Chapter 1 KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
PROLOGUE
HER NAME IS AURORA
OVER THE WALL I
BLUE BLOODS
DRESSING THEM UP
I DRAW THE LINE
DEAR ONE
OVER THE WALL II
WHERE YOU ARE
MARTA
I DO MIRACLES
GABRIELS LETTER / MY FIRST WOMAN
MORPHINE TANGO
YOU COULD NEVER SHAME ME
A VISIT / MORPHINE TANGO
SHES A WOMAN
GIMME LOVE
RUSSIAN MOVIE / GOOD TIMES
THE DAY AFTER THAT
MAMA, ITS ME
ANYTHING FOR ME
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
ONLY IN THE MOVIES
SPIDER WOMAN Come and find me, hear my song Let me hold you here where you belong... Lips are waiting, pain will cease Calm your anguish I can bring you peace... PRISONERS Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! WARDEN Prisoner 16115, name Valentin Arrequi Paz. Age 27, suspect is key to terrorist groups. Prisoner is currently being interrogated. We will break him, I assure he will be broken. We have our ways. SPIDER WOMAN Sooner or later you have certain to meet In the bathroom, the parlor or even the street... WARDEN Prisoner 57884, name Luis Alberto Molina. Age 37, sexual offender. Arrested for corrupting a minor: Male! Serving third year of eight year sentence...
MOLINA Aurora, help me...I need you...Come to me like you always have... Her name is Aurora and she is so beautiful No man who has met her can even forget her Theyre madly in love, forever in love I see her so clearly, I know her so well... She steps to her glass now All almonds and roses She's powered and pampered The sight of her dark eyes Igniting the screen... Scorching the screen PRISONERS Look at her radiance See how she glows Look at her silken cheeks Pink as rose Tell us you secret madam Tell us please do What is this happiness shining from you? SPIDER WOMAN So...you want to know... Why Im aglow...Oh! last night I went too see the gypsy And oh the things she had to say She told me I would meet a stranger A lean, handsome hero Whod sweep in and sweep me away I sat there trembling at the table And smelled the incense in the air Someday you'll hear a cry, she told me A sharp piercing sound and when you look around The love of your life will be there! I cannot tell you how youll meet him Or when you'll meet your love or where But soon you'll hear that cry, she told me And you'll look around... PRISONERS You'll look around! AURORA At that sharp piercing COMPANY Sharp piercing Sharp piercing Sharp piercing Sharp piercing...
PRISONERS There are big busted women Over the wall Over the wall There are big busted women Who bake on the beaches With oil on their bellies Over the wall Over the wall There is rum from the cane fields Over the wall Over the wall There is sun on my taxi And cakes in my oven And fish in my netting And grease in my barnyard And big busted woman Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall And I wonder if Ill ever see them again SPIDER WOMAN And the moon grows dimmer At the tides low ebb And your breath comes faster And you're aching to move But you caught in the web...
MOLINA Do you know why they call royalty bluebloods? Well, I do! They call royalty bluebloods Because their skin was so thin That their veins showed through, blue! There, thats something Ive taught you No need to thank me! VALENTIN Go to hell! MOLINA Any more that you ever thanked me For nursing you through those first few days When they first threw you in here Remember that? Valentin, meet Molina, the resident queen! Well, I suppose some people are always The ungrateful kind, like you, To name a few! You, you, you, you, you! VALENTIN Will you please shut up! Will you ever shut up? Cant you leave me alone? Theres a side of this cell Thats your own, with its own space Its own air...Stay there!
MOLINA Dressing them up I love the dressing them up The subtle tilt of a hat Touches like that Makes me the best of the lot At dressing them up I was the cream of the crop The way I buckled the belt Folded the felt Helped me to get where I got Before I got where I got! I was the absolute top For example: Once I asked for a Balenciaga scarf To stuff in a mannequins purse They told me, no one on earth will see! I answered, no one on earth but me! I stood my ground as no other dresser does And darling guess what? Balenciaga, it was! Dressing them up, I was the creme de la creme As I adjusted each hem I keep on dazzling them At my particular store Which was the best in the town You'd never catch them wearing a frown Or catch them dressing me down For my finesse at dressing them up Raise that skirt, just an inch or two Add some rouge, just a pinch or two Start the fan No, much gustier Stuff that gauge Make her bustier Ooh! That frock, too much red in it! I would not be caught dead in it Well, they start out like hell But I make them sell by Dressing them up From earrings down to their boots In evening dresses or suits Unlike some second rate fruits At other second rate stores Which can't compare to my own You'll never catch them wearin a frown Or catch them dressing me down For my finesse at dressing them up! I had the touch... Thank you very much!
VALENTIN Will you please shut up Will you ever shut up? "Thank you very much!" Youre making me sick With that prissy whine Watch me now, I draw a line So you stick to your side And I'll stick to mine Never, ever cross this line! MOLINA Fine! But the pot, How about the pot? VALENTIN What about the pot? MOLINA It's on your side VALENTIN So what? MOLINA So when I have to use the pot I intend to use the pot VALENTIN So what, that's an exception MOLINA Oh, Gracious one, thanks a lot! VALENTIN So don't ever try to be Don't ever dream you'll be Don't dare to think that you'll Ever be some fairy friend of mine Cause no, no, no, no, no! Thats where I draw the line MOLINA Fine! VALENTIN I draw the line MOLINA Fine! VALENTIN I draw the line MOLINA Fine!
