The Road 1 (Part 2)

Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Music: Stephen Sondheim MARIANNE Face it, are we not blessed! If it isn't the sun, it's the birdsong. If it isn't the air, it's the view. Claudia's phone rings I'm completely undone By the endless abundance of life, Aren't you? CLAUDIA (Barking into her phone)Yes, what?! MARIANNE Don't we all feel blessed! CLAUDIA (Into phone)Tell ABC to screw themselves! MARIANNE Blessed with health — Blessed with friends — RAFFAEL Blessed with Shakespeare — PAUL Teslas — CLAUDIA Honey — LEO Blessed with boobies — MARIANNE Very funny. FRITZ Blessed with tons and tons of — CLAUDIA We get it, Fritzie. FRITZ Fritz. CLAUDIA Sorry. Remember when she was "Frances"? MARIANNE O, how I miss those days. PAUL (Sotto voce, to RAFFAEL )(Is there any news from "Abdul"?) RAFFAEL (Sotto voce, to PAUL )(Not now.) CLAUDIA 's phone rings. CLAUDIA Now what? PAUL (What's wrong?) MARIANNE That sky — ! CLAUDIA (Into phone)What now?! PAUL (Are there problems with the shipment?) RAFFAEL (Could be.) CLAUDIA (Into phone)Fat chance! MARIANNE What luck! PAUL (What if — ?) MARIANNE Such bliss — ! LEO (Will you relax?) MARIANNE Buy this day for me, darling, Buy this perfect day. Put it on display, Let it stay Just this way Forever. MARIANNE , PAUL , RAFFAEL Yes, buy this day for us, Leo, Buy this perfect day. CLAUDIA (Into phone)Hold on... MARIANNE , PAUL , CLAUDIA , RAFFAEL Keep it on display, Let it stay Just this way Forever. CLAUDIA (Into phone)Go ahead... MARIANNE I found you a credenza for your Embassy. RAFFAEL Never mind credenzas. MARIANNE And a vintage Aubusson that's darling. RAFFAEL Darling — I have to have you... MARIANNE Raffi, what are you saying — ? RAFFAEL I'm saying I have to have you. "La vidida ay estada el tidada!" It's an old Morandan proverb. MARIANNE Well, it's lovely. RAFFAEL La vidida — MARIANNE Listen, everybody — ! Say it, Raffi, once again. Listen, people! RAFFAEL La vidida ay estada el tidada. MARIANNE Don't you love it? La vidida ay estada el tidada. PAUL La vidida ay estada el tidada. ALL EXCEPT FRITZ La vidida ay estada el tidada! MARIANNE It just flows... ALL EXCEPT FRITZ La vidida ay estada el tidada! CLAUDIA Meaning what? RAFFAEL "Life's a tit! Suck it up!" ALL EXCEPT FRITZ La vidida ay estada el tidada! La vidida ay estada el tidada! La vidida ay estada el tidada! FRITZ Jesus Christ... MARIANNE Now what?