Hello Again - Scene 1

[THE WHORE]
You
You
Hey there
Where you goin’ soldier?

[THE SOLDIER]
Who me?

[THE WHORE]
Look here
Don’t you know my face?

[THE SOLDIER]
No

[THE WHORE]
You there
Come and tell your sweetheart
Where you been
It don’t matter
Hello again

[THE SOLDIER]
No thanks
I got no time
And I gotta get back to the barracks

[THE WHORE]
You could join me by the river

[THE SOLDIER]
Dontcha got a room somewhere?

[THE WHORE]
Trust me
It’s the perfect place

[THE SOLDIER]
Smells like the sewer here

[THE WHORE]
I’ve been searching high and low
For you but then
What does it matter?
Hello again

[THE SOLDIER]
I said I got no time
And I got no cash
Can’t pay for it anyhow

[THE WHORE]
Who mentioned money?
Who mentioned pay?
Guys I like don’t have to pay
Guys like you they get it free
Here by the river
Everything is free

[THE SOLDIER]
I heard about you at the cafe
You’re the one who gives it away
You give it away
Don’t you?

[THE WHORE]
I wish you could be my boyfriend

[THE SOLDIER]
I’d make you jealous

[THE WHORE]
Hush love
The cops’ll give a chase

[THE SOLDIER]
What cops?

[THE WHORE]
You don’t have to remember a face, a place, or when
We may die tomorrow

[THE SOLDIER]
I ain’t gonna die!

[THE WHORE/(THE SOLDIER)]
Come now watch your step love
Or we’ll drown in the hot sun
Hello
(Hello)
Hello
(Oh, hell)

[Instrumental]

[THE WHORE]
What’s your name?

[THE SOLDIER]
My name?
Jesus

[THE WHORE]
Mine’s Leocadia

[THE SOLDIER]
That’s a good one

[THE WHORE]
Hey there
Where you goin’ soldier?

[THE SOLDIER]
You gettin’ up?

[THE WHORE]
Come close
Let me see your face

[THE SOLDIER]
What for?

[THE WHORE]
You don’t have to remember a face, a place, or when
So how ‘bout a dime love?
It’s for my doorman
We may never be saying
Hello again

[THE SOLDIER]
Go to hell

[THE WHORE]
Son of a bitch
Hey, where’s my brooch?
You son of a bitch
You stole me brooch
Hey!