4.

I Need A Fling
20/05/11
Maggie & Max

MAGGIE: Something different... Sham/Carroll

something...let's be honest, Max...

freely - with motion

Maggie

Do you hear bells and whis - tles when you kiss me? And

Max

I think so.

Piano

6 10
Mg

when we em - brace do rock - ets hit the sky? Do you be - lieve that

Mx

May - be... yes! No?

11 poco rall.
3
Mg

love should feel like stars when they col - lide? Should - n't it be a wild, ro - man - tic

© Sham/Carroll 2007
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16 A Tempo - Rhapsodic freely - colla voce

Mg

ride? Max!

Mx

I'm ro - man - tic.

3
3 3
3

mf cresc.

Con Ped.

20
Mg

You lost my coat.

Mx

Did - n't we take a sleigh ride last De - cem - ber? Re - mem - ber I took you

25 28
Mg

You sunk the boat! I don't know what I'm look - ing for,

Mx

fish - ing on the lake. But...

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30 freely - colla voce
3 3
Mg

May - be I'm too na - ive, But could - n't I have a lit - tle fun be - fore my fun days are

MAX: ...we'll go to
35
the Chock Full o' Nuts!!
36 Easy "Sinatra" Swing

Mg

done? Late - ly I've been feel - ing cur - i - ous, Hot and cold and

39
3
Mg

glad and fur - i - ous, And I won - der what this flur- ry is

3 3 3

43 44
Mg

Ev - 'ry time I try de - fin ing it I can feel me

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47

Mg

cross the line a bit, Mak - ing my e - mo - tions pine a bit

50 poco accel. 52 Brighter

Mg

more. It's a feel- ing that I ling - er on,

mp

54
3
Mg

Some - thing I can't put my fin - ger on, Some - thing that - 'll set my ding - er on

58 60
Mg

"Ding!" Though it makes my head de - lir - i ous, it's not some - thing

3
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63

Mg

so mys - ter - i - ous, all I real - ly need's a ser - i - ous fling.

67 68
Mg

I know, Max, but it's not the

3
Mx

I've begged you to fling with me for years!

mp

70
3 3
Mg

same. I know I want some - one who's force - ful!

3
Mx

But... I can be force - ful!

Not swung
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SAUNDERS (off): MAX!!
73 MAX: Coming sir! poco accel.
(MAX exits) 3
3 3

Swung

78

82
Mg

When the cur tain ris es up to - night, My poor heart is gon - na take a flight,

86
3
Mg

Like a gid - dy, diz - zy kite on a string.

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90
Mg

Who'd have ev - er thought I'd meet a man that can make me

93

Mg

feel like Ti - to can? Time to fol - low my li - bi - do and

mf

96

Mg

fling!

3 3
3 3

98
Mg

I've al - ways been what I'm sup - posed to be. It's time to be a lit - tle

mp 3
3

3
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101
3 3 3 3
Mg

B - A - D! So I'm set - ting my sights on a lov - er that lights

3 3 3
3 3 3

f
Drums 3

105 Drag it back

Mg

up the sky!

3
3

108
Strut!

Mg

It's my In - de - pen - dence Day to - day, 'cause my Ro - man can - dle's on the way.

112 poco accel.

3
Mg

I got - ta swing out - side of my cage be - fore that en - gage - ment ring.
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116 A tempo - brighter
3 3
Mg

Got - ta take wing be - fore it's too late and Ti - to's the thing that's rul -

119

Mg

- in' my fate. Of he I sing

122

Mg

I need a fling!

3 3 3 3

125

Mg