Hello? (Hello? Hello? Hello?)
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on now
I hear you’re feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again
Relax
I’ll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I’ve got that feeling once again
I can’t explain you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
I have become comfortably numb
Okay (okay, okay, okay)
Just a little pinprick
There’ll be no more, ah
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it’s working, good
That’ll keep you going through the show
Come on it’s time to go
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb
Coin operated boy, sitting on the shelf
He is just a toy but I turn him on and he comes to life
Automatic joy that is why I want
A coin operated boy
Made of plastic and elastic
He is rugged and long lasting
Who could ever ever ask for more?
Love without complications galore
Many shapes and weights to chose from
I will never leave my bedroom
I will never cry at night again
Wrap my arms around him and pretend
Coin operated boy
All the other real ones that I destroy
Cannot hold a candle to my new boy
And I’ll never let him go
And I’ll never be alone
And I’ll never let him go
And I’ll never be alone, go
And I’ll never be alone, go
And I’ll never be alone, go
And I’ll never be alone, go
And I’ll never be alone
Not with my coin operated boy
This bridge was written to make you feel smitten
And with my sad picture of girl getting bitterer
Oh, can you extract me from my plastic fantasy
I didn’t think so but I’m still convincible
Oh will you persist even after I bet you a million dollars
That I’ll never love you and will you persist even after I kiss you
Goodbye for the last time will you be trying to prove it, I’m dying
To lose it, I’m losing my confidence
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it
I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to
I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you
I want a, I want a, I want a, I want a coin operated boy
And if I had a star to wish on for my life
I can’t imagine any flesh and blood could be this match
I can even take him in the bath
Coin operated boy, he may not be real experienced with girls
But I know, he feels like a boy should feel, isn’t that the point
That is why I want a coin operated boy
With a pretty coin operated voice saying
That he loves me, that he’s thinking of me
Straight and to the point that is why
I want a coin operated boy
We’re in the building
Where they make us grow
And I’m frightened by
The liquid engineers
Like you.
My Mallory heart
Is sure to fail
I could crawl around the floor
Just like I’m real
Like you.
The sound of metal
I want to be
You
I could learn to be a man
Like you.
Plug me in
And turn me on
Oh everything is moving.
I need my treatment
It’s tomorrow they send me
Singing ‘I am an American’.
Do you?
Picture this
If I could make the change
I’d love to pull the wires from the wall
Did you?
And who are you
And how can I try
Here inside I like metal
Aren’t you
All I know
Is no-one dies
I’m still confusing love with need.
If I cannot bring you comfort
Then at least I bring you hope
For nothing is more precious
Than the time we have and so
We all must learn from small misfortune
Count the blessings that are real
Let the bells ring out for Christmas
At the closing of the year
Let the bells ring out for Christmas
At the closing of the year.
If I cannot bring you comfort
Then at least I bring you hope.
Now all the winter bells are ringing
Hear them echo through the snow
And the children’s voices singing
on the streets so far below
This is a time to be together
And the truth is somewhere here
Within our love of people
At the closing of the year.
Choreography and Set: Leti
Music: “Circles in the Sand” by Belinda Carlisle
Sundown all around
Walking through the summer’s end
Waves crash, baby, don’t look back
I won’t walk away again
Oh, baby, anywhere you go,
We are bound together
I begin, baby, where you end
Somethings are forever
Circle in the sand
Round and round
Never ending love is what we’ve found
And you complete the heart of me
Our love is all we need
Circle in the sand
Circle in the sand
Cold wind, tide moves in
Shivers in the salty air
Day breaks, my heart aches
I will wait for you right here
Oh baby when you look for me
Can you see forever?
I begin, baby, where you end
We belong together
Circle in the sand
Round and round
Rising of the moon as the sun goes down
And you complete the heart of me
Our love is all we need
Circle in the sand
Circle in the sand
Baby can you hear me?
Can you hear me calling?
Oh baby anywhere you go
We are bound together
And I begin baby where you end
Some things are forever
Circle in the sand
Round and round
Never ending love is what we’ve found
And you complete the heart of me
Our love is all we need
Circle in the sand
Circle in the sand
Circle in the sand
Circle in the sand
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION PARTIES:
Chiquitita, dime por qué
Tu dolor hoy te encadena
En tus ojos hay una sombra de gran pena
No quisiera verte así
Aunque quieras disimularlo
Si es que tan triste estás
¿Para qué quieres callarlo?
