Stephen Sondheim
Poor Baby
[SARAH]
Darling—
[HARRY]
Yes?
[SARAH]
Robert—
[HARRY]
What?
[SARAH]
I worry—
[HARRY]
Why?
[SARAH]
He's all alone
[HARRY]
Hmm
[SARAH]
There's no one—
[HARRY]
Where?
[SARAH]
In his life
[HARRY]
Oh
[SARAH]
Robert ought to have a woman
Poor baby, all alone
Evening after evening by the telephone—
We're the only tenderness he's ever known
Poor baby...
[JENNY]
David—
[DAVID]
Yes?
[JENNY]
Bobby—
[DAVID]
What?
[JENNY]
I worry—
[DAVID]
Why?
[JENNY]
It's such a waste
[DAVID]
Hmm
[JENNY]
There's no one—
[DAVID]
Where?
[JENNY]
In his life
[DAVID]
Oh
[JENNY]
Bobby ought to have a woman
Poor baby, sitting there
Staring at the walls and playing solitairе
Making conversation with the empty air—
Poor baby...
[SARAH]
Robеrt...
[JENNY]
Bobby...
[SARAH]
Robert, angel...
[JENNY]
Bobby, honey...
[SARAH]
You know, no one
Wants you to be happy
More than I do
No one, but
Isn't she a little bit, well
You know...?
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[JENNY]
You know
No one wants you to be happy more
Than I do
No one, but
[SARAH]
Face it
Why her?
Better
No one...
[SARAH & JENNY]
Isn't she a little bit, well
You know...?
Face it
(the following lines overlap)
[SARAH]
Why these meaningless relationships?
They can't make you happy
But you know better...
[JENNY]
Why her?
Better, no one...
Isn't she a little bit, well
You know better
[SUSAN]
You know, no one
Wants you to be happy
More than I do
No one, but
Isn't she a little bit, well
You know...?
Face it
[AMY & JOANNE]
You know, no one
Wants you to be happy
More than I do
No one, but--
[WIVES, together]
Isn't she a little bit, well...
[SARAH]
Dumb?
[AMY]
Tacky?
[SUSAN]
Vulgar?
[JENNY]
Old?
[JOANNE]
Tall?
[SUSAN]
Aggressive?
[AMY]
Neurotic?
(the following lines overlap)
[SARAH]
Where is she from?
She's very weird...
[JENNY]
And cheap
And gross
And...
[SUSAN]
Peculiar?
Depressing
And...
[AMY]
She seems so dead
And immature...
[JOANNE]
She's tall enough to be your mother...
Goliath!...
[WIVES, together]
Poor baby, all alone
Throw a lonely dog a bone
It's still a bone
We're the only tenderness
He's ever known
Poor baby