MOTHER dear one No, I don't think about you dear one I do nicely without you dear one Say that over and over Keep repeating it as the days go by MARTA MOTHER dear one Nothing warm is deniedDear one dear one I dont miss you inside meDear one MARTA AND MOTHER Dear one, say that over and over Keep repeating it as the days go by And someday youll believe the lie VALENTIN MARTA MOTHER dear one I am through With crusading Dear one dear one All my anger is fadingDear one VALENTIN AND MARTA Dear one, say that over and over Keep repeating it as the hours fly MOLINA MOTHER Dear one No, I don't think about you I don't see you crocheting I do nicely without you MOLINA MARTAVALENTIN Dear one Nothing warm is denied I can hear what me dear one You're saying I don't miss you Inside me MOTHER AND VALENTIN dear one MOLINA AND MOTHER VALENTIN AND MARTA Say that over and over Dear one Keep repeating it Say that over and over Keep repeating it Keep repeating it As the hours fly As the hours fly ALL As the days go by VALENTIN And someday MOTHER Someday MOLINA Maybe MARTA Maybe You'll believe MOTHER, MOLINA AND VALENTIN You'll believe ALL The lie...
PRISONERS Where's the woman I call my wife? Waiting for me to resume my life? Guarding her ass with a kitchen knife? Or screwing the janitor Over the wall Where is the friend in the photograph Tender amigo who made me laugh Splitting the shit with me, half and half Is he taking good care of it? Over the wall MOLINA So I sit on my coat and my memory whirls As I think of the boys dressing up like girls Wearing too much mascara and phony pearls Over the wall PRISONERS Where are the children who bear my name? Making a circle to play a game? Do they say to the neighbors Im not to blame? Or spit at the thought of me? Over the wall VALENTIN So I wait in my cell feeling half alive Sharing food with a rat, maybe four or five While the rats with the power can all survive Over the wall VALENTIN AND PRISONERS Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall
MOLINA When you feel you've gone to hell in a hand basket And the world in which you dwells no paradise AURORA Ive some counsel I can give You need but ask it Im so very glad to share this good advice You've got to learn how not to be where you are The more you face reality, the more you scar So close your eyes and you'll become a movie star Why must you stay where you are? You've got to learn how not to see what youve seen The slice of hell you call your life Is harsh and mean So why not lie beside me on a movie screen Why must you see what you've seen? And if you find that you land in jail A little fantasy will not fail Its just as simple as ABC Come up here, play with me, play with me! You've got to learn how not to do what youve done The pistol shot cant kill if you unload the gun So build a place where youre the shah And well embrace in that Shangri-La If you run away, some matinee From where you are AURORA AND PRISONERS You've got to learn how not to be where you are The more you face reality, the more you scar So close your eyes and you'll become a movie star Why must you stay where you are? AURORA So why not lie beside me on a movie screen Why must you see what you've seen? AURORA AND PRISONERS And if you find that you land in jail A little fantasy will not fail Its just as simple as ABC AURORA Come up here, play with me, play with me! AURORA AND PRISONERS You've got to learn how not to do what youve done The pistol shot cant kill if you unload the gun AURORA So build a place where youre the shah And well embrace in that Shangri-La If you run away, some matinee From where you are AURORA AND PRISONERS And if you find that you land in jail A little fantasy will not fail Its just as simple as ABC Come up here, play with me, play with me! AURORA Turn off the lights and turn on your mind And I can promise you you will find You will like my plan, my sweetest fan, My leading man Anywhere you are!
VALENTIN Theres a cobblestone street And a little red door And three flights up is Marta Waiting there is Marta PRISONERS Over the wall Over the wall VALENTIN And I still can see us lying together Talking, smoking, lying together Helps me through So I close my eyes And I hear her step And I know shes come to hold me So, my senses stir PRISONERS Over the wall VALENTIN But its never ever her It's just a dream of her PRISONERS Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall VALENTIN So I close my eyes And I hear her step And I know shes come to hold me So, my senses stir PRISONERS Over the wall Over the wall VALENTIN But its never ever her It's just a dream of her PRISONERS And I wonder If I'll ever see them again
AURORA I do miracles Though the lash of the whip Has caused your flesh to tear I will place my lips on you everywhere And Ill do miracles Blood On your slender hips Blood Underneath your eyes Blood On your firm young thighs Let me kiss it away So that i can hear you say That I do miracles Though your breath racks your ribs and you throb with pain Theres a juice on my lips For each purple stain And my hair sweeps your chest Like the cool, black rain You cant explain, though you will see I do miracles in me MARTA I do miracles AURORA I do miracles MARTA As I cradle you close and caress each bruise What Ive come here to give, You must not refuse! BOTH There is love in my touch that is yours to use And if you chose, just breathe my name And Ill be doing miracles I do miracles There are miracles in me...
GABRIEL Im sorry to hear theyve taken you away I'm sure you're innocent Youre such a good man You must be innocent And Im sorry if Ive never told you How grateful I am For the movies, the talks, and the books The gifts to my wife and newborn child I am truly sorry And, finally, Im sorry for any pain I may have caused you I know what you wanted of me But Im just not that way What a strange thing to be sorry for But thats the way it is, isn't it? Im sorry, simply sorry! VALENTIN My first woman, I remember my first woman Back of a building Me and my friends A couple of pesos There on the gravel Down on her knees What did she look like? Probably plain Who can remember? But to me she was the keeper of all mystery GABRIEL And, finally, Im sorry For any pain I may have caused you VALENTIN My first woman, I remember my first woman GABRIEL I know what you wanted of me But Im just not that way VALENTIN Back of a building Me and my friends A couple of pesos GABRIEL Im sorry VALENTIN There on the gravel GABRIEL VALENTIN What a strange thing Down on her knees To be sorry for What did she look like? But thats the way it is, isn't it? Probably plain GABRIEL Im sorry, VALENTIN But to me she was the keeper of all mystery. GABRIEL Simply sorry! Your friend, Gabriel.
ORDERLIES (PRISONERS) Ooh... First you take your arm and stick it out Then you take a tube you twist about Pull it tight until you find a nice blue vein And ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Then you take two fingers, pat the skin, Try the needle out, then stick it in Any second now, you'll feel no pain Just ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Not bad, is it? Dreams drift by Loved ones visit as you lie there... Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhh...