Chiquitita, dímelo tú
En mi hombro aquí llorando
Cuenta conmigo, ya
Para así seguir hablando
Tan segura te conocí
Y ahora tu ala quebrada
Déjamela llevar, yo la quiero ver curada
Chiquitita, sabes muy bien
Que las penas vienen y van, debes aparecer
Otra vez, vas a bailar y serás feliz
Como flores que florecen
Chiquitita, no hay que llorar
Las estrellas brillan por ti, allá en lo alto
Quiero verte sonreír para compartir
Tu alegría, chiquitita
Otra vez, quiero compartir tu alegría, chiquitita
Chiquitita, dime por qué
Tu dolor hoy te encadena
En tus ojos hay una sombra de gran pena
No quisiera verte así
Aunque quieras disimularlo
Si es que tan triste estás
¿Para qué quieres callarlo?
Chiquitita, sabes muy bien
Que las penas vienen y van, debes aparecer
Otra vez, vas a bailar y serás feliz
Como flores que florecen
Chiquita, no hay que llorar
Las estrellas brillan por ti, allá en lo alto
Quiero verte sonreír para compartir tu alegría, chiquitita
Otra vez quiero compartir tu alegría, chiquitita
Otra vez quiero compartir tu alegría, chiquitita
Can you hear the drums Fernando?
I remember long ago another starry night like this
In the firelight Fernando
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar
They were closer now Fernando
Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally
I was so afraid Fernando
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die
And I’m not ashamed to say
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry
There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There’s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
Now we’re old and grey Fernando
And since many years I haven’t seen a rifle in your hand
Can you hear the drums Fernando?
Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the Rio Grande?
I can see it in your eyes
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land
There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There’s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
Yes, if I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando…
I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and the heir
of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
There’s a club if you’d like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die
When you say it’s gonna happen “now”
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I’ve already waited too long
and all my hope is gone
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
Music by J. Giles Band “Centerfold” and Duran Duran “Girls On Film”
R says: “This is the first routine I was ever in. Even before I joined. They asked me to fill in as the photographer. I know, it’s a stretch.”
AUDIENCE APPRECIATION AUDIENCE:
Does she walk? Does she talk?
Does she come complete?
My homeroom, homeroom angel
Always pulled me from my seat
She was pure like snowflakes
No one could ever stain
The memory of my angel
Could never cause me pain
Years go by I’m lookin’ through a girly magazine
And there’s my homeroom angel on the pages in-between
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
Slipped me notes under the desk
While I was thinkin’ about her dress
I was shy I turned away
Before she caught my eye
I was shakin’ in my shoes
Whenever she flashed those baby-blues
Something had a hold on me
When angel passed close by
Those soft and fuzzy sweaters
Too magical to touch
To see her in that negligee
Is really just too much
My blood runs cold
Yeah, my memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
(Oh yeah)
Angel is the centerfold
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
It’s okay I understand
This ain’t no never-neverland
I hope that when this issue’s gone
I’ll see you when your clothes are on
Take your car, yes we will
We’ll take your car and drive it
We’ll take it to a motel room
And take ’em off in private
A part of me has just been ripped
The pages from my mind are stripped
Oh no, I can’t deny it
Oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My Angel in the centerfold
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
(Alright, alright)
(One, two, three, four)
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold (oh yeah)
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
See them walking hand in hand
Across the bridge at midnight
Heads turning as the lights flashing out
Are so bright
And walk right out to the four line track
There’s a camera rolling on her back
On her back
And I sense a rhythm humming in a frenzy
All the way down her spine
Girls on film
Girls on film
Girls on film
Girls on film
Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she’s falling
And miles of sharp blue water coming in
Where she lies
The diving man’s coming up for air
‘Cause the crowd all love pulling dolly by the hair
By the hair
And she wonders how she ever got here
As she goes under again
Girls on film (two minutes later)
Girls on film
Girls on film (got your picture)
Girls on film
Wider, baby, smile and you’ve just made a million
Fuses pumping live heat twisting out on a wire
Take one last glimpse into the night
I’m touching close
I’m holding bright
Holding tight
Give me shudders in a whisper
Take me up ’til I’m shooting a star
Girls on film (she’s more than a lady)
Girls on film
Girls on film (two minutes later)
Girls on film
Girls on film (see you together)
Girls on film
Girls on film (see you later)
Girls on film
Pop
Six
Squish
Uh uh
Cicero
Lipschitz
And now, the six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail
In their rendition of the Cell Block Tango
Cicero
Lipschitz
Pop
Six
Squish
Uh uh
Cicero
Lipschitz
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
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
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
You know how people have these little habits that get you down
Like Bernie
Bernie, he 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 o’ sympathy
And there’s Bernie lyin’ on the couch, drinkin’ a beer and chewin’
No, not chewin’
Poppin’
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
He had it comin’
He had it comin’
He only had himself to blame
If you’d have been there
If you’d have heard it
I betcha you would have done the same
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, 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
He had it comin’
He had it comin’
He took a flower
In its prime
And then he used it
And he abused it
It was a murder
But not a crime
(Uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz)
Now, I’m standing in the kitchen
Carvin’ up a chicken for dinner
Minding my own business
In storms my husband Wilbur in a jealous rage
“You been screwin’ the milkman, ” he says
He was crazy
And he kept on screamin’
“You been screwin’ the milkman”
And then he ran into my knife
He ran into my knife ten times
If you’d have been there
If you’d have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same!
