THE PAJAMA GAME - Act 1 : Page 28
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BABE Guess you’ll want more coffee too.
SID No ... it’ll keep me awake. Now cut it out
BABE What’s the matter, lover?
I don’t want to talk small talk Now that I’m alone with you
I don’t want to talk small talk We’ve got bigger things to do
Let’s not talk of the weather Or the fashions for the fall
Why don’t you stop all this small talk? I’ve got something better for
your lips to do And that takes no talk at all
(Babe) I’ve got to buy me a dressy dress, the one that I have
is such a mess!
(Sid) Small Talk!
(Babe)
Who will you vote for next election,
How do you like the stamp collection?
(Sid) Small Talk!
Read in a book the other day that halibut spawn in early may and
horses whinney and donkeys bray and furthermore, the pigmy
tribes in Africa may have a war.
(Babe) No?
(Sid)Yes! I don’t want to talk small talk
(Babe) What do you think they charge for ham now?
(Sid) Now that I’m alone with you
(Babe) Got so a buck ain’t worth a damn now
(Sid) I don’t want to talk small talk
(Babe) Read where the winters are getting milder
(Sid) We’ve got better things to do
(Babe) And that the teenage kids are wilder
(Sid) Let’s not talk of the weather
(Babe) One of these days I’m gonna paint the kitchen
(Sid) Or the fashions for the fall
(Babe) Get pop to put a new light switch in
(Sid) Why don’t you stop all that small talk
(Babe) Like I was saying...
(Sid) I’ve got something better