We Both Reached for the Gun
Emcee: Mr. Billy Flynn sings the Press Conference Rag. Notice how his lips never move... almost.
Reporters: Where'd ya come from?
Billy/Roxie: Mississippi.
Reporters: And your parents?
Billy/Roxie: Very wealthy.
Reporters: Where are they now?
Billy/Roxie: Six feet under.
Billy: But she was granted one more start!
Billy/Roxie: The Convent of the Sacred Heart.
Billy/Roxie: Mississippi.
Reporters: And your parents?
Billy/Roxie: Very wealthy.
Reporters: Where are they now?
Billy/Roxie: Six feet under.
Billy: But she was granted one more start!
Billy/Roxie: The Convent of the Sacred Heart.
Reporters: When'd ya get here?
Billy/Roxie: 1920.
Reporters: How old were you?
Billy/Roxie: Don't remember.
Reporters: Then what happened?
Billy/Roxie: I met Amos
And he stole my heart away
Convinced me to elope one day!
Billy/Roxie: 1920.
Reporters: How old were you?
Billy/Roxie: Don't remember.
Reporters: Then what happened?
Billy/Roxie: I met Amos
And he stole my heart away
Convinced me to elope one day!
Mary Sunshine: (spoken) A chorus girl! A runaway marriage! Oh, it's too terrible, you poor, poor dear!
Reporters: Who's Fred Casely?
Billy/Roxie: My ex-boyfriend.
Reporters: Why'd ya shoot him?
Billy/Roxie: I was leavin'.
Reporters: Was he angry?
Billy/Roxie: Like a madman.
Still, I said, Fred, move along.
Billy: She knew that she was doing wrong!
Billy/Roxie: My ex-boyfriend.
Reporters: Why'd ya shoot him?
Billy/Roxie: I was leavin'.
Reporters: Was he angry?
Billy/Roxie: Like a madman.
Still, I said, Fred, move along.
Billy: She knew that she was doing wrong!
Reporters: Then, describe it.
Billy/Roxie: He came toward me.
Reporters: With a pistol?
Billy/Roxie: From my bureau.
Reporters: Did ya fight him?
Billy/Roxie: Like a tiger!
Billy: He had strength and she had none.
Billy/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
Billy/Roxie: He came toward me.
Reporters: With a pistol?
Billy/Roxie: From my bureau.
Reporters: Did ya fight him?
Billy/Roxie: Like a tiger!
Billy: He had strength and she had none.
Billy/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
For the gun
Reporters: Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes they both, oh yes they both
Reached for the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes they both, oh yes they both
Reached for the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
For the gun
Billy: Understandable!
Understandable!
Yes, it's perfectly
Understandable
Comprehensible!
Comprehensible!
Not a bit reprehensible
It's so defensible
Understandable!
Yes, it's perfectly
Understandable
Comprehensible!
Comprehensible!
Not a bit reprehensible
It's so defensible
Reporters: How ya feelin'?
Billy/Roxie: Very frightened.
Reporters: Are ya sorry?
Roxie: Are you kiddin'?!
Reporters: What's your statement?
Billy/Roxie: All I'd say is
Though my choo-choo jumped the track
I'd give my life to bring him back.
Reporters: And?
Billy/Roxie: Stay away from
Reporters: What?
Billy/Roxie: Jazz and liquor
Reporters: And?
Billy/Roxie: And the men who
Reporters: What?
Billy/Roxie: Play for fun.
Reporters: And what?
Billy/Roxie: That's the thought that
Reporters: Yeah?
Billy/Roxie: Came upon me
Reporters: When?
Billy/Roxie: When we both reach for the gun!
Billy/Roxie: Very frightened.
Reporters: Are ya sorry?
Roxie: Are you kiddin'?!
Reporters: What's your statement?
Billy/Roxie: All I'd say is
Though my choo-choo jumped the track
I'd give my life to bring him back.
Reporters: And?
Billy/Roxie: Stay away from
Reporters: What?
Billy/Roxie: Jazz and liquor
Reporters: And?
Billy/Roxie: And the men who
Reporters: What?
Billy/Roxie: Play for fun.
Reporters: And what?
Billy/Roxie: That's the thought that
Reporters: Yeah?
Billy/Roxie: Came upon me
Reporters: When?
Billy/Roxie: When we both reach for the gun!
Mary Sunshine: Understandable!
Understandable!
Billy and Mary: Yes, it's perfectly
Understandable
Comprehensible!
Comprehensible!
Not a bit reprehensible
It's so defensible
Understandable!
Billy and Mary: Yes, it's perfectly
Understandable
Comprehensible!
Comprehensible!
Not a bit reprehensible
It's so defensible
Reporters: Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes they both, oh yes they both
Reached for the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes they both, oh yes they both
Reached for the gun, the gun, the gun, 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
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
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
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
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
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/Roxie: Both reached for
The gun!
The gun!
Reporters: The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Both reached for the gun!
Both reached for the gun!