MOLINA Am I dying mama? MOTHER Hooo! Listen to him! A good son doesn't die before his mother. You are going to see me off, thank you very much, and I am going to be waiting for you with a good warm shawl. MOLINA Im so sick, Mama! MOTHER A good son sees his poor old mother through her old age; leave her for a tummy ache! MOLINA Youre not old...Youre still beautiful. MOTHER I bet you say that to all the girls! MOLINA There are no girls, Mama... I have brought you such shame! MOTHER No Luis, only if you did something cruel, or uncaring... You could never shame me There, Ive told you so Many things confuse me But this I know Let the neighbors gossip At the mention of your name You have never brought me shame I know some mamas have roughnecks Who never bring them joy Thank God, you are not that kind of boy! I know that you are different I don't really care I would never change a hair You like this Valentin, don't you? MOLINA To him, Im a silly window dresser. Thats all I am to everyone but you! MOTHER Hoo! What nonsense! Some other mamas have children Whose secrets hurt them so But you have no secrets, I already know And...you could never shame me Let me say out loud Ive a son, a loving son, Who makes me proud...
SPIDER WOMAN Good evening, howve you been? MOLINA Go away, you know how I've been! SPIDER WOMAN I only want to talk, why are you afraid? MOLINA Ive always been afraid of you! SPIDER WOMAN But why? MOLINA I dont know. SPIDER WOMAN It will change Someday youll recognize As your friend MOLINA No, never my friend, go away! SPIDER WOMAN But I am beautiful MOLINA Yes you are! SPIDER WOMAN And I am warm and kind and gentle, Why don't you like me? MOLINA I don't know! SPIDER WOMAN Someday you will understand I am your friend Some day you will kiss me MOLINA Never, never, go away, go away! SPIDER WOMAN Someday you'll give in Of course you will, all men do Yes, all men kiss me and you will too You'll part my lips and rest yours there You'll run your fingers to my hair Your cries of pleasure Will heat the cool night air when you kiss me And you will kiss me But not now! Not yet! Not now! ORDERLIES Ooh... Now that you have found this perfect place Permanent delight lights up your face Never mind the rhumba beat of sweet cocaine Just change this morbid scene Take some more morphines And do ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, The Morphine Tango Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, Oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!
MOLINA She wears satin Spanish lace She feels wild chinchilla Brush across her face She's lucky, she's a woman... She wears diamonds Bright as stars She has lovers open doors To fancy cars She's lucky, so lucky, she's a woman... A perfume by Lanvin To dab across her wrist A secret, ribboned diary Of all the men she kissed Lilac waters bathe her skin At the opera, ushers gasp When she sweeps in Gifts of chocolate, roses too Hand delivered notes Confessing "I LOVE YOU!" Milky lotions, scented creams Shes the climax Of your Technicolor dreams How lucky can you be? So lucky, you'll agree And I wish that she were me That woman...
AURORAS MEN Gimme love, Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love, love, love! Gimme love, Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love, love, love! AURORA If theres a war on, dont bring me the news Ask me to bull fights and I must refuse But if you want to get my attention Lets make love! MEN Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love! AURORA If theres an earthquake I will not attend MEN Gimme kisses, Gimme love! AURORA If theres a plague dont invite me my friend MEN Gimme kisses, Gimme love, love, love! AURORA But if you want to Keep me looking in your direction Lets make love! MEN Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love, love, love! Gimme love, Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love! AURORA Its like giving to the need And I don't mind being greedy. Come on, Chico, please be speedy And bring me what I long for... If theres a fire dont bring me a hose! MEN Gimme kisses, Gimme love! AURORA Call me a coward, thats true, I suppose! MEN Gimme love, love, kisses, Gime love AURORA But all I want is beauty... So... MEN AURORA Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, GimmeHugs Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Squeezes Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Lips Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Kisses AURORA So lets not make more trouble Lets make love! MENAURORA Gimme love Kiss Gimme, gimme love, love, love! Kiss Gimme, gimme, gimme love, love Kiss Gimme love, love Kiss, kiss Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Gimme, gimme, gimme, love! Gimme love, gimme love, gimme kisses, gimme love Gimme love, gimme kisses, gimme love, love, love! Gimme love, gimme love, gimme kisses, gimme love Gimme love, gimme kisses, gimme love, love, love! Gimme... MOLINA Come with me... Her name is Aurora And she is so beautiful, No man who has met her Can ever forget her Theyre madly in love Forever in love.
MOLINA Flame of St. Petersburg, the final reel, Tatyana Alexandrova, vedette du cabaret, is singing her final number... AURORA Aaah, aaah, aaah... MOLINA All of St. Petersburg is there. The Tsar himself is in the audience. It is a farewell performance, for tomorrow she will become the Countess Ostrovsky. AURORA Theres going to be good times Nothing but good times They're going to be scattering today And all of those bad times Those terrible bad times Are going to be packing up and leaving town today So put on a smile Start waving Your Hand Whatever was grim is going to be grand . And... Theres going to be good times Nothing but good times Good times are coming your way MOLINA Cut to her dressing room and her faithful maid, Lisette "Madame" AURORA Yes, Lisette! MOLINA "This note arrived for you" AURORA "Count Ostrovsky has deceived you. Your lover, the student revolutionary Bolshevik anarchist, Anatol, will be shot as he waits for you in vain on the Pushkin bridge this evening at the stroke of midnight. A friend." I must save him, summon my troika. MOLINA "But, Madame. the danger!" AURORA Not a word, Lisette. Pas un mot! To be in love is the sweetest thing. But to risk everything for love is even sweeter! VOICE (WARDEN) Tatyana, my love AURORA Cest lui, Ostrovsky MOLINA "How you hate him!" AURORA Oh, God! VOICE My carriage is waiting, my love! AURORA Quick. Theres no time. I must slip out the back way. Hold him at bay for as long as you can. VOICE Tatyana! AURORA Adieu, Lisette. Courage. VOICE Tatyana! MOLINA Cut to dark shadowy streets. Snow is falling. The wind is whistling. A night of terror the clock strikes midnight. Tatyana dismisses her trolka driver and as she hurries down the empty, terrifying, night-shadowed streets, her whole life swirls before her. At last she saw the bridge over the canal and in the light of a solitary streetlamp, her lover. She is in time. She will save him. They will flee to Paris. She begins to run but his figure seems to recede. Its like a terrible dream. AURORA Anatol! MOLINA He turns. His eyes light up. He calls to her. VALENTIN Tatyana! MOLINA Bang. Cose up. Joy, not pain. Illuminate her features Courage, not fear is across her face. This is not death. This is ecstasy AURORA Anatol, my Anatol! I wanted to warn you! MOLINA "What have you done for me, my Tatyana?" AURORA Nothing, nothing, my Anatol! MOLINA Red blood stains the snowy street. She is fading fast. But she is in her lovers arms again at last, And somehow forever. So put on a smile Start waving your hand Whatever was grim is going to be grand. And... Theres going to be good times Nothing but good times Viva la guerra, viva la revolucion, viva-! VALENTIN Good times are coming our way... MOLINA Fade to black The end.
