【Mr.Billy Flynn in the "Press Conference Rag"
【Notice how his mouth never moves——almost
Where'd you come from?
Mississippi
And your parents?
Very wealthy.
Where are they now?
Six feet under.
But she was granted one more start
The convent of The Sacred Heart!

When'd you get here?
1920.
How old were you?
Don't remember
Then what happened?
I met Amos
And he stole my heart away
Convinced me to elope one day
Oh, poor dear, I can't believe what you've been through!
A convent girl! A run-away marriage!
Now tell us, Roxie
Who's Fred Casely?
My ex-boyfriend.
Why'd you shoot him?
I was leavin'.
Was he angry?
Like a madman
Still I said, "Fred, move along."
She knew that she was doin' wrong.
Then describe it.
He came toward me.
With a pistol?
From my bureau.
Did you fight him?
Like a tiger.
He had strength and she had none.
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.
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.

Understandable. understandable
Yes, it's perfectly understandable
Comprehensible. Comprehensible
Not a bit reprehensible
It's so defensible!
How're you feeling?
Very frightened
Are you sorry?

What's you're statement?
All I'd say is
Though my choo-choo jumped the track
I'd give my life to bring him back
And?
Stay away from
What?
Jazz and liquor
And?
And the men who
What?
Play for fun
And what?
That's the thougt that
Yeah
Came upon me
When?
When we both reached for the gun!
Understandable. understandable
Yes, it's perfectly understandable
Comprehensible. Comprehensible
Not a bit reprehensible
It's so defensible!

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
Let me hear it!
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
For the gun.
A little louder!
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.
Now you got it!
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.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, 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.
Both reached for the...gun!