Mit kersek, en itt?
Azt mondjok, hogy a hires lakóm lefogta a ferjemet
En meg Lecsaptam a fejet
De nem igaz
En artatlan vagyok
Nem tudom
Mert mondja Uncle Sam hogy en tettem
Probaltam
A rendorsegen megmayarazni de nem ertettek meg
Yeah, but did you do it?
Uh uh, not guilty!
My sister, Veronica and I had this double act
And my husband, Charlie traveled round with us
Now, for the last number in our act
We did these twenty acrobatic tricks in a row
One, two, three, four, five, splits, spread eagles
Back flips, flip flops
One right after the other
So this one night before the show we are down at the Hotel Cicero
The three of us, boozin’
Havin’ 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
Doing number seventeen
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’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ all along
I didn’t do it (she didn’t do it)
But if I’d done it (but if she’d done it)
How could you tell me that I was wrong?
They had it comin’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ all along (they took a flower in its prime)
I didn’t do it (and then they used it)
But if I’d done it
How could you tell me that I was wrong?
I loved Al Lipschitz
More than I can 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
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’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ all along
‘Cause if they used us (’cause if they used us)
And they abused us (and they abused us)
How could you tell us that we were wrong?
He had it comin’ (he had it comin’)
He had it comin’ (he had it comin’)
He only had himself to blame (he only had himself to blame)
If you’d have been there (if you’d have been there)
If you’d have seen it (if you’d have seen it)
I betcha you would have done the same
You pop that gum one more time! Single my ass
Ten times! Miert csukott Uncle Same bortonbe
Number seventeen, the spread eagle
Artistic differences
Pop
Six
Squish
Uh uh
Cicero
Lipschitz
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION PARTIES:
See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Colder than the moon
It’s been so long
Feel my love enraged
It’s just the fear of loosing you
Don’t you know my name
You’ve been so long
And I’ve been putting out fire
With gasoline
See these eyes so red
Red like jungle burning bright
Those who feel me near
Pull the blinds and change their minds
It’s been so long
Still this pulsing night
A plague I call a heartbeat
Just be still with me
Ya wouldn’t believe what I’ve been through
You’ve been so long
Well it’s been so long
And I’ve been putting out the fire with gasoline
Putting out the fire
With gasoline
See these tears so blue
An ageless heart that can never mend
These tears can never dry
A judgement made can never bend
See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Just be still with me
Ya wouldn’t believe what I’ve been through
You’ve been so long
Well it’s been so long
And I’ve been putting out fire with gasoline
Putting out fire with gasoline
Well its been so long
(Been so long)
I’ve been putting out fire
(Been so long)
And its been so long
Been putting out fire (Been so long)
Well it’s Been (Been so long)
Putting out fire (Been so long)
Been so long (So long so long)
Been so long (So long so long)
Been putting out fire
(Been so long so long so long)
Been putting out fire
(Been so long so long so long)
Been so long
Been putting out fire
Been so long so long so long
Yeah putting out fire
(Been so long so long so long)
Been so long
Been so long so long so long
Been so long so long so long