you.
NINI
(snaps)
Open your eyes, Satine. Zidler’s already cut the wait staff
in half. And he fired the last sommelier today. He’s broke,
“chickens” ... Enjoy the job while you have it, because you
know what this building will be in a year? A post office, or
a train station, or a whorehouse.
LA CHOCOLAT
Good, then you won’t have to leave.
ZIDLER
My angel, I’ve the Duke deliciously primed for you. So--
SATINE
How bad is it?
ZIDLER
What?
SATINE
The club. We’re broke.
ZIDLER
Nothing for you to fret about tonight, my dear, just--
SATINE
Tell me the truth, Harold.
ZIDLER
... Well, let’s just say that my financial legerdemain has
come to naught. And all the greasepaint in the world won’t
help.
SATINE
So we need the Duke.
ZIDLER
Oh yes.
SATINE
Then we’ll get him.
ZIDLER
That’s my girl ... And in truth, it wouldn’t be the worst
thing for you to find a rich man to keep you. After all,
neither of us is as young as we used to be.
SATINE
Time happens.
ZIDLER
To us all ... God, when did we get so old?
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
(gently)
Satine ... He’s expecting the Sparkling Diamond. Make sure
she’s there.
He goes.
A quiet moment.
Then sings:
#5 “FIREWORK”
SATINE
DO YOU EVER FEEL
FEEL SO PAPER-THIN
LIKE A HOUSE OF CARDS
ONE BLOW FROM CAVING IN
2019-07-19 4PM 32.
SATINE (CONT’D)
DO YOU EVER FEEL
ALREADY BURIED DEEP
SIX FEET UNDER
SCREAMS BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO HEAR A THING
DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S
STILL A CHANCE FOR YOU
‘CAUSE THERE’S A SPARK IN YOU
SATINE
Enter!
SATINE (CONT’D)
Do come in. The room is subtle, I know, but it bemuses me.
CHRISTIAN
Wow. Okay. I’ve never been inside an Elephant...
SATINE
First time for everything. Champagne, your grace? Sit, sit.
CHRISTIAN
Well -- if you don’t mind -- I’d prefer to do it standing.
SATINE
Mmm, of course.
CHRISTIAN
You don’t have to, stand I mean. I want you to be
comfortable, sometimes it’s quite long.
SATINE
Ah.
CHRISTIAN
I must admit this is quite a new experience for me. I mean --
you know -- we don’t really do things like this in Ohio.
2019-07-19 4PM 34.
SATINE
That’s a shame.
CHRISTIAN
Now, just to warn you. It’s very modern, what I do. It might
feel a bit strange at first, but if you’re really open I
think you’ll enjoy it. Although I am a bit nervous.
SATINE
Of course.
CHRISTIAN
I’ve never done this before.
SATINE
What?
CHRISTIAN
But my whole future might depend on it, right?
SATINE
Oh I hope not.
CHRISTIAN
And my friends are counting on me…
SATINE
Friends?
CHRISTIAN
And I did study it in school…
SATINE
School?
CHRISTIAN
And practiced a lot today…
SATINE
Practiced?!
CHRISTIAN
Honestly, it’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside...
SATINE
Isn’t it, though?
CHRISTIAN
I’m not one of those who can easily hide...
SATINE
No reason to hide.
Now he sings...
2019-07-19 4PM 35.
#6 “YOUR SONG”
CHRISTIAN
I DON’T HAVE MUCH MONEY
BUT BOY IF I DID
I’D BUY A BIG HOUSE WHERE WE BOTH COULD LIVE
IF I WAS A SCULPTOR BUT THEN AGAIN, NO
OR A MAN WHO MAKES POTIONS IN A TRAVELING SHOW
OH, I KNOW IT'S NOT MUCH BUT IT'S THE BEST I
CAN DO
MY GIFT IS MY SONG
AND THIS ONE'S FOR YOU
AND YOU CAN TELL EVERYBODY THIS IS YOUR
SONG
IT MAY BE QUITE SIMPLE BUT NOW THAT IT'S
DONE
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
THAT I PUT DOWN IN WORDS
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS WHILE YOU'RE IN THE
WORLD.
But…
SATINE
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS WHILE YOU’RE IN THE
WORLD...
CHRISTIAN
SO EXCUSE ME FORGETTING
BUT THESE THINGS, I DO
YOU SEE, I'VE FORGOTTEN
IF THEY'RE GREEN OR THEY'RE BLUE
ANYWAY, THE THING IS, WHAT I REALLY MEAN
YOURS ARE THE SWEETEST EYES I'VE EVER SEEN…
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE
AND YOU CAN TELL EVERYBODY THIS IS YOUR
SONG
IT MAY BE QUITE SIMPLE BUT
NOW THAT IT'S DONE
2019-07-19 4PM 36.
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE (CONT’D)
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
THAT I PUT DOWN IN WORDS
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS WHILE YOU'RE IN THE
WORLD
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
THAT I PUT DOWN IN WORDS
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS
WHILE YOU'RE IN THE--
They kiss—
ZIDLER
(trills from outside)
Satine, my dove, I have the Duke here…
SATINE
Duke? …
(urgently to Christian)
… Who are you?!
CHRISTIAN
I’m Christian.
SATINE
Please tell me you’re Christian the Duke.
CHRISTIAN
No, I’m Christian the Composer. I’m a friend of Toulouse, he
said I—
SATINE
(angry)
Toulouse! I might have known! When I get my hands on him--
ZIDLER
(trills from outside)
Satine, cupcake darling honeypot, we’re waiting…
SATINE
(to Christian)
I have to get you out of here! Quick -- the balcony!
CHRISTIAN
(panic)
Oh! No, the balcony’s not a good idea!
2019-07-19 4PM 37.
Satine screams--!
Everyone freezes.
Pause.
SATINE
(smoothly, to the Duke)
There’s a very simple explanation for all this.
SATINE (CONT’D)
You see, my friend here is a…
CHRISTIAN
Songwriter. Well, singer/songwriter really. You know, sort of
a folk sound mixed with a more-
SATINE
A songwriter! And he was here to… to…
LAUTREC
Audition.
SATINE
Audition one of his songs for me!
LAUTREC
For our new show.
SATINE
For our new show -- What?!
SANTIAGO
Which we will premiere here at the Moulin Rouge!
ZIDLER
Say again.
2019-07-19 4PM 38.
SATINE
Yes, our new show. Which we are intending to premiere here in
the humble confines of the Moulin Rouge, isn’t that right,
Harold?
ZIDLER
As you say, my precious little cobra.
DUKE
But what has any of this to do with me, pray?
SATINE
You… yes … Well…
ZIDLER
Patron!
SATINE
Yes! We are hoping, in our coy little way, to entice you into
being our patron! Every proper theatrical presentation needs
investors!
ZIDLER
Angels!
CHRISTIAN
Backers!
SANTIAGO
Shareholders!
SATINE
Producers!
LAUTREC
Bloodsucking corporate vampires!
DUKE
So you arranged this rendezvous in order to audition your new
show for me, hoping I would invest?
SATINE
Nailed it in one.
DUKE
So, what’s the story of your show?
LAUTREC
Story! Ah, yes, yes, um, the story…
2019-07-19 4PM 39.
CHRISTIAN
THERE’LL BE
LOVERS
SATINE
AND SINGERS
ZIDLER
AND ENTREPRENEURS
SANTIAGO
DEPRAVITY
LAUTREC
ECSTASY
CHRISTIAN
LOVE THAT ENDURES
LAUTREC
WORTHY OF EVEN THE BEST RACONTEUR
A TALE IN THE SHADOWS OF DEAR SACRE-COEUR
WE SEE ALONG THE SEINE
UPON ITS FILTHY SHORE
THE BLOATED CORPSES OF THOSE KILLED THE
NIGHT BEFORE
ZIDLER
BUT IT’S A FAMILY SHOW
WITH ART BOTH HIGH AND LOW
CHRISTIAN
A TALE OF LOVE!
SANTIAGO
AND DEATH!
SATINE
AND SEX!
LAUTREC
AND MONEY!
ZIDLER
DANCING AND AWAY WE GO TO
2019-07-19 4PM 40.
