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Reporters:
Where'd you come from?

Billy (as Roxie):
Mississippi

Reporters:
And your parents?

Billy (as Roxie):
Very wealthy.

Reporters:
Where are they now?

Billy (as Roxie):
Six feet under.

Billy:
But she was granted one more start

Billy (as Roxie):
The convent of the sacred heart!

Reporters:
When'd you get there?

Billy (as Roxie):
1920

Reporters:
How old were you?

Billy (as Roxie):
Don't remember

Reporters:
Then what happened?

Billy (as Roxie):
I met Amos
And he stole my heart away
Convinced me to elope one day

Mary Sunshine:
A convent girl! A run-away marriage! Oh, it's too terrible.
You poor, poor dear.

Reporters:
Who's Fred Casely?

Billy (as Roxie):
My ex-boy friend.

Reporters:
Why'd you shoot him.

Billy (as Roxie):
I was leavin'.

Reporters:
Was he angry?

Billy (as Roxie):
Like a madman!
Still I said, "Fred, move along."

Billy:
She knew that she was doin' wrong

Reporters:
Then describe it

Billy (as Roxie):
He came toward me.

Reporters:
With a pistol?

Billy (as Roxie):
From my bureau

Reporters:
Did you fight him?

Billy (as Roxie):
Like a tiger

Billy:
He had strength and she had none

Billy (as Roxie):
And yet we both reached for the gun
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both
Oh yes, we both
Oh yes, we both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, we both reached for the gun
For the gun.

Billy and Reporters:
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
For the gun.

Billy:
Understandable, understandable
Yes, it's perfectly understandable
Comprehensible, comprehensible
Not a bit reprehensible
It's so defensible!

Reporters:
How you're feeling?

Billy (as Roxie):
Very frightened

Reporters:
Are you sorry?

Roxie:
Are you kidding?

Reporters:
What's your statement?

Billy (as Roxie):
All I'd say is
Though my choo-choo jumped my track
I'd give my life to bring him back

Reporters:
And?

Billy (as Roxie):
Stay away from

Reporters:
What?

Billy (as Roxie):
Jazz and liquor

Reporters:
And?

Billy (as Roxie):
And the man who

Reporters:
What?

Billy (as Roxie):
Play for fun

Reporters:
And what?

Billy (as Roxie):
That's the thought that

Reporters:
Yeah!

Billy (as Roxie):
Came upon me

Reporters:
When?

Billy (as Roxie):
When we both reached for the gun!

Mary Sunshine:
Understandable, understandable

Billy and Mary Sunshine:
Yes, it's perfectly understandable
Comprehensible, comprehensible
Not a bit reprehensible
It's so defensible!

Billy: Reporters:
Let me Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Hear it! Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun,
The gun
Oh yes, they both reached
For the gun
A little louder! For the gun.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached
For the gun, the gun,
Now you got it! The gun, the gun
Oh yes, they both reached
For the gun
For the gun.

Billy and reporters:
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun.

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun.

Billy:
Both reached for the...gun

Reporters:
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Both reached for the gun.
Reporters:   Where'd you come from?      Billy (as Roxie):   Mississippi      Reporters:   And your parents?      Billy (as Roxie):   Very wealthy.      Reporters:   Where are they now?      Billy (as Roxie):   Six feet under.      Billy:   But she was granted one more start      Billy (as Roxie):   The convent of the sacred heart!      Reporters:   When'd you get there?      Billy (as Roxie):   1920      Reporters:   How old were you?      Billy (as Roxie):   Don't remember      Reporters:   Then what happened?      Billy (as Roxie):   I met Amos   And he stole my heart away   Convinced me to elope one day       Mary Sunshine:   A convent girl! A run-away marriage! Oh, it's too terrible.    You poor, poor dear.      Reporters:   Who's Fred Casely?      Billy (as Roxie):   My ex-boy friend.      Reporters:   Why'd you shoot him.      Billy (as Roxie):   I was leavin'.      Reporters:   Was he angry?      Billy (as Roxie):   Like a madman!   Still I said, "Fred, move along."      Billy:   She knew that she was doin' wrong      Reporters:   Then describe it      Billy (as Roxie):   He came toward me.      Reporters:   With a pistol?      Billy (as Roxie):   From my bureau      Reporters:   Did you fight him?      Billy (as Roxie):   Like a tiger      Billy:   He had strength and she had none      Billy (as Roxie):   And yet we both reached for the gun   Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both   Oh yes, we both   Oh yes, we both reached for    The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun   Oh yes, we both reached for the gun   For the gun.      Billy and Reporters:   Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both   Oh yes, they both   Oh yes, they both reached for    The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun   Oh yes, they both reached for the gun   For the gun.      Billy:   Understandable, understandable   Yes, it's perfectly understandable   Comprehensible, comprehensible   Not a bit reprehensible   It's so defensible!      Reporters:   How you're feeling?      Billy (as Roxie):   Very frightened      Reporters:   Are you sorry?      Roxie:   Are you kidding?      Reporters:   What's your statement?      Billy (as Roxie):   All I'd say is   Though my choo-choo jumped my track   I'd give my life to bring him back      Reporters:   And?      Billy (as Roxie):   Stay away from      Reporters:   What?      Billy (as Roxie):   Jazz and liquor      Reporters:   And?      Billy (as Roxie):   And the man who      Reporters:   What?      Billy (as Roxie):   Play for fun      Reporters:   And what?      Billy (as Roxie):   That's the thought that      Reporters:   Yeah!      Billy (as Roxie):   Came upon me      Reporters:   When?      Billy (as Roxie):   When we both reached for the gun!      Mary Sunshine:   Understandable, understandable      Billy and Mary Sunshine:   Yes, it's perfectly understandable   Comprehensible, comprehensible   Not a bit reprehensible   It's so defensible!      Billy: Reporters:   Let me Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both   Hear it! Oh yes, they both   Oh yes, they both reached for    The gun, the gun, the gun,    The gun   Oh yes, they both reached    For the gun   A little louder! For the gun.   Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both   Oh yes, they both   Oh yes, they both reached    For the gun, the gun,    Now you got it! The gun, the gun   Oh yes, they both reached    For the gun   For the gun.      Billy and reporters:   Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both   Oh yes, they both   Oh yes, they both reached for    The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun   Oh yes, they both reached for the gun.      Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both   Oh yes, they both   Oh yes, they both reached for    The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,   The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,   The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,   The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun.      Billy:   Both reached for the...gun      Reporters:   The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun    The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun   The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun   The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun   Both reached for the gun.