"One more
Oh, buddy, don't you think you've had enough?
It's practically morning already
One more, I said
Alright, alright
My shift is over anyway, so let's settle the bill, okay?
Jeez, you're in a bad way ain't you?
Worse than most that end up here
Here's the morning shift, maybe he'll know what to do with you
Yes, what to do with me
That's the question, isn't it?
That's always been the question
Ever since the beginning
She looks for sympathy
I give her sorrow
She asks for honesty
I've none to borrow
She needs my tender kiss
She begs it off me
I give her ugliness
Why does she love me?
She yearns for higher things
Things I can't give her
The rush that music brings
I can't deliver
And even when she sings
And soars above me
I try to clip her wings
Why does she love me?
One more drink, sir
That's what I need
Don't you think, sir?
Leave the hurt behind
Do you hear me?
Another drink
She wants the man I was
Husband and father
At least, she thinks she does
She needn't bother
Beneath this mask I wear
There's nothing of me
Just horror, shame, despair
Why does she love me?
How 'bout you, sir?
Tell me what am I to do, sir?
Leave the hurt behind
Morning, Bernie, coffee please
Hurry up before I freeze
I'll just take it black
Mother said, I'd find you here
Miss Giry
Do you know where you are?
Hell, I imagine
Around here they call it suicide hall
It's where people end up
When they don't know where else to go
The hopeless, the desperate
The good place to step off the side
Of the pier and quietly vanish
You seem to be a regular
Me?
I come here to swim
This town is coarse and cold and mean
It's hard to keep your conscience clean
Faceless in the crowd
Anything's allowed
And so I come at dawn each day
Come to wash it all away
Sink into the sea, blue and cool and kind
Let it set me free, let the past unwind
Leave the hurt behind
You should never have come to America
It's not a place for people like you and Christine
It's too easy to forget who you are and where you belong
That's why Mother says you must leave here
Now, take your wife and the boy and go
Leave?
What about tonight?
The concert, the money?
Am I to just run away from him?
When the sun rises tomorrow
We can all start again, clean
Sail across the sea
Put us out of mind
Close your eyes and flee
Let yourself stay blind
Leave this place behind"

"Miss Giry, I'm not afraid of him! I've bested him before, and if he ever had the courage to meet me face to face, man to man... No, no, it can't be

Not afraid of me, you say?

Stay back or I'll kill you, I promise you!

Of course. As you say, you've beaten me before. But that was a long time ago, Vicomte. And we were playing a different game

Look at you, deep in debt
Stinking drunk, pitiful
Shall we two make a bet?
Devil take the hindmost

Look at you, foul as sin
Hideous, horrible
Call the stakes, deal me in
Devil take the hindmost

Our Christine shall choose tonight
Let her choose!
Is she yours or mine?
Draw the line
If she sings, you lose tonight
I won't lose
You leave from here

Fine!

Disappear

Fine!
And if she won't?
If I win?

All your debts wiped away

Very well, let's begin

Devil take the hindmost

You think you have the odds
Our old game
You think you're in control
It's been changed
You think you've fixed the dice
Every throw
Well, I will gladly roll
Riskier

I'll bet against the house
All the rules
I'll even double down
Rearranged
Fate has redesigned most

Fortune's on my side, I won her long ago
Cut the deck
I won her from you then
Let us play

I'll beat you even now
You and I
I'll win her back again
Once again

In the end
And when the game is done
Either way

Devil take the hindmost
Now Christine shall choose at last
Is she yours or mine?

We've a son, our bond's secure

Are you sure?

What?

Are you so sure?

What do you mean?

Such a child, strange to see
Talented , musical
Is he more you or me?
Which one do you find most?

You lie!

Deal the cards
No woman could
Let them fall
Or ever would

Love such a man
And we will see
Your insane
Who wins out

He who wins
Once and for all

Wins it all
Devil take the hindmost

Deal the cards!
I call your bluff
Let them fall
The game is on

Choose your hand
And we will see
Try your best
Who wins out

He who wins
Once and for all

Wins it all
Devil take the hindmost

She walks, you leave together. Pockets full, debts paid. She sings... You leave alone.
Devil take the hindmost

My God. What have I done? Look at me. The concert's only hours away I might lose her forever. My Christine!"