Tell Me It’s Not True

Lyrics

[MRS JOHNSTONE, spoken] Mickey, don't shoot Eddie - he's your brother. You had a twin brother! I couldn't afford to keep both of ya. His mother couldn't have kids! I agreed to give one of you away [MICKEY] Why didn't you give me away, mam? I could've been 'im. I could've been 'im! (MICKEY'S gun accidentally goes off, shooting EDDIE dead) [MICKEY] No! (The police officers immediately shoot MICKEY dead in response) [NARRATOR] And do we blame superstition for what came to pass? Or could it be what we, the English, have come to know as "class"? Did you ever hear the story of the Johnstone twins? As like each other as two new pins How one was kept and one given away How they were born, and they died, on the self same day [MRS JOHNSTONE, sung] Tell me it's not true Say it's just a story Something on the news Tell me it's not true Though it's here before me Say it's just a dream Say it's just a scene From an old movie from years ago From an old movie with Marilyn Monroe [MRS JOHNSTONE & NARRATOR] Say it's just some clowns Two players in the limelight Bring the curtain down Say it's just two clowns Who couldn't get their lines right Say it's just a show On the radio That we can turn over and start again That we can turn over It's only a game [COMPANY] Tell me it's not true Say I only dreamed it And morning will come soon Tell me it's not true Say you didn't mean it Say it's just pretend Say it's just the end Of an old movie from years ago From an old movie with Marilyn Monroe Tell me it's not true Say you didn't mean it Say it's just pretend Say it's just the end Of an old movie from years ago From an old movie with Marilyn Monroe