Jason Robert Brown
Never Get Married
[BEA]
Do you love me, Jack?
[JACK, spoken]
Of course I do, Mom
[BEA]
Do you love me, Jack?
[JACK, spoken]
Mom, please...
[BEA]
If you love me, Jack
Then make me a promise
Nothing too grand
One little promise for Mommy
No, here, take my hand
Never get married
That’s all that I ask
[JACK, spoken]
What?
[BEA]
How can I know that you’ll love me forever
Unless I’m sure that you will never get married
[JACK, spoken]
Mom, come on-
[BEA]
Only because
No other woman could love you
Like your Mommy does
You can just toss me in the Hudson
I’ll be food for the fish
But don’t ignore a mother’s dying w-
[JACK, spoken]
Mom? Mom! Oh god!
[BEA]
Never get married!
[CUSTOMERS]
Never get married!
[BEA]
That’s what I said!
[CUSTOMERS]
That’s what she said!
[BEA]
Sure, you’ll be laughing anddancing
The second I’m dead
But I will be watching!
What else can I do?
And if you find some girl and think
I’ll soften
I’ll claw my way out of the coffin
And crush her!
Never mind how!
So when your Mommy says promise
You promise me now!
And if you think I might be joking
Just take a look at this nurse
So don’t you underestimate a mother’s curse!
No, never underestimate a mother’s...
[BEA]
Do you love me, Jack?
[JACK,spoken]
I... wow, I...
[BEA]
Do you love me, Jack?
[JACK, spoken]
I do, Mom. I really do
[BEA]
If you love me, Jack
You’ll never get married