Rent - 7. Tango: Maureen (Movie Cast)

Joanne:
The samples won't delay but the cable--

Mark:
There's another way
Say something, anything

Joanne:
Test, 1, 2, 3

Mark:
Anything but..that

Joanne:
This is weird

Mark:
It's weird

Joanne:
Very weird

Mark:
Fuckin' weird

Joanne:
I'm so mad that I don't know what to do
Fighting with microphones
Freezing down to my bones
And to top it all of, I'm with you!

Mark:
Feel like going insane
Got a fire in your brain
And you're thinking of drinking gasoline

Joanne:
As a matter of fact--

Mark:
Honey, I know this act
It's called the 'Tango Maureen'
The Tango Maureen!
It's a dark dizzy merry-go-round
As she keeps ya dangling--

Joanne:
You're wrong!

Mark:
Your heart she is mangling!

Joanne:
It's different with me!

Mark:
And you toss and you turn
'Cause her cold eyes can burn
Yet you yearn and you churn
And rebound!

Joanne:
I think I know what you mean--

Both:
The Tango Maureen!

Mark:
Has she ever pouted her lips
And called you.. 'pookie'?

Joanne:
Never!

Mark:
Have you ever
Doubted a kiss.. or two?

Joanne:
This is.. spooky
Did you swoon when she walked through the door?

Mark:
Everytime, so be.. cautious

Joanne:
Did she moon over other boys?

Mark:
More than moon--

Joanne:
I'm getting.. nauseous

[They start to tango, with Mark leading.]

Mark:
Where'd you learn to tango?

Joanne:
With the French ambassodor's daughter
In her dorm room at Miss Porter's
And you?

Mark:
With Nanette Himmelfarb, the Rabbi's daughter
At the Scarsdale Jewish Community Center

[They switch and Joanne leads.]

Mark:
It's hard to do this backwards

Joanne:
You should try it in heels!

[Joanne drops Mark]

Joanne:
She cheated!

Mark:
She cheated

Joanne:
Maureen cheated

Mark:
Fuckin' cheated

Joanne:
I'm defeated
I should give up right now

Mark:
Gotta look on the bright side
With all of your might

Joanne:
I'd fall for her still anyhow

Both:
When you're dancing her dance
You don't stand a chance
Her grip on romance
Makes you fall

Mark:
So you think:
"Might as well--"

Joanne:
"Dance a tango to hell!"

Both:
"At least I'll have tangoed at all"
The Tango Maureen
Gotta dance 'till your diva is through
You pretend to believe her
Cause in the end you can't leave her
But the end, it will come
Still you hafta play dumb
'Till your glum and you bum
And turn blue

Mark:
Why do we love when she's mean?

Joanne:
And she can be so obscene
My Maureen

Both:
The Tango Maureen