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Tango Maureen (Rent)
Video
Lyrics
[JOANNE]
Mark?
[MARK]
Hi.
[JOANNE]
I told her not to call you
[MARK]
That's Maureen
But can I help since I'm here
[JOANNE]
I hired an engineer...
[MARK]
Great!
Well, nice to have met you
[JOANNE]
Wait!
She's three hours late
The samples won't delay
But the cable...
[MARK]
There's another way
Say something, anything
[JOANNE]
Test, one, two, three
[MARK]
Anything but that
[JOANNE]
This is weird
[MARK]
It's weird
[JOANNE]
Very weird
[MARK]
Fuckin' weird
[JOANNE]
I'm so mad
That I don't know what to do
Fighting with microphones
Freezing down to my bones
And to top it all off
I'm with you
[MARK]
Feel like going insane?
Got a fire in your brain?
And you're thinking of drinking gasoline?
[JOANNE]
As a matter of fact...
[MARK]
Honey, I know this act
It's called the 'Tango Maureen'
The Tango Maureen
It's a dark, dizzy merry-go-round
As she keeps you dangling
[JOANNE]
You're wrong
[MARK]
Your heart she is mangling
[JOANNE]
It's different with me
[MARK]
And you toss and you turn
'Cause her cold eyes can burn
Yet you yearn and you churn and rebound
[JOANNE]
I think I know what you mean
[BOTH]
The Tango Maureen
[MARK]
Has she ever pouted her lips
And called you 'Pookie'
[JOANNE]
Never
[MARK]
Have you ever doubted a kiss or two?
[JOANNE]
This is spooky
Did you swoon when she walked through the door?
[MARK]
Every time
so be cautious
[JOANNE]
Did she moon over other boys?
[MARK]
More than moon..
[JOANNE]
I'm getting nauseous
[They begin to dance, with MARK leading.]
[MARK]
Where'd you learn to tango?
[JOANNE]
With the French Ambassador's daughter in her dorm
room at Miss Porter's. And you?
[MARK]
With Nanette Himmelfarb. The Rabbi's daughter at the
Scarsdale Jewish Community Center.
[They switch, and JOANNE leads.]
[MARK]
It's hard to do this backwards.
[JOANNE]
You should try it in heels!
...
She cheated
[MARK]
She cheated
[JOANNE]
Maureen cheated
[MARK]
Fuckin' cheated
[JOANNE]
I'm defeated
I should give up right now
[MARK]
Gotta look on the bright side
With all of your might
[JOANNE]
I'd fall for her still anyhow
[BOTH]
When you're dancing her dance
You don't stand a chance
Her grip of romance
Makes you fall
[MARK]
So you think, Might as well
[JOANNE]
Dance a tango to hell
[BOTH]
At least I'll have tangoed at all
The Tango Maureen
Gotta dance till your diva is through
You pretend to believe her
Cause in the end
you can't leave her
But the end it will come
Still you have to play dumb
Till you're glum and you bum
And turn blue
[MARK]
Why do we love when she's mean?
[JOANNE]
And she can be so obscene
My Maureen
[BOTH]
The Tango Maureen!
