Guys and Dolls Page #8

- I don't know what you are.

- You must think I'm something.

Yeah, you're something all buttoned up.

All except one button.

Oh, isn't it awful?

It's a nervous habit, I guess. So silly.

Oh, I'm sorry. I just wasn't thinking.

It's so delicious. That Bacardi flavouring

certainly makes a difference.

Oh, yeah. Nine times out of ten.

You know, this would be a wonderful way

to get children to drink milk.

A melody can have the same notes,

but suddenly it's a different song.

- Again, please?

- That song.

Before it was just romantic,

just silly slush.

But now it's playing inside of me,

all true and honest,

as if my heart were beating the drum.

How much do you know about life?

Only a little bit. Around the edges.

Tell me about life.

- All about it?

- How to live.

Doing what you want, having

what you want, saying what you want.

- Being what you want.

- Nobody can. Nobody does.

- If you could, you wouldn't want it.

- But you're wrong, Brother Sky.

- All right. You tell me about life.

- You don't believe I could. Don't you?

I believe I could. After all, it was you

that came to me for help, isn't that so?

Because you were unhappy.

What were you unhappy about, Sky?

- Well, I can't remember this minute.

- But you do remember that I failed you.

I was weighed in the balance

and found wanting.

Daniel 5:
27.

For that I am truly sorry.

But I intend to make it up to you.

I intend to give you

all the help you will ever require.

- You have given me a lot of help already.

- You don't think I remember, don't you?

But I do. Every word,

as if you were saying it now.

- What?

- About having a more...

personal help in mind.

But I gave you those silly old pamphlets,

as if they could take the place

of a truly personal help.

How can a sinner hope to be saved by an

hour of help when for the rest of the 24

- he must fight temptation alone?

- How indeed?

It's been done with people

who drink too much, you know.

Help day and night, night and day.

- Anywhere, anytime.

- That's a full-time job.

Well, you're a full-time sinner.

Maybe a little time off

for good behaviour?

Pal, you're not gonna

fight alone any more.

- What if it's against mission policies?

- Because I'm gonna be with you.

A one-woman mission

for the personal salvation of me?

Day and night, night and day.

Sister Sarah, why would you want to?

Whatever you do, wherever you go.

Why, Sister Sarah? Why?

- I wanna be with you.

- The world's full of souls

- closer to salvation than mine.

- Anytime, anywhere.

Easier to save

and much more worth saving.

You...

Please say something.

I've got to know what you're thinking.

I'm thinking...

It's time you had your dinner.

Still dizzy?

You won't believe me, but with my head

underwater I actually heard bells ringing.

I'll believe ya.

- Ask me how do I feel.

- How do you feel?

Ask me now that

we're cosy and clinging

Well, sir, all I can say

Is if I were a bell I'd be ringing

From the moment we kissed tonight

That's the way I've just got to behave

Boy, if I were a lamp I'd light

And if I were a banner I'd wave

Ask me how do I feel

Little me with my quiet upbringing

Well, sir, all I can say

Is if I were a gate I'd be swinging

And if I were a watch

I'd start poppin' my springs

Or if I were a bell

I'd go ding dong ding dong ding

Ask me how do I feel

From this chemistry lesson I'm learning

- Chemistry?

- Yeah, chemistry!

All I can say is if I were a bridge

I'd be burning

Yes, I knew my morale would crack

From the wonderful way that you looked

Boy, if I were a duck I'd quack

Or if I were a goose I'd be cooked

Ask me how do I feel

Ask me now that we're fondly caressing

Pal, if I were a salad

I know I'd be splashing my dressing

Ask me how to describe

this whole beautiful thing

Well, if I were a bell

I'd go ding dong ding dong

Ding

We just got time to catch

the last plane to New York.

People miss planes. It happens.

Yeah.

It also happens that people

win with loaded dice.

I know what I'm doing.

Do you, kid?

I don't.

Suddenly I'm playin'

by a whole new book of rules.

You make me feel as if I were

a dishonest horse race or something.

Look, the bells rang. They really rang.

They weren't magical bells for lovers,

full of rum and music

on a make-believe island.

They rang to tell us what time it is.

Shall we synchronise our watches?

Sarah, I know the night-time. I live in it.

It does funny things to you.

You must be trying to tell me

I'd hate myself in the morning.

I look as if I've been

in a fight or something.

You know, you're the most mixed-up man

- I've ever met in my life.

- Easily.

All that nonsense about night-time

and daytime and rule books and such.

Sarah...

You know why I brought you

here to Havana?

Because I made a bet that I could.

That's why I came to the mission,

to win a bet.

Why not? You're a gambler.

And, darling,

you are also a chump.

We're blocks from the mission.

Come on. A little walk will do you good.

What time is it?

It's dawn any minute.

What makes the light

so strange and white?

Because only in Times Square...

the dawn gets turned on by an electrician.

- Listen.

- What?

Footsteps.

Now is the time you can hear

footsteps on Broadway.

Cup of coffee?

Doughnut?

You remember that tune pretty well.

It keeps running through my heart.

It's got words, you know.

Something about "amor, amor", I'll bet.

It's about you.

About you right now.

Your eyes are the eyes

Of a woman in love

And oh how they give you away

Why try to deny

You're a woman in love

When I know very well

What I say

I say no moon in the sky

Ever lent such a glow

Some flame deep within

Made them shine

Those eyes are the eyes

Of a woman in love

And may they gaze

Ever more into mine

Tenderly gaze

Ever more

Into mine

And what about you?

It's got you too

Your eyes are the eyes

Of a man who's in love

That same flame deep within

Made them shine

Your eyes are the eyes

- Of a man who's in love

- Woman in love

And may they gaze

Ever more

Into mine

Crazily gaze

Ever more

Into mine

Uncle Arvide!

- Where have you been?

- Good morning, Sarah.

Morning, Brother Sky.

Well, we took your advice.

We've been out all night

on a crusade against the devil.

Come on, fellas. The cops!

Come on, guys, let's get outta here.

- Nathan, what is this?

- Bingo!

Wait a minute. Where y'all goin'?

I'm out ten Gs.

It's no use. They were tipped off.

I suppose you can explain all this,

Miss Brown?

Explain? Explain what?

I guess it was just a coincidence that the

mission was open and empty all night

while everybody suddenly

took off on an all-night crusade.

But you yourself didn't go on the crusade

and you weren't here.

Now, maybe that's two coincidences.

Masterson, I had you in my big-time book.

Now I suppose I'll have to reclassify you -

under "shills and decoys".

You certainly do know the night-time,

don't you, and the funny things it does.

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