Billy Flynn

— Who's Fred Casely?
— My ex-boyfriend
— Why'd you shoot him?
— I was leavin'...
— Still I said, "Fred, move along". She knew that she was doing wrong!
— Was he angry?
— Like a madman!
— Then describe it
— He came toward me
— With the pistol?
— From my bureau
— Did you fight him?
— Like a tiger!
— He had strength, and she had none! And yet we both reached for the gun!
— Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes, we both! Oh, yes, we both, oh, yes, we both reached for The gun! The gun, the gun, the gun! Oh, yes, we both reached for the gun!
— Understandable! Understandable! Yes, it's perfectly understandable! Comprehensible! Comprehensible! Not a bit reprehensible, It's so defensible!

— How you feelin'?
— Very frightened!
— Are you sorry?
— Are you kidding?
— That's your statement?
— All I'd say is Though my choo-choo jumped the track I'd give my life to bring him back.
— And? What? And? What?
— Stay away from Jazz and liquor And the men who Play for fun.
— And what? Yeah? When?
— That's the thought that Came upon me When we both reached for the gun.
— Understandable, Understandable! Yes, it's perfectly understandable! Comprehensible! Comprehensible! Not a bit reprehensible, It's so defensible!