Ragtime movie - The Crime of the Century lyrics
rate me<br>
[JUDGE]<br>
And now, testifying for the defense, Miss Evelyn Nesbit.<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Whee!<br>
<br>
[CHORUS GIRLS]<br>
La la la la <br>
La la la la la<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Whee! <br>
<br>
[CHORUS GIRLS]<br>
La la la la <br>
La la la la la<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Your honor,<br>
I was once the lady friend of Stanford White.<br>
<br>
[CHORUS GIRLS]<br>
He's the famous architect!<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Yes, that's right.<br>
He put me on a velvet swing,<br>
And made me wear... well... hardly anything!<br>
Ruined at the age of fifteen,<br>
Your honor!<br>
Then I went a married Mr. Harry Thaw...<br>
<br>
[EVELYN & CHORUS GIRLS]<br>
Eccentric millionaire.<br>
<br>
[CHORUS GIRLS]<br>
Oh! Oh!<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Harry's a jealous man.<br>
<br>
[CHORUS GIRLS]<br>
Bang! Bang!<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
That was the end of Stan.<br>
<br>
[CHORUS GIRLS]<br>
Boo hoo!<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Your honor, be fair!<br>
My Harry went crazy, I swear!<br>
<br>
[CHORUS GIRLS]<br>
La la<br>
La la la<br>
<br>
[ALL, EVELYN]<br>
Now it's the <br>
Crime of the Century!<br>
Crime of the Century!<br>
Giving the world a thrill!<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Harry's in trouble<br>
And Stanny's in heaven<br>
Ane Evelyn is in Vaudeville!<br>
<br>
[ALL, EVELYN]<br>
The Crime of the Century!<br>
Crim if the Century!<br>
All for a youthful fling.<br>
Fortune fame <br>
And a ruined name!<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
And now I'm the girl on the swing!<br>
<br>
[YOUNGER BROTHER]<br>
Mother's Younger Brother was in love with Evelyn Nesbit.<br>
From his regular seat in the front row of the second balcony,<br>
he would lean far over the railing, hoping his goddess would<br>
notice him. One night he almost he almost fell. Evelyn caught<br>
sight of him and smiled. Life was suddenly full of delicious<br>
possibilities.<br>
<br>
[CHORUS GIRLS]<br>
Oh! Oh!<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Harry must not be hung!<br>
<br>
[JUDGE]<br>
Let's have that verdict sung!<br>
<br>
[CHORUS GIRLS]<br>
Boo hoo!<br>
<br>
[JURY FOREMAN]<br>
Your honor we find<br>
That Harry's not guilty...<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
My Harry's not guilty!<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
'Cause Harry is out of his mind.<br>
And it's the Crime of the Century<br>
Crime of the Century<br>
Making the world go "whee"!<br>
Harry's in trouble <br>
And Stanny's in heaven<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
And Evelyn gets publicity!<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
The Crime of the Century,<br>
Crime of the Century,<br>
Not such an awful thing-<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Stanny's killed,<br>
But my mother's thrilled<br>
'Cause now I'm the girl on the...<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
Now she's the girl on the...<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Now I'm the girl...<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
On the swing!<br>
<br>
[EVELYN]<br>
Whee!<br>
<br>