LAUTREC
SWEET SATINE, WHO PLAYS OUR INGÉNUE
A SPARROW SINGING UP AND DOWN EACH AVENUE…
SATINE
SHE WEARS A THIN BLACK DRESS
AND TELLS HER TALE OF WOE
OF PAIN AND LONELINESS
LAUTREC
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL AS THESE THINGS GO
SHE’S RATHER SICK
WITH SOME OBSCURE MALAISE
NO DOUBT A CRUEL TRICK
FROM WILDER, DESPERATE DAYS
SATINE
THEN ONE DAY SINGING THROUGH HER PAIN
THE SUN KICKS OUT THE RAIN
AND THERE HE STANDS, A LOVER...
LAUTREC
Yes, one day everything changes when she meets a man.
CHRISTIAN
A man unlike any she has known! He’s a … a…
LAUTREC
Ventriloquist!
CHRISTIAN
A what?!
SANTIAGO
No. He’s a matador! Striding across the sands of destiny!
LAUTREC
A VENTRILOQUIST!
ZIDLER
No -- he’s a sailor! A matelot! In those ridiculously tight
pants! …
(to Christian)
… Let me see your ass.
LAUTREC
Yes, a sailor! That’s it. A man who has spent his life
voyaging across the turbulent seas…
2019-07-19 4PM 41.
CHRISTIAN
HE’S BEEN SEARCHING FOR A MATE
AND NOW IT SEEMS LIKE FATE
A GIFT FROM GOD ABOVE
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE
A LOVE DIVINE FOREVER MORE
THEIR BODIES INTERTWINE
LAUTREC
BUT FATE HAS MANY OTHER THINGS IN STORE
ZIDLER
THERE’S A MAN WHO ALREADY CLAIMS HER
AN EVIL GANGSTER WHO RUNS THIS TOWN
LAUTREC
SHE’S UNHAPPY AND NO ONE BLAMES HER
LAUTREC AND
SANTIAGO
THE MOST LASCIVIOUS RACKETEER AROUND
ALL
HE BUYS HER LOVE!
SATINE
HE BUYS HER CLOTHES!
ZIDLER
HE’S ROUGH BUT THIS IS ALL THE POOR GIRL
KNOWS
ALL
HE BUYS HER LOVE!
CHRISTIAN
THERE’S NO ESCAPE!
BUT NOW A TRIANGLE HAS TAKEN SHAPE
LAUTREC
AND SO THE SAILOR DRIVEN MAD
DETERMINED TO UNSEAT THIS CAD
SWEARS TO RISK HIS LIFE FOR LOVE
AND THERE’S OUR SHOW, ALL OF THE ABOVE
SATINE
A SPECTACLE OF SAVAGERY
SANTIAGO
A TESTAMENT TO LUNACY
2019-07-19 4PM 42.
ZIDLER
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
LAUTREC
AND ALL OF IT DESIGNED BY ME!
ALL
SO EXCITING!
ZIDLER
THE AUDIENCE WILL STOMP AND CHEER
ALL
SO DELIGHTING
ZIDLER
IT WILL RUN FOR FIFTY YEARS!
ALL
SO EXCITING!
LAUTREC,
SANTIAGO,
ZIDLER
MAKE ‘EM LAUGH AND MAKE ‘EM CRY
ALL
SO DELIGHTING
CHRISTIAN
AND IN THE END SHOULD SOMEONE DIE?
A beat.
ALL
SO EXCITING
MAKE OUR DREAM REALITY
SO DELIGHTING
SATINE
MAKE IT HAPPEN, JUST FOR ME…
SANTIAGO
ME!
LAUTREC
ME!
CHRISTIAN
ME!
ZIDLER
ME!
ALL
MAKE IT HAPPEN JUST FOR ME!
2019-07-19 4PM 43.
Beat.
DUKE
I’ll do it. Zidler, come, a word.
DUKE (CONT’D)
I’ll be back shortly, my dear. You have quite conquered me.
He goes.
ZIDLER
Well done, all! Now chop-chop we’ve much to do …
(to Lautrec, Santiago)
… You two, come to the office tomorrow and we’ll sort out the
details. We have, I believe, a new show into which we must
breathe unrivalled histrionic life!
LAUTREC
Christian, come along! The night is young and made for
celebration!
CHRISTIAN
I’ll join you later.
LAUTREC AND
SANTIAGO
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF
MUSIC!
ZIDLER
Now get moving, lad, Satine’s got work to do.
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
And you, my dear, must make yourself ravishing. I need hardly
tell you what a wonderful “mentor” the Duke could be. Play
your cards artfully, kitten, and you’ll land in the cream.
SATINE
I know what’s expected of me.
2019-07-19 4PM 44.
ZIDLER
Satine, you need a cool head now … Without the Duke, we’re
back on the street, the both of us, singing for tourists
throwing coins at our feet... This is your chance to rise.
Maybe the last one you’ll ever get … Now show me the
Sparkling Diamond.
Her spine stiffens, her eyes and face go cold,
beautiful, and untouchable.
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
I’ll send him to you shortly ... (to Christian) ... You. Go.
He exits.
Satine turns to face Christian:
SATINE
Don’t make this any more difficult than it needs to be.
CHRISTIAN
Did that mean nothing before?
SATINE
Christian--
CHRISTIAN
Is it because he’s rich? If that’s what you--
She interrupts him. She’s quiet and firm:
SATINE
Stop right there. You don’t know me. You know nothing about
me. I’m nothing but a fantasy to you. So it’s time to wake up
and go home. Forget the whore in Paris. She’ll only break
your heart ... That’s what she does.
CHRISTIAN
I understand... Thank you for the dance.
He goes.
But when he’s gone, we see how difficult it
was for her to reject Christian.
SATINE
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS WHILE YOU'RE IN THE
WORLD...
Beat.
SATINE (CONT’D)
Come in.
DUKE
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF
I'M A MAN OF WEALTH AND TASTE
I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG, LONG YEAR
STOLE MANY A GIRL’S SOUL TO WASTE
DUKE (CONT’D)
Understand me, Satine, I’m not like the men you’ve known
before. I won’t just toss a few coins on the floor and walk
away. I want all of you.
SATINE
You’re asking for a lot.
DUKE
I’m asking for everything.
DUKE (CONT’D)
WELL I SAW YOU TODAY AT THE RECEPTION
A GLASS OF WINE IN YOUR HAND
SATINE
I KNEW I WOULD MEET MY CONNECTION
2019-07-19 4PM 46.
DUKE
WELL AT YOUR FEET IS THIS FOOTLOOSE MAN
SATINE
NO YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
SATINE AND
THE DUKE
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
BUT IF YOU TRY SOMETIMES,
YOU JUST MIGHT FIND
YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED.
DUKE
LET ME PLEASE INTRODUCE MYSELF
I'M A MAN OF WEALTH AND TASTE
AND I’LL LAY TRAPS FOR TROUBADOURS
WHO GET KILLED IF THEY
COME YOUR WAY
DUKE MEN
SO IF YOU MEET ME WOO WOO
HAVE SOME COURTESY WOO WOO
HAVE SOME SYMPATHY, WOO WOO
AND SOME TASTE WOO WOO
USE ALL YOUR WELL-LEARNED WOO WOO
POLITESSE WOO WOO
OR I'LL LAY YOUR SOUL TO WASTE
DUKE
HEY
2019-07-19 4PM 47.
DUKE (CONT’D)
(Spoken)
Baby, what's my name?
MEN
LOVE SISTER
IT’S JUST A KISS AWAY
IT’S JUST A KISS AWAY
LOVE SISTER
IT’S JUST A KISS AWAY
IT’S JUST A KISS AWAY
LAUTREC
So you have met Satine.
CHRISTIAN
And the greatest night of my life suddenly turns into the
worst ... I thought you were going to celebrate.
LAUTREC
(shrugs)
Eh. Tomorrow for celebration. Tonight for a friend.
CHRISTIAN
Tell me about her.
LAUTREC
It’s a sad tale... My lost youth.
CHRISTIAN
Tell me.
LAUTREC
I met Satine when I was a boy. Practically on the first day I
was in Paris. I saw this wretched little alley cat begging
for scraps, her arms were ulcerous and she was painfully
thin. But she had a spirit. I fell in love with her
instantly, of course. But how could I – this misshapen thing--
ever confess my love?
(beat)
Her father had her turning tricks at 13.
(beat)
But she was smart. And ambitious. She pulled her way up and
out. And now -- et voila -- she is “The Sparkling
Diamond.”... But every now and then I still see my old play-
friend peeking through. I did tonight, when she looked at
you.
CHRISTIAN
I’ll fight for her.
