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Ghost Quartet - Bad Men Lyrics |
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Musical by Dave Malloy (2014)
Ghost Quartet the Musical - Bad Men Lyrics
BRITTAIN (Dunyazad)
Scheherazade was ending the story for the night:
GELSEY (Scheherazade)
“And so rose left the shop with a brand new camera,
And the number of the subway driver written on her arm”
But now the sun is rising
And that is all i am permitted to say
Do you like my story, shah zaman?
BRENT (Shah Zaman)
It is a marvelous tale!
BRITTAIN
What a good, sweet story it is!
You are a real scheherazade
GELSEY
How can this compare
With the story i will tell you
Tomorrow night
If the shah spares me
And i am still alive?
BRENT
When i kill you, i will miss you
GELSEY
How will you grieve for me, o shah?
BRENT
I will command a great feast for the kingdom
With the largest boar that the court has ever seen
And great oaken casks full of honey sweet wine
And we’ll toast to the could-have-been queen
And when the feast is in full swing
And the butterfly jesters are dancing
I will take the largest cask
Back to my room
And I will drink all alone in my room
And I will cry like a baby
And I’ll drink so much i’ll get sick
And I’ll lie on the bathroom floor
Then i’ll drink some more
And I’ll keep drinking
For forty-two years
’Til i’m an old old man
All alone in his chair
Watching game shows
Making fun of the contestants
For their stupid answers
And their wasted lives
BRITTAIN & GELSEY
A wasted sack of a man
An empty brown paper bag
Soggy and gross
BRENT
If you can lose your temper
Then i can lose my mind
If you can lose your temper
Then i can lose my mind
ALL
If you can lose your temper
Then i can lose my mind
If you can lose your temper
Then i can lose my mind
DAVE
Come look at the stars
Dear pearl
Come look at the stars
Dear pearl
BRITTAIN (rose red)
How could you. sister, how could you?
GELSEY (pearl white)
He likes my singing. he likes my singing, that’s all
DAVE
Wait, wait, rose, we were never—
We never—
BRITTAIN
I always knew you were shallow
I always knew you didn’t know me
I always knew you didn’t believe in me
I always knew that i bored you
I always knew i wasn’t pretty enough to hold you
I always knew you’d go with someone smarter than me
I always knew your mind was elsewhere
I always knew you were a snob
I always knew you had your head in the stars
I always knew you and your books
You and your fucking books
I’m not a puzzle
I’m not a fucking logic puzzle for you to figure out
I’m not a fucking game
Why don’t you just go fuck your books?
Why don’t you just go fuck all your fucking books?
We’ll see who’s smarter
We’ll see
BRENT (Bear)
Do you have the things i asked for?
One pot of honey
One piece of stardust
One secret baptism
And a photo of a ghost?
BRITTAIN
Hello there bear
I have the things you asked
I had to go through several lifetimes to get them
And now i’m in your cave
In my sexy red cloak
BRENT
I know littel girl
And no i’m gonna eat you up
Eat you up
Eat you up liek berries
BRITTAIN
But will you do what i asked?
Maul the astronomer,
Turn my sister into a crow?
BRENT
I’m not a murderer
Or a crazy person
I just like honey
GELSEY & DAVE
He just likes honey
BRENT
You’ll just have to do it yourself!
Now go away little girl
BRITTAIN
I hate you
ALL
The driver can’t stop the ghost is here
The driver can’t stop the ghost is here
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Ghost Quartet the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
I Don't Know
The Camera Shop
Starchild
Subway
Usher, Part 1
Soldier & Rose
Any Kind of Dead Person
The Astronomer
Four Friends
Fathers & Sons
Usher, Part 2
The Telescope
Tango Dancer
Lights Out
The Photograph
Bad Men
Usher, Part 3
Prayer
Hero
The Wind & Rain
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