We both reached for the gun

Voiceover:

Mr. Billy Flynn and the press conference riot. Notice how his mouth never moves, almost

Reporters: Where'd you come from?

Billy (as Roxie): Mississippi

Reporters: And your parents?

Billy (as Roxie): Very wealthy.

Reporters: Where are they now?

Billy (as Roxie): Six feet under.

Billy:

But she was granted one more start

Billy (as Roxie):

The Convent of the Sacred Heart!

Reporters: When'd you get here?

Billy (as Roxie): 1920

Reporters: How old were you?

Billy (as Roxie): Don't remember

Reporters: Then what happened?

Billy (as Roxie):

I met Amos

And he stole my heart away

Convinced (conduced) me to elope one day

Mary Sunshine:

Oh the poor girl,

I can’t believe what you’ve been through.

A convent girl! A run-away marriage!

Now tell us, Roxie.

Who's Fred Casely?

Billy (as Roxie): My ex-boyfriend.

Reporters: Why'd you shoot him?

Billy (as Roxie): I was leavin'.

Reporters: Was he angry?

Billy (as Roxie): Like a madman

Still I said, Fred, move along.

Billy:

She knew that she was doin' wrong.

Reporters: Then describe it.

Billy (as Roxie): He came toward me.

Reporters: With a pistol?

Billy (as Roxie): From my bureau

Reporters: Did you fight him?

Billy (as Roxie): Like a tiger.

Billy:

He had strength and she had none.

Billy (as Roxie):

And yet we both reached for the gun

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both

Oh yes we both

Oh yes, we both reached for

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

Oh yes, we both reached for the gun

For the gun.

Billy and reporters:

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both

Oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both reached for

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,

Oh yes, they both reached for the gun

For the gun.

Billy:

Understandable, understandable

Yes, it's perfectly understandable

Comprehensible, comprehensible

Not a bit reprehensible

It's so defensible!

Reporters: How're you feeling?

Billy (as Roxie): Very frightened

Reporters: Are you sorry?

Roxie: Are you kidding?

Reporters: What's your statement?

Billy (as Roxie):

All I'd say is

Though my choo-choo jump the track

I'd give my life to bring him back

Reporters: And?

Billy (as Roxie): Stay away from

Reporters: What?

Billy (as Roxie): Jazz and liquor

Reporters: And?

Billy (as Roxie): And the men who

Reporters: What?

Billy (as Roxie): Play for fun

Reporters: And what?

Billy (as Roxie): That's the thought that

Reporters: Yeah

Billy (as Roxie): Came upon me

Reporters: When?

Billy (as Roxie):

When we both reached for the gun!

Mary Sunshine:

Understandable, understandable

Billy and Mary Sunshine:

Yes, it's perfectly understandable

Comprehensible, comprehensible

Not a bit reprehensible

It's so defensible!

Reporters:

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both reached for

Billy: Let me hear it

Reporters:

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

Oh yes, they both reached

For the gun

For the gun.

Billy: A little louder!

Reporters:

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both reached

For the gun, the gun,

Billy: Oh yes

Reporters:

The gun,the gun

Oh yes. they both reached

For the gun

For the gun.

Billy: Now you got it!

Billy and reporters:

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both reached for

The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun

Oh yes, they both reached for the gun.

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both

Oh yes, reached for

The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun

The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun

The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun

The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun.

Billy:

Both reached for the...gun

Reporters:

The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun

The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun

The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun

The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun

Both reached for the gun.