[ #22A MIDNIGHT RIDERfRAMBLIN' MAN

GREGG
I'VE GOT TO RUN TO KEEP FROM HIDIN'
AND I'M BOUND TO KEEP ON RIDIN'
AND THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER
AND I'VE GOT ONE MORE SILVER DOLLAR
BUT I'M NOT GON' LET 'EM CATCH ME NO
NOT GON' LET 'EM CATCH THE MIDNIGHT RIDER
SAID I'M NOT GON' LET 'EM CATCH ME NO
NOT GON' LET 'EM CATCH THE MIDNIGHT RIDER
OHNO

'CAUSE LORD I WAS BORN A RAMBLIN' MAN

TRYIN' TO MAKE A LIVIN' AND DOIN' THE BEST I CAN
AND WHEN IT'S TIME FOR LEA VIN'
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT I WAS BORN A RAMBLIN' MAN

#22B GREG ALLMAN (UNDERSCORE)

LEE THE STAGE MANAGER

Keep rolling, please! Here we go, in five, four, three, two --

(lights up ... S'TAR enters ... sees GREGG)

STAR
Well, goodness gracious. Are you from Tennessee, 'cause you're the only "ten I see."

(a beat of silence between them)

Now you speak.

GREGG
I can't think of anything to say to you, man.

STAR
Try. First thing pops into your head.

GREGG
Please tell me you have a flaw somewhere.

STAR
Oh come on. A big, blonde rock god like you could have your pick of any woman in the
place.

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one who smells like a mermaid.

A lllerrnaict. STAR

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I bet yo GREG G
u hear that a lot.

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STAR
Not reaIIy no.

[ #23 JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES I

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(resisting him) .
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But I'm not intere
ook,_ fnend ... you're hotter than hell and half of Georgia.
especially you.
pronu sed myse lf not to get involved with anyone right now ...

GREGG --
How about a moon light swim? I want to take you to Hawaii.

STAR --
Whoa , Slick. I don't know what kind of girls you're used to, but
me.
you are way too fast for

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STAR
YOU'RE STRUITIN' INTO TOWN LIKE YOU'RE SLINGIN' A GUN --
JUST A SMALL-TOWN DUDE WITH A BIG CITY ATTITUDE
HONEY, ARE YA LOOKIN' FOR SOME TROUBLE TONIGHT
WELL, ALL RIGHT
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YOU THINK YOU'RE SO BAD, DRIVE THE WOMEN FOLK WILD
SHOOT 'EM ALL DOWN WITH THE FLASH OF YOUR PEARLY
SMILE. Ill
HONEY, BUT YOU MET YOUR MATCH TONIGHT
OH, THAT'SRIGHT ,.
Ill

YOU THINK YOU'LL KNOCK ME OFF MY FEET 'TIL I'M FLAT

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'TIL MY HEART IS CRYIN' INDIAN, AND I'M BEGGIN' FOR MOR
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SO, COME ON BABY, COME ON BABY fill
COME ON BABY, SHOW ME WHAT THAT LOADED GUN IS FOR fill
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STAR/GREGG
IF YOU CAN GIVE IT, I CAN TAKE IT Iii
'CAUSE IF THIS HEART IS GONNA BREAK
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IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT TO BREAK IT

I KNOW TONIGHT SOMEBODY'S GONNA WIN THE FIGHT

SO IF YOU'RE SO TOUGH, COME ON AND PROVE IT
YOUR HEART IS DOWN FOR THE COUNT
AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA LOSE IT

I STAR
TONIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN IN FLAMES

I JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES

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(music under .. .GREGG leads her to the saloon bar and raps on the
counter)

GREGG
Give the lady whatever she wants!

STAR
How about a guy who gets me and loves me? Is that so goddam much to ask?

GREGG
Look, toilet mouth .. .l'm no angel and I don't do small talk. But even when the day comes
that I forget everything else, I promise I'll still get you, and I'll still love you.

(S1AR is at a loss for words in the face of such simple eloquence)

Now you speak.

STAR
You may not talk much, but when you do, it knocks a girl flat on her ass.

STAR/GREGG/ENSEMBLE
IF YOU CAN GIVE IT, I CAN TAKE IT
'CAUSE IF THIS HEART IS GONNA BREAK
IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT TO BREAK IT
I KNOW, TONIGHT, SOMEBODY'S GONNA WIN THE FIGHT

SO IF YOU'RE SO TOUGH, COME ON AND PROVE IT

YOUR HEART IS DOWN FOR THE COUNT
AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA LOSE IT
TONIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN IN FLAMES
JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES

(applause ... a flurry of activity as LEE enters with a robe for S1AR)

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