We both reached for the gun

WE BOTH REACHED FOR THE GUN

MAMA
Mr. Flynn, the reporters are here.


BILLY
Let 'em in, Butch. Okay, Roxie, act like a dummy; you sit
on my lap and do all the talking.

MAMA
Mr. Billy Flynn sings the "Press Conference Rag" - notice
how his mouth never moves - almost.

REPORTERS
Where'd you come from?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
Mississippi

REPORTERS
And your parents?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
Very wealthy.

REPORTERS
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!

REPORTERS
When'd you get there?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
1920

REPORTERS
How old were you?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
Don't remember

REPORTERS
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.

REPORTERS
Who's Fred Casely?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
My ex-boy friend.

REPORTERS
Why'd you shoot him.

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
I was leavin'.

REPORTERS
Was he angry?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
Like a madman!
Still I said, "Fred, move along."

BILLY
She knew that she was doin' wrong

REPORTERS
Then describe it

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
He came toward me.

REPORTERS
With a pistol?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
From my bureau

REPORTERS
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 & REPORTERS
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!

REPORTERS
How you're feeling?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
Very frightened

REPORTERS
Are you sorry?

ROXIE
Are you kidding?

REPORTERS
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

REPORTERS
And?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
Stay away from

REPORTERS
What?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
Jazz and liquor

REPORTERS
And?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
And the man who

REPORTERS
What?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
Play for fun

REPORTERS
And what?

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
That's the thought that

REPORTERS
Yeah!

BILLY (AS ROXIE)
Came upon me

REPORTERS
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
REPORTERS

Let me

Hear it!











A little louder!









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
Oh yes, they both reached
For the gun
For the gun.



BILLY & REPORTERS
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

REPORTERS
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!"

FOURTH REPORTER
"Jazz And Liquor, Roxie's Downfall!"