ROXIE(Spoken) ...Gone, itīs all gone.
(Singing) Itīs good, isnīt it? Grand, isnīt it? Great, isnīt it? Swell, isnīt it? Fun, isnīt it? Nowadays
Thereīs men, everywhere Jazz, everywhere Booze, everywhere Life. everywhere Joy, everywhere Nowadyas
You can like the life youīre livinī You can live the life you like You can even marry Harry But mess around wiht Ike And thatīs Good, isnīt it? Grand, isnīt it? Great, isnīt it? Swell, isnīt it? Fun, isnīt it...
ANNOUNCER(Spoken) Ladies and gentlemen, the Vickers Theatre, Chicagoīs finest finest home of famile entertainment, is proud to announce a first. The first time, anywhere, there has been an act of this nature. Not only one little lady but two! Youīve read about them in the papers and now here they are- a double header! Chicagoīs own killer dillers- those two scintillating sinners- Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly.
ROXIE AND VELMA You can like the life youīre livinī You can live the life you like You can even marry Harry But mess around wiht Ike And thatīs Good, isnīt it? Grand, isnīt it? Great, isnīt it? Swell, isnīt it? Fun, isnīt it? But nothing stays
In fifty years or so Itīs gonna change, you know But, oh, itīs heaven Nowadays
ANNOUNCER Okay, you babes of jazz. Letīs pick up the pace. Letīs shake the blues away. Letīs make the parties longer. Letīs make the skirts shorter and shorter. Letīs make the music hotter. Letīs go to hell in a fast car and KEEP IT HOT! |