Foolish Heart

[VENUS, spoken]
You told me if I ever needed help, I could come to you.

[SAVORY, spoken]
I am delighted you did. We can take up just where we left off.

[VENUS]
Will you tell me how these things happen?
Have I trusted in love too much?
When did the magic vanish?
Have I somehow lost my touch?
How gay the world could be
Could I love you, could he love me?

Love shouldn't be serious, should it?
You meet, you kiss, you start
I fancied that I understood it
I forgot my foolish heart
Love can’t be illogical, can it?
You kiss, perhaps you smile, you part
It happеns the way that you plan it
If you hush your foolish heart

Poor foolish heart
Crying for onе who ignores you
Poor foolish heart
Flying from one who adores you
Ah, love used to touch me so lightly
Why will my heart betray me so?
I would dance with a new lover nightly
But my foolish heart says no

[SAVORY, spoken]
You're in love with someone? Who is he?

[VENUS, spoken]
I don't think you would know him. He’s not powerful like you. He's just an obscure little barber.

[SAVORY, spoken]
What's his name?

[VENUS, spoken]
Rodney Hatch.

[SAVORY, spoken]
Oh.

[VENUS, spoken]
Do you know him?

[SAVORY, spoken]
No.

[VENUS, spoken]
I'm sure he's in love with me, but he's afraid to say so.

(sung)
Poor foolish heart
Crying for one who—

[SAVORY, spoken]
Then he's in love with another girl?

[VENUS, spoken]
He's been tied to her apron strings for years.

[SAVORY, spoken]
I could help you forget him.

[VENUS, spoken]
No.

(sung)
Love shouldn’t be serious, should it?
You meet, you kiss, you start

[SAVORY, spoken]
I’ve always gone on the principle that direct action is least painful. Isn't it better to have two people happy than three miserable?

[VENUS, spoken]
You’re right.

[SAVORY, spoken]
I'd say the thing to do is eliminate the rival.

[VENUS, spoken]
Mmm...

(sung)
Mmm

[SAVORY, spoken]
Mmm...

[VENUS, spoken]
Eliminate the rival?

[SAVORY, spoken]
And quickly.

[VENUS, spoken]
You don't think that's a bit too drastic?

[SAVORY, spoken]
Do you, under the circumstances?

[VENUS, spoken]
I don’t know how to thank you.

[SAVORY, spoken]
Oh, yes you do.

[VENUS, spoken]
You're far too generous.

[SAVORY, spoken]
Don't overrate my generosity.

[VENUS]
Poor foolish heart
Crying for one who ignores you
Poor foolish heart
Flying from one who adores you
Ah, love used to touch me so lightly
Why will my heart betray me so?
I would dance with a new lover nightly
But my foolish heart says no