VALENTIN It was made out of mud And pieces of tin And boxes nailed together Cardboard boxes my castle my home And we slept on the floor My sister and I With gunny sacks for our pillows Coughing, hungry, cozy my home And every Sunday on our knees We would thank the Lord For his bountiful blessings And our mother poured soup Into little cracked bowls As she spoke of something better Beef steak, maybe, someday my home And that lady had eyes That were empty and cold At the ripe old age of thirty Death came welcome To my home And still that Sunday On our knees How we thanked the Lord For his bountiful blessings And my sister and I Swore the day that we left Thered be no more children like us In the filth there in the heat there. In the smell there And no more Sundays On our knees Would we thank the Lord For his bountiful blessings And we came to the city And begged for our food Then, one April day we heard it Thunder rumbling One man speaking Thousands singing .. Someday well be free I promise you, well be free If not tomorrow Then the day after that And the candles in our hands Will illuminate this land If not tomorrow Then the day after that And the world that gives us pain That fills our lives with fear On the day after that Will disappear And the war weve fought to win I promise you, we will win If not tomorrow Then the day after that Or the day after that VALENTIN and families of the disappeared Someday well be free I promise you, well be free If not tomorrow Then (Or) the day after that And the candles in our hands Will illuminate this land If not tomorrow Then the day after that And the world that gives us pain That fills our lives with fear On the day after that Will disappear Will disappear And the war weve fought to win I promise you, we will win If not tomorrow Then the day after that Or the day after that Or the day after that Or the day after that Or the day after that Or the day After that!
MOLINA Mama, its me Mama, Im coming to get you It won't be much longer Mama, you'll see But don't try to talk now You've got to get stronger Soon, well be going to movies Ill buy you a beautiful thing Wait till you see what tomorrow brings... Happiness, mama You never now where it might be Mama, its me. Its me. Hush, mama. Hush You've got no reason cry No, mama, no Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
SPIDER WOMAN Soon, I feel it Soon, somehow I will have him Any minute now MOLINA Id do anything for him. He must know Id do anything for him I want him so. Ive no interest in his cause, Let that be. Please God, let him turn around And look at me. VALENTIN Hed do anything for me I can tell Hed do anything for me I know him well If we touch before he goes Hell make that call Hed do anything for me Anything at all SPIDER WOMAN Soon, I feel it Soon, somehow I will have him Any minute now MOLINAVALENTIN Id do anything for him. Hed do anything for me He must know I can tell Id do anything for him Hed do anything for me I want him so. I know him well Id do anything for him. If we touch before he goes Large or smallHell make that call Id do anything for him. Hed do anything for me Anything at all Anything at all. SPIDER WOMAN VALENTIN Soon, I feel it Soon, somehow I will have him Hed do anything for me. Any minute now MOLINAVALENTIN Id do anything for him. I can tell He must know Hed do anything for me Id do anything for him I know him well I want him so. If we touch before he goes Id do anything for him. Hell make that call Large or small. Hed do anything for me Id do anything for him. Anything at al. Anything at all Anything al all
SPIDER WOMAN Sooner or later You're certain to meet In the bedroom, the parlor or even the street Theres no place on earth You're likely to miss Her kiss Sooner or later In sunlight or gloom When the red candles flicker Shell walk in the room And the curtains will shake and the fire will hiss Here comes her kiss And the moon grows dimmer At the tides low ebb And her black beads shimmer And you're aching to move But you caught in the web Of the Spider Woman In her velvet cape You can scream But you cannot escape Sooner or later your love will arrive And she touches your heart You're alert and alive But theres only one pin That can puncture such bliss Her kiss Sooner or later you bathe in success And your minions salute They say nothing but "YES" But your power is empty It fades like the mist Once you've been kissed And the moon grows dimmer At the tides low ebb And your breath comes faster And you're aching to move But you caught in the web Of the Spider Woman In her velvet cape You can run You can scream You can hide But you cannot escape!
