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(8 months ago)
Old Man Strong
Bobby! Bobby, reason with the woman. I'm a little short this morning.
Bobby
He's my Pa, Ms. Pennywise. Can't he come in for free? Just ...
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Old Man Strong
Bobby! Bobby, reason with the woman. I'm a little short this morning.
Bobby
He's my Pa, Ms. Pennywise. Can't he come in for free? Just this once?
Penny
Get your head out of the clouds, Bobby Strong. No one gets in for free.
Every morning you all come here. And every morning some of you got
reasons why ya ain't gonna pay. And I'm here to tell ya ya is gonna pay!
Old Man Strong
In the name of God, Penny, what difference could it make?
Penny
What difference?!
"Times are hard"
"Our cash is tight"
"You've got no right"
I've heard it all before
"Just this once"
Is once too much
Cause once they've onced
They'll want to once once more
I run the only toilet
In this part of town, you see
So, if you've got to go
You've got to go through me
It's a privilege to pee
Water's worth its weight
In gold these days
No more bathrooms
Like in olden days
You come here and pay a fee
For the privilege to pee
Twenty years we've had the drought
And our reservoirs have all dried up
I take my baths now in a coffee cup
I boil what's left of it for tea
And it's a privilege to pee
The politicians in their wisdom saw
That there should be a law
The politicians taxed the toilets
And made illegal
Public urination and defecation
So, come and give your coins to me
Write your name here in the record book
The authorities will want to look
If you've been regular with me
If you've paid the proper fee
For the privilege to pee
Bobby
But Ms. Pennywise -
Penny
I said no buts, Bobby. You're a sweet lookin' boy and I likes to keep
you around, but this main ain't comin' in without payin'. Not this time.
Old Man Strong
I can't wait much longer, Bobby. There's no tellin' what I might do!
Penny
You think you've got
Some kind of right?
The Poor
Kind of right, kind of right!
Penny
You think you'll come in here and go for free?
The Poor
Snag a freebie!
Penny
The only thing you'll get it "no" for free!
The Poor
Negatory!
Penny
I'm a business gal, you see
The Poor
Business gal you see!
Penny
I sell the
Privilege to pee! The Poor
It's a privilege to pee
Penny
The good Lord made us
So we'd piss each day
Until we piss away
The good Lord made sure
That what goes in men
Must soon come out again
So you're no different then
From lowly me
The Poor
Me
Lowly me
Lowly me
Lowly me
Lowly me!
Bobby
But, Ms. Pennywise -
Old Man Strong
That's enough, Bobby.
Penny
And I think I'll charge you twice
Old Man Strong
No need to jeopardize your position.
Penny
Or better yet, have you arrested
Old Man Strong
I'm through with all this, you see.
Penny
Since you prefer the law gets tested
Old Man Strong
Scrapin' cash three times a day
Penny
And in Urinetown you'll see
Old Man Strong
Crazy with the nitrates half the time
Penny
Why it's dumb to fight with me
Old Man Strong
It's no way to live, I tells ya. No way to live.
Penny
For the privilege to pee!
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dinoabbie liked a video
(8 months ago)
Hope
I see a river flowing for freedom
I see a river just in view
I see a river flowing for freedom
I see a river straight and true
Come to the river fl...
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Hope
I see a river flowing for freedom
I see a river just in view
I see a river flowing for freedom
I see a river straight and true
Come to the river flowing for justice
Come to the river rendezvous
Come to the river flowing for justice
All for the people, me and you
Lockstock
Well, as you guessed, Hope took over her father's business, instituting
a series of reforms which opened the public bathrooms to all the people,
to pee for free whenever they liked, as much as they liked, for as long
as they liked, with whomever they liked. The UGC was renamed, "The Bobby
Strong Memorial Toilet Authority" and was operated as a public trust for
the benefit of the people.
Little Becky Two Shoes
Sisters and brothers fight for the river
Hope
Fathers and mothers
Little Becky Two Shoes
Babies, too!
Hope and Little Becky Two Shoes
All in the family, push toward the river
Shove toward the river, why don't you?
All
Step in the river, wade in the river
Soak in the river through and through
Once in the river, you are the river
Friends on the shorelines, jump in too
Lockstock
Of course, it wasn't long before the water turned silty, brackish and
then disappeared altogether. As cruel as Caldwell B. Cladwell was, his
measures effectively regulated water consumption, sparing the town the
same fate as the phantom Urinetown. Hope chose to ignore the warning
signs, however, preferring to bask in the people's love for as long as
it lasted.
Little Sally
What kind of musical is this?! The good guys finally take over and then
everything starts falling apart.
Lockstock
Like I said, Little Sally. This isn't a happy musical.
Little Sally
But the music's so happy!
Lockstock
Yes, Little Sally. Yes it is.
Josephine
Such a fever. If only I had a cool, tall glass of water, maybe I'd have
a fighting chance.
Hope
But don't you see, Mrs. Strong? The glass of water's inside you, it
always has been.
Josephine
It has?
Hope
Of course it has. Don't you know what you are?
Josephine
A river?
Hope
That's right. We all are.
You are the river, I am the river
He is the river, she is too
Hope and Josephine
All are the river flowing for freedom
Flowing for justice, let's review
All
We see a river flowing for freedom
We see a river just in view
You see a river flowing for freedom
You see a river straight and true
Little Sally
I don't think too many people are going to come see this musical,
Officer Lockstock.
Lockstock
Why do you say that, Little Sally? Don't you think people want to be
told that their way of life is unsustainable?
Little Sally
That, and the title's awful.
Lockstock
I suppose you're right, Little Sally. I do suppose you're right.
Little Sally
Can't we do a happy musical next time?
Lockstock
If there is a next time I'm sure we can. Well, that's our story. Hope
eventually joined her father in a manner not quite so gentle. As for the
people of this town? They did as best they could. But they were prepared
for the world they inherited, weaned as they were on the legend born of
their founding father's scare tactics. For when the water dried up, they
recognized their town for the first time for what it really was. What it
was always waiting to be.
All
This is Urinetown!
Always it's been Urinetown!
This place, it's called Urinetown!
Lockstock
Hail Malthus!
All
Hail Malthus!
Lockstock
Thank you. And goodnight.
All
That was our show!
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