Letra Tune up #2 Rent

Tune up #2

MARK
Tell The Folks At Home What You're
Doing Roger
ROGER
I'm Writing One Great Song - -

MARK
The phone rings

ROGER
Yesss!

MARK
We Screen

ROGER & MARK'S ANSWERING MACHINE
"Speak" ...("Beeeep!")

COLLINS
"Chestnuts Roasting---"

ROGER & MARK
Collins!

COLLINS
I'm Downstairs

MARK
Hey!

COLLINS
Roger Picked Up The Phone??

MARK
No, It's Me

COLLINS
Throw Down The Key

MARK
A Wild Night Is Now Pre-Ordained

COLLINS
I May Be Detained

MARK
What Does He Mean...?
(Phone rings again)
What Do You Mean - Detained?

BENNY
Ho Ho Ho

MARK & ROGER
Benny! Shit

BENNY
Dudes, I'm On My Way

MARK & ROGER
Great! Fuck

BENNY
I Need The Rent

MARK
What Rent?

BENNY
This Past Year's Rent Which I Let Slide

MARK
Let Slide? You Said We Were 'Golden'

ROGER
When You Bought The Building

MARK
When We Were Roomates

ROGER
Remember - You Lived Here?

BENNY
How Could I Forget?
You, Me, Collins, And Maureen
How Is The Drama Queen?

MARK
She's Performing Tonight

BENNY
I Know
Still Her Production Manager?

MARK
Two Days Ago I Was Bumped

BENNY
You Still Dating Her?

MARK
Last Month I Was Dumped

ROGER
She's In Love

BENNY
She's Got A New Man?

MARK
Well - No

BENNY
What's His Name?

BOTH
Joanne

BENNY
Rent, My Amigos, Is Due
Or I Will Have To Evict You
Be There In A Few

MARK
The power blows...