{MP} Company - Livret

Company
The Little Things You Do Together
Sorry-Grateful
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Have I Got A Girl For You
Someone Is Waiting
Another Hundred People
Getting Married Today
Side By Side By Side / What Would We Do Without You?
Poor Baby
Barcelona
The Ladies Who Lunch
Being Alive
Finale

Company

ROBERT'S FRIENDS

Bobby (Bobby) Bobby (Bobby)

Bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo

Bobby (Bobby) Bobby (Bobby)

Bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo

Bobby (Bobby) Bobby (Bobby)

Bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo

Bobby (Bobby) Bobby (Bobby)

Bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo

Bobby (Bobby) Bobby (Bobby)

Bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo

Bo~obby

Bobby...

Bobby baby...

Bobby bubbi...

Robby...

Robert darling...

Bobby, we've been trying to call you.

Bobby...

Bobby baby...

Bobby bubbi...

Angel, I've got something to tell you.

Bob...

Robbo...

Bobby love...

Bobby honey...

Bobby, we've been trying to reach you all day.

Bobby...

Bobby Baby...

Angel...

Darling...

The kids were asking--

Bobby...

Robert...

Robby...

Bob-o...

Bobby, there was something we wanted to say.

Bobby...

Bobby bubbi...

Sweetheart...

Sugar...

Your line was busy.

What have you been up to, kiddo?

Bobby...

Fella...

Bobby...

Sweetie...

How have you been?

Stop by on your way home.

Seems like weeks since we talked to you!

Bobby, we've been thinking of you!

Drop by anytime.

Bobby, there's a concert on Tuesday.

Hank and Mary get into town tomorrow.

How about some scrabble on Sunday?

Why don't we all go to the beach next weekend?

Bob, we're having people in Saturday night.

Bobby...

Bobby, baby...

Whatcha doin' Thursday?

Bobby...

Angel...

Bobby bubbi...

Time we got together, is Wednesday all right?

Bobby...

Robbo...

Bobby honey...

Eight o'clock on Monday.

Robby darling...

Bobby, fella...

Bobby baby...

Bobby, come on over for dinner!

We'll be so glad to see you!

Bobby, come on over for dinner!

Just be the three of us,

Only the three of us--

We lo~ove you!

ROBERT

Phone rings,

Door chimes,

In comes

Company!

No strings,

Good times,

Room hums,

Company!

Late nights,

Quick bites,

Party games,

Deep talks,

Long walks,

Telephone calls.

Thoughts shared,

Souls bared,

Private names,

All those

Photos

Up on the walls

"With love"

"With love" filling the days,

"With love" seventy ways,

"To Bobby with love"

From all those good and crazy people, my friends!

Those good and crazy people, my married friends!

And that's what it's all about, isn't it?

That's what it's really about,

Really about!

FRIENDS & GIRLFRIENDS

Bobby...

Bobby baby...

Bobby bubbi...

Robby...

Robert darling...

Bobby...

Angel, will you do me a favor? ROBERT:

Bobby baby... Name it, Sarah...

Bobby bubbi...

Listen, pal, I'd like your opinion...

Bob... Try me, Peter...

Robbo...

Bobby love...

Bobby honey...

Bobby, there's a problem,

I need your advice...

Bobby... Amy, can I call you back tomorrow?

Bobby...

Bobby Baby...

Angel...

Darling...

Just half an hour...

Honey, if you'd visit the

kids once or twice...

Bobby... Jenny, I could take them

Bobby... to the zoo on Friday...

Bobby bubbi...

Sweetheart...

Sugar...

What's happend to you?

Bobby...

Fella...

Kiddo...

Where have you been?

Bobby, how have you been?

Stop by on your way home...

Bobby, dear, I don't mean to pry... Susan, love, I'll make it after

Bobby, we've been thinking of you... seven if I can...

Drop by anytime... Sorry, Paul, I made a date with

Larry and Joanne...

WIVES

Bobby, dear, it's none of our business...