LAUTREC
Christian. She has chosen her life. Let her live it.
2019-07-19 4PM 50.
#9 “NATURE BOY”
LAUTREC
THERE WAS A BOY
A VERY STRANGE ENCHANTED BOY
THEY SAY HE WANDERED VERY FAR, VERY FAR
OVER LAND AND SEA
A LITTLE SHY AND SAD OF EYE
BUT VERY WISE WAS HE…
LAUTREC (CONT’D)
(urgently)
You’re right, Christian, I loved Satine from the moment I
laid eyes on her. But I never told her. Don’t make my
mistake. Go now. Fight for her.
LAUTREC CHRISTIAN
THE GREATEST THING
THE GREATEST THING
YOU’LL EVER LEARN
YOU’LL EVER LEARN
IS JUST TO LOVE IS JUST TO LOVE
AND BE LOVED IN RETURN AND BE LOVED IN RETURN
CHRISTIAN
Thank you, my brave friend.
And we go to…
2019-07-19 4PM 51.
DUKE
You are certainly no liar, Harold Zidler. She’s something
quite rare.
ZIDLER
Well, your grace, I’m simply delighted you found your
rendezvous with Satine to be commensurate with your
expectations.
DUKE
Oh, far exceeded them.
ZIDLER
Then perhaps this might be an opportune moment to discuss
your financial investment in our little theatrical endeavor?
DUKE
Investment is it?
ZIDLER
We might begin to negotiate terms, yes?
DUKE
(to Pierre)
Leave us, boy.
ZIDLER
Go on, Pierre. Upstairs with you.
Pierre kisses Zidler and goes.
DUKE
Very well. Here are my terms: I’m not investing in your show,
I’m buying controlling interest in the club itself. I’ll
finance the new show, because it amuses me to do so. But make
no mistake. I’ll own everything and you’ll all work for me.
... How’s that for a negotiation?
Zidler stares at him, stunned.
Meanwhile, IN THE ELEPHANT:
Satine sits at her dressing table, deep in
thought.
2019-07-19 4PM 52.
SATINE
I CAN SEE EV’RY PART
NOTHING HIDES IN THEIR HEART TO HURT ME
I DON’T NEED LOVE
Then she’s surprised when…
Christian enters from the balcony.
CHRISTIAN
Satine...
SATINE
What in God’s name are you doing here?!
CHRISTIAN
I know you care for me, Satine. I can see it in your eyes ...
And I know I’m not rich. But one day, I’ll be a successful
composer, I know it ... I’ll write every love song the world
has ever known. And all for you.
SATINE
And I wish I could sing them with you ... But I am who I am.
Please leave.
CHRISTIAN
Is it because of losing the club? Because of Zidler and the
others?
SATINE
They’re the only family I have.
CHRISTIAN
And they would want you to be happy. Do you think you’ll be
happy with the Duke?
SATINE
Look at me, Christian. Really look at me … I can’t keep
singing and dancing forever. I can’t live forever on my charm
and my looks -- and my body. The Duke might just be my last
way out... Judge me for that if you will -- but you haven’t
lived my life.
CHRISTIAN
Then let me be your lover. Live your life, be with the Duke --
only let me love you.
SATINE
A hidden affair, is that what you want?
CHRISTIAN
I want every moment I can have with you – stolen or not.
2019-07-19 4PM 53.
SATINE
I want that too but...
CHRISTIAN
Listen to your heart, Satine. Let me write a thousand love
songs for you. Let me sing about you through the ages...
SATINE
Christian, I can’t go back to the streets...
CHRISTIAN
Then come with me to the stars.
SATINE
(smiles)
You’re utterly hopeless.
CHRISTIAN
I am! But love is like oxygen to me, love is a many-
splendored thing, love lifts us up where we belong…
SATINE
Don’t start again, please…
CHRISTIAN
(spoken)
All you need is love...
SATINE
You’re being ridiculous…
CHRISTIAN
(spoken)
All you need is love...
SATINE
I heard you the first time...
CHRISTIAN
JUST ONE NIGHT
GIVE ME JUST ONE NIGHT
SATINE
THERE’S NO WAY
CAUSE YOU CAN’T PAY
CHRISTIAN
IN THE NAME OF LOVE
ONE NIGHT IN THE NAME OF LOVE
2019-07-19 4PM 54.
SATINE
YOU CRAZY FOOL
I WON’T GIVE IN TO YOU
CHRISTIAN SATINE
IT’S SO EASY
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FALL IN
LOVE
LOVE HURTS
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PLAY THE
GAME
LOVE SCARS
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
TAKE ON ME
NO, NO, NO IT AIN’T ME, BABE
TAKE ME ON
NO, NO, NO, BECAUSE YOU’LL BE
GONE IN A DAY OR TWO
I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER
NEAR AND FAR CLOSER TOGETHER
EVERYWHERE I WILL BE WITH YOU LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD
EVERYTHING I WILL DO FOR YOU
DON’T SPEAK I KNOW JUST WHAT
YOU’RE THINKING
SO PLEASE STOP EXPLAINING
DON’T TELL ME ‘CAUSE IT HURTS
OPEN UP YOUR EYES,
THEN YOU’LL REALIZE
HERE I STAND WITH MY
EVERLASTING LOVE
NEED YOU BY MY SIDE,
GIRL YOU’LL BE MY BRIDE
YOU’LL NEVER BE DENIED
EVERLASTING LOVE
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO
GOT TO DO WITH IT?
WHAT’S LOVE BUT A SECONDHAND
EMOTION?
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO
GOT TO DO WITH IT?
WHO NEEDS A HEART WHEN A HEART
CAN BE BROKEN?
YOU’RE BREAKING MY HEART
SUPPOSE I NEVER EVER MET YOU
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
SUPPOSE WE NEVER FELL IN LOVE
WHO NEEDS A HEART
SUPPOSE I KEPT ON SINGING LOVE
SONGS?
ALL OF THIS MUSIC BREAKS MY
HEART
2019-07-19 4PM 55.
CHRISTIAN SATINE
YES IT BREAKS MY
HA-HA-HA-HA HA-HA-HA HA-HA-HEART HA-HA-HA-HA HA-HA-HA HA-HA-HEART
YES IT BREAKS MY YES IT BREAKS MY
HA-HA-HA-HA HA-HA-HA HA-HA-HEART HA-HA-HA-HA HA-HA-HA HA-HA-HEART
BUT I CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
WITH YOU
I’M ALL OUT OF FAITH
THIS IS HOW I FEEL
I’M COLD AND I AM SHAMED
LYING NAKED ON THE FLOOR…
TAKE ME ON… ILLUSION NEVER CHANGED
INTO SOMETHING REAL
I’M WIDE AWAKE AND I CAN SEE
THE PERFECT SKY IS TORN
THEY WILL SEE US WAVING FROM
SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS
COME DOWN NOW, THEY’LL SAY
EVERYTHING LOOKS PERFECT FROM EVERYTHING LOOKS PERFECT FROM
FAR AWAY COME DOWN NOW FAR AWAY COME DOWN NOW
BUT WE’LL STAY… BUT WE’LL STAY
BECAUSE
LOVE LIFTS US UP WHERE WE BELONG
WHERE THE EAGLES FLY ON A
MOUNTAIN HIGH
LOVE MAKES US ACT LIKE WE ARE LOVE MAKES US ACT LIKE WE ARE
FOOLS FOOLS
THROW OUR LIVES AWAY FOR ONE THROW OUR LIVES AWAY FOR ONE
HAPPY DAY HAPPY DAY
WE CAN BE HEROES, JUST FOR ONE
DAY…
IN THE CLUB:
DUKE
So what’s it to be Harold? Right now.
CHRISTIAN
WE COULD BE LOVERS...
DUKE
Yes or no.
SATINE
WE CAN’T DO THAT...
ZIDLER
...Yes.
DUKE
But never forget, I own you now. And more to the point, I own
Satine.
2019-07-19 4PM 56.
He starts to go.
CHRISTIAN
WE COULD BE LOVERS AND THAT’S A FACT.
DUKE
But if she should ever disappoint me, well, you’ll all be on
the streets like the whores you are.
He goes.
IN THE ELEPHANT:
SATINE
FOR NOTHING CAN KEEP US TOGETHER
CHRISTIAN
WE CAN STEAL TIME, JUST FOR ONE DAY
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE
WE CAN BE HEROES FOREVER AND EVER
WE CAN BE LOVERS JUST FOR ONE DAY
WE CAN BE HEROES FOREVER AND EVER
WE CAN BE LOVERS JUST FOR ONE
ACT TWO
CHRISTIAN
Think back ... Try to remember your first real love affair.