MOLINA Optimistic endings Passionate romances Beautifully beefy heroes Taking death defying chances You're certain to meet Only in the movies Decorous Madonnas Totally compliant Challenging the villain bravely Both high busted and defiant Only in the movies But marble floors to glide on And loop the loops to ride on And sultry girls beginning some beguine I found, as I grew older And life became much colder Were, to my sorrow, Nowhere to be seen And so, I sprayed a little perfume Dabbed a little powder And suddenly the muted strings Began to play a little louder And though I knew the difference I Kept on pretending I was in the movies But everything changed when I met you You've changed my life somehow Everything changed when I met you I find I walk In Technicolor now And as this princess lay dying She raised her lovely head And as her lover knelt beside her This is what she said Looking into those steely blue eyes of his she cried "Viva la guerra!" "Viva la revolucion!" "Viva whatever it is!" VALENTIN His name was Molina. ALL His name was Molina His name was Molina His name was Molina
SPIDER WOMAN Come and find me, hear my song Let me hold you here where you belong... Lips are waiting, pain will cease Calm your anguish I can bring you peace... PRISONERS Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! WARDEN Prisoner 16115, name Valentin Arrequi Paz. Age 27, suspect is key to terrorist groups. Prisoner is currently being interrogated. We will break him, I assure he will be broken. We have our ways. SPIDER WOMAN Sooner or later you have certain to meet In the bathroom, the parlor or even the street... WARDEN Prisoner 57884, name Luis Alberto Molina. Age 37, sexual offender. Arrested for corrupting a minor: Male! Serving third year of eight year sentence...
MOLINA Aurora, help me...I need you...Come to me like you always have... Her name is Aurora and she is so beautiful No man who has met her can even forget her Theyre madly in love, forever in love I see her so clearly, I know her so well... She steps to her glass now All almonds and roses She's powered and pampered The sight of her dark eyes Igniting the screen... Scorching the screen PRISONERS Look at her radiance See how she glows Look at her silken cheeks Pink as rose Tell us you secret madam Tell us please do What is this happiness shining from you? SPIDER WOMAN So...you want to know... Why Im aglow...Oh! last night I went too see the gypsy And oh the things she had to say She told me I would meet a stranger A lean, handsome hero Whod sweep in and sweep me away I sat there trembling at the table And smelled the incense in the air Someday you'll hear a cry, she told me A sharp piercing sound and when you look around The love of your life will be there! I cannot tell you how youll meet him Or when you'll meet your love or where But soon you'll hear that cry, she told me And you'll look around... PRISONERS You'll look around! AURORA At that sharp piercing COMPANY Sharp piercing Sharp piercing Sharp piercing Sharp piercing...
PRISONERS There are big busted women Over the wall Over the wall There are big busted women Who bake on the beaches With oil on their bellies Over the wall Over the wall There is rum from the cane fields Over the wall Over the wall There is sun on my taxi And cakes in my oven And fish in my netting And grease in my barnyard And big busted woman Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall And I wonder if Ill ever see them again SPIDER WOMAN And the moon grows dimmer At the tides low ebb And your breath comes faster And you're aching to move But you caught in the web...
MOLINA Do you know why they call royalty bluebloods? Well, I do! They call royalty bluebloods Because their skin was so thin That their veins showed through, blue! There, thats something Ive taught you No need to thank me! VALENTIN Go to hell! MOLINA Any more that you ever thanked me For nursing you through those first few days When they first threw you in here Remember that? Valentin, meet Molina, the resident queen! Well, I suppose some people are always The ungrateful kind, like you, To name a few! You, you, you, you, you! VALENTIN Will you please shut up! Will you ever shut up? Cant you leave me alone? Theres a side of this cell Thats your own, with its own space Its own air...Stay there!
MOLINA Dressing them up I love the dressing them up The subtle tilt of a hat Touches like that Makes me the best of the lot At dressing them up I was the cream of the crop The way I buckled the belt Folded the felt Helped me to get where I got Before I got where I got! I was the absolute top For example: Once I asked for a Balenciaga scarf To stuff in a mannequins purse They told me, no one on earth will see! I answered, no one on earth but me! I stood my ground as no other dresser does And darling guess what? Balenciaga, it was! Dressing them up, I was the creme de la creme As I adjusted each hem I keep on dazzling them At my particular store Which was the best in the town You'd never catch them wearing a frown Or catch them dressing me down For my finesse at dressing them up Raise that skirt, just an inch or two Add some rouge, just a pinch or two Start the fan No, much gustier Stuff that gauge Make her bustier Ooh! That frock, too much red in it! I would not be caught dead in it Well, they start out like hell But I make them sell by Dressing them up From earrings down to their boots In evening dresses or suits Unlike some second rate fruits At other second rate stores Which can't compare to my own You'll never catch them wearin a frown Or catch them dressing me down For my finesse at dressing them up! I had the touch... Thank you very much!
VALENTIN Will you please shut up Will you ever shut up? "Thank you very much!" Youre making me sick With that prissy whine Watch me now, I draw a line So you stick to your side And I'll stick to mine Never, ever cross this line! MOLINA Fine! But the pot, How about the pot? VALENTIN What about the pot? MOLINA It's on your side VALENTIN So what? MOLINA So when I have to use the pot I intend to use the pot VALENTIN So what, that's an exception MOLINA Oh, Gracious one, thanks a lot! VALENTIN So don't ever try to be Don't ever dream you'll be Don't dare to think that you'll Ever be some fairy friend of mine Cause no, no, no, no, no! Thats where I draw the line MOLINA Fine! VALENTIN I draw the line MOLINA Fine! VALENTIN I draw the line MOLINA Fine!
MOTHER dear one No, I don't think about you dear one I do nicely without you dear one Say that over and over Keep repeating it as the days go by MARTA MOTHER dear one Nothing warm is deniedDear one dear one I dont miss you inside meDear one MARTA AND MOTHER Dear one, say that over and over Keep repeating it as the days go by And someday youll believe the lie VALENTIN MARTA MOTHER dear one I am through With crusading Dear one dear one All my anger is fadingDear one VALENTIN AND MARTA Dear one, say that over and over Keep repeating it as the hours fly MOLINA MOTHER Dear one No, I don't think about you I don't see you crocheting I do nicely without you MOLINA MARTAVALENTIN Dear one Nothing warm is denied I can hear what me dear one You're saying I don't miss you Inside me MOTHER AND VALENTIN dear one MOLINA AND MOTHER VALENTIN AND MARTA Say that over and over Dear one Keep repeating it Say that over and over Keep repeating it Keep repeating it As the hours fly As the hours fly ALL As the days go by VALENTIN And someday MOTHER Someday MOLINA Maybe MARTA Maybe You'll believe MOTHER, MOLINA AND VALENTIN You'll believe ALL The lie...
