MARVIN (left alone):
What would I do
If I had not met you?
Who would I blame my life on?
Once I was told
That all men get what they deserve
Who the hell then threw this curve?
There are no answers
But who would I be
If you had not been my friend?

You're the only one,
One out of a thousand others,
Only one my child would allow
When I'm having fun,
You're the one I wanna talk to
Where have you been?
Where are you now?

(WHIZZER appears behind MARVIN, dressed as we first saw him MARVIN turns

around, sees WHIZZER and catches his
breath)

What would I do
If I had not loved you?
How would I know what love is?
God only knows, too soon
I'll remember your faults
Meanwhile, though, it's tears and schmaltz

There are no answers
But what would I do
If you had not been my friend?

WHIZZER:
All your life you've wanted men,
And when you got it up to have them,
Who knew it could end your life?

MARVIN:
I left my kid and left my wife
To be with you,
To be insulted by such handsome men

(They face each other)

WHIZZER:
Do you regret--?

MARVIN (stopping him):
I'd do it again
I'd like to believe that I'd do it again
And again and again
And
What more can I say?

WHIZZER:
What more can I say?

MARVIN:
How am I to face tomorrow?

BOTH:
After being screwed out of today
Tell me what's in store

MARVIN:
Yes, I'd beg or steal or borrow
If I could hold you for
One hour more

WHIZZER:
One hour more

MARVIN:
One hour more

WHIZZER:
One hour more

BOTH:
One hour, one hour more

MARVIN:
What would I do

WHIZZER:
What would I do

MARVIN:
If I had not seen you?

WHIZZER:
If I had not seen you?

BOTH:
Who would I feast my eyes on?
Once I was told
That good men get better with age

MARVIN:
Were just gonna skip that stage

There are no answers
But what would I do
If you hadn't been my friend?

WHIZZER:
There are no answers
But what would I do

(WHIZZER exits)

MARVIN:
No simple answers
But what would I do
If you had not been
My friend
My friend
My friend

(First JASON, then everyone else gathers around MARVIN)

MENDEL:
Homosexuals
Women with children
Short insomniacs
We're a teeny tiny band
Lovers come and lovers go
Lovers live and die fortissimo
This is where we take a stand
Welcome to Falsettoland

(DR CHARLOTTE walks in and joins the circle at the same time as MENDEL

TRINA consoles MARVIN)

(Fade to black