HUSBANDS

Lookit, pal, I have to work Thursday evening...

WIVES

Darling, you've been looking peculiar.

HUSBANDS

Bobby boy, you know how I hate the opera...

WIVES

Funny thing, your name came up only last night...

ROBERT

Harry...David...Kathy...I...

GIRLFRIENDS

I shouldn't say this, but...

ROBERT

April...Marta...Listen, people!...

WIVES

Bobby, we've been worried, you sure you're all right?

HUSBANDS

Bobby...Bobby...Bobby baby...

GIRLFIRENDS

Did I do something wrong?

HUSBANDS

Bobby bubi, bobby fella, Bobby, Bobby...

FRIENDS & GIRLFRIENDS

Bobby, come on over for dinner!

We'll be so glad to see you!

Bobby, come on over for dinner!

Just be the three of us,

Only the three of us

We lo~ove you!

Phone rings,

Door chimes,

In comes

Company!

No strings,

Good times,

Just chums,

Company!

Late nights,

Quick bites,

Party games,

Deep talks,

Long walks,

Telephone calls.

Thoughts shared,

Souls bared,

Private names,

All those

Photos

Up on the walls

"With love"

"With love" filling the days,

"With love" seventy ways,

"To Bobby with love"

From all those good and crazy people, your friends!

Those good and crazy people, your married friends!

And that's what it's all about, isn't it?

That's what it's really about, isn't it?

That's what it's really about,

Really about!

HUSBANDS

Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?...

WIVES & GIRLFRIENDS

We lo-ove...

ROBERT

You I love and you I love and you I love and you I love

And you I love and you I love and you I love!

I love you!

ALL

Company!

Lots of

Company!

Years of

Company!

Love is

Company!

The Little Things You Do Together

SARAH

Harry?

LARRY

Uh?

SARAH

Do you wanna stand there?

LARRY

OK, I'm standing here, now what?

SARAH

Just come at me

LARRY

OK!

JOANNE

It's the little things you do together,

Do together,

That make perfect relationships.

The hobbies you pursue together,

Savings you accrue together,

Looks you misconstrue together,

That make marriage a joy.

M-hm...

HARRY

I could've blocked that

SARAH

No, that can't be block

HARRY

You wanna do it again?

SARAH

OK!

HARRY

Oh come on, again!

SARAH

OK!

JOANNE

It's the little things you share together,

Swear together,

Wear together,

That make perfect relationships.

The concerts you enjoy together,

Neighbors you annoy together,

Children you destroy together,

That keep marriage intact.

It's not so hard to be married

When two manoeuver as one.

It's not so hard to be married,

And, Jesus Christ, is it fun!

It's sharing little winks together,

Drinks together,

Kinks together,

That make marriage a joy.

The bargains that you shop together,

Cigarettes you stop together,

Clothing that you swap together,

That make perfect relationships.

Uh-huh...

M-hm...

FRIENDS

It's not talk of God and the decade ahead that

Allows you to get through the worst.

It's "I do" and "you don't" and "nobody said that"

And "who brought the subject up first?"

It's the little things,

The little things, the little things, the little things…

The little ways you try together,

Cry together,

Lie together,

That make perfect relationships.

Becoming a cliché together,

Growing old and grey together,

Withering away together,

That makes marriage a joy.

It's not so hard to be married,

It's much the simplest of crimes.

It's not so hard to be married--

JOANNE

I've done it three or four times.

FRIENDS

It's the people that you hate together,

Bait together,

Date together,

That make marriage a joy.

It's things like using force together,

Shouting till you're hoarse together,

Getting a divorce together,

That make perfect relationships.

Uh-huh...

Kiss-kiss...

M-hm...

Sorry-Grateful

ROBERT

Harry, you ever sorry you got married?

HARRY

You're always sorry,

You're always grateful,

You're always wondering

What might have been

Then she walks in.

