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!