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[VELMA (to Roxie)]
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My sister and I had an act that couldn't flop
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My sister and I were headed straight fo the top
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My sister and I earned a thou a week at least
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Oh, sure!
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But my sistr is now, unfortunately, deceased
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Oh, I know it's sad, of course
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But a fact is still a fact
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And now all that remains
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Is the remains
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Of a perfect double act!
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[spoken]
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Roxie, do you know you are exactly the same
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size as my sister? Oh, you would fit in her wardrobe
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perfectly. Look, why don't I just show you some of
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the act, huh? Watch this.
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[VELMA dances]
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Now you have to imagine
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this with two people.
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It's swell with two people.
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First I'd...(drums!)
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Then she'd...(saxophone!)
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Then we'd...(together!)
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But I can't do it alone!
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Then she'd...
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Then I'd...
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Then we'...
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But I can't do it alone!
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She'd say,"What's your sister like?"
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I'd say, "Men,"
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Yuk, Yuk, yuk
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She'd say, "you're the cat's meow"
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Then we'd wow the crowd again
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When she'd go...
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I'd go...
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We'd go...
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And then those ding-dong daddies started to roar
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Whistled, stomped and stamped on the floor
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Yelling, sreaming, begging for more.
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[spoken]
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And we'd say, "O.K. fellas, keep your socks up.
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you ain't seen nothin' yet!"
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[VELMA dances]
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But I simply cannot do it alone!
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Well? What did ya' think? Come on, you can say.
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[ROXIE gives her a raspberry]
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O.K., O.K. The first part can always be rewritten.
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But the second part was really nifty. Watch this.
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Then she'd...(See, get it, right?)
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Then I'd...(Then I'd kick really high...)
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Then we'd...
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But I can't do it alone!
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She'd say, "What state's Chicago in?"
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I'd say, "ILL!"
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Did ya' get that?
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She'd say, "Turn your motor off"
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I can hear 'em cheerin' still
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When she'd go...
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I'd go...
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We'd go...(Sideways!)
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And then those two-bit Johnnies did it up brown
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To cheer the best attraction in town
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They nearly tore the balcony down
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[spoken]
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And we'd say. "O.K. fellas, O.K.,
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we're goin' home, but here's a few more partin' shots!"
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And this... this we did in perfect unison.
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[VELMA dances]
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Now, you've seen me goin' through it
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It may seem there's nothin' to it
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But I simply cannot do it
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Alone!
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[ROXIE turns her down]
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Like the deserted bride on her wedding night
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All alone and shaking with fright
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With her brand new hubby nowhere in sight
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I simply cannot do it alone
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I Can't Do It Alone
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Zeta Jones & Taye Diggs |