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We Both Reached for the Gun

Gwen Verdon

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We Both Reached for the Gun

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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Marcia Lewis

Stimme und Gesang

James Naughton

Stimme und Gesang

Ann Reinking

Stimme und Gesang

D. Sabella

Stimme und Gesang

Ensemble - Broadway Cast of Chicago The Musical (1997)

Ensemble - Broadway Cast of Chicago The Musical (1997)

Künstler:in

Rob Fisher

Dirigent:in

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

John Kander

Komponist:in

Fred Ebb

Texte

Bob Fosse

Buch

PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK

Jay David Saks

Produzent:in

James Nichols

Aufnahmeingenieur:in

Paul J. Falcone

Paul J. Falcone

Ingenieurassistent:in

Mark Johnson

Ingenieurassistent:in

Chris Hilt

Ingenieurassistent:in

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Mr Flynn, the reporters are here

Let 'em in, butch

Okay, Roxy, act like a dummy

You sit on my lap and I'll do all the talkin'

[Verse 2]

Mr. Billy Flynn in the press conference rag

Notice how his mouth never moves, almost

[Verse 3]

Where'd you come from?

Mississippi

And your parents?

Very wealthy

Where are they now?

Six feet under

But she was granted one more start

The Convent of The Sacred Heart

[Verse 4]

When'd you get here?

1920

How old were you?

Don't remember

Then what happened?

I met Amos

And he stole my heart away

Convinced me to elope one day

[Verse 5]

A convent girl, a runaway marriage

Oh, it's too terrible, you poor, poor dear

[Verse 6]

Who's Fred Casely?

My ex-boyfriend

Why'd you shoot him?

I was leavin'

Was he angry?

Like a madman

Still I said, "Fred, move along."

She knew that she was doin' wrong

[Verse 7]

Then describe it

He came toward me

With a pistol?

From my bureau

Did you fight him?

Like a tiger

He had strength and she had none

And yet we both reached for the gun

[Verse 8]

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

[Verse 9]

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

[Verse 10]

Understandable, understandable

Yes, it's perfectly understandable

Comprehensible, comprehensible

Not a bit reprehensible

It's so defensible

[Verse 11]

How're you feeling?

Very frightened

Are you sorry?

Are you kiddin'?

What's your statement?

All I'd say is

Though my choo-choo jumped the track

I'd give my life to bring him back

[Verse 12]

And?

Stay away from

What?

Jazz and liquor

And?

And the men who

What?

Play for fun

And what?

That's the thought that

Yeah

Came upon me

When?

When we both reached for the gun

[Verse 13]

Understandable, understandable

Yes, it's perfectly understandable

Comprehensible, comprehensible

Not a bit reprehensible

It's so defensible

[Verse 14]

Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes, they both

Oh, yes, they both

Oh, yes, they both reached for

(Let me Hear it)

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

Oh, yes, they both reached for the gun

For the gun

[Verse 15]

(A little louder)

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

(Now you got it)

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

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

[Verse 16]

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, the gun)

(Both reached for the gun)

Written by: Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb, John Kander

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