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The Original Broadway Cast Of 'Curtains'
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Coffee Shop Nights
Cioffi (spoken): Detectives have no opening night, Miss Harris. We make our entrance after the curtain has fallen on someone else's life.
It isn't wrong to be married to one's work, is it?
Ah, no. No, not at all. Sometimes it's no honeymoon. I love my job. (sung) I really do And if I say so myself I'm good at it too I catch the bad guys Well, most of the time So it's a good life A perfectly good life Not exactly sublime When I've finished my work And I crawl into bed I reflect as I turn out the lights That the day that's to come And the week that's ahead Will be lunch counter mornings And coffee shop nights Lunch counter mornings And coffee shop nights
Nikki (spoken): Well it's reassuring to have such a dependable schedule. Like matinees every Wednesday!
Or brisket and broad beans each Thurday!
With your friends!
Yeah, well (sung) I like my pals The guys on the force We're not very social They're all married, of course Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Sometimes we go bowling Or have a few beers So it's a fine life A perfectly fine life I'd give it … two cheers 'Cause sometimes I think At the end of the day As I read the last burglar his rights That the life that I lead Is a little bit gray With its lunch counter mornings And coffee shop nights Lunch counter mornings And coffee shop nights
Nikki (spoken): But your acting roles. Well don't they make for a change?
Oh, Miss Harris, each year from May 23rd to the 12th of June when I turn my life over to the Swallow Street Players, that's more than a vacation for me. That's an overture of hope! That's the curtain rising on the greatest joy of my life. But the rest of the year … (sung) The life that I lead That's a little bit gray There are plenty of low days And not many heights Mostly lunch counter mornings And coffee shop nights Lunch counter mornings And coffee shop nights (spoken) I don't mean to seem forward, but might I walk you home?
Oh, I'd be delighted! But, you said we're not allowed to leave.
Damn!
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