Tango: Maureen - Rent

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• published: 19 Jan 2009
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I have always wanted to learn how to do this dance it would be amazing to learn __________________________________________lyrics________________________________________ The samples won't delay But the cable -- [MARK] There's another way Say something -- anything [JOANNE (into the mike)] Test -- one, two three -- [MARK] Anything but that [JOANNE] This is weird [MARK] It's weird [JOANNE] Very weird [MARK] Fuckin' weird [JOANNE] I'm so mad That I don't know what to do Fighting with microphones Freezing down to my bones And to top it all off I'm with you [MARK] Feel like going insane? Got a fire in your brain? And you're thinking of drinking gasoline? [JOANNE] As a matter of fact -- [MARK] Honey, I know this act It's called the 'Tango Maureen' The Tango Maureen It's a dark, dizzy merry-go-round As she keeps you dangling [JOANNE] You're wrong [MARK] Your heart she is mangling [JOANNE] It's different with me [MARK] And you toss and you turn 'Cause her cold eyes can burn Yet you yearn and you churn and rebound [JOANNE] I think I know what you mean [BOTH] The Tango Maureen [MARK] Has she ever pouted her lips And called you 'Pookie' [JOANNE] Never [MARK] Have you ever doubted a kiss or two? [JOANNE] This is spooky Did you swoon when she walked through the door? [MARK] Every time -- so be cautious [JOANNE] Did she moon over other boys --? [MARK] More than moon -- [JOANNE] I'm getting nauseous [They begin to dance, with MARK leading.] [MARK] Where'd you learn to tango? [JOANNE] With the French Ambassador's daughter in her dorm room at Miss Porter's. And you? [MARK] With Nanette Himmelfarb. The Rabbi's daughter at the Scarsdale Jewish Community Center. [They switch, and JOANNE leads.] It's hard to do this backwards. [JOANNE] You should try it in heels! She cheated [MARK] She cheated [JOANNE] Maureen cheated [MARK] Fuckin' cheated [JOANNE] I'm defeated I should give up right now [MARK] Gotta look on the bright side With all of your might [JOANNE] I'd fall for her still anyhow [BOTH] When you're dancing her dance You don't stand a chance Her grip of romance Make you fall [MARK] So you think, 'Might as well' [JOANNE] "Dance a tango to hell" [BOTH] 'At least I'll have tangoed at all' The Tango Maureen Gotta dance till your diva is through You pretend to believe her Cause in the end -- you can't leave her But the end it will come Still you have to play dumb Till you're glum and you bum And turn blue [MARK] Why do we love when she's mean? [JOANNE] And she can be so obscene [MARK] Try the mike [JOANNE] My Maureen (reverb: een, een, een...) [MARK] Patched [JOANNE] Thanks [MARK] You know -- I feel great now! [JOANNE] I feel lousy [The pay phone rings. MARK hands it to JOANNE.] Honey, we're... [pause] Pookie?! You never call me Pookie... Forget it, we're patched. [She hangs up, looks at MARK.] [BOTH] The Tango Maureen!