What Would I Do

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MARVIN

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?

Who would I be

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

WHIZZER

Do you regret--?

MARVIN

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

We're 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...

MARVIN

No simple answers

But what would I do

If you had not been

My friend?

My friend

My friend

[Whizzer exits and the rest of the cast enters]

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