Rent The Musical - The Tango: Maureen

[Joanne]

The samples won't delay

But the cable --

[Mark]

There's another way

Say something -- anything

[Joanne (into the mike)]

Test -- one, two three --

[Mark]

Anything but that

[Joanne]

This is weird

[Mark]

It's weird

[Joanne]

Very weird

[Mark]

Fuckin' weird

[Joanne]

I'm so mad

That I don't know what to do

Fighting with microphones

Freezing down to my bones

And to top it all off

I'm with you

[Mark]

Feel like going insane?

Got a fire in your brain?

And you're thinking of drinking gasoline?

[Joanne]

As a matter of fact --

[Mark]

Honey, I know this act

It's called the 'Tango Maureen'

The Tango Maureen

It's a dark, dizzy merry-go-round

As she keeps you dangling

[Joanne]

You're wrong

[Mark]

Your heart she is mangling

[Joanne]

It's different with me

[Mark]

And you toss and you turn

'Cause her cold eyes can burn

Yet you yearn and you churn and rebound

[Joanne]

I think I know what you mean

[Both]

The Tango Maureen

[Mark]

Has she ever pouted her lips

And called you 'Pookie'

[Joanne]

Never

[Mark]

Have you ever doubted a kiss or two?

[Joanne]

This is spooky

Did you swoon when she walked through the door?

[Mark]

Every time -- so be cautious

[Joanne]

Did she moon over other boys --?

[Mark]

More than moon --

[Joanne]

I'm getting nauseous

[Mark]

Where'd you learn to tango?

[Joanne]

With the French Ambassador's daughter in her dorm

room at Miss Porter's. And you?

[Mark]

With Nanette Himmelfarb. The Rabbi's daughter at the

Scarsdale Jewish Community Center.

[They switch, and Joanne leads.]

It's hard to do this backwards.

[Joanne]

You should try it in heels!

She cheated

[Mark]

She cheated

[Joanne]

Maureen cheated

[Mark]

Fuckin' cheated

[Joanne]

I'm defeated

I should give up right now

[Mark]

Gotta look on the bright side

With all of your might

[Joanne]

I'd fall for her still anyhow

[Both]

When you're dancing her dance

You don't stand a chance

Her grip of romance

Make you fall

[Mark]

So you think, 'Might as well'

[Joanne]

"Dance a tango to hell"

[Both]

'At least I'll have tangoed at all'

The Tango Maureen

Gotta dance till your diva is through

You pretend to believe her

Cause in the end -- you can't leave her

But the end it will come

Still you have to play dumb

Till you're glum and you bum

And turn blue

[Mark]

Why do we love when she's mean?

[Joanne]

And she can be so obscene

[Joanne]

My Maureen (reverb: een, een, een...)

[Both]

The Tango Maureen!