And still you're sorry,

And still you're grateful,

And still you wonder

And still you doubt--

And she goes out.

Everything's different, nothing's changed.

Only maybe slightly rearranged.

You're sorry-grateful,

Regretful-happy.

Why look for answers

When none occur?

You always are what you always were,

Which has nothing to do with, all to do with her.

DAVID

You're always sorry,

You're always grateful,

You hold her, thinking:

"I'm not alone."

You're still alone.

You don't live for her,

You do live with her,

You're scared she's starting

To drift away,

And scared she'll stay.

LARRY

Good things get better, bad get worse.

Wait, I think I meant that in reverse.

HARRY, DAVID, LARRY

You're sorry-grateful,

Regretful-happy.

Why look for answers

When none occur?

You'll always be what you always were,

Which has nothing to do with, all to do with her.

HARRY

Nothing to do with, all to do with her.

You Could Drive a Person Crazy

APRIL, KATHY, MARTA

Doo-doo-doo-doo!

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!

You could drive a person crazy,

You could drive a person mad.

(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)

First you make a person hazy

So a person could be had,

(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)

Then you leave a person dangling sadly

Outside your door,

Which could only make a person gladly

Want you even more.

I could understand a person

If it's not a person's bag.

(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)

I could understand a person

If a person was a fag.

(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)

But worse 'n that,

A person that

Titillates a person and then leaves her flat

Is crazy,

He's a troubled person,

He's a truly crazy person himself.

KATHY

When a person's personality is personable,

He should not sit like a lump.

It's harder than a matador coercin' a bull

To try to get you off of your rump.

So single and attentive and attractive a man

Is everything a person could wish,

But turning off a person is the act of a man

Who likes to pull the hooks out of fish.

APRIL, KATHY, MARTA

Knock-knock! Is anybody there?

Knock-knock! It really isn't fair.

Knock-knock! I'm workin' all my charms.

Knock-knock! A zombie's in my arms.

All that sweet affection!

What is wrong?

Where's the loose connection?

How long, O Lord, how long?

Bobby-baby-Bobby-bubbi-Bobby,

You could drive a person buggy,

You could blow a person's cool.

(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)

Like you make a person feel all huggy

While you make her feel a fool.

(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)

When a person says that you upset her,

That's when you're good.

You impersonate a person better

Than a zombie should.

I could understand a person

If he wasn't good in bed.

(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)

I could understand a person

If he actually was dead.

(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)

Exclusive you!

Elusive you!

Will any person ever get the juice of you?

You're crazy,

You're a lovely person,

You're a moving,

Deeply malajusted,

Never to be trusted,

Crazy person yourself.

Bobby is my hobby and I'm givin' it up!

Have I Got a Girl For You

FRIENDS

Bobby...Bobby...Bobby baby...

Bobby bubbi...Robby...Robert darling...

Bobby, we've been trying to reach you...

Angel, I've got something to tell you...

Bobby, it's important or I wouldn't call...

Whatcha doin' Thursday?

Bobby, look, I know how you hate it and all...

But this is something special...

Not that you don't know a lot of lovely girls, but

Bobby, come on over for dinner!

There's someone we want you to meet!

Bobby, come on over for dinner!

This girl from the office...

My niece from Ohio ...

It'll just be the four of us...

You'll lo~ove her!

LARRY

Have I got a girl for you! Wait till you meet her!

Have I got a girl for you, boy!

Hoo, boy!

Dumb! And with a weakness for sazarac slings!

You give her even the fruit and she swings.

The kind of girl you can't send through the mails!

Call me tomorrow, I want the details.

PETER

Have I got a chick for you! Wait till you meet her!

Have I got a chick for you, boy!

Hoo, boy!

Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques

The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques.

I hear she knows more than seventy-five.

Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!

HUSBANDS

Have I got a girl for you! Wait till you meet her!

Have I got a girl for you, boy!

Hoo, boy!

Boy! To be in your shoes what I wouldn't give!