Remember what that was like? Everything from here on will
make more sense if you remember that madness ... So after
that first night, Satine and I would steal away whenever we
could, hiding our affair from the Duke. Somehow it was even
more romantic for being secret. Meanwhile we were rehearsing
our new show. Lautrec was furiously revising his script and
new songs were pouring out of me, all inspired by Satine ...
Two months had passed, and it turns out ours wasn’t the only
backstage romance...
Christian exits.
SANTIAGO
OH-OH-OH OH-OH-OH-OH-OH-OH-OH!
OH OH-OH-OH-OH-OH-OH!
OH-OH-OH-OH OH OH OH-OH-OH-OH!
RAH RAH AH-AH-AH!
RO MAH RO-MAH-MAH
GAGA OH-LA-LA!
WANT YOUR BAD ROMANCE
RAH RAH AH-AH-AH!
RO MAH RO-MAH-MAH
GAGA OOH-LA-LA!
2019-07-19 4PM 59.
NINI
YOU KNOW THAT I WANT YOU
AND YOU KNOW THAT I NEED YOU
I WANT IT BAD
YOUR BAD ROMANCE
SANTIAGO
OH OH OH OH
SANTIAGO AND
NINI
I WANT YOUR LOVIN’ AND
I WANT YOUR REVENGE
YOU AND ME COULD WRITE A BAD ROMANCE
OH-OH-OH-OH
I WANT YOUR LOVE AND
ALL YOUR LOVER’S REVENGE
YOU AND ME COULD WRITE A BAD ROMANCE
OH-OH-OH-OH
OH-OH-OH-OH-OH! OH-OH-OH!
CAUGHT IN A BAD ROMANCE
COMPANY
OH-OH-OH-OH
OOH! OH-OH-OH-OOH-OH-OH-OH!
CAUGHT IN A BAD ROMANCE…
SANTIAGO
5! 6! 7! 8!
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COMPANY
RAH RAH AH-AH-AH!
RO MAH RO-MAH-MAH
GAGA OOH-LA-LA!
WANT YOUR BAD ROMANCE.
COMPANY SANTIAGO
RAH RAH AH-AH-AH! AH
RO MAH RO-MAH-MAH AH
GAGA OOH-LA-LA!
WANT YOUR BAD ROMANCE!
COMPANY SANTIAGO
(ad libs)
RAH RAH AH-AH-AH! Conmigo
Uno y dos
GAGA OOH-LA-LA! Ojos conmigo
Uno y dos
RAH RAH AH-AH-AH!
Y otra vez
GAGA OOH-LA-LA! Uno, dos
WANT YOUR BAD ROMANCE! Y Cinco.
Muy bien.
CHRISTIAN
Can you come over tonight?!
SATINE
I don’t know. I think he has plans for us.
CHRISTIAN
Please, come if you can! I’m dying without you!
SATINE
(smiles)
You’re hardly dying, Christian.
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CHRISTIAN
You look so beautiful today. You know what? I’m going to kiss
you right now!
They kiss.
SATINE
(laughs)
Behave yourself!
SANTIAGO
Everyone! With me from the second group con sentimiento. Uno,
dos, tres, quatro!
COMPANY SANTIAGO
(ad libs)
I WANT YOUR HORROR
I WANT YOUR DESIGN
'CAUSE YOU'RE A CRIMINAL
AS LONG AS YOU’RE MINE
I WANT YOUR LOVE
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
I WANT YOUR LOVE
Muy Bien!
Santiago claps
WOMEN MEN
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
I WANT YOUR LOVE
TAINTED LOVE
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE WOAH OH OH
I WANT YOUR LOVE
TAINTED LOVE
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
WOAH OH OH
SANTIAGO
Vamos muchachos!
COMPANY
YEAH
YEAH
YEAH
COMPANY
TOO HIGH CAN’T COME DOWN
LOSIN’ MY HEAD SPINNIN’ ROUND AND ROUND
DO YOU FEEL ME NOW?
WITH THE TASTE OF YOUR LIPS I’M ON A RIDE
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COMPANY
SOME OF THEM WANT TO USE YOU
SOME OF THEM WANT TO BE USED BY YOU
SOME OF THEM WANT TO ABUSE YOU
SOME OF THEM WANT TO BE ABUSED
COMPANY
RAH RAH AH-AH-AH!
RO MAH RO-MAH-MAH
GAGA OOH-LA-LA!
WANT YOUR BAD ROMANCE.
RAH RAH AH-AH-AH!
RO MAH RO-MAH-MAH
GAGA OOH-LA-LA!
WANT YOUR BAD ROMANCE!
LAUTREC
I have a few notes …
(the company deflates, he
continues to Christian)
… And I want to talk about some of the lyrics. “Gaga ooh-la-
la” for example. We might re-examine that, eh? ... Now, I’d
like to move on to the gun scene. Harold and Satine, if you
please.
ZIDLER
(much prefers “after” his
entrance)
Do you want me to say the line ON my entrance? Or slightly
AFTER my entrance?
LAUTREC
What have we been doing for the past two months, Harold?
ZIDLER
On.
LAUTREC
Then let’s stick to that.
LAUTREC (CONT’D)
If you please.
ZIDLER
“You turn from me as if you loathe me!”
SATINE
“I turn from myself. From my own shame.”
ZIDLER
“I own your shame – along with every other part of you. You
are my possession, Marie, bought and paid for. You will obey
me -- or your pretty face will taste my razor!” …
(breaks character)
… I say, will I have a prop razor here?
LAUTREC
Yes, yes, yes, keep going!
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ZIDLER
“Or your pretty face will taste … MY RAZOR!” …
(breaks character)
… You know, I don’t really FEEL it without the prop.
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LAUTREC
Keep going!
ZIDLER
“Prepare your bed for me, Marie. I shall return … forthwith!”
CHRISTIAN
“Marie...”
SATINE
“Francois. You mustn’t be here. Henri just left. If he sees
you it’ll go badly for us both. You know what a monster he
is.”
CHRISTIAN
“I’ve been walking the streets, going mad with every step.
All I can see is you – and him. In his arms, in his bed. My
heart can’t take it….”
SATINE
“I don’t love you, Francois.”
CHRISTIAN
“Lie to yourself, but not to me.”
SATINE
“The truth then. I have made my choice. Let me be damned for
it.”
CHRISTIAN
“Let us both be damned and go to hell together.”
SATINE
“Then do it and let me die for love.”
A dramatic beat.
ZIDLER
Well, you see, he gets a prop!
LAUTREC
Oh for God sake!
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DUKE
You know, I wonder… Ought Satine to have another costume?
LAUTREC
Excuse me?
DUKE
Well, I mean, she seems to wear the same dingy black dress
for the whole show.
LAUTREC
Satine is playing a dying whore who has to sell her body to a
villainous gangster in order to survive -- what would you
have her wear? A raspberry beret?!
Lautrec and the Company laugh. But the Duke
isn’t deterred:
DUKE
It wouldn’t hurt to have a little sparkle. The whole show’s a
bit depressing, don’t you think?
LAUTREC
It’s tragedy, of course it’s depressing.
DUKE
I like the dancing. We should have more of that.
ZIDLER
(trying to defuse)
If I may…
DUKE
Yes, the dancing’s very jolly. Better than all this talk.
LAUTREC
“ALL THIS TALK”?!
DUKE
Maybe another big dance number with lots of jumping and
kicking.
LAUTREC
Sir, I am trying – we are trying – to create something with
the appearance of life. Let us show the mirror to Paris, so
that it may see itself. We’re not just putting on a show.
We’re creating a revolution.
SANTIAGO
¡Viva la revolución!
LAUTREC
Is this not a worthy goal, Monsieur Le Duke?
DUKE
(icily)
My correct title, little man, is “Your Grace.”
A tense pause.
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Looks up at him.
LAUTREC
We live in a Republic, sir. We are equals under the law and
under God. I bow before no man’s title. You, sir, should bow
before mine: I am an artist. You should quake at that.
A tense beat.
DUKE
Nonetheless ... I think another costume for Satine.
DUKE (CONT’D)
My little girl likes to sparkle, doesn’t she? All my things
sparkle.