PRISONERS Where's the woman I call my wife? Waiting for me to resume my life? Guarding her ass with a kitchen knife? Or screwing the janitor Over the wall Where is the friend in the photograph Tender amigo who made me laugh Splitting the shit with me, half and half Is he taking good care of it? Over the wall MOLINA So I sit on my coat and my memory whirls As I think of the boys dressing up like girls Wearing too much mascara and phony pearls Over the wall PRISONERS Where are the children who bear my name? Making a circle to play a game? Do they say to the neighbors Im not to blame? Or spit at the thought of me? Over the wall VALENTIN So I wait in my cell feeling half alive Sharing food with a rat, maybe four or five While the rats with the power can all survive Over the wall VALENTIN AND PRISONERS Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall
MOLINA When you feel you've gone to hell in a hand basket And the world in which you dwells no paradise AURORA Ive some counsel I can give You need but ask it Im so very glad to share this good advice You've got to learn how not to be where you are The more you face reality, the more you scar So close your eyes and you'll become a movie star Why must you stay where you are? You've got to learn how not to see what youve seen The slice of hell you call your life Is harsh and mean So why not lie beside me on a movie screen Why must you see what you've seen? And if you find that you land in jail A little fantasy will not fail Its just as simple as ABC Come up here, play with me, play with me! You've got to learn how not to do what youve done The pistol shot cant kill if you unload the gun So build a place where youre the shah And well embrace in that Shangri-La If you run away, some matinee From where you are AURORA AND PRISONERS You've got to learn how not to be where you are The more you face reality, the more you scar So close your eyes and you'll become a movie star Why must you stay where you are? AURORA So why not lie beside me on a movie screen Why must you see what you've seen? AURORA AND PRISONERS And if you find that you land in jail A little fantasy will not fail Its just as simple as ABC AURORA Come up here, play with me, play with me! AURORA AND PRISONERS You've got to learn how not to do what youve done The pistol shot cant kill if you unload the gun AURORA So build a place where youre the shah And well embrace in that Shangri-La If you run away, some matinee From where you are AURORA AND PRISONERS And if you find that you land in jail A little fantasy will not fail Its just as simple as ABC Come up here, play with me, play with me! AURORA Turn off the lights and turn on your mind And I can promise you you will find You will like my plan, my sweetest fan, My leading man Anywhere you are!
VALENTIN Theres a cobblestone street And a little red door And three flights up is Marta Waiting there is Marta PRISONERS Over the wall Over the wall VALENTIN And I still can see us lying together Talking, smoking, lying together Helps me through So I close my eyes And I hear her step And I know shes come to hold me So, my senses stir PRISONERS Over the wall VALENTIN But its never ever her It's just a dream of her PRISONERS Over the wall Over the wall Over the wall VALENTIN So I close my eyes And I hear her step And I know shes come to hold me So, my senses stir PRISONERS Over the wall Over the wall VALENTIN But its never ever her It's just a dream of her PRISONERS And I wonder If I'll ever see them again
AURORA I do miracles Though the lash of the whip Has caused your flesh to tear I will place my lips on you everywhere And Ill do miracles Blood On your slender hips Blood Underneath your eyes Blood On your firm young thighs Let me kiss it away So that i can hear you say That I do miracles Though your breath racks your ribs and you throb with pain Theres a juice on my lips For each purple stain And my hair sweeps your chest Like the cool, black rain You cant explain, though you will see I do miracles in me MARTA I do miracles AURORA I do miracles MARTA As I cradle you close and caress each bruise What Ive come here to give, You must not refuse! BOTH There is love in my touch that is yours to use And if you chose, just breathe my name And Ill be doing miracles I do miracles There are miracles in me...
GABRIEL Im sorry to hear theyve taken you away I'm sure you're innocent Youre such a good man You must be innocent And Im sorry if Ive never told you How grateful I am For the movies, the talks, and the books The gifts to my wife and newborn child I am truly sorry And, finally, Im sorry for any pain I may have caused you I know what you wanted of me But Im just not that way What a strange thing to be sorry for But thats the way it is, isn't it? Im sorry, simply sorry! VALENTIN My first woman, I remember my first woman Back of a building Me and my friends A couple of pesos There on the gravel Down on her knees What did she look like? Probably plain Who can remember? But to me she was the keeper of all mystery GABRIEL And, finally, Im sorry For any pain I may have caused you VALENTIN My first woman, I remember my first woman GABRIEL I know what you wanted of me But Im just not that way VALENTIN Back of a building Me and my friends A couple of pesos GABRIEL Im sorry VALENTIN There on the gravel GABRIEL VALENTIN What a strange thing Down on her knees To be sorry for What did she look like? But thats the way it is, isn't it? Probably plain GABRIEL Im sorry, VALENTIN But to me she was the keeper of all mystery. GABRIEL Simply sorry! Your friend, Gabriel.
ORDERLIES (PRISONERS) Ooh... First you take your arm and stick it out Then you take a tube you twist about Pull it tight until you find a nice blue vein And ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Then you take two fingers, pat the skin, Try the needle out, then stick it in Any second now, you'll feel no pain Just ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Not bad, is it? Dreams drift by Loved ones visit as you lie there... Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhh...
