[Overture to Bizet's Carmen]
[Male Chorus] Send along another load
And win that war, win that war
One more to go and then one more
- One more - One more to go
Send them along and win that war
Send them along
- Hey, you. - Me?
- Your I.D. - My which?
Oh, I ain't here to work.
- No? What for, then? - I'm lookin' for a corporal na--
You can't see a genera/ without proper identification.
You've got to have a pass.
- Where do I get one? - From the security officer.
- Where's he? - Securing himself in Washington.
Your corporal's liable to be a brigadier time he gets back here.
[Bugle Call]
Lift them up and put 'em down
Mark time and lift your tootsies
6 inches off the ground
Lift them up and put 'em down
Marching all around the town
Company, squad right
That means turn around
Wish that I was 21
Old enough to tote a gun
I'd go and be a soldier
They're the ones that have the fun
Wish I was a bugler man
Playin' in the army band
I'd blow until I must be playin' in the army...
Glad you could find time to join us.
Hope we didn't inconvenience you, Corporal.
Joe!Joe!
Wipe that smile off your face.
Fall in!
Old guard, present...arms!
Old guard, order...arms!
Old guard, fall out!
Cindy Lou!
Surprised to see me?
You can say that again.
Oh,Joe. I know I ain't smart like you,
but if the way I feel makes up for it,
then I is way ahead.
- How you been, honey? - Missin' you. My ma said--
- She all right? - Uh-huh.
When I got your letter,
she say, ""Cindy Lou, you go seeJoe off.""
Would've come anyway.
Hey. Hey! Goin' to flyin' school's nothing to cry about.
Either got to cry or bust.
I'm so proud of you.
- Come on this side and tell me that. - Can't.
- Why not? - Got no pass.
Just you watch.
Don't get into trouble on account of me.
I never saw trouble look better.
Hey, Corporal, pass that civilian.
You're theJoe she's looking for?
Nobody else.
- Why didn't you say you're his gal? - All the way.
- [Factory Whistle Blows] - Then you're responsible, all the way.
Hey, Dave, put away my gear for me, will ya?
Thanks.
Congratulations, Corporal.
That Air Corps sure was smart in pickin' you
for officers' flying school.
Hi, Carmen.
Hi.
Get a load of this hip-swingin' floozie
rollin' around to work in time for lunch.
Prune-puss, you make sounds I don't like.
I'm tellin' the foreman you is late again.
Do that, and I'll scratch out the one good eye you got.
Carmen, go to Pastor's with me tonight.
I can dance those other guys off the floor.
T-Bone, you're too little and too late.
I don't waste no time. Dig me, baby?
You're wasting time right now, Sergeant.
Wind's blowin' me in another direction.
Ain't no use arguin' with the wind.
Go with me instead of playin' the field.
Pick out one. That'll release the rest of them.
I won't pick out a man
And he won't pick out me
It don't go that way
You can't ever know
Where your crazy heart
Wants to go
Love's a baby that grows up wild
And he don't do what you want him to
Love ain't nobody's angel child
And he won't pay any mind to you
One man gives me his diamond stud
And I won't give him a cigarette
One man treats me like I was mud
And all I got that man can get
[Female chorus] Love's a baby that grows up wild
Dat's love
And he don't do what you want him to
Dat's love
Love ain't nobody's angel child
Dat's love
And he won't pay any mind to you
Dat's love
You go for me
And I'm taboo
But if you're hard to get
I go for you
And if I do
Den you are through
Boy
My baby, that's the end of you
The end of you
So take your cue
Boy
Don't say I didn't tell you true
She told you true
I told you truly
If I love you
Dat's de end of you
You go for me
And I'm taboo
But if you're hard to get
I go for you
And if I do
Den you are through, boy
My baby, that's the end of you
The end of you
So take your cue
Boy
Don't say I didn't tell you true
She told you true
I told you truly
If I love you
Dat's de end
Of you
Gimme a chicken sandwich.
When your lovebird decides to fly
Dere ain't no door dat you can close
She just pecks ya a quick good-bye
And flicks the salt from her tail and goes
If you listen, den you'll get taught
And here's your lesson for today
If I chase ya, den you'll get caught
And once I got you, I go my way
When your lovebird decides to fly
Dat's love
Dere ain't no door that you can close
Dat's love
She just pecks you a quick good-bye
Dat's love
And flicks the salt from her tail and goes
Dat's love
You go for me
And I'm taboo
But if you're hard to get
I go for you
And if I do
Den you are through
Boy
My baby, that's the end of you
The end of you
So take your cue
Boy
Don't say I didn't tell you true
She told you true
I told you truly
If I love you
Dat's de end
Of you
I hear you're gonna be a flyboy. Congratulations.
