Billy Straus
Like Zis / Like Zat
ANDRE
Like zis, ze moon
As round as a balloon
Suspended like a bauble in ze sky
Like zat, ze tune
Zat wafts above the dune
And sweetly flutters like a
Butterfly
If ze past were plus parfait
We'd have met another day
When we both were young and
Gay
And thin
But the present's rather tense
So i think it makes some sense
For us to both
Give up
Give in
Like zat, ze sky
A shooting star goes by-
A mеssage you and I
Cannot dismiss
So I'm wishing for a dose
Of being nicе and close
Like zis, like zat, like zis
MURIEL
Of the future, who can tell
Though we hope it turns out well
No one can know just when his bell
Will toll
So let's live in the here and now
And let it show us how
To find a way
To lose control
Like zat, ze rose
Delightful to ze nose
But nowhere near
As perfect as a kiss-

ANDRE
And though I am no prance-

MURIEL
No prince

ANDRE
My looks may make you wance-

MURIEL
No, wince
ANDRE
I offer you romance-

MURIEL
Ro-mince

ANDRE
Aah!

MURIEL
Oh!

ANDRE
Come on, let's dince
We've never been introduced

MURIEL
I'm Muriel of Omaha

ANDRE
Pleased to meet you

MURIEL
It's mutual

ANDRE
Like zat-
MURIEL
Ze rose-

ANDRE
Delightful to ze nose-

ANDRE AND MURIEL
But nowhere near
As perfect as a kiss

MURIEL
I like zis

ANDRE
You like zat?

MURIEL
I like zat

ANDRE
So do I

MURIEL
I like zis-

ANDRE AND MURIEL
Like zis