ZIDLER
(brightly)
I think we might call it a day!
LAUTREC
Zidler! A word!
SANTIAGO
Come out for coffee?
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NINI
You pay?
SANTIAGO
Always.
NINI
Wait for me outside.
SANTIAGO
I love you.
NINI
Who doesn’t, pig?
DUKE
(to Satine)
I need to speak to Harold, my darling. I’ll be back in a
moment.
NINI
You need to be careful.
SATINE
What?
NINI
He’s not an idiot. Be careful.
SATINE
I can handle my affairs.
NINI
He’s dangerous, Satine.
NINI (CONT’D)
I knew a girl who once caught his eye. She was a beautiful
model for the artists. But she betrayed him. The man was
found floating in the Seine with his throat slit. And the
woman? One night someone threw a vial of acid in her face. So
she’s not beautiful anymore, and the artists don’t paint her
... That’s the man you’re toying with.
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SATINE
Why are you telling me this?
NINI
I would do anything to be the headliner here. I’ve been
jealous of you from the day we met ... But we’re sisters.
SATINE
Thank you, Nini ... God, it’s all so much. And I haven’t been
feeling well--
Nini is concerned.
NINI
You should see a doctor... We need our star at her best.
Satine smiles.
NINI (CONT’D)
Take care of yourself. You have a hard road ahead I think.
Nini goes.
SATINE
(whispers)
Christian…? Christian…?
LAUTREC
I knew you would come tonight.
SATINE
I need to see him.
LAUTREC
Stop it. You have no intention of leaving the Duke, so you’re
being nothing but selfish and cruel. Leave us in peace.
She’s hurt.
SATINE
You think so little of me?
LAUTREC
I know you as well as I know myself. We’re the same, you see.
But he’s not like us. He still has a chance in this life. Let
him go and be happy.
SATINE
And you and me, old friend?
LAUTREC
Tragedians.
SATINE
My dear Toulouse.
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CHRISTIAN
Toulouse, I wrote the new verse for the... Satine.
SATINE
Christian, listen to me, please. We have to be more careful
at rehearsal. I mean it, he’s dangerous.
CHRISTIAN
But, god, the way he treats you! Like a possession. As if you
were one of his horses.
SATINE
Yes. But like it or not, Christian, the club needs him. And I
need him. You must accept all this for what it is.
CHRISTIAN
I do. I really do.
SATINE
I wish I believed you.
CHRISTIAN
Why don’t you?
SATINE
Because you still believe in happy endings. I know better.
CHRISTIAN
But why else suffer through this life? If not for love.
SATINE
If not for love…
CHRISTIAN
Just for a moment. Believe in happy endings. You and me,
somewhere quiet...
SATINE
Somewhere safe...
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CHRISTIAN
Uncle Toulouse coming over to play with the kids ... This is
what I’m going to do. I'm going to add a new song to the
show. A special song, just for us. And whenever one of us
sings it, we’ll know it’s meant only for the other…
SATINE
Yes...
CHRISTIAN
Our song...
SATINE
Our vow to each other...
CHRISTIAN
Our happy ending.
Then he sings …
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
NEVER KNEW I COULD FEEL LIKE THIS
LIKE I’VE NEVER SEEN THE SKY BEFORE
I WANT TO VANISH INSIDE YOUR KISS
EVERY DAY I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE
LISTEN TO MY HEART, CAN YOU HEAR IT SING?
TELLING ME TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING
SATINE
SUDDENLY THE WORLD SEEMS SUCH A PERFECT PLACE
SUDDENLY IT MOVES WITH SUCH A PERFECT GRACE
CHRISTIAN
SUDDENLY MY LIFE DOESN'T SEEM SUCH A WASTE
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE
IT ALL REVOLVES AROUND YOU
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE (CONT’D)
STORM CLOUDS MAY GATHER
AND STARS MAY COLLIDE
CHRISTIAN SATINE
BUT I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
UNTIL THE
END OF UNTIL THE END OF
TIME TIME
CHRISTIAN AND
SATINE
COME WHAT MAY, COME WHAT MAY
I WILL LOVE YOU
CHRISTIAN SATINE
SUDDENLY THE WORLD SEEMS SUCH A
PERFECT PLACE
COME WHAT MAY
COME WHAT MAY
COME WHAT MAY COME WHAT MAY
COME WHAT MAY COME WHAT MAY
They embrace.
LAUTREC
I WILL LOVE YOU, UNTIL MY DYING DAY…
Paris. In style.
SATINE
I’m sorry I’m late.
DUKE
(lightly)
We’ll have to pop by Cartier’s shop and get you a watch ...
(he offers his arm)
... Shall we?
DUKE (CONT’D)
Where are you, Satine?
SATINE
I’m sorry. I was thinking about the show.
DUKE
These days you always seem halfway somewhere else ... It’s
like I can have every part of you except what I really want…
SATINE
Which is?
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DUKE
Your heart.
They stop.
SATINE
… I give you what I can, Andre.
DUKE
Then let me earn it all ...
(he points)
… Do you see that chateau? The yellow sandstone with the
pillars? … It’s yours.
DUKE (CONT’D)
You can take possession in a month. You’ll have a maid and
servants, and your own carriage. … I want you to live as
befits a lady at my side.
DUKE (CONT’D)
It’ll be a new life for you. And all I ask is the occasional
pleasure of your company … And your heart…
He sings:
DUKE (CONT’D)
I WANT YOU TO LOVE ME,
LIKE I'M A HOT RIDE
KEEP THINKIN' OF ME
DOIN' WHAT YOU LIKE
SO GIRL FORGET ABOUT THE WORLD
'CAUSE IT'S GON' BE ME AND YOU TONIGHT
I WANNA MAKE YOU BEG FOR IT,
THEN IMMA MAKE YOU SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE OH
DUKE (CONT’D)
Of course you’ll have to give up performing.
SATINE
What?
DUKE
Well, it’s unseemly for my mistress to be seen displaying
herself in public. Naturally you can open the new show, but
then Zidler can find some child to replace you.
DUKE (CONT’D)
You’ll have to leave all that behind. And those tawdry people
of course. Doesn’t go in society, all that.
SATINE
And do I? Go in society.
DUKE
You make a point. Do you trust me?
SATINE
Yes...
DUKE
Then come with me. It’s time, my dear, to dress the part.
The Duke sweeps Satine into a luxurious
Parisian dress shop...
A team of male COUTURIERS swirl around Satine.
Stripping her. Measuring her. Poking and
prodding her. Judging her.
They gradually dress her in a new outfit:
constricting corset, high neck, tight sleeves,
and long gloves. She can barely move.
A touch of Hitchcock’s VERTIGO as Satine is
transformed into the Duke’s vision of a proper
Victorian lady.
DUKE
LET ME MAKE YOU RISE
TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE
DUKE AND
COUTURIERS
I WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU’RE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD
LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU'LL EVER LOVE
LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS YOUR HEART
ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD
LIKE I’M THE ONLY ONE THAT’S IN COMMAND
‘CAUSE YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
HOW TO MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A MAN, OHHH
SATINE ALL
A KISS ON THE HAND MAY BE
QUITE CONTINENTAL…
MATERIAL GIRL…
A KISS MAY BE GRAND BUT IT
WON’T PAY THE RENTAL…
MATERIAL WORLD…
THERE MAY COME A TIME WHEN
THEY’RE
NO LONGER CALLING…
MATERIAL GIRL…
AND SO I MUST CLIMB JUST TO
KEEP ME FROM FALLING.
COMPANY
ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD
ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD!
CHRISTIAN
(snaps)
What on earth are you wearing?!
LAUTREC
Now that the Lord and Lady of the Manor have deigned to honor
us with their presence – let’s rehearse. Satine, we’re at the
top of the gun scene.
BABY DOLL
(to Satine, in awe)
You’re killing me, queen. You look ravishing…
SATINE
Corset hurts like hell, I’m all tied down.
BABY DOLL
Tell me about it.
Zidler “enters.”
ZIDLER
“You turn from me as if you loathe me!”
SATINE
“I turn from myself. From my own shame.”
DUKE
That’s a bit thick.
LAUTREC
What?
DUKE
That line. A bit over-the-top, don’t you think?
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LAUTREC
I do not! Keep going.
ZIDLER
“I own your shame – along with every other part of you. You
are my possession, Marie, bought and paid for.”
DUKE
That line’s a bit much too.
ZIDLER
“You will obey me -- or your pretty face will taste... my
razor!”