Thanks.
I hope if you gotta use a parachute, it's one I made.
[Factory Whistle Blows]
I'd like to toss a party for you tonight at Billy Pastor's.
Give you a real send-off.
Pick me up at 8:OO. We'll have ourselves a ball.
Sorry.
I got a date.
Honeybee, if you change your mind,
you know where to buzz me.
That girl's mighty pretty.
Oh, I don't know.
She's what the fellas back home
call a hot bundle, I guess.
Yeah.
Looks like she's on fire just for you.
I never lit it, honey.
How do I know?
'Cause I got a girl.
But I live in another town.
I know what the fellas say--
if you got a gal in another town,
you ain't got no gal at all.
But you're not just any girl, Cindy Lou.
There's nobody in the whole world like you.
Nobody, except...
Except who?
My ma.
You talk just like my ma
You even walk just like my ma
And I know why I'm stuck on you
It's 'cause I'm just like my pa
- Ahhh - I talk just like your ma
- Ahhh - I even walk just like your ma
- Ahhh - And I can see why you like me
- Ahhh - 'Cause you is like your pa
You's awful like your
Pa
Let me tell you
What the Lord did
He made me live next door
So we could fall in love
The way my pa and ma
Did
Is you my Cindy Lou?
I is your Cindy Lou
And I belong to you
- You is myJoe - I is yourJoe
- I'm Cindy Lou - My Cindy Lou
And I belong
To
You
Cindy, suppose I was to ask my C.O.--
Ask him what,Joe?
To write ""OK"" in triplicate.
And what if I found the chaplain and said,
""Sir, orders for a rush weddin'""?
There's no use waiting till the war's over to get married.
I got a 2 4-hour pass.
We can have our honeymoon tonight.
But what'll our folks say,
us not getting married in church?
What do you say?
You wait right here while I go find the C.O.
[M.P. Whistle Blows Sharply]
You blabbermouth witch!
I told you if you told the foreman on me, I'd--
Go back to that bad street you come off of!.
[MP Whistle Blows Sharply]
Ha ha ha!
Break it up!
What's this?
A full net of catfish!
Bail her out of that chute.
Who's responsible for this?
Me!
Corporal!
Take custody of that prisoner.
Prisoner?
Interferin' with the war effort.
Destroyin' government property.
You heard me.
Remove the prisoner off that table!
You go for me
And I'm taboo
But if you're hard to get
I go for you
Here. Give this to the judge in Masonville.
Masonville?
The army can't put civilians in jail.
Gotta leave that pleasure to the other civilians.
But I got a 2 4-hour pass.
You had yourself a pass.
This is an emergency. Sabotage maybe.
But, Sarge--
You don't take off for flyin' school
till tomorrow mornin', which leaves you all night
to take care of the prisoner.
Here's the formal charges.
Judge sure to get it now.
Corporal...
do your duty.
Take me to town.
Request a five-minute pass, respectfully.
What for?
Private reasons.
Request not granted, respectfully.
In case you forgot the manual,
you're responsible for this military prisoner
until you dump her into the lap of civilian authorities.
Now get going.
Carmen Jones is goin' to jail
Carmen's gotta stay in jail
Sit all day upon her tail
Carmen Jones is goin' to jail
Carmen's gotta stay in jail
Sit all day upon her tail
Carmen Jones is goin' to jail
Carmen's gotta stay in jail
Sit all day upon her tail
Carmen Jones is goin' to jail
Is goin' to jail, Is goin' to jail
Hooray!
Somethin' wrong, little gal?
He volunteered to take Miss Jones to jail.
A long way to town.
What you figure he got in mind?
Just shows you can't trust no corporals.
Well, I trustJoe.
What's your rush?
The sooner we get there,
the quicker we gotta bust apart.
Cut that out.
Get over where you belong.
That's just what I'm doing.
OK, honey.
Accelerate me all you want.
The harder I get bumped, the more of me bounces.
Sugar, you ain't gonna take me to the cooler, are ya?
