This Time for Keeps Page #4

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for you yet.

Wait a minute.

Cugi. Cugi.

-Hello, Ferdi.

-I got the man of the year for you. Listen.

-All right to talk in front of her?.

-Sure.

I just discovered a baritone,

and he sings too.

-Are you sure she`s all right?.

-Sure. She works here.

Cugat, when this guy sings,

he gives a canary an inferiority complex.

He`s an ex-soldier, he`s a hero,

he`s handsome, he`s alluring...

...and women swoon at 1 0 paces.

You gotta give him a job.

-All of that and at liberty?.

-He just got out of the Army.

I`ve kept him undercover.

-Are you sure she`s all right?.

-Sure.

She looks like the type

that blabbers over back fences.

Anyway, take a look.

That`s him, dancing with Nora.

He`s good-looking,

but I already have a singer.

A mere woman.

Cugi, how about teaming them up?.

Just visualize the both of them

singing together in unison.

Why, they`d sound like a pair

of twittering lovebirds in season.

No, I need a Latin type.

Why, Cugat,

put a sombrero on his heed...

...a blanket over his shoulder,

a colored sash around his middle...

...and you`d swear he was born

south of Guatemala.

[PEOPLE APPLAUDlNG]

My boy, you`re in luck. Something

totally unexpected has transpired.

-Come with me.

-Where to?.

Don`t ask no questions, but you might have

to change your name from Dick to Jose.

-What`s going on, Gordon?.

-I don`t know.

-You promoted to bouncer too?.

-Gonna bounce you into the limelight.

Stop pushing me. Have you gone crazy?.

Don`t concern yourself

with petty problems.

Come on, l`m right behind you.

I have no idea, Nora.

You know I wouldn`t do anything

to upset you.

I know, Gordon,

but Ferdi is something else again.

[BAND PLAYlNG]

CUGAT:

Ladies and gentlemen...

...you are about to hear a song

by Mr. Richard Johnson...

...ex-soldier, ex-hero, exciting.

He will sing for you

""Why Don`t They Let Me Sing a Love Song.""

[SlNGlNG] To look at me

You`d think that everything was serene

But I`m as disillusioned as can be

He has a fine voice. He should go places.

I hope so.

-l`ll help him pack.

-I guess there`s no toujours l`amour

In me

Why don `t they let me sing a love song?

Why can `t I get myself a girl?

I`ve read Romeo and Juliet

From cover to cover

But still I`m far from a perfect lover

How long must I go on pretending?

My brain is always in a whirl

Laugh, clown, laugh

I know I fit the part

But even a clown

Can `t hide a broken heart

Why don `t they let me sing a love song?

Why can `t I get myself

A girl?

[CLOCK CHlMlNG]

[HUMMlNG]

[SlNGlNG ""GOD DAG,

I LYSERRQNNE TRAER""]

[DlCK SlNGlNG ""GOD DAG,

I LYSERRQNNE TRAER""]

[RlCHARD & DlCK SlNGlNG

""GOD DAG, I LYSERRQNNE TRAER""]

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