[Reporter]
Where‘d you come from?
[Billy Flynn]
Mississippi
[Reporter]
And your parents?
[Billy Flynn]
Very wealthy.
[Reporter]
Where are they now?
[Billy Flynn]
Six feet under.
But she was granted one more start
The convent of The Sacred Heart!
[Reporter]
When‘d you get here?
[Billy Flynn]
1920
[Reporter]
How old were you?
[Billy Flynn]
Don‘t remember
[Reporter]
Then what happened?
[Billy Flynn]
I met Amos
And he stole my heart away
Convinced me to elope one day
[Mary Sunshine]
Oh, poor girl, I can‘t believe what you‘ve been through. A convent girl, a
runaway marriage. Now tell us Roxie.
Who‘s Fred Casely?
[Billy Flynn]
My ex-boyfriend.
[Reporter]
Why‘d you shoot him?
[Billy Flynn]
I was leavin‘.
[Reporter]
Was he angry?
[Billy Flynn]
Like a madman
Still I said, Fred, move along.
She knew that she was doin‘ wrong.
[Reporter]
Then describe it.
[Billy Flynn]
He came toward me.
[Reporter]
With a pistol?
[Billy Flynn]
From my bureau.
[Reporter]
Did you fight him?
[Billy Flynn]
Like a tiger.
He had strength and she had none.
And yet we both reached for the gun
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both
Oh yes we both
Oh yes, we both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, we both reached for the gun
[All]
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
for the gun.
[Billy Flynn]
understandable. understandable
Yes, it‘s perfectly understandable
Comprehensible. Comprehensible
Not a bit reprehensible
It‘s so defensible!
[Reporter]
How‘re you feeling?
[Billy Flynn]
Very frightened
[Mary Sunshine]
Are you sorry?
[Roxie Hart]
Are you kidding?
[Reporter]
What‘s your statement?
[Billy Flynn]
All I‘d say is
Though my choo-choo jumped the track
I‘d give my life to bring him back
[Reporters]
And?
[Billy Flynn]
Stay away from
[Reporters]
What?
[Billy Flynn]
Jazz and liquor
[Reporters]
And?
[Billy Flynn]
And the men who
[Reporters]
What?
[Billy Flynn]
Play for fun
[Reporters]
And what?
[Billy Flynn]
That‘s the thought that
[Reporters]
Yeah
[Billy Flynn]
Came upon me
[Reporters]
When?
[Billy Flynn]
When we both reached for the gun!
[Billy Flynn and Mary Sunshine]
Understandable, understandable
Yes, it‘s perfectly understandable
Comprehensible, comprehensible
Not a bit reprehensible
It‘s so defensible!
[Reporters]
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
[Billy Flynn]
Let me hear it!
[Reporters]
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, they both reached
For the gun
For the gun
[Billy Flinn]
A little louder!
[Reporters]
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached
- Oh, yeah
For the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes. They both reached
For the gun
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun,the gun
[Billy Flynn]
Both reached for the...gun.