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The Original Broadway Production Chicago the Musical - We Both Reached For The Gun Lyrics REPORTER Where'd you come from? BILLY (as ROXIE) Mississippi REPORTER And your parents? BILLY (as ROXIE) Very wealthy. REPORTER Where are they now? BILLY (as ROXIE) Six feet under. BILLY But she was granted one more start BILLY (as ROXIE) The convent of the sacred heart! REPORTER When'd you get there? BILLY (as ROXIE) 1920 REPORTER How old were you? BILLY (as ROXIE) Don't remember REPORTER Then what happened? BILLY (as ROXIE) I met Amos And he stole my hear away Convinced me to elope one day MARY SUNSHINE A convent girl! A run-away marriage! Oh, it's too terrible. You poor, poor dear. REPORTER Who's Fred Casely? BILLY (as ROXIE) My ex-boy friend. REPORTER Why'd you shoot him. BILLY (as ROXIE) I was leavin'. REPORTER Was he angry? BILLY (as ROXIE) Like a madman! Still I said, "Fred, move along." BILLY She knew that she was doin' wrong REPORTER Then describe it BILLY (as ROXIE) He came toward me. REPORTER With a pistol? BILLY (as ROXIE) From my bureau REPORTER Did you fight him? BILLY (as ROXIE) Like a tiger BILLY He had strength and she had none BILLY (as ROXIE) And yet we both reached for the gun Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both Oh yes, we both Oh yes, we both reached for The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun Oh yes, we both reached for the gun For the gun. BILLY & REPORTER Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both Oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both reached for The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun Oh yes, they both reached for the gun For the gun. BILLY Understandable, understandable Yes, it's perfectly understandable Comprehensible, comprehensible Not a bit reprehensible It's so defensible! REPORTER How you're feeling? BILLY (as ROXIE) Very frightened REPORTER Are you sorry? ROXIE Are you kidding? REPORTER What's your statement? BILLY (as ROXIE) All I'd say is Though my choo-choo jumped my track I'd give my life to bring him back REPORTER And? BILLY (as ROXIE) Stay away from REPORTER What? BILLY (as ROXIE) Jazz and liquor REPORTER And? BILLY (as ROXIE) And the man who REPORTER What? BILLY (as ROXIE) Play for fun REPORTER And what? BILLY (as ROXIE) That's the thought that REPORTER Yeah! BILLY (as ROXIE) Came upon me REPORTER When? BILLY (as ROXIE) When we both reached for the gun! MARY SUNSHINE Understandable, understandable BILLY & MARY SUNSHINE Yes, it's perfectly understandable Comprehensible, comprehensible Not a bit reprehensible It's so defensible! BILLY: REPORTER Let me Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both Hear it! Oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both reached for The gun, the gun, the gun, The gun Oh yes, they both reached For the gun A little louder! 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, Now you got it! The gun, the gun Oh yes, they both reached For the gun For the gun. BILLY & REPORTER Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both Oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both reached for The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun Oh yes, they both reached for the gun. Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both Oh yes, they both Oh yes, they both reached for The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun. BILLY Both reached for the...gun REPORTER The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun Both reached for the gun. FIRST REPORTER "Stop The Presses!" SECOND REPORTER "'We Both Reached For The Gun,' Says Roxie!" THIRD REPORTER "Dancing Feet Lead To Sorrow, Says Beautiful Jazz Slayer!" FIFTH REPORTER "Jazz And Liquor, Roxie's Downfall!" Read more Lyrics to Chicago |
We Both Reached For The Gun Lyrics - Chicago the Musical