I mean the freedom to go out and live!

And as for settling down and all that,

Marriage may be where it's been, but it's not where it's at.

Whaddya like? You like coming home to a kiss?

Somebody with a smile at the door?

Whaddya like? You like indescribable bliss?

Then whaddya wanna get married for?

Whaddya like? You like an excursion to Rome ?

Suddenly taking off to explore?

Whaddya like? You like having meals cooked at home?

Then whaddya wanna get married for?

Whaddya wanna get married for?

Someone Is Waiting

ROBERT

Someone is waiting,

Cool as Sarah,

Easy and loving as Susan...

Jenny...

Someone is waiting,

Warm as Susan,

Frantic and touching as Amy...

Joanne...

Would I know her even if I met her?

Have I missed her? Did I let her go?

A Susan sort of Sarah,

A Jennyish Joanne.

Wait for me, I'm ready now,

I'll find you if I can!

Someone will hold me,

Soft as Jenny,

Skinny and blue-eyed as Amy...

Susan...

Someone will wake me,

Sweet as Amy,

Tender and foolish as Sarah...

Joanne...

Did I know her? Have I waited too long?

Maybe so, but maybe so has she.

My blue-eyed Sarah, warm Joanne,

Sweet Jenny, loving Susan, crazy Amy,

Wait for me!

I'll hurry!

Wait for me!

Hurry!

Wait for me!

Hurry!

Wait for me!

Another Hundred People

MARTA

Another hundred people just got off of the train

And came up through the ground,

While another hundred people just got off of the bus

And are looking around

At another hundred people who got off of the plane

And are looking at us

Who got off of the train

And the plane and the bus

Maybe yesterday.

It's a city of strangers,

Some come to work, some to play.

A city of strangers,

Some come to stare, some to stay.

And every day

The ones who stay

Can find each other in the crowded streets and the guarded parks,

By the rusty fountains and the dusty trees with the battered barks,

And they walk together past upholstered walls with the crude remarks.

And they meet at parties through the friends of friends who they never

know.

"Do I pick you up or do I meet you there or shall we let it go?"

"Did you get my message? 'Cause I looked in vain."

"Can we see each other Tuesday if it doesn't rain?"

"Look, I'll call you in the morning or my service will explain."

And another hundred people just got off of the train.

It's a city of strangers,

Some come to work, some to play.

A city of strangers,

Some come to stare, some to stay.

And every day

Some go away

Or they find each other in the crowded streets and the guarded parks,

By the rusty fountains and the dusty trees with the battered barks,

And they walk together past upholstered walls with the crude remarks.

And they meet at parties through the friends of friends who they never

know.

"Do I pick you up or do I meet you there or shall we let it go?"

"Did you get my message? 'Cause I looked in vain."

"Can we see each other Tuesday if it doesn't rain?"

"Look, I'll call you in the morning or my service will explain."

And another hundred people just got off of the train.

And another hundred people just got off of the train,

And another hundred people just got off of the train.

Another hundred people just got off of the train.

Getting Married Today

CHOIRGIRL

Bless this day,

Pinnacle of life,

Husband joined to wife.

The heart leaps up to behold

This golden day.

PAUL

Today is for Amy,

Amy, I give you the rest of my life,

To cherish and to keep you, to honor you forever.

Today is for Amy,

My happily soon-to-be wife.

AMY

Pardon me, is everybody here? Because if everybody's here, I

want to thank you all for coming to the wedding, I'd appreciate

your going even more, I mean you must have lots of better things

to do, and not a word of this to Paul, remember Paul, you know,

the man I'm gonna marry, but I'm not, because I wouldn't ruin

anyone as wonderful as he is--

Thank you all

For the gifts and the flowers,

Thank you all,

Now it's back to the showers,

Don't tell Paul,

But I'm not getting married today.

CHOIRGIRL

Bless this day,

Tragedy of life,

Husband joined to wife.

The heart sinks down and feels dead

This dreadful day.