Can't do you much good once I'm in jail.
What you say we drive to a place I know on the edge of town?
I'll show you more fun than you ever had.
You're goin' to jail.
Dere's a cafe on the corner
Run by my friend Billy Pastor
A spot where a man takes a lady
When he wants to move faster
Guess I'll go and say hello to Pastor
How can a lady drink alone?
How can a lady dance alone?
No lady can romance alone
I oughta have a sweetie-pie
De one I had
I give the air to
I threw his toothbrush out the door
Now that I'm free, my heart is sighin'
I'm off the hook and lookin' for more
Dozens of fellas telephone me
All askin' me to make a date
I'm holdin' out for somethin' special
But I don't know
How long I'll wait
Where will I wind up?
Who'll I be true to?
Ain't made my mind up
Waitin' for you to
What you say, brother?
What you say, boy?
Ain't it time that we got away?
1 O:OO sharp on the corner
See that you're right in there pitchin'
'Cause I ain't de kind of a mare
Dat'll stand without hitchin'
Now you got your little filly at the startin' gate
Got a little filly who is rarin' to go
[Train Whistle Blowing]
No, you don't.
I just want to stretch my legs.
Well, stretch 'em in here.
Boy, you's the roughest of rough.
Won't even give me a little break.
Sorry. You're a prisoner.
You mean to say you're really gonna take me to jail?
You won't be in for long.
A minute's too long for me.
I can't stand bein' cooped up.
An order's an order.
Not here it ain't.
[Train Whistle Blowing]
Aah!
Uh-uh.
That's no way to get to Masonville.
I'd like to see the road that can stop this baby.
You will, sugar.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Ain't no use.
You'll only get messed up.
Careful, honey, you'll bust your gaskets.
OK, out.
Oop.
Boy, but you strong.
The way you pull me up like I was nothin'...
Bet you're a good dancer, ain't you, honey?
I bet we could have us a lot of fun.
Now, if you'd ask my advice,
you'd turn right around
and go back as far as the railroad crossing,
then along the tracks
till you get to Sanitobia,
which is my hometown,
where the train stops for Masonville.
You're tryin' to trick me, and I know it.
I wouldn't do that no more.
Cross my heart.
OK, we'll do it your way.
Now get goin'...
and don't try nothin' funny.
Believe me now?
When we get to Masonville.
Still don't trust me, huh?
Guess I'll have to work on it.
Hi, Willa.
Well, look who's home.
Carmen Jones.
Say, ain't that a five-star brigadier admiral you got?
Somethin' better.
This boy's gonna be a pilot.
Really?
Let's see now.
Flyboy's gotta have somethin' special for supper.
How about a nice roast chicken?
Yeah. I like that.
Hi, Harry.
Hi, Carmen.
We got potatoes, beets, carrots, corn,
and peaches right off the tree.
Oh, peaches!
We'll eat in Masonville. When's that train?
It ain't due till the moon's up.
And this town's the last stop for the moon.
Come on. I want to know when that train comes in.
Not till 1 O:OO.
I got time to cook you a supper
you won't ever forget.
Thanks, Harry.
Thank you.
Oh, wait.
This is for you, flyboy, for free.
Mighty kind of you, but--
We'll accept.
[Dogs Barking]
Hello, Grandma. [Kiss]
How you feelin', honey?
I brought a fella home for supper.
Hi.
Grandma, somethin' wrong?
Trouble comin' your way soon.
What trouble?
Found a buzzard feather...
under the doorstep.
Buzzard feather?
Just 'fore you come.
She's tryin' to keep the bad spirits off
with that pail of water in the moonlight.
Let the old buzzard flap his wings right over me.
Till he comes down and gets me,
I got a lotta livin' to do.
Don't tell me you go for that junk.
Come on, start the party rollin'.
Have yourself a drink...
while I get supper ready.
Thanks,
but I don't drink.
Boy...
if the army was made up of nothin' but soldiers like you,
the war wouldn't do nobody no good.
[Rooster Crows]
Guess that's what I like about you, though,Joey.
You ain't like the others.
Yeah.
You ain't like 'em at all.
[Rooster Crows]
That little candy-faced gal I seen you with in the canteen,
is she your steady?
Uh-huh.
How steady?
We're gettin' married...
soon as I get back to the base.
So that's why you're in such a hurry
to dump me off in Masonville.
I'm right in the way of your honeymoon,
but not for long.