MOLINA Am I dying mama? MOTHER Hooo! Listen to him! A good son doesn't die before his mother. You are going to see me off, thank you very much, and I am going to be waiting for you with a good warm shawl. MOLINA Im so sick, Mama! MOTHER A good son sees his poor old mother through her old age; leave her for a tummy ache! MOLINA Youre not old...Youre still beautiful. MOTHER I bet you say that to all the girls! MOLINA There are no girls, Mama... I have brought you such shame! MOTHER No Luis, only if you did something cruel, or uncaring... You could never shame me There, Ive told you so Many things confuse me But this I know Let the neighbors gossip At the mention of your name You have never brought me shame I know some mamas have roughnecks Who never bring them joy Thank God, you are not that kind of boy! I know that you are different I don't really care I would never change a hair You like this Valentin, don't you? MOLINA To him, Im a silly window dresser. Thats all I am to everyone but you! MOTHER Hoo! What nonsense! Some other mamas have children Whose secrets hurt them so But you have no secrets, I already know And...you could never shame me Let me say out loud Ive a son, a loving son, Who makes me proud...
SPIDER WOMAN Good evening, howve you been? MOLINA Go away, you know how I've been! SPIDER WOMAN I only want to talk, why are you afraid? MOLINA Ive always been afraid of you! SPIDER WOMAN But why? MOLINA I dont know. SPIDER WOMAN It will change Someday youll recognize As your friend MOLINA No, never my friend, go away! SPIDER WOMAN But I am beautiful MOLINA Yes you are! SPIDER WOMAN And I am warm and kind and gentle, Why don't you like me? MOLINA I don't know! SPIDER WOMAN Someday you will understand I am your friend Some day you will kiss me MOLINA Never, never, go away, go away! SPIDER WOMAN Someday you'll give in Of course you will, all men do Yes, all men kiss me and you will too You'll part my lips and rest yours there You'll run your fingers to my hair Your cries of pleasure Will heat the cool night air when you kiss me And you will kiss me But not now! Not yet! Not now! ORDERLIES Ooh... Now that you have found this perfect place Permanent delight lights up your face Never mind the rhumba beat of sweet cocaine Just change this morbid scene Take some more morphines And do ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, The Morphine Tango Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, Oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!
MOLINA She wears satin Spanish lace She feels wild chinchilla Brush across her face She's lucky, she's a woman... She wears diamonds Bright as stars She has lovers open doors To fancy cars She's lucky, so lucky, she's a woman... A perfume by Lanvin To dab across her wrist A secret, ribboned diary Of all the men she kissed Lilac waters bathe her skin At the opera, ushers gasp When she sweeps in Gifts of chocolate, roses too Hand delivered notes Confessing "I LOVE YOU!" Milky lotions, scented creams Shes the climax Of your Technicolor dreams How lucky can you be? So lucky, you'll agree And I wish that she were me That woman...
AURORAS MEN Gimme love, Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love, love, love! Gimme love, Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love, love, love! AURORA If theres a war on, dont bring me the news Ask me to bull fights and I must refuse But if you want to get my attention Lets make love! MEN Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love! AURORA If theres an earthquake I will not attend MEN Gimme kisses, Gimme love! AURORA If theres a plague dont invite me my friend MEN Gimme kisses, Gimme love, love, love! AURORA But if you want to Keep me looking in your direction Lets make love! MEN Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love, love, love! Gimme love, Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love Gimme love, Gimme kisses, Gimme love! AURORA Its like giving to the need And I don't mind being greedy. Come on, Chico, please be speedy And bring me what I long for... If theres a fire dont bring me a hose! MEN Gimme kisses, Gimme love! AURORA Call me a coward, thats true, I suppose! MEN Gimme love, love, kisses, Gime love AURORA But all I want is beauty... So... MEN AURORA Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, GimmeHugs Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Squeezes Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Lips Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Kisses AURORA So lets not make more trouble Lets make love! MENAURORA Gimme love Kiss Gimme, gimme love, love, love! Kiss Gimme, gimme, gimme love, love Kiss Gimme love, love Kiss, kiss Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Gimme, gimme, gimme, love! Gimme love, gimme love, gimme kisses, gimme love Gimme love, gimme kisses, gimme love, love, love! Gimme love, gimme love, gimme kisses, gimme love Gimme love, gimme kisses, gimme love, love, love! Gimme... MOLINA Come with me... Her name is Aurora And she is so beautiful, No man who has met her Can ever forget her Theyre madly in love Forever in love.
MOLINA Flame of St. Petersburg, the final reel, Tatyana Alexandrova, vedette du cabaret, is singing her final number... AURORA Aaah, aaah, aaah... MOLINA All of St. Petersburg is there. The Tsar himself is in the audience. It is a farewell performance, for tomorrow she will become the Countess Ostrovsky. AURORA Theres going to be good times Nothing but good times They're going to be scattering today And all of those bad times Those terrible bad times Are going to be packing up and leaving town today So put on a smile Start waving Your Hand Whatever was grim is going to be grand . And... Theres going to be good times Nothing but good times Good times are coming your way MOLINA Cut to her dressing room and her faithful maid, Lisette "Madame" AURORA Yes, Lisette! MOLINA "This note arrived for you" AURORA "Count Ostrovsky has deceived you. Your lover, the student revolutionary Bolshevik anarchist, Anatol, will be shot as he waits for you in vain on the Pushkin bridge this evening at the stroke of midnight. A friend." I must save him, summon my troika. MOLINA "But, Madame. the danger!" AURORA Not a word, Lisette. Pas un mot! To be in love is the sweetest thing. But to risk everything for love is even sweeter! VOICE (WARDEN) Tatyana, my love AURORA Cest lui, Ostrovsky MOLINA "How you hate him!" AURORA Oh, God! VOICE My carriage is waiting, my love! AURORA Quick. Theres no time. I must slip out the back way. Hold him at bay for as long as you can. VOICE Tatyana! AURORA Adieu, Lisette. Courage. VOICE Tatyana! MOLINA Cut to dark shadowy streets. Snow is falling. The wind is whistling. A night of terror the clock strikes midnight. Tatyana dismisses her trolka driver and as she hurries down the empty, terrifying, night-shadowed streets, her whole life swirls before her. At last she saw the bridge over the canal and in the light of a solitary streetlamp, her lover. She is in time. She will save him. They will flee to Paris. She begins to run but his figure seems to recede. Its like a terrible dream. AURORA Anatol! MOLINA He turns. His eyes light up. He calls to her. VALENTIN Tatyana! MOLINA Bang. Cose up. Joy, not pain. Illuminate her features Courage, not fear is across her face. This is not death. This is ecstasy AURORA Anatol, my Anatol! I wanted to warn you! MOLINA "What have you done for me, my Tatyana?" AURORA Nothing, nothing, my Anatol! MOLINA Red blood stains the snowy street. She is fading fast. But she is in her lovers arms again at last, And somehow forever. So put on a smile Start waving your hand Whatever was grim is going to be grand. And... Theres going to be good times Nothing but good times Viva la guerra, viva la revolucion, viva-! VALENTIN Good times are coming our way... MOLINA Fade to black The end.
