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Country House Lyrics by Diana Rigg, Daniel Massey

Follies (Original London Cast Recording)

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[PHYLLIS, spoken]
Things could be better than they are
[BEN, spoken]
And whose fault is that?
[PHYLLIS, spoken]
Okay, I'll split it with you
I'll take half
Ben, it's not carved in marble
We can make adjustments
People do
[BEN, spoken]
Mmm hmm
[PHYLLIS]
How about a country house?
[BEN]
Fine
[PHYLLIS]
You want to get a country house?
[BEN]
If you like
[PHYLLIS]
What would you like?
[BEN]
No, a country house would be fine
[PHYLLIS]
Would you like one?
[BEN]
Sure, if that would make you happy
[PHYLLIS]
Swell
[BEN]
Whatever makes you happy—
[PHYLLIS]
Yes
Well...
[BEN]
Why not?
We'll get a country house
What kind?
[PHYLLIS]
Kind?
[BEN]
Whatever kind you have in mind
[PHYLLIS]
You choose
[BEN]
Look, it's your idea, a country house—
[PHYLLIS]
Oh, forget it
[BEN]
—And a good one
[PHYLLIS]
Oh
[BEN]
If that would make you happy
[PHYLLIS]
Happy
[BEN]
Comparatively happy
[PHYLLIS & BEN]
All right, where?
[BEN]
I don't care
[PHYLLIS]
That's not fair
[BEN]
Well, then, somewhere in the woods—
[PHYLLIS]
Somewhere by the sea—
[BEN]
By the sea, then
[PHYLLIS]
Don't agree just to agree
[BEN]
Look, it's all the same to me
[PHYLLIS]
Yes, I know
[BEN]
Meaning—?
[PHYLLIS]
Oh, let it go
[PHYLLIS & BEN]
Look, as long as we're together...
[BEN]
How about a trip abroad?
[PHYLLIS]
Let's
[BEN]
We haven't had a trip abroad in years
[PHYLLIS]
Not for ages
[BEN]
Take a ship abroad, get away—
[PHYLLIS]
Just the two of us
[BEN]
A chance to be together
[PHYLLIS]
That's the point
[PHYLLIS & BEN]
As long as it's together
[PHYLLIS]
It's what we need, a trip abroad
[BEN]
Where to?
[PHYLLIS]
To?
[BEN]
To London, Paris—?
[PHYLLIS]
Somewhere new
[BEN]
Up to you
[PHYLLIS]
'Round the world
[BEN]
No, really
[PHYLLIS]
'Round the world won't do?
[BEN]
Where?
[PHYLLIS]
Let's not get into that one again
[BEN]
If that would make you happy—
No, really. Fine
If that would make you happy
[PHYLLIS]
"If that would make me happy"
It just might
[PHYLLIS & BEN]
All right, when?
[PHYLLIS]
Name the day
[BEN]
Just not May
[PHYLLIS]
Why?
[BEN]
The meeting in Atlanta
June? July?
[PHYLLIS]
No, that's my benefit for ANTA
[BEN]
So—?
[PHYLLIS]
So—?
[BEN]
It's enough to lend your name
[PHYLLIS]
And you couldn't do the same?
[BEN]
It's my board—
[PHYLLIS]
Oh, dear Lord—
[BEN]
—And they can't be ignored
[PHYLLIS]
No, and you can't afford
To be bored with your Board
Can you?
[BEN, spoken]
Well, so much for travel
[PHYLLIS]
How about a friendly shrink?
[BEN]
What?
[PHYLLIS]
You want to see a friendly shrink?
[BEN]
Why me?
[PHYLLIS]
Us
[BEN]
I think I'd rather have another drink—
[PHYLLIS]
Okay, your turn
[BEN]
But if that would make you happy...
[PHYLLIS]
What?
[BEN]
Joke:
If a shrink would make you happy
[PHYLLIS]
Nice joke
How about a St. Bernard?
[BEN]
What?
[PHYLLIS]
We could adopt a St. Bernard
[BEN]
In New York?
Are you serious, a St. Bernard?
[PHYLLIS]
Or a child
[BEN, spoken]
Ah, the child
[PHYLLIS, spoken]
It's not too late, and it—
[BEN, spoken simultaneously]
I can remember a time when—
[PHYLLIS & BEN]
All right, why?
[PHYLLIS]
Why not?
[BEN]
Why now?
[PHYLLIS]
We need something we can share
[BEN]
We need air
[PHYLLIS]
We need something—
[BEN]
We need something if it's real
[PHYLLIS]
Maybe saying what we feel?
[BEN]
It's a deal
[PHYLLIS]
For a change
[BEN]
You go first
[PHYLLIS]
After you
[BEN]
I've got nothing to conceal
So there's nothing to reveal
[PHYLLIS, spoken]
Good. We're all set there, then. 
[BEN]
I could take a few days off
[PHYLLIS]
Maybe we could take a suite at the Waldorf...
[BEN]
Mm...
[PHYLLIS]
Just the two of us
Second honeymoon...
[BEN]
Should be better than the first
[PHYLLIS]
There are times when you can be a louse
[BEN]
The hell, let's get a house
Credits
Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg

Daniel Massey

Daniel Massey

About “Country House” by Diana Rigg

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