AMY

Listen, everybody, look, I don't know what you're waiting for,

a wedding, what's a wedding, it's a prehistoric ritual

where everybody promises fidelity forever, which is

maybe the most horrifying word I ever heard of, which is

followed by a honeymoon, where suddenly he'll realize he's

saddled with a nut, and wanna kill me, which he should--

Thanks a bunch,

But I'm not getting married--

Go have lunch,

'Cause I'm not getting married--

You've been grand,

But I'm not getting married--

Don't just stand there,

I'm not getting married--

And don't tell Paul,

But I'm not getting married today.

Go, can't you go?

Why is no-

Body listening?

Goodbye,

Go and cry

At another person's wake.

If you're quick,

For a kick,

You could pick

Up a christening,

But please,

On my knees,

There's a human life at stake!

Listen everybody, I'm afraid you didn't hear, or do you want to

see a crazy lady fall apart in front of you, it isn't only Paul

who may be ruining his life, you know we'll both of us be losing

our identities, I telephoned my analyst about it and he said to

see him Monday, but by Monday I'll be floating in the Hudson with

the other garbage--

I'm not well,

So I'm not getting married--

You've been swell,

But I'm not getting married--

Clear the hall,

'Cause I'm not getting married--

Thank you all,

But I'm not getting married--

And don't tell Paul,

But I'm not getting married today.

CHOIRGIRL

Bless this bride,

Totally insane,

Slipping down the drain.

And bless this day in our hearts

As it starts

To rain.

PAUL

AMY

Today is for

Go, can't you go? Amy,

Look, you know Amy,

I adore you all, I give you

But why The rest of

Watch me die My life,

Like Eliza on the ice? To cherish

Look, perhaps And to keep you,

I'll collapse To honor you

In the apse Forever,

Right before you all, Today is for Amy,

So take My happily

Back the cake, Soon-to-be

Burn the shoes and boil the rice. Wife,

Look, I didn't wanna have to My adorable

tell you, but I may be coming Wife.

down with Hepatitis, and I

think I'm gonna faint, so if

you wanna see me faint, I'll

do it happily, but wouldn't

it be funnier to go and watch

a funeral, so thank you for the

twenty-seven dinner plates,

thirty-seven butter knives,

forty-seven paperweights,

fifty-seven candleholders--

PAUL

One more thing--

AMY

I am not getting married!

CHOIR

Amen!

PAUL

Softly said--

AMY

But I'm not getting married!

CHOIR

Amen!

PAUL

With this ring--

AMY

Still I'm not getting married!

CHOIR

Amen!

PAUL

I thee wed.

AMY

See, I'm not getting married!

CHOIR

Amen!

PAUL: AMY:

Let us pray Let us pray

That we are getting married That I'm not getting married

Today! Today!

CHOIR

AMEN!!!

Side By Side By Side / What Would We Do Without You?

ROBERT

I mean, when you've got friends like mine…

Isn't it warm?

Isn't it rosy?

Side by side…

SARAH

He's such a cutie.

ROBERT

…by side.

SARAH

Isn't he a cutie?

ROBERT

Ports in a storm,

Comfy and cozy,

Side by side…

PETER

He never loses his cool.

ROBERT

…by side.

HARRY

I envy that.

ROBERT

Everything shines,

How sweet!

ROBERT, SARAH & HARRY

Side by side...

SUSAN

We're just so fond of him.

ROBERT

...by side.

Parallel lines

Who meet.

FRIENDS

Love him!

Can't get enough of him!

ROBERT

Everyone winks,

Nobody's nosy,

Side by side

JOANNE

He is just crazy about me.

ROBERT

...by side.

PAUL

He's a very tender guy.

ROBERT

You make the drinks

And I'll bring the posy

ROBERT, JOANNE, LARRY

Side by side...

LARRY

He's always there when you need him.

ROBERT

...by side.

One is lonely and two is boring,

Think what you can keep ignoring

Side…

AMY

He's my best friend...