VALENTIN It was made out of mud And pieces of tin And boxes nailed together Cardboard boxes my castle my home And we slept on the floor My sister and I With gunny sacks for our pillows Coughing, hungry, cozy my home And every Sunday on our knees We would thank the Lord For his bountiful blessings And our mother poured soup Into little cracked bowls As she spoke of something better Beef steak, maybe, someday my home And that lady had eyes That were empty and cold At the ripe old age of thirty Death came welcome To my home And still that Sunday On our knees How we thanked the Lord For his bountiful blessings And my sister and I Swore the day that we left Thered be no more children like us In the filth there in the heat there. In the smell there And no more Sundays On our knees Would we thank the Lord For his bountiful blessings And we came to the city And begged for our food Then, one April day we heard it Thunder rumbling One man speaking Thousands singing .. Someday well be free I promise you, well be free If not tomorrow Then the day after that And the candles in our hands Will illuminate this land If not tomorrow Then the day after that And the world that gives us pain That fills our lives with fear On the day after that Will disappear And the war weve fought to win I promise you, we will win If not tomorrow Then the day after that Or the day after that VALENTIN and families of the disappeared Someday well be free I promise you, well be free If not tomorrow Then (Or) the day after that And the candles in our hands Will illuminate this land If not tomorrow Then the day after that And the world that gives us pain That fills our lives with fear On the day after that Will disappear Will disappear And the war weve fought to win I promise you, we will win If not tomorrow Then the day after that Or the day after that Or the day after that Or the day after that Or the day after that Or the day After that!
MOLINA Mama, its me Mama, Im coming to get you It won't be much longer Mama, you'll see But don't try to talk now You've got to get stronger Soon, well be going to movies Ill buy you a beautiful thing Wait till you see what tomorrow brings... Happiness, mama You never now where it might be Mama, its me. Its me. Hush, mama. Hush You've got no reason cry No, mama, no Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
SPIDER WOMAN Soon, I feel it Soon, somehow I will have him Any minute now MOLINA Id do anything for him. He must know Id do anything for him I want him so. Ive no interest in his cause, Let that be. Please God, let him turn around And look at me. VALENTIN Hed do anything for me I can tell Hed do anything for me I know him well If we touch before he goes Hell make that call Hed do anything for me Anything at all SPIDER WOMAN Soon, I feel it Soon, somehow I will have him Any minute now MOLINAVALENTIN Id do anything for him. Hed do anything for me He must know I can tell Id do anything for him Hed do anything for me I want him so. I know him well Id do anything for him. If we touch before he goes Large or smallHell make that call Id do anything for him. Hed do anything for me Anything at all Anything at all. SPIDER WOMAN VALENTIN Soon, I feel it Soon, somehow I will have him Hed do anything for me. Any minute now MOLINAVALENTIN Id do anything for him. I can tell He must know Hed do anything for me Id do anything for him I know him well I want him so. If we touch before he goes Id do anything for him. Hell make that call Large or small. Hed do anything for me Id do anything for him. Anything at al. Anything at all Anything al all
SPIDER WOMAN Sooner or later You're certain to meet In the bedroom, the parlor or even the street Theres no place on earth You're likely to miss Her kiss Sooner or later In sunlight or gloom When the red candles flicker Shell walk in the room And the curtains will shake and the fire will hiss Here comes her kiss And the moon grows dimmer At the tides low ebb And her black beads shimmer And you're aching to move But you caught in the web Of the Spider Woman In her velvet cape You can scream But you cannot escape Sooner or later your love will arrive And she touches your heart You're alert and alive But theres only one pin That can puncture such bliss Her kiss Sooner or later you bathe in success And your minions salute They say nothing but "YES" But your power is empty It fades like the mist Once you've been kissed And the moon grows dimmer At the tides low ebb And your breath comes faster And you're aching to move But you caught in the web Of the Spider Woman In her velvet cape You can run You can scream You can hide But you cannot escape!
MOLINA Optimistic endings Passionate romances Beautifully beefy heroes Taking death defying chances You're certain to meet Only in the movies Decorous Madonnas Totally compliant Challenging the villain bravely Both high busted and defiant Only in the movies But marble floors to glide on And loop the loops to ride on And sultry girls beginning some beguine I found, as I grew older And life became much colder Were, to my sorrow, Nowhere to be seen And so, I sprayed a little perfume Dabbed a little powder And suddenly the muted strings Began to play a little louder And though I knew the difference I Kept on pretending I was in the movies But everything changed when I met you You've changed my life somehow Everything changed when I met you I find I walk In Technicolor now And as this princess lay dying She raised her lovely head And as her lover knelt beside her This is what she said Looking into those steely blue eyes of his she cried "Viva la guerra!" "Viva la revolucion!" "Viva whatever it is!" VALENTIN His name was Molina. ALL His name was Molina His name was Molina His name was Molina