Bryce Pinkham feat. Jefferson Mays & Catherine Walker -
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Poison in My Pocket
You and I go sailing by, and no one will know where to find us
Unseen, unknown, and blissfully alone
We're leaving the riffraff behind us
All afternoon in our sweet cocoon
Our cares for the moments at bay
Side-by-side, who knows how far we'll glide
Bid the world goodbye eagerly we'll fly away
I am standing here with poison in my pocket
Standing on this frozen little dock-
It seems that I've just let them skate my opportunity away
If I had the poise to put the poison in a pot of tea or else a shot of gin
I would be back amid the noise of london by the end of day
But,
I am standing here with poison in my pocket
One eye on the target, one eye on the clock
It better happen soon before I lose my nerve and run
If I had a knife I could have grabbed him
And discreetly knocked him on the head and stabbed him
Not to mention what I would have done if I had had a gun
Then again,
The thought occurs if I had truly taken stock
It might have stopped me from putting poison in my pocket
What a fool to travel all this way and not think twice
Murder's not a hobby for the cautious
Thoughts of violence can make the timid nauseous
gasp
Unless of course the victim plunges head-on through the ice
It appears that I've been handed quite an opportune solution
And all that still remains is proper execution
I had better join them on the lake before it gets too late
Suddenly there is no stumbling block
It means that I won't need the poison in my pocket
What a stroke of luck, Sibella teased me till I learned to skate
Curse her now?
Time is racing now
Time is racing on
It's all a matter of pacing
In a moment, this moment will be gone
With the rhythm of a violinist I am sawing where i think the ice is thinnest
to create a hole through which the tragic lovers meet their doom
One could call call this rather diabolic
Is it strange to feel a wee bit melancholic?
Right, a twinge of some remorse,
Of course! A conscience I assume.
But no! As i'm cutting I am contemplating,
And the truth is it's a tad exhilarating
Even though it's not inconceivable that i'll get caught
Still it comes as quite a shock it seems
A novice standing here with poison in his pocket
Can decide that murdering is easier then he had thought
Bid the world goodbye eagerly we fly-
(Asquith Jr. drowns)
Monty: Away
All of this is frankly easier than i had thought
Unseen, unknown, and blissfully alone
We're leaving the riffraff behind us
All afternoon in our sweet cocoon
Our cares for the moments at bay
Side-by-side, who knows how far we'll glide
Bid the world goodbye eagerly we'll fly away
I am standing here with poison in my pocket
Standing on this frozen little dock-
It seems that I've just let them skate my opportunity away
If I had the poise to put the poison in a pot of tea or else a shot of gin
I would be back amid the noise of london by the end of day
But,
I am standing here with poison in my pocket
One eye on the target, one eye on the clock
It better happen soon before I lose my nerve and run
If I had a knife I could have grabbed him
And discreetly knocked him on the head and stabbed him
Not to mention what I would have done if I had had a gun
Then again,
The thought occurs if I had truly taken stock
It might have stopped me from putting poison in my pocket
What a fool to travel all this way and not think twice
Murder's not a hobby for the cautious
Thoughts of violence can make the timid nauseous
gasp
Unless of course the victim plunges head-on through the ice
It appears that I've been handed quite an opportune solution
And all that still remains is proper execution
I had better join them on the lake before it gets too late
Suddenly there is no stumbling block
It means that I won't need the poison in my pocket
What a stroke of luck, Sibella teased me till I learned to skate
Curse her now?
Time is racing now
Time is racing on
It's all a matter of pacing
In a moment, this moment will be gone
With the rhythm of a violinist I am sawing where i think the ice is thinnest
to create a hole through which the tragic lovers meet their doom
One could call call this rather diabolic
Is it strange to feel a wee bit melancholic?
Right, a twinge of some remorse,
Of course! A conscience I assume.
But no! As i'm cutting I am contemplating,
And the truth is it's a tad exhilarating
Even though it's not inconceivable that i'll get caught
Still it comes as quite a shock it seems
A novice standing here with poison in his pocket
Can decide that murdering is easier then he had thought
Bid the world goodbye eagerly we fly-
(Asquith Jr. drowns)
Monty: Away
All of this is frankly easier than i had thought
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Levi Freedman, Steven Jaret Lutvak
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Other Album Tracks
- Overture / Prologue: A Warning to the Audience
- You're a D'Ysquith
- I Don't Know What I'd Do
- Foolish to Think
- A Warning to Monty
- I Don't Understand the Poor
- Foolish to Think (Reprise)
- Poison in My Pocket
- Poor Monty
- Better With a Man
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