This is the scene where Margeaux has become very sick with her cancer, and husband David attempts to raise her spirits. The song is very rhythmic. The mood is happy, an instant party where things are pulled from the back of the stage like a closet. At the end of the song, the audience will see Danny, who "comes out" to his parents. They embrace him, and the song stands as a parable to "...use or lose it.", even love?
Narrator
Time, time, time!
(Orchestration: Let’s go Deluxe)
David
Too much reality, too many sames.
I want, well—the Ritz, but for now I’ll take
A tux
A top hat
A good song
Anything deluxe!
MARGEAUX
I want to have a party, a place for
You and me
To celebrate the doldrums
The Days of Winter
Let’s reach deep inside us
Deluxe!
DAVID
Deluxe? Like the vacuum?
MARGEAUX
Exactly!
DAVID
Deluxe? Stored in a closet?
MARGEAUX and MAID
Yes! Deluxe! There for the Taking! Deluxe!
MARGEAUX
Always there. Unnoticed!
Like a great Couture with feathers
The closet surely a Netherworld of Rare wear Pain
CHORUS of MAIDS
The cedar! The scent of Old yet Cedar
The dress in the back of the closet
You always meant to wear!
Now it wastes away.
There!
In the closet!
DAVID
Deluxe?
Stored in a closet?
MARGEAUX and MAIDS
Yes! Deluxe!
There for the Taking!
Deluxe!
MARGEAUX
Always there. Unnoticed!
Like a great Couture with feathers
The closet surely a
Netherworld
of Rare wear
Pain!
CHORUS
Let’s go deluxe!
It’s about good storage!
Deluxe!
It’s the “…one day, I’ll use it,
To toss would be abuse it,” pain!
Deluxe!
And yes, just like the vacuum,
These maxims
are drivin’ us mad!
MARGEAUX and DAVID
(in full regalia, dressed formally)
Deluxe, like the sayin’
These clothes were made for prayin’
And wearing for special ‘casions
DAVID
Deluxe! Not just for storage
Or a Pity Party Porridge
The things we really should ‘cast aside?
I’m for givin’ it a once, then ‘bide.
MARGEAUX
Deluxe, like the sayin’
These clothes were made for savin’
And wearing for special ‘casions
(spoken)
Lookie here, what we have?
The parcel’s unopened…
A cancelled stamp marked Hobokken!
Look! A wild and feathery hat!
DAVID & CHORUS
Well, that’s Deluxe!
Throw it back into the closet, who knows?
One day sure it’ll make deposit
Or make a smart investor row!
To last until the show!
To last until the show!
Voices Offstage
Margeaux!
Margeaux!
Last until the show.
Last until the show!
(small Orchestral break)
DAVID
(picking-up the silence as something he’s missed…)
That’s Deluxe, store it!
Someday would be worth some bucks?
To toss would be “Ahhw shucks!”
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
CHORUS
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
The choices we make, Baby burn!
This Life’s a Run From Funeral Urn!
Better to have chosen Deluxe.
Better to have chosen Deluxe!
Time is just a seethin’
Pulled from closets,
disbelievin’…
It’s Poor Taste from where you’re bleedin’!
MARGEAUX
Mothballs.
Highballs.
Musty smell…Tennis Balls?
Oh yeah I feel Deluxe!
DAVID
Suck it up!
You’re my favorite Dame
For you I’ll play these games…
MARGEAUX
The Games? The games stored in the closet?
DAVID
(He peers inside the closet, and a light appears across 3 faves…)
Life? Clue? Sorry!
MARGEAUX
(spoken)
Well played!
And that’s the way it goes.
DAVID
…too much reality! Too many sames.
Wanted a Ritz but was Shot Down in Flames
For the moment I’d take
Some quiet time
A good tux MARGEAUX
A baseball hat… a Good Song!
DAVID
That’s Deluxe, store it!
Someday would be worth some bucks?
It’s not a thing, but Luck!
To toss would be “Ahhw shucks!”
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
CHORUS
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
The choices we make, Baby burn!
This Life’s a Run From Funeral Urn!
Better to have chosen Deluxe.
Better to have chosen Deluxe!
COMPANY
Time is just a seethin’
Pulled from closets,
disbelievin’…
It’s Poor Taste from
where you’re bleedin’!
MARGEAUX
(spoken)
…excuse me Staff and David and Family and Family of Dogs.
I guess…we’re having a party!
A Deluxe Party.
STAFF
(…looking aghast but playing along)
Smalltalk
DAVID
Like the Vacuum...the Deluxe?
Stored in the closet?
STAFF
(Giving them odd looks, they disperse)
DAVID
(to Margeaux)
…it’s always there.
