MRS. LOVETT: Seems a downright shame... TODD: Shame? LOVETT: Seems an awful waste... Such a nice, plump frame Wots is name has.. Had... Has! Nor it cant be traced... Busness needs a lift, Debts to be erased... Think of it as thrift, As a gift, If you get my drift! Seems an awful waste... I mean, with the price of meat What it is, When you get it, If you get it... TODD: HAH! LOVETT: Good, you got it! Take, for instance, Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop! Busness never better using only pussycats and toast! And a pussys good for maybe six or seven at the most! And Im sure they cant compare as far as taste! TODD: Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion LOVETT: Well, it does seem a waste... TODD: Eminently practical And yet appropriate as always! LOVETT: Its an idea... TODD: Mrs. Lovett, how Ive lived Without you all these years, Ill never know! How delectable! Also undetectable! LOVETT: Think about it! Lots of other gentlemenll Soon be comin for a shave, Wont they? Think of All them Pies! TODD: How choice! How Rare! TODD: For whats the sound of the world out there? LOVETT: What, Mr. Todd? What, Mr. Todd? What is that sound? TODD: Those crunching noises pervading the air! LOVETT: Yes, Mr. Todd! Yes, Mr. Todd! Yes, all around! TODD: Its man devouring man, my dear! BOTH: And [LOVETT: Then] who are we to deny it in here? TODD: These are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for! LOVETT: Here we are, now! Hot out of the oven! TODD: What is that? LOVETT: Its priest. Have a little priest. TODD: Is it really good? LOVETT: Sir, its too good, at least! Then again, they dont commit sins of the flesh, So its pretty fresh. TODD: Awful lot of fat. LOVETT: Only where it sat. TODD: Havent you got poet, or something like that? LOVETT: No, ysee, the trouble with poet is Ow do you know its deceased? Try the priest! LOVETT: Lawyers rather nice. TODD: If its for a price. LOVETT: Order something else, though, to follow, Since no one should swallow it twice! TODD: Anithing thats lean. LOVETT: Well, then, if youre British and loyal, You might enjoy Royal Marine! Anyway, its clean. Though of course, it tastes of wherever its been! TODD: Is that squire, On the fire? LOVETT: Mercy no, sir, look closer, Youll notice its grocer! TODD: Looks thicker, More like vicar! LOVETT: No, it has to be grocer -- Its green! TODD: The history of the world, my love -- LOVETT: Save a lot of graves, Do a lot of relatives favors! TODD: Is those below serving those up above! LOVETT: Evrybody shaves, So there should be plenty of flavors! TODD: How gratifying for once to know BOTH: That those above will serve those down below! TODD: What is that? LOVETT: Its fop. Finest in the shop. And we have some shepherds pie peppered With actual shepherd on top! And Ive just begun -- Heres the politician, so oily Its served with a doily, Have one! TODD: Put it on a bun. Well, you never know if its going to run! LOVETT: Try the friar, Fried, its drier! TODD: No, the clergy is really Too coarse and too mealy! LOVETT: Then actor, Thats compacter! TODD: Yes, and always arrives overdone! Ill come again when you have JUDGE on the menu! TODD: Have charity towards the world, my pet! LOVETT: Yes, yes, I know, my love! TODD: Well take the customers that we can get! LOVETT: High-born and low, my love! TODD: Well not discriminate great from small! No, well serve anyone, Meaning anyone, BOTH: And to anyone At all! https://youtube/watch?v=atSbk0vLuRw
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:48:30 +0000