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
“Prepare your bed for me, Marie. I shall return … forthwith!”
... Razor!
CHRISTIAN
“Marie...”
SATINE
“Francois. You mustn’t be here. Henri just left. If he sees
you it’ll go badly for us both. You know what a monster he
is.”
DUKE
I don’t know, Lautrec, is Henri really such a monster? He
just wants to better her condition, doesn’t he?
CHRISTIAN
(aside)
You look ridiculous.
SATINE
(aside)
Don’t.
LAUTREC
He wants to own her like chattel -- that makes him a monster.
ZIDLER
(peacekeeping)
I think what he means, your grace, is—
LAUTREC
(snaps)
I can say what I mean!
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CHRISTIAN
(snaps, aside)
How can you let him do this to you?
SATINE
(snaps, aside)
What? Make me happy?!
DUKE
(icy)
I understand Monsieur Lautrec perfectly. I hope he
understands me, and my position in this show, equally well.
LAUTREC
(angry)
Believe me I do. Go on, Christian.
CHRISTIAN
“I’ve been walking the streets, going mad with every step.
All I can see is you – and him. In his arms, in his bed –
(he starts improvising angrily)
-- Wearing his ridiculous clothes, dressed up like his
goddamn pet…!”
LAUTREC
(angry)
Stick to the script!
CHRISTIAN
(totally improvising now,
angry)
“Every beautiful thing in you compromised by his lust and
money!”
DUKE
Hold on, what was that…?
LAUTREC
No improvising!
CHRISTIAN
“My heart can’t take it.”
SATINE
“Stay out of it!”
LAUTREC
NO IMPROVISING!
SATINE
“I don’t love you, Francois.”
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CHRISTIAN
“Lie to yourself, but not to me.”
SATINE
“I have made my choice. Let me be damned for it.”
CHRISTIAN
“Let us both be damned and go to hell together.”
SATINE
“Then do it and let me die for love.”
DUKE
That’s preposterous. She wants to die for love?
LAUTREC
Yes!
CHRISTIAN
(aside)
We need to talk.
SATINE
(still angry, aside)
Leave it, Christian!
DUKE
But that’s so melodramatic.
LAUTREC
Melodramatic?!
DUKE
Well I mean after the sailor has satisfied his lust he’ll
just leave her with nothing. If she were smart she would
choose the gangster.
LAUTREC
But then our ending would betray the Bohemian ideals of
truth, beauty, freedom, and--
DUKE
No one cares about your ridiculous dogma! Why shouldn’t she
choose the gangster?!
CHRISTIAN
BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T LOVE YOU!
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
Him. Him. She doesn’t love him.
DUKE
(evenly)
I think it’s a bit more complicated than that, lad ... And
all of you had best begin to recognize my position with this
show. As the aristocrat who’s paying for your proletariat
extravaganza -- an irony I hope you appreciate by the way --
I think some changes are in order. Never forget, I own your
little show --
(pointing to Satine)
-- and I own her -- and every one of you!
LAUTREC
No one owns me!
ZIDLER
Gentlemen, please...
DUKE
Zidler! Tell him the facts of life! And I need to reconsider
my financial involvement in this show!
He storms off.
LAUTREC
I CAN’T WORK UNDER THESE CONDITIONS!
NINI
Go with him, Santiago!
SANTIAGO
(following Lautrec off)
Toulouse, wait! This is madness!
CHRISTIAN
Satine, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to--
SATINE
(spins on him, furious)
Just stop it! You’ve ruined everything!
ZIDLER
I couldn’t be completely sure of course, but since the days
of the great Thespis himself … this might be the worst
rehearsal in theatrical history.
ARABIA
God, what now…?
LA CHOCOLAT
The show’s finished.
ZIDLER
Not at all.
NINI
Harold, face reality for once in your life.
LA CHOCOLAT
Not just the show, the club’s finished. If the Duke pulls
out...
ZIDLER
Satine won’t let that happen ... (to Satine) ... Do whatever
you have to -- but get him back on board! And from now on,
stay away from Christian.
SATINE
I can’t do that, I love him.
ZIDLER
We’re creatures of the underworld, Satine. We can’t afford to
love.
NINI
Leave her alone.
ZIDLER
(continuing to Satine)
Look around. All of this. Everyone in the club, all your
friends. If you can’t get the Duke back all this goes away.
So put on your best dress -- find him -- and give the
performance of your life!
NINI
For God sake, Harold, don’t ask her to--!
Suddenly--
SATINE
You all know I haven’t been well. Can’t seem to get my breath
and ... I went to the doctor.
ZIDLER
...Consumption.
SATINE
Yes.
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
...How... how long?
SATINE
Weeks... or days.
ZIDLER
You need to be in hospital.
SATINE
No, listen to me. You mustn’t feel sorry for me. I don’t need
your sympathy, I need your strength. Help me through. Hold me
up if you have to ... But we will be together on that stage,
one more time. That’s what I need from you.
SATINE (CONT’D)
Now I’ll get myself ready to see the Duke ... (to Nini) ... I
could use a friend.
NINI
Harold’s right. You should be in hospital.
SATINE
Not until we’ve opened the show. The world needs to hear
Christian’s music.
ZIDLER
And it shall. We’ll find the rest of the company and rally
the troops ... And leave Christian to me, I know what to
do...
CHRISTIAN
I can’t stand it another minute! The way he treats her -- and
she lets him!
LAUTREC
Satine made her choice! You’ve got to accept that. If not for
yourself then for her.
CHRISTIAN
But she doesn’t love him -- doesn’t that matter at all?!
SANTIAGO
Don’t put her through this anymore -- let her go!
ZIDLER
Darlings! We’ve brought gallons of the worst champagne we
could find!
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
No long faces, gentlemen. Tonight we drink, tomorrow we work.
LAUTREC
On what? We have no show.
ZIDLER
When you’ve been in this business as long as I have you learn
that the show always, always, always goes on. Almost always.
CHRISTIAN
I can’t think about the show. I can’t think about anything
but Satine! I close my eyes at night and I see her. I wake up
and she’s still there. It’s like she’s haunting me - across
the room, in my mind, all the time.
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ZIDLER
The best thing you can do for Satine is to leave her alone.
CHRISTIAN
You don’t think I’ve tried?!
ZIDLER
You want to know how you can forget Satine? ... You must burn
her out of your system. You must blind yourself to her. And
we have something that can help, if you’re willing to risk
it.
CHRISTIAN
Anything.
Absinthe.
ZIDLER
Have you known the dreadful power of absinthe?
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CHRISTIAN
No. I’ve never tried it. But I’ve heard…
SANTIAGO
It is the Green Fairy.
LAUTREC
The Green Fairy who bedevils even as she bewitches.
ZIDLER
It makes every man a visionary…
LAUTREC
A poet...
SANTIAGO
A demon.
ZIDLER
So drink. And rage. And forget…
#15 “CHANDELIER”
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
(to Christian)
PARTY GIRLS, THEY DON'T GET HURT
CAN'T FEEL ANYTHING, WHEN WILL YOU LEARN
YOU MUST PUSH IT DOWN, YOU MUST PUSH IT DOWN
(to Lautrec)
I’M THE ONE FOR A “GOOD TIME CALL"
PHONE'S BLOWIN' UP, RINGIN' YOUR DOORBELL
FEEL THE LOVE, FEEL THE LOVE
ZIDLER
I'M GONNA SWING FROM THE CHANDELIER,
FROM THE CHANDELIER
I'M GONNA LIVE LIKE TOMORROW DOESN'T EXIST
LIKE IT DOESN'T EXIST
ZIDLER,
THE GIRLS
I'M GONNA SWING FROM THE CHANDELIER,
FROM THE CHANDELIER
CHRISTIAN
BUT I’M HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE
WON’T LOOK DOWN, WON’T OPEN MY EYES
ZIDLER
(to the Girls)
KEEP HIS GLASS FULL UNTIL MORNING LIGHT
‘CAUSE WE’RE JUST HOLDING ON FOR TONIGHT
ALL
ON FOR TONIGHT
ON ON FOR TONIGHT
ON FOR TONIGHT
ON ON FOR TONIGHT
ALL (CONT’D)
ON FOR TO- ON FOR TO-
ON FOR TONIGHT
ON FOR TO- ON FOR TO-
ON ON ON ON
AAAAH! AAAAAH!
AAAAH! AAAAAH!
