Bang!

Lyrics

[THE YOUNGER MAN] Bang! The war commences The enemy awaits In quivering expectancy The poor defenses The penetrable gates How terrible to be a woman The time is here The game is there The smell of fear Like musk, pervades the air The bugle sounding The pistol steady The blood is pounding Take aim, and ready— Bang! Twenty minutes' small talk Thirty at the most Bang! Two or three To pour the schnapps Bang, bang, bang Half a minute To propose The necessary toast Bang The tunic opens Bang The trousers fall Bang The foe is helpless Back against the wall Bang An hour and a quarter Overall And bang! [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Twenty minutes to arrange these Bloody awful flowers [THE YOUNGER MAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Can I get away with more? [THE YOUNGER MAN] Bang, bang, bang [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Then I have to brush my hair And that could take me hours [THE YOUNGER MAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] A fit of vapors— [THE YOUNGER MAN] Bang! [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] No, that's too quaint [THE YOUNGER MAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] A wracking cough And then a graceful faint [THE YOUNGER MAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] A lengthy lecture [THE YOUNGER MAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] On self-restraint [THE YOUNGER MAN] Bang, bang! [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang, bang! Bang, bang! [THE YOUNGER MAN] The battle rages [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang! [THE YOUNGER MAN] Whatever ground I gain I fortify remorselessly [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang, bang! [THE YOUNGER MAN] The foe engages [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang! [THE YOUNGER MAN] By shifting the terrain How pitiful to be a woman [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang! [THE YOUNGER MAN] Attack [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Retreat [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Lay back [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Reform [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang, bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Outflank [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Deplete [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Move up And then restore [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang, bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] The siege succeeding [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] The time grows shorter [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] She lies there pleading [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] I give no quarter [THE YOUNGER MAN & THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang! [THE YOUNGER MAN] A foray at the elbow Salvo at the knee! [THE YOUNGER MAN & THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang! [THE YOUNGER MAN] Fusillades at breast and thigh [THE YOUNGER MAN & THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang, bang, bang! [THE YOUNGER MAN] Then when she's exhausted Bang A fresh sortie [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] I taste the conquest [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] The taste is sweet [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang, bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] She lays her arms down Welcoming defeat [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang, bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Both sides content [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Secure [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Positions [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang, bang, bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] All passion spent [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Discuss [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] Conditions How terrible [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] How pitiful [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang [THE YOUNGER MAN] How glorious to be a woman [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] He is a peacock I keep forgetting [THE YOUNGER MAN] The quarry senses A momentary pang [THE YOUNGER WOMAN] It's all so foolish Why am I sweating? [THE YOUNGER MAN] The war commences [THE YOUNGER MAN & THE YOUNGER WOMAN] Bang!