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Scene I: Pretty Girls
ELWIN Pretty girls shouldn’t smoke. No, pretty girls should not smoke. Let me take this toke because pretty girls shouldn’t smoke.
Some nights I wake in a cold sweat and I wonder if I’ve gotten to you yet. I’m glad you stuck around. Maybe I’m a hypocrite. Maybe I’m full of it. I’m a little more noble now.
Pretty girls shouldn’t curse. No, pretty girls should not curse. I know I’ve said worse but damn, girl, don’t curse.
Pretty girls shouldn’t lie. No, pretty girls should not lie. Shame might find your bed at night so, pretty girl, don’t lie
Some nights I wake in a cold sweat and I wonder if I’ve gotten to you yet. I’m glad you stuck around. Maybe I’m a hypocrite. Maybe I’m full of it. I’m a little more noble now.
Pretty girls shouldn’t cry. No, pretty girls should not cry. We’ll make it through, love, by and by. My pretty girl, don’t cry
Some nights I wake in a cold sweat and I wonder if I’ve gotten to you yet. I’m glad you stuck around. Maybe I’m a hypocrite. Maybe I’m full of it. I’m a little more noble now.
Scene II: Mistakes
Enter NEOS
NEOS Taken by my shakes, my hands resign. Don’t think me unkind to love my mistakes.
ELWIN The alleyway lamppost shines into your room. As you sleep, it shines upon you. My eyes won’t close or heart slow down. Restless wandering around...
NEOS I can hear your lungs. Can’t you see what I’ve become?
I pray sleep will find you. These nights can be so unforgiving. Who knew love would affect your dreams so corrosively?
Scene III: Good Bones
Enter KHOUS
ELWIN Looking down the river, at the city we live in, with the girl I adore who’s ashamed to tell her friends. 3:00 am, she kisses me on the Franklin Bridge, but waiting for the sun to set is no way to live
KHOUS I am a dead man now, cursed to walk this town from Dearborn to the Street of Renown.You’ve made my bed and laid me down, but good bones don’t stay in the ground.
ELWIN A cask of Amontillado to still her heavy hand. She does not remember—she doesn’t understand. Awaken to the truth my dear, face it if you can, or keep moving forward just like you planned.
KHOUS I am a dead man now, cursed to walk this town from Dearborn to the Street of Renown.You’ve made my bed and laid me down, but good bones don’t stay in the ground.
ELWIN Letters that you wrote to me expressed your feelings fine, but there’s no going back when you leave nothing behind. You’ve not given anything that wasn’t already mine. How you left was more or less a surprise
KHOUS I am a dead man now, cursed to walk this town from Dearborn to the Street of Renown.You’ve made my bed and laid me down, but good bones don’t stay in the ground.
Exit KHOUS
ACT II
ELWIN
keep watch. It’s a dangerous thing a man and his thoughts It’s not a fate you can decide. You are my virtue and my vice
Sleep in peace and I’ll
ELWIN & NEOS
lungs. Can’t you see what I’ve become? You have come undone. Can’t you see what I’ve become?
Exit NEOS
I can hear your