Secrets- Addams Family

By Bebe Neuwirth

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Morticia:

SECRETS ARE THE ENEMIES OF PASSION

SPEAKING TRUE WILL GET

YOU THROUGH THE DAY

TRUTH IS NOT A THING

THAT ONE SHOULD RATION

BUT I THINK YOU THINK OF IT THAT WAY

NEVER KEEP A SIN INSIDE THE CLOSET

ALWAYS GIVE THE FACTS A FIGHTING CHANCE

EV’RY TIME YOU DO, IT'S A DEPOSIT

IN THE LONG-TERM LIFE OF YOUR ROMANCE

KEEP NO SECRETS

IF YOU WANT HIM TO REMAIN YOUR LOVER

SHARE ALL SECRETS

THERE'S A WORLD OF THINGS

YOU MIGHT DISCOVER

TRUTH IS BEAUTY

HE SHOULD ALWAYS KNOW

EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE

BARE YOUR SECRETS

AND YOUR MARRIAGE'LL BE HEALTHIER BY FAR

GOMEZ ADORES ME

NEVER IGNORES ME

ALWAYS HAS PUT ME FIRST

AND, ALICE, IF HE SHOULD TRY ONCE

TELLING A LIE ONCE

I'D THROW HIM OUT HEAD FIRST

KNEELING HE'D PLEAD I RECONCIDER

REELING, HE'D QUICKLY START TO DROWN

BEGGING ME FOR A LENIENCE

BUT AT MY FIRST CONVENIENCE

I'D PUT HIM ON THE FIRST BUS OUT OF TOWN

Alice:

IS GOMEZ TRULY DEVOTED

NEVER MISQUOTED

ALWAYS THE PARAGON

Morticia(spoken):

Without a doubt

Alice:

AND IF HE TOLD YOU A LIE

YOU'D WHISPER GOODBYE

THEN LEAVE HIM TO CARRY ON

Morticia(spoken):

That's it exactly

Alice:

IS THERE NO ROOM FOR SOME DISCUSSION

Morticia(spoken):

If Gomez lied?

Alice:

IS THERE NO CHANCE YOU MIGHT FORGIVE?

Morticia:

A LIE'S A LIE AND LIES CAN KILL

AND LIFE CAN QUICKLY GO DOWNHILL

SHE KEPT A SECRET AND SHE

WOUND UP ON THE GUILLOTINE

Alice:

NOW I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN...

Morticia:

SHE KEPT A SECRET AND

THEY SHOT HER WITH AN M16

Alice:

THAT'S NOT A PRETTY SCENE

Morticia:

SHE KEPT A SECRET AND SHE WOUND

UP ON THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE

Morticia(spoken):

She’s quite the Philistine

Alice(spoken):

What's that one?

Morticia(spoken):

The dance routine

Morticia/Female Ensemble:

KEEP NO SECRETS

Morticia:

WELCOME HONESTY WITH

Morticia/Female Ensemble:

NO RESISTANCE

THEN YOUR MARRIAGE

Morticia:

IS A LOVING KIND OF

Morticia/Female Ensemble:

COEXISTENCE

Morticia:

LIES AND SECRETS

Morticia/Female Ensemble:

THEY'RE THE SINS THAT KEEP

A HUSBAND FROM A WIFE

Morticia:

GOMEZ LOVES ME

HE WOULD NEVER KEEP A SECRET IN HIS LIFE

Morticia/Female Ensemble:

NEVER KEEP A SECRET

NOT ONE SECRET IN HIS LIFE