Ain't no way to get the mud off.
It's OK.
Good thing you're gettin' married.
You need a gal to look after you in the worst way.
I'll do it.
Only mess yourself.
Don't want to get into trouble
with them army cops in Masonville.
You'll never get to flyin' school.
Bet when the war's over,
you'll come home with a chest full of medals.
And that gal, what's her name?
Cindy Lou.
Yeah. She'll hand 'em out to all your kids.
Better win a lot of medals.
You and Cindy Lou'll need 'em.
One every year.
No bunch of kids for me.
Not till I can take care of'em real good.
Got that all figured out, too?
I know I'm not goin' back to the farm.
I'm goin' to school,
learn all about planes.
What you gonna do when the war's over?
Parachute factory's bound to close.
Comin' back here?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
I never figure from one day to the next.
I guess you don't have to.
You're sure to get a husband in any town.
Married? Me?
Never.
Your shoes need polish bad.
I do my own.
Not when I'm around.
Sure.
You'll get married.
I'll bet you have all those kids you wished on me.
Not a chance.
Why not?
Ain't in the cards.
Look, you can't let that spooky stuff trip you up.
The signs never lie,Joe.
Just don't pay 'em no mind, Carmen.
Gal like you--
there's nothin' you couldn't get
if you aim for it.
How you figure that?
Just look at you.
You got a lot more than other gals.
[Rooster Crows]
A lot more what?
Got your belt on twisted.
I'll fix it.
What's the matter?
You still don't trust me, huh?
Or don't you trust yourself?
Carmen.
Carmen!
[Carmen] Sorry, honey.
Like / to/d you,
/ cou/dn't stand bein'cooped up in jai/.
/ gotta be free to come and go,
or /'d just die.
Don't hate me,Joey,
'cause / /ove you
/ike / /oved no man before.
Prisoners...halt!
Left face!
OK, sit down.
Joe, honey,
I thought I'd never see you again.
I tried, and I asked...
They don't allow no visitors
the first two weeks in the stockade.
I'm sorry, carryin' on like this.
I made myself promise I wouldn't.
That's all right, Cindy.
How you been?
Waitin'.
Just waitin' to see you.
Won't help none, you hangin' around.
Go home to your ma.
You want me to?
I was just thinkin' of you, Cindy.
Home's where you is, Joe.
Are you all right, honey?
How are they treatin' you?
Fine, fine.
When you think you'll get out?
Can't tell.
They'll still send you to air school.
You'll see.
Truth is, Cindy--
I know. Sergeant Brown told me.
But it don't matter none.
I know you,Joe.
I know you're all done with that gal.
Here,Joe. Package for you.
Must be from my mom.
I wrote her to bake something nice for you.
Time's up.
Prisoners, fall in.
Left face.
Forward... march.
Chow call. Come and get it.
This flower that you threw my way
Has been my friend by night and day
I saw it fade and lose its bloom
But still it kept a sweet perfume
In my cell, through every darkened hour
On my lonely eyes lay this flower
And so I'd sleep the whole night through
And dream of you
Then I'd wake up with no one near me
And talk for the jail walls to hear me
She ain't the best
They all the same
Like all the rest
She's just a dame
Then I told myself I was ravin'
There was just one thing I was cravin'
It wasn't food
It wasn't dough, I guess you know
That it was you
You're all I'll ever crave
And that's for true
I don't know anything about you
I don't know much about a shinin' star
Just know the world is dark without you
That's all I know
I only want you as you are
Carmen
I love
You
Thanks for the lift, big oil man.
Goin' as far as New Orleans
if you want to help the war effort, baby.
I got my battle station.
Anybody here ask for me?
The whole army, that's all.
Hi, Carmen.
Hi. You know who I mean.
No corporal by the name ofJoe.
[Drum Solo Starts]
- Go, Mack! - Go, Mack!
