Howard Goodall
The Engagement: Look at Us Now / Golden Moment / Get Me
[MR BHAMRA]
It seems like only yesterday we were married in Nairobi
[MRS BHAMRA]
He was a boy from the town…
[MR BHAMRA]
She was a girl from the hills…
[MR BHAMRA/MRS BHAMRA]
Together we made what we could of our skills
[MEN]
And the sweat of our brow[WOMEN]
Ah yes, but look at us now
 
Look at us now. 
  [MEN]
Look at us now[MEN]
We sorted biscuits by day
[WOMEN]
We carted lipsticks by night
[MEN/WOMEN]
Together we learned how to dream and to fight
[WOMEN]
Seeking a [?] of this lough[MEN]
Ah yes, but look at us now
 
Look at us now. 
  [WOMEN]
Look at us now[BHAMRA FAMILY]
This is our moment
Our golden moment
[MRS BHAMRA]
We hoped, we coped
[MR BHAMRA]
We kept our nerve
[MR BHAMRA/MRS BHAMRA]
Now don’t you think that we deserve to take a bow?
One final task, and then we ask for nothing more
This is what our dreaming was for
[MEN]
Some made their way making [?]
[WOMEN]
Some made their bills running stalls
[ALL]
Did anyone not work for quakable walls?
[MAN]
We all swam here somehow
[ALL]
Yes, and just look at us now
Just look at us now
**doorbell**

[MRS BHAMRA]
The boy is here. Ah, you’re just in time. Pinky and the girls have prepared a traditional Indian dance for us

[PINKY’S FRIENDS]
Wa-a-a-a-ah--ah, Wa-oh-oh-oh
[??]
Wa-a-a-a-oh-oh-oh
[??]
Less the chit-chat and prepare to cheer
‘Cause the fittest little lady in the ‘hood is here
Her mother’s joy, her father’s pride
Straight from the pages of Asian Bride
Time, we think, for a king-sized pinkie stone
Prime your glasses ‘cause here comes Pinky!

[PINKY]
Yeah me! With my perfect hair!
And my perfect bum!
And my perfect hair!
[PINKY’S FRIEND]
Get them![PINKY/PINKY'S FRIENDS]
Let you slackers meet!
You is [??]
And your killer teeth
She's runaway gorgeous
Like, ultimate sikh 
 
 
 [PINKY'S FRIENDS]
Innit!
Innit!Like breakaway bridal
She is heading for a wedding which is
Gonna make you totally freak!
Heck!
Talk about chic!
[MRS BHAMRA?]
Got my wedding cards, got my seating plans
[FAMILY]
She’s gone the whole nine yards[PINKY]
Got my 22 outfits
Got my 23 bridesmaids
Got my 24 carats
Got my 25 cousins
Got my 26 courses
Got the man!
Got my bezzie[?]
Desi[?]
Monkey[?]
Punky[?]
Man! 
 
[FAMILY]
24 carats!
25 cousins!
26 courses!
Got her man, got her man, got her man!
Bezzie[?]
Desi[?]
Punky, punky, desi, [?]
Man![MR BHAMRA]
She is the pitch-perfect bride
[MRS BHAMRA]
He is the rich handsome groom
[FAMILY]
Together their hope and their joy fill the room
[WOMAN]
Till their first married row!
[WOMEN]
Ah, but just look at them now[MEN]
Look at them now
Look at them now 
[WOMEN]
Look at them now[FAMILY]
And in this moment
This golden moment
[WOMEN]
He seem so shy
[MEN]
She seems so small
[FAMILY]
As there they stand before us all
To take this vow
Whatever walls are [???]
They lie in store
This is what our slaving
Our scrimping, and saving
Yes this is what our dreaming was for!
Just look at us!

[MAN]
Lamb every day of the week
[WOMAN]
Loos so delux they don’t leak
[WOMEN]
Just look at us
[MEN]
All of the scotch we can drink
[BHAMRA FAMILY]
To think we were once on the brink
Just look at us
Look at our lives
Just look at our
Concreted drives
[MEN]
Just look at the
Bling on our wives![WOMEN]
Just look at us!
 
Just look at us! 
[MEN]
Just look at us![FAMILY]
Just look at us!

[GIRLS]
Go Pinky! Go Pinky! Go Pinky! Go Pinky!
[BOYS]
Go Pinky! Go Pinky! Go Pinky! Go Pinky!

[MRS BHAMRA]
Jesminder! Where the bloody hell have you been? Jesminder, go upstairs and get dressed properly

[JESS, SPOKEN] Oh my god, Becks, you’re not gonna believe it! I just got picked! For a proper team! Playing on a proper pitch with... corner flags and floodlights and nets, the lot![JESS]
This is where my life begins
Where this one-time loser wins
And nothing they say can take
The triumph away
This is how a roving soul
Sees at last that girl's in goal
And nothing they say can dim
This magic day 
 
[BHAMRA FAMILY]
Bless this day
And bless this moment, yes bless this moment
This golden moment
Bless this day
Bless this day[PINKY]
Got my one and only
Man
And that man
One and only
Not for a moment
Not for a moment
  
 
 
Bless this day
And bless this moment, yes bless this moment
This golden moment
Bless this day
Bless this day[JESS]
Gotta dream all you can dream
Gotta do all you can do
Put some punch in your issue
If you wanna wind up girl-perfect
[JESS/HARRIERS]
Girl perfect, girl perfect…

[MR BHAMRA]
They are the beat of my heart
They are the light of my soul
Together these two make me happy and whole
[MRS BHAMRA]
What more can Baba allow?
[MR BHAMRA]
Just look at her, look at her
[MR BHAMRA/MRS BHAMRA]
Just look at them now
[FAMILY]
Just look at them, look at them
Look at them now