"Let's Run Away Together" lyrics
Jennifer Simard & Christopher Sieber Lyrics
(from "Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" soundtrack)
[HELEN:]
Poor baby
You lonely bastard
Can't you see how that monster has used you?
You're not her husband
You're just a tissue
One final blow, then she'll throw you away!
But I got a plan
And you're the man I know I need, to do it, Ernest!
I need to do it, Ernest
[ERNEST:]
Do what exactly?
[HELEN:]
End Madeline
[ERNEST:]
Oh
[HELEN:]
Don't look so scared
You know you want it
A simple fix for the years she's abused you
Then poof, she's gone!
Bye, Mad, we'll miss you!
You had fun, now there's hell to pay!
Just do what I do
And Ernest, dear, I guarantee
That once she's through
It's me and you and you and me
We'll start a new life
Put "ex" in front of "wife"
Once Madeline's dead and buried in a ditch
[ERNEST:]
What?
[HELEN:]
Let's run away together
Let's run away and be wild
Let's build a house in the woods
I'll forage for goods while you carry my child
Let's run away together
Let's leave the madness behind
We'll hide her corpse without a trace
I'll change my name, you'll change your face
'Til everything is perfect
La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la
[ERNEST:]
Helen, you're acting a little insane
[HELEN:]
I don't like that word, Ernest
The only thing that's insane is we haven't spent the last 10 years wrapped in each other's arms because of her
She stole my life
She made me cuckoo
She's why I spent 4 years locked in that "Health Spa"
She took it all
And left me nothing
But a penchant for bingeing and rage
But enough of me!
You sexy man, tell me how I can convince you, Ernest
[ERNEST:]
I can't believe we're even—We shouldn't even be talking about—
[HELEN:]
Sh!
It will be quick
Just how you like it
Zero mess, unless you've got a bonesaw?
No?
We'll be precise
We'll stage a story
Of an actress cast out for her age
They'll think she's cracked
A tragic end for all to see
Her final act!
They'll eat it up and we'll be free!
An innocent pair
My fingers in your hair
While Madeline's decomposing in the ground
Let's run away together
Let's run away to Paris
Let's go make love in the park
Eat bread in the dark while you spread me like brie
[ERNEST:]
Let's run away together!
[HELEN:]
Zou zou bisou!
Let's get out now while there's time
You either stay, and life gets worse
Or get your balls out of her purse
And join me to make perfect
La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la
[ERNEST:]
I am not saying I'll go along with any of this!
It's barbaric!
But just out of curiosity—how would we do it?
[HELEN:]
Well, off the top of my head:
You could take this Narconol, dust it lightly on her wine glass, she drinks from it, passes out, we drive her up to Mulholland, dump liquor all over her, release the brake, and the next thing you know they're fishing her out of Jack Nicholson's pool. By the time they perform the autopsy, the Narconol has dissolved, leaving only traces of alcohol. She's classified as just another drunk driver, and we walk off into the sunset together!
Again, just spitballing
[ERNEST:]
Helen
[HELEN:]
What?
[ERNEST:]
I can't
[HELEN:]
You can
[ERNEST:]
I can't
[HELEN:]
You can't?
[ERNEST:]
I can
[HELEN:]
You can
[ERNEST:]
I can
[HELEN:]
You can
[HELEN & ERNEST:]
We can run away together!
Ha-ha-ha-ha!
[HELEN:]
Let's make our new life begin!
It's now or never
Take your pick
But don't think too hard
Make it quick
It's what we have to do!
'Cause once that bitch is through
We've won!
She's done!
Let's run away!
Zou zou bisou!
Poor baby
You lonely bastard
Can't you see how that monster has used you?
You're not her husband
You're just a tissue
One final blow, then she'll throw you away!
But I got a plan
And you're the man I know I need, to do it, Ernest!
I need to do it, Ernest
[ERNEST:]
Do what exactly?
[HELEN:]
End Madeline
[ERNEST:]
Oh
[HELEN:]
Don't look so scared
You know you want it
A simple fix for the years she's abused you
Then poof, she's gone!
Bye, Mad, we'll miss you!
You had fun, now there's hell to pay!
Just do what I do
And Ernest, dear, I guarantee
That once she's through
It's me and you and you and me
We'll start a new life
Put "ex" in front of "wife"
Once Madeline's dead and buried in a ditch
[ERNEST:]
What?
[HELEN:]
Let's run away together
Let's run away and be wild
Let's build a house in the woods
I'll forage for goods while you carry my child
Let's run away together
Let's leave the madness behind
We'll hide her corpse without a trace
I'll change my name, you'll change your face
'Til everything is perfect
La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la
[ERNEST:]
Helen, you're acting a little insane
[HELEN:]
I don't like that word, Ernest
The only thing that's insane is we haven't spent the last 10 years wrapped in each other's arms because of her
She stole my life
She made me cuckoo
She's why I spent 4 years locked in that "Health Spa"
She took it all
And left me nothing
But a penchant for bingeing and rage
But enough of me!
You sexy man, tell me how I can convince you, Ernest
[ERNEST:]
I can't believe we're even—We shouldn't even be talking about—
[HELEN:]
Sh!
It will be quick
Just how you like it
Zero mess, unless you've got a bonesaw?
No?
We'll be precise
We'll stage a story
Of an actress cast out for her age
They'll think she's cracked
A tragic end for all to see
Her final act!
They'll eat it up and we'll be free!
An innocent pair
My fingers in your hair
While Madeline's decomposing in the ground
Let's run away together
Let's run away to Paris
Let's go make love in the park
Eat bread in the dark while you spread me like brie
[ERNEST:]
Let's run away together!
[HELEN:]
Zou zou bisou!
Let's get out now while there's time
You either stay, and life gets worse
Or get your balls out of her purse
And join me to make perfect
La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la
[ERNEST:]
I am not saying I'll go along with any of this!
It's barbaric!
But just out of curiosity—how would we do it?
[HELEN:]
Well, off the top of my head:
You could take this Narconol, dust it lightly on her wine glass, she drinks from it, passes out, we drive her up to Mulholland, dump liquor all over her, release the brake, and the next thing you know they're fishing her out of Jack Nicholson's pool. By the time they perform the autopsy, the Narconol has dissolved, leaving only traces of alcohol. She's classified as just another drunk driver, and we walk off into the sunset together!
Again, just spitballing
[ERNEST:]
Helen
[HELEN:]
What?
[ERNEST:]
I can't
[HELEN:]
You can
[ERNEST:]
I can't
[HELEN:]
You can't?
[ERNEST:]
I can
[HELEN:]
You can
[ERNEST:]
I can
[HELEN:]
You can
[HELEN & ERNEST:]
We can run away together!
Ha-ha-ha-ha!
[HELEN:]
Let's make our new life begin!
It's now or never
Take your pick
But don't think too hard
Make it quick
It's what we have to do!
'Cause once that bitch is through
We've won!
She's done!
Let's run away!
Zou zou bisou!