ROBERT

…by side…

OTHERS

What?

AMY

I mean, apart from my husband.

ROBERT

…by side.

FRIENDS

Never a bother!

Seven times a godfather!

ALL

Year after year,

Older and older...

LARRY

It's amazing. We've gotten older every year and he seems to stay exactly the same.

ALL

Sharing a tear,

Lending a shoulder.

DAVID

You know what comes to my mind when I see him?

OTHERS

What?

DAVID

The Seagram's building. Isn't that funny?

ALL

Ain't we got fun?

No strain.

JOANNE

You know, sometimes I catch him looking and looking--and I just look right back.

ALL

Permanent sun,

No rain.

We're so crazy, he's so sane.

Friendship forbids

Anything bitter.

PAUL

You know, a person like Bob doesn't have the good things and he doesn't have the bad things, but he doesn't have the good things.

ALL

Being the kids

As well as the sitter--

HARRY

Let me make him a drink. He's the only guy I know I feel should drink more.

ROBERT

One's impossible, two is dreary,

Three is company, safe and cheery.

ALL

Side...

SARAH

He always looks like he's keeping score.

ALL

By side...

SARAH

Who's winning, Robert?

ALL

By side.

ROBERT

Here is the church,

Here is the steeple.

Open the doors

And see all the crazy married people.

FRIENDS

What would we do without you?

How would we ever get through?

Who would I complain to for hours?

Who'd bring me the flowers

When I have the flu?

Who'd finish yesterday's stew?

Who'd take the kids to the zoo?

Who is so dear, and who is so deep,

And who would keep her/him occupied when I want to sleep?

How would we ever get through?

What would we do without you?

How would we ever get through?

Should there be a marital squabble,

Available Bob'll

Be there with the glue.

Who could we open up to,

Secrets we keep from guess who?

Who is so safe, and who is so sound?

You never need an analyst with Bobby around!

How would we ever get through?

What would we do without you?

How would we ever get through?

Who sends anniversary wishes?

Who helps with the dishes

And never says boo?

Who changes subjects on cue?

Who cheers us up when we're blue?

Who is a flirt, but never a threat,

Reminds us of our birthdays which we always forget?

How would we ever get through?

What would we do without you?

How would we ever get--

How would we ever get--through?

What would we do without you?

ROBERT

Just what you usually do.

FRIENDS

Right!

You who sit with us,

You who share with us,

You who fit with us,

You who bear with us,

You-hoo, you-hoo,

You-hoo, you-hoo...

ROBERT

Okay now! Everybody!

ALL

Isn't it warm?

Isn't it rosy?

Side by side!

Ports in a storm,

Comfy and cozy,

Side by side!

Everything shines,

How sweet,

Side by side!

Parallel lines

Who meet,

Side by side!

Year after year,

Older and older,

Side by side!

Sharing a tear

And lending a shoulder,

Side by side!

One's impossible, two is gloomy,

Give another number to me,

Side by side by side by side

By side by side by side by side…

By side!

Poor Baby

SARAH

Darling?

HARRY

Yes?

SARAH

Robert?

HARRY

What?

SARAH

I worry.

HARRY

Why?

SARAH

He's all alone.

There's no one

HARRY

Where?

SARAH

In his life.

HARRY

Oh.

SARAH

Robert ought to have a woman.

Poor baby, all alone,

Evening after evening by the telephone.

We're the only tenderness he's ever known.

Poor baby!

JENNY

David?

DAVID

Yes?

JENNY

Robert?

DAVID

What?

JENNY

I worry.

DAVID

Why?

JENNY

It's such a waste.

There's no one

DAVID

Where?

JENNY

In his life.

DAVID

Oh.

JENNY

Robert ought to have a woman.

Poor baby, sitting there,

Staring at the walls and playing solitaire,

Making conversation with the empty air.

Poor baby!

SARAH

Robert...

JENNY

Bobby...