MARGEAUX
(knowing he is speaking of their love)
Unnoticed…in the back, but still with you.
DAVID
…the stacking and storing
MARGEAUX
…of Love?
DAVID
…of wealth!
MARGEAUX
…too much stored in a closet!
DAVID
…and for Love?
MARGEAUX
…too much stored in a closet!
DAVID
…the stacking and storing away.
(spoken)
I’d rather not deal with some things.
MARGEAUX and DAVID
Too much Guilt overflowing these closets!
This closet we call Our Love?
(Orchestral break, whose feeling should express “are we meant to stay together?”)
The closet suddenly opens to reveal DANNY, at the direct back, sitting on the floor.
DANNY
Mom? Dad?
MARGEAUX
Danny?
DAVID
My Son. You’ve been gone…so long.
(DAVID falls to his knees, sobbing)
MARGEAUX
(through tears)
My Darling!
Welcome Home.
I’m so sorry.
So very, very, sorry.”
We love you just the way you are, and always will.
DAVID
(mumbling)
Yes, yes…
(weeping)
MARGEAUX and DANNY
Too much emotion
…stored in a closet.
Too much Guilt.
Stacked, neatly stored away.
I’ve reached a New Time.
I want to move forward.
MARGEAUX DANNY
I’ll change! I’ll choose!
…Deluxe!
…and get over this Pain!
CHORUS
Better choose Deluxe!
Better learn Deluxe!
Time is just a seethin’
Certain disbelieving’
Rotten, smelly Closet Guest…
Better choose Truth!
COMPANY
I see you chose Deluxe!
Deluxe, like the sayin’
These clothes were made for prayin’
And wearing for special ‘casions
DAVID & CHORUS
Well, that’s Deluxe!
Throw it back into the closet, who knows?
One day sure it’ll make deposit
Or make a smart investor row!
COMPANY
To last until the show!
To last until the show!
Voices Offstage
Margeaux!
Margeaux!
DAVID
(insisting MARGEAUX and DANNY hug him as tight as possible, the next lines are partially sang and spoken)
That’s Deluxe,we stored it!
Maybe not so worth such bucks?
It’s not a thing, but Luck!
To toss would’ve been “Ahhw shucks!”
…and even when Life Sucks
You’ll always be Deluxe!
COMPANY
Deluxe,we stored it!
Incalculable bucks?
It’s not a thing, but Luck!
…and even when Life Sucks
You’ll always be Deluxe!
You’ll always be Deluxe!
(Orchestral fade)
(whispered, fading…)
…and now to the Crossing!
Time, time, time!
(Orchestration: Let’s go Deluxe)
David
Too much reality, too many sames.
I want, well—the Ritz, but for now I’ll take
A tux
A top hat
A good song
Anything deluxe!
MARGEAUX
I want to have a party, a place for
You and me
To celebrate the doldrums
The Days of Winter
Let’s reach deep inside us
Deluxe!
DAVID
Deluxe? Like the vacuum?
MARGEAUX
Exactly!
DAVID
Deluxe? Stored in a closet?
MARGEAUX and MAID
Yes! Deluxe! There for the Taking! Deluxe!
MARGEAUX
Always there. Unnoticed!
Like a great Couture with feathers
The closet surely a Netherworld of Rare wear Pain
CHORUS of MAIDS
The cedar! The scent of Old yet Cedar
The dress in the back of the closet
You always meant to wear!
Now it wastes away.
There!
In the closet!
DAVID
Deluxe?
Stored in a closet?
MARGEAUX and MAIDS
Yes! Deluxe!
There for the Taking!
Deluxe!
MARGEAUX
Always there. Unnoticed!
Like a great Couture with feathers
The closet surely a
Netherworld
of Rare wear
Pain!
CHORUS
Let’s go deluxe!
It’s about good storage!
Deluxe!
It’s the “…one day, I’ll use it,
To toss would be abuse it,” pain!
Deluxe!
And yes, just like the vacuum,
These maxims
are drivin’ us mad!
MARGEAUX and DAVID
(in full regalia, dressed formally)
Deluxe, like the sayin’
These clothes were made for prayin’
And wearing for special ‘casions
DAVID
Deluxe! Not just for storage
Or a Pity Party Porridge
The things we really should ‘cast aside?
I’m for givin’ it a once, then ‘bide.
MARGEAUX
Deluxe, like the sayin’
These clothes were made for savin’
And wearing for special ‘casions
(spoken)
Lookie here, what we have?
The parcel’s unopened…
A cancelled stamp marked Hobokken!
Look! A wild and feathery hat!
DAVID & CHORUS
Well, that’s Deluxe!
Throw it back into the closet, who knows?
One day sure it’ll make deposit
Or make a smart investor row!
To last until the show!