ALL (CONT’D)
I'M GONNA SWING FROM THE CHANDELIER,
FROM THE CHANDELIER
#16 “ROXANNE”
ZIDLER
Word to the wise, my dear, never fall in love with a woman
who sells herself, it always ends badly ... There is a dance
from the brothels of Buenos Aires that tells the story of a
prostitute...
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
And the man who falls in love with her...
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
First there is desire...
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
Then passion ... Then suspicion ... Then betrayal ... When
love is sold to the highest bidder there is no trust ... You
have been warned.
CHRISTIAN
ROXANNE!
CHRISTIAN
(CONT’D)
HIS EYES UPON YOUR FACE
HIS HAND UPON YOUR HAND
HIS LIPS CARESS YOUR SKIN
IT’S MORE THAN I CAN STAND!
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CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
ROXANNE
YOU DON’T HAVE TO WEAR THAT DRESS TONIGHT
WALK THE STREETS FOR MONEY
YOU DON’T CARE IF IT’S WRONG OR IF IT’S RIGHT
ROXANNE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT
ROXANNE YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT
Gradually the song builds and it seems all of
Paris is engulfed in the erotic excess. It is
savage and carnal.
There are highly-charged tangos. Ferocious
choreographic confrontations and couplings.
ENSEMBLE CHRISTIAN
ROXANNE! PUT ON THE RED LIGHT
ROXANNE! PUT ON THE RED LIGHT
ROXANNE! PUT ON THE RED LIGHT
ROXANNE! PUT ON THE RED LIGHT
ROXANNE! PUT ON THE RED LIGHT
ROXANNE! PUT ON THE RED LIGHT
Dance Break
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
WHY DOES MY HEART CRY?
FEELINGS I CAN’T FIGHT
YOU’RE FREE TO LEAVE ME, BUT JUST DON’T DECEIVE ME
AND PLEASE BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY I LOVE YOU
Christian continues on.
AT THE DUKE’S PALATIAL APARTMENT
We see the Duke conferring privately Pierre,
Zidler’s lover. The Duke gives him money.
Pierre goes as Satine enters ... Satine looks
somewhat pale and weak.
SATINE
What was Pierre doing here?
DUKE
Filling my ear with the most interesting tidbits. You show
people do love your gossip.
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SATINE
Please, Andre, I’m not feeling well.
DUKE
Pierre is my creature, you see. My eyes and ears on our
little theatrical family. Protecting my investment, you might
say.
SATINE
I don’t need to hear this, it’s despicable.
Satine starts to go. He stops her cold with:
DUKE (CONT’D)
Do you know the address 37 Rue Orphee? Oh, I can see that you
do. Our dear Pierre’s followed you there. Might I ask what
you find so diverting at that address?
She is silent and tense. Cornered.
He slowly approaches her. Dangerous.
DUKE (CONT’D)
Listen to me, my darling. I will not be made a fool. I am no
man’s jester and no woman’s cuckold. I AM ANDRE D’HARCOURT
BENICHOU LE DUKE DE MONROTH!
DUKE (CONT’D)
You will reject the boy. You will shatter him. You will break
his heart. Or believe me, my girl, I’ll have him snatched off
the street, that handsome face beaten to a bloody pulp, his
throat slit ear to ear, and then you can weep your pathetic
love songs over his COLD DEAD CORPSE!
He is terrifying. But just then--
Christian bursts in!
The Duke releases Satine. She quickly turns
away from Christian as he lurches in.
Christian is feverish and unsteady – the
absinthe affecting him badly ... Meanwhile,
the Duke is especially silky. Enjoys every
second of this.
DUKE (CONT’D)
Christian, what an unexpected pleasure. May I get you
something – or perhaps you’ve had enough tonight? A boy needs
to learn how to handle his liquor. And his love affairs.
CHRISTIAN
Satine ... I’m here for Satine.
DUKE
I beg your pardon?
CHRISTIAN
I’m here for Satine! I’m taking her away.
DUKE
Be my guest.
He steps aside.
DUKE (CONT’D)
But … you might want to ask her first?
CHRISTIAN
Satine ... I love you. Fly away with me...
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
COME WHAT MAY, COME WHAT MAY
I WILL LOVE YOU UNTIL--
SATINE
You embarrass yourself. What makes you think I would leave
all this -- and this beautiful man -- to run off with you?
Your delusion is pathetic. Hear me now once and for all: you
mean nothing to me. I feel nothing for you ... You are
nothing.
SATINE (CONT’D)
Nothing.
DUKE
I think you know the way out, lad.
DUKE (CONT’D)
You are mine.
He goes.
She stands.
COMPANY
ROXANNE YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT
ROXANNE YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT…
As ROXANNE ends…
#17 “CRAZY/ROLLING”
CHRISTIAN
I REMEMBER WHEN
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER WHEN I LOST MY MIND
THERE WAS SOMETHING SO PLEASANT ABOUT THAT PLACE
EVEN YOUR EMOTIONS HAVE AN ECHO IN SO MUCH SPACE.
MMM
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CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
AND WHEN YOU’RE OUT THERE, WITHOUT CARE
YEAH I WAS OUT OF TOUCH
BUT IT WASN’T BECAUSE I DIDN’T KNOW ENOUGH
I JUST KNEW TOO MUCH.
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
THERE'S A FIRE STARTING IN MY HEART
REACHING A FEVER PITCH, IT'S BRINGING ME OUT THE DARK
FINALLY I CAN SEE YOU CRYSTAL CLEAR
GO AHEAD AND SELL ME OUT AND I'LL LAY YOUR SHIT BARE
SEE HOW I’LL LEAVE WITH EVERY PIECE OF YOU
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE THINGS THAT I WILL DO
THERE'S A FIRE STARTING IN MY HEART
REACHING A FEVER PITCH
AND IT'S BRINGING ME OUT THE DARK
THE SCARS OF YOUR LOVE REMIND ME OF US
THEY KEEP ME THINKING THAT WE ALMOST HAD IT ALL…
THE SCARS OF YOUR LOVE, THEY LEAVE ME BREATHLESS
I CAN'T HELP FEELING
WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL
ROLLING IN THE DEEP
YOU HAD MY HEART INSIDE OF YOUR HAND
AND YOU PLAYED IT, TO THE BEAT…
ZIDLER
It’s getting worse. I’ll make an announcement.
SATINE
No, please. We’ve all worked too hard for tonight. And this
is the chance for Christian’s music to be heard by the world.
I can’t let him down--
ZIDLER
Satine... You’re too ill. I’ll have Nini go on for you, she
knows the part.
SATINE
Please. Let me have one last performance.
Beat.
ZIDLER
And you’ll let me take you to hospital in the morning?
She nods.
SATINE
Harold ... Sing a dirty song at my funeral.
ZIDLER
Filthy ... And, if I may…
ZIDLER (CONT’D)
… A bit more rouge, yes?
SATINE
Always.
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SATINE (CONT’D)
BABY, I HAVE NO STORY TO BE TOLD
BUT I'VE HEARD ONE FOR YOU
AND I'M GONNA MAKE YOUR HEAD BURN
THINK OF ME IN THE DEPTHS OF YOUR DESPAIR
MAKE A HOME DOWN THERE
AS MINE SURE WON'T BE SHARED…
STREET:
Meanwhile, on the street, Christian stands
outside a GUN AND AMMUNITION SHOP.
He turns a box of bullets in his hands, as
Satine continues to prepare for the
performance:
CHRISTIAN SATINE
YOU’RE GONNA WISH YOU THE SCARS OF YOUR LOVE
NEVER HAD MET ME REMIND ME OF US
TEARS ARE GONNA FALL, THEY KEEP ME THINKING THAT WE
ROLLING IN THE DEEP ALMOST HAD IT ALL
YOU'RE GONNA WISH YOU THE SCARS OF YOUR LOVE,
NEVER HAD MET ME THEY LEAVE ME BREATHLESS
TEARS ARE GONNA FALL I CAN'T HELP FEELING
Meanwhile…
BACKSTAGE:
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ZIDLER
Where the devil’s Christian?!
SANTIAGO
I don’t know. He hasn’t been home all night--
ZIDLER
You’ll have to go on for him. Hurry, go change ... (Santiago
goes) ... God, what a night! ... Break a leg, chickens! Make
Momma proud!
The Girls exit with him in a flurry as--
Satine enters, deep in her own thoughts ...
