Poor Baby

Lyrics

[SARAH] Darling— [HARRY] Yes? [SARAH] Robert— [HARRY] What? [SARAH] I worry [HARRY] Why? [SARAH] He's all alone [HARRY, spoken] Hmm [SARAH] There's no one— [HARRY] Where? [SARAH] In his life [HARRY] Oh [SARAH] Robert ought to have a woman Poor baby, all alone Evening after evening by the telephone— We're the only tenderness he's ever known Poor baby [JENNY] David— [DAVID] Yes? [JENNY] Robert— [DAVID] What? [JENNY] I worry [DAVID] Why? [JENNY] It's such a waste [DAVID, spoken] Hmm [JENNY] There's no one— [DAVID] Where? [JENNY] In his life [DAVID] Oh [JENNY] Robert ought to have a woman Poor baby, sitting there Staring at the walls and playing solitaire Making conversation with the empty air— Poor baby [Later, as ROBERT takes APRIL to bed] [SARAH] Robert... [JENNY] Bobby... [SARAH] Robert, angel... [JENNY] Bobby, honey... [SARAH] You know no one Wants you to be happy More than I do No one But isn't she a little bit, well [SARAH & JENNY] You know...? (You know) Face it (No one) Why her? (Wants you to be happy more than I do) Better (No one) No one (But) [SARAH & JENNY, SUSAN] Isn't she a little bit, well You know (You know) Face it— (No one) [SARAH, SUSAN, JENNY, AMY & JOANNE] Why these (Wants you to be happy) (Why her?) Meaningless (I do) (Better) (You know) Relationships (No one) (No one) (No one) [SARAH, SUSAN & JENNY, AMY & JOANNE] They can't make you (But isn't she a) (Wants you to be) Happy (Little bit, well) (Happy more than) But you know (You know) (I do) [SARAH, JENNY, AMY & JOANNE, SUSAN] Better (Better) (No one. But) (Face it) [WIVES] Isn't she a little bit, well— [SARAH] Dumb? [AMY] Tacky? [SUSAN] Vulgar? [JENNY] Old? [JOANNE] Tall? [SUSAN] Aggressive? [AMY] Neurotic? [SARAH] Where is she from? [JENNY] And cheap? [SUSAN] Peculiar? [JOANNE] She's tall enough to be your mother [AMY] She seems so dead [JENNY] And gross and [SARAH] She's very weird [SUSAN] Depressing and [AMY] And immature? [JOANNE] Goliath... [WIVES] Poor baby All alone Throw a lonely dog a bone It's still a bone We're the only tenderness He's ever known Poor baby...