Musical Dialogue and Song Lyrics

Hello, Dolly.

Well, hello there.

Dolly, it's so nice to have you back where you

belong.

My, it's been a long, long time.

And it, it seems like it was only yesterday.

Gee, ain't it funny how time slips away?

Yes, yes.

Mm.

Like the beat, beat, beat of the tom-tom.

When the jungle shadows fall.

Or the tick, tick, tock of the stately clock.

As it stands against the wall.

Ah, memories, memories light the corners of my

mind.

Misty, water-colored memories of the way we were.

Well, you put 'em together, what do you got? Bippity boppity boo.

Listen, Dolly, do you wanna know a secret?

Do I wanna know a secret?

I'm in love. Ah.

Yeah?

I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with a wonderful guy.

Oh, but they say falling in love is wonderful.

It is wonderful.

So they say.

I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still.

Do-ron, ron, ron, da-do-ron, ron.

Right. I, I fell for the leader of the pack

and my folks were

always putting him down.

Down?

Down.

Well, they said he came from the wrong side of

town.

I know, but that's life, you know? I mean, that's what people say.

You're riding high in April and you're shot down in May.

You know, there must be some truth to that because I have been a poet, a puppet,

a

pirate, a pauper, a pawn, and a king.

Hey, I've been up, down, over, and out and I know one thing,

I'm back in the saddle again.

Uh-huh.

And that's the way uh-huh-

Uh-huh

... I like it.

But Cher, everybody's going out and having fun.

I'm a fool for staying home and having none.

I just, I just can't get over how he set me free.

Oh, lonesome me.

Dolly, you make me so angry. I mean, you've got personality.

Eh.

You walk with personality, you talk with personality, you

smile with personality, you charm with personality and, Dolly,

you've got

great big heart.

You know, Cher, it don't seem to make much difference

if that is true because

my D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today and of

course me and little J-O-E will, we'll be going away.

Aw, twit, twit, tootsie, don't cry.

Look, it's my party and I'll cry if I want to.

I'll cry if I want to.

Cry if you want to.

Because plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh, what a relief

it is. You know, since my baby left me, well, I found a new place to

dwell.

Oh, down at the end of Lonely Street?

Yeah, at Heartbreak Hotel.

Well, Doll, when all is said and done,

you've got a friend.

Winter, spring, summer, or fall?

All you gotta do is call.

And you'll be there?

Yes.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I got you, babe.

I got you, babe.