SARAH

Robert, angel...

JENNY

Bobby, honey...

SARAH

You know,

No one

Wants you to be happy

More than I do,

No one,

But isn't she a little bit, well,

You know,

Face it,

Why her?

Better,

No one

JENNY

...wants you to be happy

More than I do,

No one,

But--

SARAH & JENNY

Isn't she a little bit, well,

You know,

Face it

SUSAN

You know, no one

Wants you to be happy

More than I do

AMY & JOANNE

You know, no one

Wants you to be happy

More than I do,

No one,

But

ALL

Isn't she a little bit, well

Dumb?

Tacky?

Vulgar?

Old?

Tall?

Aggressive?

Where is she from?

Neurotic?

Peculiar?

And cheap?

She seems so dead.

She's tall enough to be your mother.

And gross?

Depressing?

She's very weird.

And immature?

Goliath!

Poor baby, all alone,

Throw a lonely dog a bone, it's still a bone.

We're the only tenderness he's ever known.

Poor baby!

Tick Tock

Barcelona

ROBERT

Where you going?

APRIL

Barcelona .

ROBERT

Oh.

APRIL

Don't get up.

ROBERT

Do you have to?

APRIL

Yes, I have to.

ROBERT

Oh.

APRIL

Don't get up.

Now you're angry.

ROBERT

No I'm not.

APRIL

Yes you are.

ROBERT

No I'm not.

Put your things down.

APRIL

See, you're angry.

ROBERT

No I'm not.

APRIL

Yes you are.

ROBERT

No I'm not.

Put your wings down

And stay.

APRIL

I'm leaving.

ROBERT

Why?

APRIL

To go to

ROBERT

Stay.

APRIL

I have to

APRIL & ROBERT

Fly

ROBERT

I know

APRIL & ROBERT

Barcelona .

ROBERT

Look, you're a very special girl,

Not just overnight.

No, you're a very special girl,

Not because you're bright

Not just because you're bright

You're just a very special girl,

June!

APRIL

April.

ROBERT

April.

APRIL

Thank you.

ROBERT

Whatcha thinking?

APRIL

Barcelona .

ROBERT

Oh.

APRIL

Flight eighteen.

ROBERT

Stay a minute.

APRIL

I would like to.

ROBERT

So?

APRIL

Don't be mean.

ROBERT

Stay a minute.

APRIL

No, I can't.

ROBERT

Yes, you can.

APRIL

No, I can't.

ROBERT

Where you going?

APRIL

Barcelona .

ROBERT

So you said.

APRIL

And Madrid .

ROBERT

Bon voyage.

APRIL

On a Boeing.

ROBERT

Goodnight.

APRIL

You're angry.

ROBERT

No.

APRIL

I've got to

ROBERT

Right.

APRIL

Report to

ROBERT

Go.

APRIL

That's not to

Say

That if I had my way

Oh well, I guess, okay.

ROBERT

What?

APRIL

I'll stay.

ROBERT

But

Oh, God!

The Ladies Who Lunch

JOANNE

I'd like to propose a toast...

Here's to the ladies who lunch

Everybody laugh.

Lounging in their caftans

And planning a brunch

On their own behalf.

Off to the gym,

Then to a fitting,

Claiming they're fat.

And looking grim,

'Cause they've been sitting

Choosing a hat.

Does anyone still wear a hat?

I'll drink to that.

And here's to the girls who stay smart

Aren't they a gas?

Rushing to their classes

In optical art,

Wishing it would pass.

Another long exhausting day,

Another thousand dollars,

A matinee, a Pinter play,

Perhaps a piece of Mahler's.

I'll drink to that.

And one for Mahler!

Here's to the girls who play wife

Aren't they too much?

Keeping house but clutching

A copy of Life,

Just to keep in touch.

The ones who follow the rules,

And meet themselves at the schools,

Too busy to know that they're fools.

Aren't they a gem?

I'll drink to them!

