FALSETTOS - What Would I Do? Lyrics

2016 Broadway revival
Falsettos the Musical - What Would I Do? Lyrics

“What Would I Do?” is a song performed by Christian Borle (Marvin), Andrew Rannells (Whizzer) from the musical FALSETTOS and is written by William Finn and James Lapine.

MARVIN (left alone):
What would I do
If I had not met you?
Who would I blame my life on?
Once I was told
That all men get what they deserve.
Who the hell then threw this curve?
There are no answers.
But who would I be
If you had not been my friend?

You're the only one,
One out of a thousand others,
Only one my child would allow.
When I'm having fun,
You're the one I wanna talk to.
Where have you been?
Where are you now?

(WHIZZER appears behind MARVIN,
Dressed as we first saw him.
MARVIN turns around,
Sees WHIZZER and catches his breath.)

What would I do
If I had not loved you?
How would I know what love is?
God only knows, too soon
I'll remember your faults.
Meanwhile, though, it's tears and schmaltz.

There are no answers.
But what would I do
If you had not been my friend?

WHIZZER:
All your life you've wanted men,
And when you got it up to have them,
Who knew it could end your life?

MARVIN:
I left my kid and left my wife
To be with you,
To be insulted by such handsome men.

(They face each other.)

WHIZZER: Do you regret--?

MARVIN (stopping him):
I'd do it again.
I'd like to believe that I'd do it again
And again and again...
And
What more can I say?

WHIZZER: What more can I say?

MARVIN: How am I to face tomorrow?

BOTH: After being screwed out of today.
Tell me what's in store.

MARVIN: Yes, I'd beg or steal or borrow
If I could hold you for
One hour more.

WHIZZER: One hour more.

MARVIN: One hour more.

WHIZZER: One hour more.

BOTH: One hour, one hour more.

MARVIN: What would I do

WHIZZER: What would I do

MARVIN: If I had not seen you?

WHIZZER: If I had not seen you?

BOTH: Who would I feast my eyes on?
Once I was told
That good men get better with age.

MARVIN: Were just gonna skip that stage.

There are no answers.
But what would I do
If you hadn't been my friend?

WHIZZER: There are no answers.
But what would I do...

(WHIZZER exits)

MARVIN: No simple answers.
But what would I do
If you had not been
My friend. My friend. My friend.

(First JASON,
then everyone else gathers around MARVIN.)

MENDEL: Homosexuals.
Women with children.
Short insomniacs.
We're a teeny tiny band.
Lovers come and lovers go.
Lovers live and die fortissimo.
This is where we take a stand.
Welcome to Falsettoland.

(DR. CHARLOTTE walks in and joins the circle
at the same time as MENDEL.
TRINA consoles MARVIN.)

(Fade to black)


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Falsettos the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Four Jews in a Room Bitching
A Tight Knit Family
Love is Blind
Thrill of First Love
Marvin at the Psychiatrist (A Three-Part Mini-Opera)
Everyone Tells Jason to See a Psychiatrist
This Had Better Come to an End
I'm Breaking Down
A Marriage Proposal
Trina's Song
March of the Falsettos
The Chess Game
Making a Home
The Games I Play
Marvin Goes Crazy
I Never Wanted to Love You
Father to Son
Welcome to Falsettoland
The Year of the Child
Miracle of Judaism
The Baseball Game
A Day in Falsettoland
The Fight / Everyone Hates His Parents
What More Can I Say
Something Bad Is Happening
Holding to the Ground
Days Like This
Unlikely Lovers
Another Miracle of Judaism
You Gotta Die Sometime
Jason's Bar Mitzvah
What Would I Do?