Helen’s Etude

Lyrics

[ALISON] I wanna know what's true Dig deep into who And what and why and when Until now gives way to then [ROY, spoken] Woah, nice room [BRUCE, spoken] Here's the wallpaper It's not William Morris but it's close It's pretty close [ROY, spoken] You read all these books? [BRUCE, spoken] Oh, working on it [ROY, spoken] That is not something I can imagine [BRUCE, spoken] No, I remember from class You're not much of a reader [ROY, spoken] No Read some good books in your class, though [BRUCE, spoken] It's my job to make it interesting [ALISON, spoken] It's like a 1950s lesbian pulp novel "Their tawdry love could only flourish in the shadows" [SMALL ALISON, spoken] I like Roy He's funny [HELEN, spoken] Alison, find something to do I'm practicing [SMALL ALISON, spoken] Did Chop-In write "Chopsticks"? [HELEN, spoken] It's "Sho-Pahn" Alison, stop bothering me [ROY, spoken] This place is like a museum What's that stuff? [BRUCE, spoken] Ah, sherry Want some? [ROY, spoken] Is it any good? [BRUCE, spoken] Yeah [ROY, spoken] Sure I remember this house before you moved in We used to ride our bikes here all the time when we were kids You've done a shit-load of work [BRUCE, spoken] I did By myself, most of it [ROY, spoken] You must be in good shape, old man [BRUCE, spoken] Not too bad, if I say so myself [BRUCE] I might still break a heart or two You'd be surprised just what A guy my age knows how to do [BRUCE, spoken] Want it? [ROY, spoken] Yeah [BRUCE, spoken] Unbutton your shirt [ROY, spoken] Is that your wife playing the piano? [BRUCE, spoken] Don't worry about her [HELEN] La la la la La la la la la La la la la, la la la La la la la La la la la la la la La la la la Maybe not right now Maybe not right now [HELEN & BRUCE] La la la la (I want, I want) La la la la (I want) La la la la (I—) La la la la La la la la La la la la (I—) La la la la La la la la [ROY] I know this type This type of married guy I could just give him the slip But why? It's not a big deal I know he wants me [ROY, HELEN, BRUCE, SMALL ALISON, JOHN & CHRISTIAN] I know this type (I want, I want) (I—) (Ba ba ba ba) This type of married guy (I want) (Might still) I could just give him the slip (I—) (Break a heart) But why? It's not a big deal (Or two) I know he wants just (La la la) (I want just) (Ba ba ba ba) [ROY, HELEN & BRUCE] Me and him Me and him Me and him