Let's all drink to them!

And here's to the girls who just watch

Aren't they the best?

When they get depressed,

It's a bottle of Scotch,

Plus a little jest.

Another chance to disapprove,

Another brilliant zinger,

Another reason not to move,

Another vodka stinger.

Aa~ah!

I'll drink to that.

So here's to the girls on the go

Everybody tries.

Look into their eyes,

And you'll see what they know:

Everybody di~ies.

A toast to that invincible bunch,

The dinosaurs surviving the crunch.

Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch

Everybody ri~ise!

Ri~ise!

Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise!

Ri~ise!

Being Alive

FRIENDS

Bobby... Bobby... Bobby baby...

Bobby bubbi... Robby... Robert darling...

Bobby, we've been trying to call you.

Bobby... Bobby... Bobby baby... Bobby bubbi...

Angel, I've got something to tell you.

Bob... Robbo... Bobby love... Bobby honey...

Bobby, we've been trying to reach you all day.

Bobby... Bobby... Bobby Baby... Angel... Darling...

The kids were asking

Bobby... Bobby... Robert... Robby... Bob-o...

Bobby, there was something we wanted to say.

The line was busy...

Bobby... Bobby bubbi...

Bobby fella... Bobby sweetie--

ROBERT

Stop!...

What do you get?

Someone to hold you too close,

Someone to hurt you too deep,

Someone to sit in your chair,

To ruin your sleep.

PAUL

That's true, but there's more to it than that.

SARAH

Is that all you think there is to it?

HARRY

You've got so many reasons for not being with someone, but Robert, you haven't got one good reason for being alone.

LARRY

Come on, you're on to something, Bobby. You're on to something.

ROBERT

Someone to need you too much,

Someone to know you too well,

Someone to pull you up short

And put you through hell.

DAVID

You see what you look for, you know.

JOANNE

You're not a kid anymore, Robby. I don't think you'll ever be a kid again, kiddo.

PETER

Hey, buddy, don't be afraid it won't be perfect. The only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be.

JENNY

Don't stop now. Keep going.

ROBERT

Someone you have to let in,

Someone whose feelings you spare,

Someone who, like it or not,

Will want you to share

A little, a lot.

SUSAN

And what does all that mean?

LARRY

Robert, how do you know so much about it when you've never been there?

HARRY

It's much better living it than looking at it, Robert.

PETER

Add 'em up, Bobby. Add 'em up.

ROBERT

Someone to crowd you with love,

Someone to force you to care,

Someone to make you come through,

Who'll always be there,

As frightened as you

Of being alive,

Being alive,

Being alive.

AMY

Blow out the candles, Robert,

And make a wish.

Want something!

ROBERT

Somebody, hold me too close,

Somebody, hurt me too deep,

Somebody, sit in my chair

And ruin my sleep

And make me aware

Of being alive,

Being alive.

Somebody, need me too much,

Somebody, know me too well,

Somebody, pull me up short

And put me through hell

And give me support

For being alive,

Make me alive.

Make me confused,

Mock me with praise,

Let me be used,

Vary my days.

But alone is alone, not ali~ive.

Somebody, crowd me with love,

Somebody, force me to care,

Somebody, make me come through,

I'll always be there,

As frightened as you,

To help us survive

Being alive,

Being alive!

Finale

ALL

We lo~ove you!

Phone rings,

Door chimes,

In comes

Company!

No strings,

Good times,

Just gems

Company!

Late nights,

Quick bites,

Party games,

Deep talks,

Long walks,

Telephone calls.

Thoughts shared,

Souls bared,

Private names,

All those

Photos

Up on the walls

"With love"

"With love" filling the days,

"With love" seventy ways,

"To Bobby with love"

From all these good and crazy people, your friends!

These good and crazy people, your married friends!

And that's what it's all about, isn't it?

That's what it's really about,

Really about!

Company!

(Love's some)

Company!

(Here's a)

Company!

(Love is)

Company!