To last until the show!
Voices Offstage
Margeaux!
Margeaux!
Last until the show.
Last until the show!
(small Orchestral break)
DAVID
(picking-up the silence as something he’s missed…)
That’s Deluxe, store it!
Someday would be worth some bucks?
To toss would be “Ahhw shucks!”
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
CHORUS
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
The choices we make, Baby burn!
This Life’s a Run From Funeral Urn!
Better to have chosen Deluxe.
Better to have chosen Deluxe!
Time is just a seethin’
Pulled from closets,
disbelievin’…
It’s Poor Taste from where you’re bleedin’!
MARGEAUX
Mothballs.
Highballs.
Musty smell…Tennis Balls?
Oh yeah I feel Deluxe!
DAVID
Suck it up!
You’re my favorite Dame
For you I’ll play these games…
MARGEAUX
The Games? The games stored in the closet?
DAVID
(He peers inside the closet, and a light appears across 3 faves…)
Life? Clue? Sorry!
MARGEAUX
(spoken)
Well played!
And that’s the way it goes.
DAVID
…too much reality! Too many sames.
Wanted a Ritz but was Shot Down in Flames
For the moment I’d take
Some quiet time
A good tux MARGEAUX
A baseball hat… a Good Song!
DAVID
That’s Deluxe, store it!
Someday would be worth some bucks?
It’s not a thing, but Luck!
To toss would be “Ahhw shucks!”
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
CHORUS
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
You coulda’ been Deluxe!
The choices we make, Baby burn!
This Life’s a Run From Funeral Urn!
Better to have chosen Deluxe.
Better to have chosen Deluxe!
COMPANY
Time is just a seethin’
Pulled from closets,
disbelievin’…
It’s Poor Taste from
where you’re bleedin’!
MARGEAUX
(spoken)
…excuse me Staff and David and Family and Family of Dogs.
I guess…we’re having a party!
A Deluxe Party.
STAFF
(…looking aghast but playing along)
Smalltalk
DAVID
Like the Vacuum...the Deluxe?
Stored in the closet?
STAFF
(Giving them odd looks, they disperse)
DAVID
(to Margeaux)
…it’s always there.
MARGEAUX
(knowing he is speaking of their love)
Unnoticed…in the back, but still with you.
DAVID
…the stacking and storing
MARGEAUX
…of Love?
DAVID
…of wealth!
MARGEAUX
…too much stored in a closet!
DAVID
…and for Love?
MARGEAUX
…too much stored in a closet!
DAVID
…the stacking and storing away.
(spoken)
I’d rather not deal with some things.
MARGEAUX and DAVID
Too much Guilt overflowing these closets!
This closet we call Our Love?
(Orchestral break, whose feeling should express “are we meant to stay together?”)
The closet suddenly opens to reveal DANNY, at the direct back, sitting on the floor.
DANNY
Mom? Dad?
MARGEAUX
Danny?
DAVID
My Son. You’ve been gone…so long.
(DAVID falls to his knees, sobbing)
MARGEAUX
(through tears)
My Darling!
Welcome Home.
I’m so sorry.
So very, very, sorry.”
We love you just the way you are, and always will.
DAVID
(mumbling)
Yes, yes…
(weeping)
MARGEAUX and DANNY
Too much emotion
…stored in a closet.
Too much Guilt.
Stacked, neatly stored away.
I’ve reached a New Time.
I want to move forward.
MARGEAUX DANNY
I’ll change! I’ll choose!
…Deluxe!
…and get over this Pain!
CHORUS
Better choose Deluxe!
Better learn Deluxe!
Time is just a seethin’
Certain disbelieving’
Rotten, smelly Closet Guest…
Better choose Truth!
COMPANY
I see you chose Deluxe!
Deluxe, like the sayin’
These clothes were made for prayin’
And wearing for special ‘casions
DAVID & CHORUS
Well, that’s Deluxe!
Throw it back into the closet, who knows?
One day sure it’ll make deposit
Or make a smart investor row!
COMPANY
To last until the show!
To last until the show!
Voices Offstage
Margeaux!
Margeaux!
DAVID
(insisting MARGEAUX and DANNY hug him as tight as possible, the next lines are partially sang and spoken)
That’s Deluxe,we stored it!
Maybe not so worth such bucks?
It’s not a thing, but Luck!
To toss would’ve been “Ahhw shucks!”
…and even when Life Sucks
You’ll always be Deluxe!
COMPANY
Deluxe,we stored it!
Incalculable bucks?
It’s not a thing, but Luck!
…and even when Life Sucks
You’ll always be Deluxe!
You’ll always be Deluxe!
(Orchestral fade)
(whispered, fading…)
…and now to the Crossing!
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