I'll tell you why I wanna dance
It ain't the sweetness in the music
I like the sweetness in the music
Hmm, but that ain't why I wanna dance
It's somethin' thumpin' in the bass
That thump-thump-thumpin' on the music
That bump-bump-bumpin' on the music
Is all I need to start me off
I don't need nothin' else
Maybe I do
To start
Me off
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
And I don't need no tune at all
Beat me that rhythm on a drum
And I don't need no tune at all
I feel it beatin' in my bones
It feel like 2O million tom-toms
I know there's 2O million tom-toms
Beatin' way down deep inside my bones
I feel it beatin' in my heart
And then I get a kind of dream
And in my dream it kind of seems
There's one big heart in all the world
There ain't but one big heart
One heart
In all the world
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
There's one big heart in all the world
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
There's one big heart in all the world
And now that heart is beatin' fast
And that's a rhythm I can dance to
I'm mighty glad I got a chance to
With that one big heart that's beatin' fast
Tomorrow mornin' let it rain
Tomorrow mornin' let it pour
Tonight we in the groove together
Ain't gonna worry about stormy weather
Gonna kick old trouble
Out the door
Beat out that trouble on a drum
Beat out old trouble on a drum
And kick his carcass out the door
Beat me that rhythm on a drum
And kick old trouble out the door
Kick him out the door, kick him out the door
Charlie,
give me a double double on the rocks.
Hey,Jones gal.
Hi, Carmen.
How's tricks?
Slow, Frankie.
You still carrying a blowtorch for that boy in the stockade?
I reckon by now it ought to be so hot
you can send it to the navy.
They could use it to weld battleships apart.
That's how it is.
Husky Miller!
Frankie, Husky Miller!
Thanks a lot
I'm sure glad to be
To be where I can see
So many friends of mine
How've I been doin'?
If you really want to know the truth
I'm doin' fine
1 7 decisions in a row
And only five on points
The rest was all K.O.
Jackson and Johnson
Murphy and Bronson
One by one they come
And one by one to dreamland
They go
How's it done?
You asked me how's it done
I got a trainer man
Who taught me all I know
Sure feels good to have him in my corner
Hear his voice a-whispering low
Big boy, remember
You must remember
Stand up and fight
Until you hear the bell
Stand toe to toe
Trade blow for blow
Keep punchin' till you make your punches tell
Show that crowd what you know
Until you hear that bell
That final bell
Stand up and fight like hell
When you fight out in the open air
In a patch of light
The ring looks small and white
Out in the blackness
You can feel a hundred thousand eyes fill the night
Cigarettes are blinkin' in the dark
And makin' polka dots around the baseball park
People are quiet
Then there's a riot
Someone throws a punch
And plants it right smack on the mark
Someone's hurt
You kinda think it's you
You hang across the ropes
That's all you want to do
Then you look around and see your trainer's eyes
Beggin' you to see it through
They say, remember, big boy
Remember
Stand up and fight until you hear the bell
Stand toe to toe
Trade blow for blow
Keep punchin' till you make your punches tell
Show that crowd what you know
Until you hear that bell
That final bell
Stand up and fight like hell
Stand up and fight
And fight
Like hell
Three cheers for Husky Miller,
the comin' champion of the world.
- Hooray! - Hooray!
Drinks for everybody in the house.
Inform the gentleman behind the bar.
Drinks on Husky Miller!
Hello, Heat-Wave.
Introduce yourself.
You talk like you know me already.
I noticed you right off up on the balcony.
Did you notice me?
Why, no.
You was actin' so bashful,
I didn't hardly know you was there.
You talkin' to the champ.
He looks at a chicken, and she's down--
Shut your teeth.
Excuse my dust, gentlemen.
The air's getting mighty unconditioned around here.
What are you getting paid for,
to manage me in the ring or K.O. me with the dames?
This chick needs a big investment of time,
which you is mighty short of, with the train waitin'.
It don't leave for an hour.
It's waitin' at the station.
Remember, you promised the trainer 1 O hours shut-eye.
OK, I ain't going to break no promise to him.
But you listen to this and listen good.
When I wake up in Chicago tomorrow morning,
I want to see Heat-Wave on the platform.
Suppose she don't want to go to Chicago?
That's your toothache.
If you can't show up with her,
find yourself a new meal ticket.
Good night, all!
- Good night! - Good night!
Hey, what's he mean, go find yourself a new meal ticket?
He means I don't eat.
And, brother, if I don't eat, you starve.
Come on, Myrt, let's go where the money is.
I believe we had this parking space reserved,
but don't get up. Please don't.
Don't these gentlemen look like they met us someplace before?
I'd swear I met them with Husky Miller.
Where you know Husky from?
Maybe New York, New Orleans.
What you doin' in this hamburger joint?
Passin' through.
Then you don't know nobody in here?
Who you want us to know?
Her.