Lautrec is waiting. His expression is serious,
to match hers.
SATINE
You know I’m ill…
LAUTREC
I know … Consumption.
SATINE
Yes.
LAUTREC
Christian doesn’t know.
SATINE
Nor should he. Let him escape. He doesn’t need any more pain,
I’ve hurt him enough.
Beat.
LAUTREC
Satine…
He bows to her.
LAUTREC (CONT’D)
My muse.
SATINE
My genius.
Before he can respond -- The Duke enters.
Lautrec remains standing with Satine.
DUKE
Good luck tonight, Monsieur Lautrec.
(to Satine)
And I know you won’t disappoint me, Satine. Shine like the
diamond you are.
He bends to kiss her hand -- but she withdraws
it.
SATINE
That yellow chateau. You can keep it ... As long as I live --
I belong here.
DUKE
You don’t know what you’re saying, girl.
SATINE
Oh, this “girl” knows exactly what she’s saying.
Her defiance and strength surprises him.
DUKE
Satine--
SATINE
No one owns me.
He considers her. Then, coldly:
DUKE
You’ll be back. You are the creature you are.
He goes.
Lautrec is impressed with Satine. A look
between them. He continues with emotion:
LAUTREC
I will make you immortal.
Before he breaks down completely, Lautrec
exits.
Satine begins to head to the stage area...
As Christian enters backstage..
He goes to a prop table. Picks up the prop
revolver we have seen him using in rehearsals.
Carefully opens the chamber…
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CHRISTIAN
MY HEROES HAD THE HEART
TO LOSE THEIR LIVES OUT ON THE LIMB
AND ALL I REMEMBER, IS THINKING
I WANNA BE LIKE THEM
EVER SINCE I WAS LITTLE
EVER SINCE I WAS LITTLE IT LOOKED LIKE FUN
AND IT'S NO COINCIDENCE I'VE COME
AND I CAN DIE WHEN I'M DONE…
Black out!
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MUSIC…
SATINE
“Who are you, Marie? In the mirror I see only my sins
reflected. A lifetime of degradation. And then that one
chance for love – I threw away. I broke his heart. And for
what? For what...?”
ZIDLER
“Marie, you turn from me as if you loathe me.”
SATINE
“I turn from myself. From my own shame.”
ZIDLER
“I own your shame – along with every other part of you. You
are my possession, Marie, bought and paid for. Prepare your
bed for me.”
He exits.
Drained. Ill.
CHRISTIAN
“Marie...”
SATINE
“You mustn’t be here. If he sees you it’ll go badly for us
both. You know what a monster he is.”
CHRISTIAN
“I’ve been walking the streets, going mad with every step.
All I can see is you – and him. My heart can’t take it….”
SATINE
“I don’t love you.”
CHRISTIAN
“Lie to yourself, but not to me.”
SATINE
“I have made my choice. Let me be damned for it.”
CHRISTIAN
“Let us both be damned.”
SATINE
“Then do it and let me die for love.”
CHRISTIAN
Look at me ... Look at me, Satine.
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
Why else live, if not for love?
She begins…
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SATINE
COME WHAT MAY
COME WHAT MAY
I WILL LOVE YOU UNTIL MY DYING DAY
SATINE (CONT’D)
AND YOU CAN TELL EVERYBODY THIS IS YOUR SONG…
IT MAY BE QUITE SIMPLE BUT NOW THAT IT'S DONE
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
THAT I PUT DOWN IN WORDS
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS WHILE YOU'RE IN THE
WORLD…
COMPANY
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND...
THAT I PUT DOWN IN WORDS...
CHRISTIAN
Satine! What is it?!
SATINE
Oh, Christian ... I think this is goodbye...
CHRISTIAN
Goodbye?
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
No...
SATINE
I should have told you. But I couldn’t bear to break your
heart again. I’m sorry. I’ve hurt you so much.
CHRISTIAN
No, Satine.
SATINE
(smiles)
But your beautiful show. You did it, Christian.
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CHRISTIAN
We did it.
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
I can’t lose you.
SATINE
Tell our story... Tell our story, that way we’ll always be
together.
CHRISTIAN
Always.
He holds her.
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS WHILE YOU'RE IN THE WORLD.
A silent beat.
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months, and then
one day I started writing again. A love song. Our love song.
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
So that’s how a young man came to Paris to find himself.
Instead he found all of this. A place to belong. People to
love. And a woman... a woman who showed him all that truly
matters in life...
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ZIDLER
Truth.
SANTIAGO
Beauty.
LAUTREC
Freedom.
CHRISTIAN
… Love.
CHRISTIAN (CONT’D)
NEVER KNEW I COULD FEEL LIKE THIS
LIKE I’VE NEVER SEEN THE SKY BEFORE
I WANT TO VANISH INSIDE YOUR KISS
EVERY DAY I’LL LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE
LISTEN TO MY HEART, CAN YOU HEAR IT SING
TELLING ME TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING
SEASONS MAY CHANGE, WINTER TO SPRING
BUT I’LL LOVE YOU UNTIL THE END OF TIME
CHRISTIAN COMPANY
AND THERE’S NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH AND THERE’S NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH
NO RIVER TOO WIDE NO RIVER TOO WIDE
SING OUT THIS SONG AND I’LL BE SING OUT THIS SONG AND I’LL BE
THERE BY YOUR SIDE THERE
STORM CLOUDS MAY GATHER STORM CLOUDS MAY GATHER
AND STARS MAY COLLIDE AND STARS MAY COLLIDE
BUT I’LL LOVE YOU
UNTIL THE END OF TIME
THE GIRLS
HEY SISTER, GO SISTER,
SOUL SISTER, FLOW SISTER…
THE END.
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#20 “ENCORE/BOWS”
THE GIRLS
VOULEZ VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI CE SOIR
VOULEZ VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI
VOULEZ VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI CE SOIR
HEY, HEY, HEY!
LAUTREC, SANTIAGO,
AND THE DUKE
1! 2! 3!
UH
MY BABY DON’T MESS AROUND
BECAUSE SHE LOVES ME SO
AND THIS I KNOW FO SHO
UH
BUT SHE DOES SHE REALLY WANNA
BUT CAN’T STAND TO SEE HER WALK
OUT THA DOOR
ALL
HEY YA
HEY YA
HEY YA
HEY YA
LAUTREC, SANTIAGO,
AND THE DUKE
YOU THINK YOU GOT IT
OH YOU THINK YOU’VE GOT IT
BUT GOT IT JUST DON’T GET IT
WHEN THERE’S NOTHIN’ AT ALL
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LAUTREC, SANTIAGO,
AND THE DUKE (CONT’D)
WE GET TOGETHER
OH WE GET TOGETHER
BUT SEPARATE’S ALWAYS BETTER
WHEN THERE’S FEELING INVOLVED
ENSEMBLE
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
LAUTREC, SANTIAGO,
AND THE DUKE
THEN WHAT MAKES THEN WHAT MAKES
THEN WHAT MAKES THEN WHAT MAKES
THEN WHAT MAKES UH
ENSEMBLE
LOVE THE EXCEPTION?
LAUTREC, SANTIAGO,
AND THE DUKE
SO WHY, OH, WHY, OH
WHY OH WHY OH WHY OH
ARE WE STILL IN DENIAL WHEN WE
KNOW WE’RE NOT HAPPY HERE
ZIDLER COMPANY
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
BECAUSE YOU CAN CAN CAN!
HIDEE HIDEE HIDEE HI!
HIDEE HIDEE HIDEE HI!
HODEE HODEE HODEE HO!
HODEE HODEE HODEE HO!
RAH RAH AH AH AH
RAH RAH AH AH AH
GA GA OOH LA LA
GA GA OOH LA LA
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO
GOT TO DO WITH IT
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO
GOT TO DO WITH IT
WHO NEEDS A HEART
WHEN A HEART CAN BE BROKEN
WHO NEEDS A HEART
WHEN A HEART CAN BE BROKEN
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ZIDLER COMPANY
DON’T YOU WANT ME BABY?
BAH BAH BAH BAH BAH BAH
DON’T YOU WANT ME OHH
DON’T YOU WANT ME BABY?
DON’T YOU WANT ME OHH
YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY
YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY
YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY
YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY
YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY
YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY
I REMEMBER WHEN,
WHEN I LOST MY MIND
EVERYBODY CANCAN!
ALL
OOOOOH...
EVERYBODY CANCAN!