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Zei Gezent / I Gotta Little Time / We Kiss - Scene 2 Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa

Hello Again (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)

1994

[GIRLS]
Zei gezent
Be well and happy
Zei gezent
Stay out of troubles way
I’ll tell you what you long to hear
When your ship sails home someday
But till then I’ll say
Zei Zei Zei gezent
[THE NURSE]
Hey where you takin’ me huh?
[THE SOLDIER]
To heaven
[THE NURSE]
They don’t let types like you in
[THE SOLDIER]
I’m shipping out tomorrow
Don’t you wanna give a lonely soldier
Something to remember you by?
[THE NURSE]
Ask that redhead in there
The one with the face
I’ve seen you dancing her around
[THE SOLDIER]
Hey you see everything huh?
[THE NURSE]
Yeah sure
We nurses see a lot
[THE SOLDIER]
Well help nurse, I’m wounded
[THE NURSE]
Hey not so fast
I got professional ethics you know
[THE SOLDIER]
I’ve been looking for you my whole life
[THE NURSE]
Me?
[THE SOLDIER]
I gotta little time
I gotta little itch
I gotta get that little itch scratched
And who’s gonna help me out?
I gotta make it fast
The time i’ve got to scratch my itch
May be my last
I gotta little war
My boat’s about to leave
Why wonder what we’re gonna do when
I gotta wad of dough
And the beers are all a dime
Baby want some chicken wings?
I gotta little time
I gotta little time
I gotta little gotta little gotta little
My daddy don’t care where I may be
My brother won’t come to look for me
My momma don’t know what she don’t see
Hey in Paris it’s the morning
In Berlin it’s almost noon
In Tokyo the Japs are smiling at tomorrow's moon
In just a little while the world’s gonna turn
And we got just a little time
To hop and shake and burn
Let’s burn
I gotta little time
I wanna be with you
I gotta have a little fun now
In Paris it’s the morning
In Berlin it’s almost noon
In Tokyo the Japs are smiling at tomorrow's moon
[THE NURSE]
Hey Sammy, look at the moon
[THE SOLDIER]
Yeah
I got a little time
[THE NURSE]
You got a little time
[BOTH]
We
[THE SOLDIER]
Jesus Christ almighty
[THE NURSE]
You coulda had that redhead in there
[THE SOLDIER]
Yeah, so what?
[THE NURSE]
She’d spend all your dough
[THE SOLDIER]
Yeah, I know
[THE NURSE]
You think I’m pretty?
[THE SOLDIER]
Yeah
[THE NURSE]
You really think I’m pretty?
[THE SOLDIER]
I don’t want to think
[THE NURSE]
I’m not sure
[THE SOLDIER]
Come on
[THE NURSE]
I think
[THE SOLDIER]
Come on
Come on
Come on
[Chorus]
We kiss
And the angels sigh
We kiss (we kiss)
And our troubles fly
[MAN]
There are so many newfangled ways of making love
That we could try
[Chorus]
Or we could kiss
And then say goodbye
[THE NURSE]
You’re gonna write me from Paris arentcha?
[THE SOLDIER]
Yeah, yeah
[THE NURSE]
Hey could you at least say that you like me?
[THE SOLDIER]
I told you I liked you
Please don’t talk
[THE NURSE]
Hey say you love me, Sammy
[THE SOLDIER]
I love you
Stop calling me Sammy
My name isn’t Sammy
[THE NURSE]
You said you were Sammy
[THE SOLDIER]
My name is Leslie
[THE NURSE]
I think
[THE SOLDIER]
Don’t think
[THE NURSE]
I want
I want
I want
[Chorus]
We kiss
And the heavens cry
We kiss (we kiss)
And the angels sigh
After trying the one or two ways of making love
We start to lie
Better to kiss
And then say
[THE NURSE]
Hey you gonna walk me home?
[THE SOLDIER]
Sure
Right now?
[THE NURSE]
Yeah
[THE SOLDIER]
I need a beer
[THE NURSE]
Stay with me
[THE SOLDIER]
You’re gonna get soaked
[THE NURSE]
You’re gonna make for that redhead
[THE SOLDIER]
And what if I do?
Look, I’m really pooped
And I gotta leave tomorrow and fight a war
So I need a beer
[THE NURSE]
I’ll wait
[THE SOLDIER]
Fine then
If you wanna wait out here in the rain you go ahead
I’m going in
I need a beer
[THE NURSE]
I love the rain
I’ll wait right here
Leslie baby
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Michael John LaChiusa

Michael John LaChiusa

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