Suspend My Disbelief/I Had a Life

MOLLY:
If there’s anything left I can do
To convince myself it could be true
It’s up to me to suspend my disbelief
If there’s even one thing left to try
I don’t even need to know why
It’s just relief to suspend my disbelief

How can it be? It must be true
This thing I feel, I know it’s you
It’s a chance in a million I know
But I’ll take it before I let go
And admit defeat, I’ll suspend my disbelief
How could she know? It must be real!
I know it’s you, I know how it feels
Suspend my disbelief

CARL (spoken):
How can you believe some fortune teller from Spanish Harlem who shows up at your door?

MOLLY (spoken):
I sat there and watched, she was talking to him

CARL (spoken):
I don’t buy it, Moll. Not for a minute

MOLLY (spoken):
Carl, she knew things. I know they were true

CARL (spoken):
What kinda things?

MOLLY (spoken):
A photo Sam took as we rode the bus into Rino
We were all alone, just us
It’s something no one would know!
And the Starfish at Montego Bay
Look, she said that Sam knows who killed him
That he was set up, murdered

CARL (spoken):
This is getting deranged, you're going off the deep end here

MOLLY (spoken):
She had a name, an address, a complete ID!

SAM (spoken):
Good, Molly, good

MOLLY (spoken):
Willie Lopez, 321 Prospect Place, Apartment 4D
She said Sam wants me to go to the police

CARL (spoken):
The police?
Molly- Jesus, what are you gonna tell them?
Some storefront psychic’s been getting messages from the dead?

SAM (spoken):
Carl, I know, I know it sounds crazy, but you’ve gotta trust her
(M: Suspend my disbelief)

CARL (spoken)
Stop, stop it, this is sick, it’s really sick
(M: Suspend my disbelief)
This woman’s a joke, look at you, you’ve gotta let go!
(M: Suspend my disbelief)

CARL:
When it’s over it’s over
(M: I know you're here)
None of it’s real
(M: It must be you)
You’ve got to leave
(M: I don’t wanna feel)
It’s part of the deal
(M: I know that it's real)

CARL (spoken):
Look if it makes you feel any better
I’ll go check it out, OK?

MOLLY (spoken):
Really, Carl? Thank you, I appreciate that
But I am going to the police

CARL (spoken):
Nah, I wouldn’t do that, not just yet
I’ll call you tomorrow, I promise

MOLLY (spoken):
I’m gonna do this, Carl

CARL:
I don’t believe it, it’s so sad
Where are the good times we once had?
Such a high that we were on
I can’t believe that it’s all gone
How could this happen? We were friends
Thought we had something that never ends
We’ll get over it somehow
All we’ve got is here and now

SAM and MOLLY:
Here right now, (C: It was a misunderstanding,)
Here right now
Here right now, (C: It was a misunderstanding.)
Here right now

SAM (spoken):
Be careful, Carl. This guy’s dangerous

WILLIE (spoken):
Carl, what you doing here?

CARL (spoken):
Who you been talking to?

WILLIE (spoken)
Talking to? Estas loco, hombre? What the hell do you mean?

CARL (spoken):
Some fortune teller woman knows all about you
Everything. Where’s she getting it from, huh?

SAM (spoken):
Carl?

WILLIE (spoken):
I ain't said a word to anybody

CARL (spoken):
She knows your name, godammit. She knows where you live!

WILLIE (spoken):
A lot of women know where I live

CARL (spoken):
This isn’t a joke, man. She knows about the money!

SAM (spoken):
You bastard!

CARL (spoken):
Now I want you to find this bitch, whoever she is
And you just, look you just get rid of her OK?
I’ve got 10 million dollars stuck in that goddamn computer
If I don’t get those codes and that money’s not transferred soon
I’m dead, we’re both dead
These are big drug dealers

WILLIE (spoken):
Why don’t you tell them that you only loan the money on the 1st of the month?

CARL (spoken):
You don’t screw with them, man
They’ll take us down like that
What is wrong with you, is everything a joke?
You killed a man!
I mean what the hell didn’t you understand, Willie?
You were supposed to steal his wallet, you killed a man!
(S: I had a life)
Oh, was that a joke?

WILLIE (spoken):
I did you a favour, man! (S: I had it all)

(WILLIE and CARL arguing in the background)

SAM:
From such a height, but so far to fall
You took all I had, torn apart at the seams
You’ve taken from me everything I see
You’ve stolen the dreams
I had a life, I had it all
From such a height, so far to fall!
You took all I had!
Torn apart at the seams
You’ve taken from me everything I see
You’ve stolen my dreams!

I had a life
(M: If there is anything more I can do)
I had it all
(M: I’ll do it and find my way back to you)
From such a height
(M: Suspend my disbelief)
It's so far to fall
I gave you all that I had
(M: If there's even one thing left to try)
Torn apart at the seams
(M: I don’t even need to know why)
You’ve taken from me and forsaken me and stolen my dreams (M: Suspend my disbelief!)

CARL:
Yes, we’re just playing a numbers game
Every second the numbers change
This is what I live to feel
It’s the beauty of the deal
This is the essence of high finance
So many steps when you do this dance
This is always such a rush
Making millions with one touch

New York, New York, New York
(ENSEMBLE: New York!)
The city that knows everything
Where and when, who and what
(ENSEMBLE: New York!)
And which and why and how
New York, it’ll give you everything
(ENSEMBLE: New York!)
Think it, dream it, hey you got it
Here right now
(ENSEMBLE: Here right now!)

CARL (spoken):
Tony, this is Carl, I’ve got the codes, I’m all set
Hey, we’re fine, everything’s fine, you just tell me what you want me to do
OK, transfer the money into a single account under the name Rita Miller
Account number 92631043, is that right?
Friday, 4:30pm transfer the full account to 1st Island Bank at Nassau
Yeah "Rita Miller", yeah this Friday!
Hey, don’t worry about it, I’m on it!
Call you when it’s done
And tell Mr Ballastary I’m sorry, I'm sorry for all that happened
It won’t happen again, there won’t be any more problems

SAM:
I had a life
(M: If there's anything more I can do)
I had it all
(M: I'll do it and find my way back to you)
From such a height
(M: Suspend my disbelief)
So far to fall!
(C: It was a misunderstanding!)
I gave you all that I had
(M: If there's even one thing left to try)
Not a lot it seems!
(M: I don't even need to know why!)
You’ve taken from me, and forsaken me
And broken my dreams

I had a life
(C: It was a misunderstanding!)
(M: You are my heart)
I had it all
(M: You need to know)
(C: It's here right now)
And from such a height
(M: You're not alone)
It's so far to fall
(C: It's all here right now)
I didn't understand
(M: You're not alone)
But I was dying to see
(M: You were my heart)
(C: It's all here right now)
It’s all on loan
There’s nothing you own
But nothing's for free

I had a life, (C: This is the life)
(M: Here right now)
(C: This is the way we're driven)
I had a life (C: This is the time)
(M: Here right now)
(C: This is the chance we're given)
I had a life! (M: You are my life! , C: This is the life!)