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Tango Maureen
Various Artists The lot. JOANNE is reexamining the cable connections for the umpteenth time.) MARK And so into the abyss...The lot. Where a small stage is partially set up. JOANNE (playing with some wires) "Line in"... I went to Harvard for this? MARK Close on Mark's nose dive. JOANNE "Line out"... MARK Will he get out of here alive...? (JOANNE notices MARK approaching.) JOANNE Mark? MARK Hi. JOANNE I told her not to call you MARK That's Maureen But can I help since I'm here JOANNE I hired an engineer ... MARK Well, nice to have met you Great! JOANNE Wait! She's three hours late The samples won't delay But the cable MARK There's another way Say something JOANNE (into the mike) Test MARK Anything but that JOANNE This is weird MARK It's weird JOANNE Very weird MARK Fuckin' weird JOANNE That I don't know what to do I'm so mad Fighting with microphones Freezing down to my bones And to top it all off I'm with you MARK Feel like going insane? Got a fire in your brain? And you're thinking of drinking gasoline? JOANNE As a matter of fact MARK Honey, I know this act It's called the 'Tango Maureen' The Tango Maureen It's a dark, dizzy merryAs she keeps you dangling JOANNE You're wrong MARK Your heart she is mangling JOANNE It's different with me MARK 'Cause her cold eyes can burn And you toss and you turn Yet you yearn and you churn and rebound JOANNE I think I know what you mean BOTH The Tango Maureen MARK Has she ever pouted her lips And called you 'Pookie' JOANNE Never MARK Have you ever doubted a kiss or two? JOANNE This is spooky Did you swoon when she walked through the door? MARK Every time JOANNE Did she moon over other boys MARK More than moon JOANNE I'm getting nauseous (They begin to dance, with MARK leading.) Where'd you learn to tango? MARK JOANNE With the French Ambassador's daughter in her dorm room at Miss Porter's. And you? MARK Jewish Community Center. With Nanette Himmelfarb. The Rabbi's daughter at the Scarsdale (They switch, and JOANNE leads.) It's hard to do this backwards. JOANNE You should try it in heels! She cheated MARK She cheated JOANNE Maureen cheated MARK Fuckin' cheated JOANNE I'm defeated I should give up right now MARK With all of your might Gotta look on the bright side JOANNE I'd fall for her still anyhow BOTH When you're dancing her dance You don't stand a chance Her grip of romance Make you fall So you think, 'Might as well' MARK JOANNE "Dance a tango to hell" BOTH 'At least I'll have tangoed at all' Gotta dance till your diva is through The Tango Maureen You pretend to believe her Cause in the end But the end it will come Till you're glum and you bum Still you have to play dumb And turn blue MARK Why do we love when she's mean? JOANNE And she can be so obscene MARK Try the mike JOANNE My Maureen (reverb: een, een, een...) MARK Patched JOANNE Thanks MARK You know JOANNE I feel lousy (The pay phone rings. MARK hands it to JOANNE.) Honey, we're... (pause) Pookie?! You never call me Pookie... Forget it, we're patched. (She hangs up, looks at MARK.) BOTH The Tango Maureen |
