[MAN]
Here, kid—
Look, I brought you flowers
Green, red, blue
All things
Permanent and perfect for you, kid, you

I mean all things bright and beautiful
Everything forever—yours, kid
Everything forever all come true

[WOMAN]
All things bright and beautiful
Everything forever all come true

[MAN]
The war commences
The enemy awaits
In quivering expectancy
The poor defenses
The penetrable gates
How terrible to be a woman

The time is here
The game is there
The smell of fear
Like musk, pervades the air
The bugle sounding
The pistol steady
The blood is pounding
Take aim, and ready—
Bang!
Twenty minutes' small talk
Thirty at the most
Bang
Two or three
To pour the schnapps
Bang, bang, bang
Half a minute
To propose
The necessary toast

Bang!
The tunic opens
Bang
The trousers fall
Bang
The foe is helpless
Back against the wall
Bang
An hour and a quarter
Overall
And bang!

[WOMAN]
Twenty minutes to arrange those
Bloody awful flowers
[MAN]
Bang

[WOMAN]
Can I get away with more?

[MAN]
Bang, bang, bang

[WOMAN]
Then I have to brush my hair
And that could take me hours

[MAN]
Bang

[WOMAN]
A fit of vapors—

[MAN]
Bang

[WOMAN]
No, that's too quaint

[MAN]
Bang
[WOMAN]
A wracking cough
And then a graceful faint

[MAN]
Bang

[WOMAN]
A lengthy lecture

[MAN]
Bang

[WOMAN]
On self-restraint

[MAN]
Bang, bang!

[WOMAN]
Bang, bang
Bang, bang!

[MAN]
The battle rages

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
Whatever ground I gain
I fortify remorselessly

[WOMAN]
Bang, bang!

[MAN]
The foe engages

[WOMAN]
Bang!

[MAN]
By shifting the terrain
How pitiful to be a woman

[WOMAN]
Bang!

[MAN]
Attack

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
Retreat

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
Lay back

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
Reform

[WOMAN]
Bang, bang

[MAN]
Outflank

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
Deplete

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
Move up
And then restore

[WOMAN]
Bang, bang, bang, bang

[MAN]
The siege succeeding

[WOMAN]
Bang!

[MAN]
The time grows shorter

[WOMAN]
Bang!

[MAN]
She lies there pleading

[WOMAN]
Bang!

[MAN]
I give no quarter
Bang!
Foray at the elbow
Salvo at the knee!

[MAN & WOMAN]
Bang!

[MAN]
Fusillades at breast and thigh

[MAN & WOMAN]
Bang, bang, bang!

[MAN]
Then when she's exhausted
Bang
A fresh sortie

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
I taste the conquest

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
The taste is sweet

[WOMAN]
Bang, bang

[MAN]
She lays her arms down
Welcoming defeat

[WOMAN]
Bang, bang

[MAN]
Both sides content

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
Secure

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
Positions

[WOMAN]
Bang, bang, bang

[MAN]
All passion spent

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
Discuss

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
Conditions
How terrible

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
How pitiful

[WOMAN]
Bang

[MAN]
How glorious to be a woman

[WOMAN]
He is a peacock
I keep forgetting

[MAN]
The quarry senses
A momentary pang

[WOMAN]
It's all so foolish
Why am I sweating?

[MAN]
The war commences

[MAN, spoken]
Bang

[MAN]
Wait, kid—
Every minute flowers
Night, noon, day
Trust me
Anything you want, you just say, kid, say

You'll have all things bright and beautiful
Everything forever—ask me
Everything forever every day

[WOMAN]
All things bright and beautiful
Ben, can we go to Paris?

[WOMAN & MAN]
Ben, can we go to London? (Of course we can go to Paris)
All things bright and beautiful (Or London or Rio, you name it)

[WOMAN]
Ben, I get so excited
I hardly can breathe

Let them laugh
Just don't leave me
I'm all right
Just don't leave me again

[MAN & WOMAN]
Let them laugh (And we'll be together)
I won't leave you (Tomorrow)
I won't leave (And we'll be together)
Never ever again (On Monday)
You'll be mine, mine (And we'll be together)

[WOMAN & MAN]
Tomorrow and
Monday and
April and
Christmas and

Look, love
Everything is flowers

[WOMAN]
Red—

[MAN]
White—

[WOMAN]
Pink—

[MAN]
Green—

[WOMAN & MAN]
Blue
Soon, love
Everywhere I look will be you, love, you
And that's all things bright and beautiful
Everything forever—ours, kid
Everything we never did, we'll do

And we'll be together tomorrow
And we'll be together on Monday
And we'll be together on April
And Christmas
And next year
And always
And—