John Kander — Only in the Movies

[MOLINA] Optimistic endings Passionate romances Beautifully beefy heroes taking death-defying chances Only in the movies [MOLINA/(PRISONERS)] Decorous Madonnas (Ahh) Totally compliant (Ah, ah, ah, ah) Challenging a villain bravely both high-busted and defiant (Ah, ah, ah, ah) Only in the movies (Only in the movies) But marble floors to glide on And loop-de-loops to ride on And sultry girls beginning some beguine (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) I found as I grew older And life became much colder Were, to my sorrow, nowhere to be seen And so I sprayed a little perfume (Sprayed a little perfume) Dabbed a little powder (Dabbed a little powder) And suddenly the muted strings began to play a little louder (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) [MOLINA] And though I knew the difference I kept on pretending I was in the movies But everything changed when I met you Everything changed somehow Everything changed when I met you I find I walk in technicolor now And as this princess lay dying She raised her lovely head And as her lover knelt beside her This is what she said: Looking into those steely blue eyes of his, she cried "Viva la guerra! Viva la revolucion! Viva---whatever it is!" [VALENTIN] His name was Molina [PRISONERS] His name was Molina His name was Molina His name was Molina