(Mary Dee's Office)
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WOMEN'S CHORUS (office staff)
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Working women at the top,
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Will it ever stop?
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Papers piling up and up.
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Days go by like Monday, Tuesday:
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Work until we drop!
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All the time looking great,
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Running late,
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In a state, losing weight,
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Running late again
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And again.
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MARY DEE
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Let me have the letter that you typed up yesterday.
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Did Mr. Fisher send the fax to LA?
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Make sure the flowers don't arrive too late
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And cancel my appointment at the Squash Club.
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WOMEN'S CHORUS
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What club?
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MARY DEE
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Squash Club.
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WOMEN'S CHORUS
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Working women on the go,
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Will they ever know
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What it takes to run the show?
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Days go by like lightning,
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Will it ever slow?
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Half the time feeling dead,
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Over-fed,
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Aching head,
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Miss my bed.
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Over-fed again And again.
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MARY DEE
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Did they ever pick up the accountant's resume?
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Make sure the car arrives in time for the plane.
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Get me the details of the takeover bid
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And write another letter to the Minister.
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WOMEN'S CHORUS
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Minister?
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MARY DEE
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The Minister of love.
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WOMEN'S CHORUS
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Love.
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(La)
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MARY DEE
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Where's the time for standing still?
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WOMEN'S CHORUS
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Holding hands and walking free.
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MARY DEE
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Where's the time for you...
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MARY DEE and WOMEN'S CHORUS
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And me?
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MARY DEE
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Did I sign the letter that you typed up yesterday?
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Is Mr. Fisher on the flight to LA?
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He's got the details of the takeover bid
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And I'll be in a meeting with the Minister.
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WOMEN'S CHORUS
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Minister, Minister of love.
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Love.
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MARY DEE
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Feeling confusion,
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Fear of intrusion,
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Frightened of losing my mind.
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Dreams of the future,
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Thoughts of myself left behind.
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WOMEN'S CHORUS
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Working women at the top.
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MARY DEE
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Will I ever stop?
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Orders piling up and up.
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WOMEN'S CHORUS
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Days go by like Thursday, Friday.
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MARY DEE
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Always on the go.
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Part of myself lives inside.
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(Shanty's office)
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MEN'S CHORUS
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When you ask a working man,
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'Does he ever stop?'
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Will he make it to the top?
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Should he take a break on Sunday?
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Work until he drop.
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SHANTY
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My early days in school required
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A lot of concentration
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I was finding out.
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But now in later years I find
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My colleagues here are more inclined
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To mess about.
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My wife at home
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Would surely never understand
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If I so much as look at someone else
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MEN'S CHORUS
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If men had been the faithful sort
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It surely would have changed the course of history.
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Don't ask me who the first man was
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That dared to take a mistress,
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It's a mystery.
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Your wife at home
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Would surely have to understand
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If you were ever seen with someone else.
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MR. DINGLE
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Oh, no she won't!
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MEN'S CHORUS
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You wouldn't dare!
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SHANTY
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Oh, yes I would!
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MR, DINGLE
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Oh, no you don't!
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MEN'S CHORUS
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All things matrimonial
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Carry with them certain responsibilities.
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SHANTY and MR. DINGLE
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(Ah)
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Carry with them certain responsibilities.
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MR. DINGLE
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Let's find ourselves a little hostelry
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Where you can sit and have a drink on me.
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We'll get a chance
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To talk about anyone who bothers us.
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There's so much more to life than meets the eye,
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It's quite enough to make a throat feel dry.
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So let's repair
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To where no-one else would dare to bother us.
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Let's have a drink
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While we think what to do.
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And while we think,
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I'll accept a little drink from you.
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If everybody took a serious view of life,
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We all would feel the same as you.
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But, as it is,
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We don't, so it isn't gonna bother us.
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Let's have a drink
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While we think what to do.
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And while we think,
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I'll accept a little drink from you.
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MARY DEE
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Part of myself grows inside.
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Movement VI - Work
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Paul McCartney |